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CITRIS Distinguished Speaker Series
- January 30, 2006: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Contact: Travis Richardson
- Location: 306 Soda Hall
CITRIS Distinguished Speaker Series
Date: Monday, January 30
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: The HP Auditorium
306 Soda Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Please join us for the next installment of the CITRIS Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series. Dr. Mark Dean from IBM will speak on January 30 at 4:00 p.m. in 306 Soda Hall, the HP Auditorium on "Opportunities for Innovation in the IT Industry." This talk is co-sponsored by the Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS) at UC Berkeley, the Diversity Programs in EECS, UC Berkeley, and the Latino Association of Graduate Students in Engineering and Science (LAGSES) at UC Berkeley. A reception will follow the talk. Please join us for what promises to be an extremely stimulating lecture.
Abstract
Over the past half century, few industries have created and thrived on innovation as much as information technology. But signs of change loom on the horizon. For example, the exponential Moore's Law decrease in circuit feature sizes is approaching atomic limitations. Also, some perceive that many basic tasks have already been adequately "computerized." I believe that these successes have expanded -- not depleted -- the wellspring of future innovation. I will describe in some detail those areas in which we at IBM Research see bright prospects for valuable IT advancements over the next several decades. Indeed, we are working together with CITRIS in several of these areas, most notably in the emerging field of Services Science, Management & Engineering. I will also touch on the expansive ways in which the industry's pursuit of innovation has also evolved to become more wide-ranging, inclusive and productive.
Biography
Dr. Dean is currently an IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose. He oversees more than 400 scientists and engineers doing exploratory and applied research in various hardware, software and services areas, including nanotechnology, materials science, storage systems, data management, web technologies, workplace practices and user interfaces. An engineer by training, Dr. Dean has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry -- all with IBM -- where he has been central to the design of a wide range of IBM computers from the original IBM Personal Computer to Blue Gene, currently the world's fastest supercomputer. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the National Academy of Engineering and has been inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Reception with generous support from Infineon Technologies