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Carnegie Mellon

MONDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2006

A Symposium Honoring Dan Siewiorek's 60th Birthday

8:30-9:00 am Continental Breakfast , Singleton Room, Roberts Engineering Hall
9:00-9:45am

Opening Remarks - Singleton Room, Roberts Engineering Hall

  • Angel Jordan, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics Emeritus and Provost Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Asim Smailagic, Research Professor, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Mark Kamlet, Provost, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Randal Bryant, Dean, School of Computer Science
  • Pradeep Khosla, Dean, College of Engineering

Reliability and Multiprocessors

9:45-10:15am Joseph Traub, Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
QUBIT COMPLEXITY OF CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS
10:15-10:45am Samuel H. Fuller, Vice President of Research and Development, Analog Devices, Inc.
10:45-11:00pm Break
11:00-11:20am Edward J. McCluskey, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Director, Center for Reliable Computing, Stanford University
11:20-11:40am Gordon Bell, Senior Researcher, Media Presence Research Group, Microsoft Research

Human-Centric Design

11:40-12:00pm Raj Reddy, Mozah Bint Nasser University Professor
of Computer Science and Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
 
12:00-12:20pm Sara Kiesler, Hillman Professor of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
12:20-12:40pm James H. Morris, Dean, Carnegie Mellon West, and Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
12:45-1:40pm Lunch, The Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

Design and Rapid Prototyping

1:40-1:55pm Steve Fenves, Guest Researcher
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and
University Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Two Carnegie Mellon startups: Engineering design research and Dan Siewiorek's career  
1:55-2:10pm

Stephen W. Director, Provost and Senior Vice President,
and Trustee Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University

2:10-2:25pm  Fritz Prinz, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Rodney H. Adams Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University
2:25-2:40pm Cristina H. Amon, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, and Alumni Chair Professor in Bioengineering of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

Education and Research

2:40-2:55pm Ed Schlesinger, Professor and Head
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
 
2:55-3:10pm Jeannette M. Wing, President's Professor of Computer Science and Head, Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
3:10-3:25pm Donald E. Thomas, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Student Session

3:30-4:45pm Remembrances by Students
Hors D’oeuvres
 
 

Reliable Computing, Multiprocessors, Design Automation, User-Centered Design
Mobile and Wearable Computing, Context-Aware Computing