October 25, 2012

Computing in the 21st Century 2012

Location: Tianjin, China

Keynote Speakers 

Hsiao-Wuen HonHsiao-Wuen Hon

  • Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia
  • Fellow of IEEE

Topic: Transforming the Impossible to the Natural

Abstract

 

Rick RashidRick Rashid

  • Chief Research Officer, Microsoft Corporation
  • Members of NAE and AAAS

Topic: Microsoft Research and the Evolution of Computing

Abstract | Video and transcript

 

John Hopcroft John Hopcroft

  • IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Department, Cornell University
  • 1986 Turing Award Recipient

Topic: New Directions on Computer Science

Abstract | Video and transcript

 

Daniela Rus Daniela Rus

  • Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, MIT
  • Fellows of AAAI and IEEE

Topic: Computation Challenges for Creating Autonomous Systems

Abstract | Video and transcript

 

Michael I. JordanMichael I. Jordan

  • Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Statistics, California University, Berkeley
  • Members of NAS, NAE and AAAS

Topic: Divide-and-Conquer and Statistical Inference for Big Data

Abstract | Video and transcript

 

Jeannette M. WingJeannette M. Wing

  • President’s Professor and Head, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Fellows of ACM and IEEE

Topic: Towards a Theory of Trust in Networks of Humans and Computers

Abstract | Video and transcript

 

Peter LeePeter Lee

  • Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research Redmond
  • Fellow of ACM

Topic: The Pipeline from Computing Research to Surprising Inventions

Abstract | Video and transcript