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CS DLS: Prof. John Hopcroft
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 @ 04:15 PM - 05:50 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
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DLS - Bekey KeynoteTalk Title: "Computer science theory to support research in the information age"Speaker: Prof. John Hopcroft - Cornell UniversityHosts: Prof. Shang-Hua Teng / Prof. Michael Arbib Abstract:The last forty years have seen computer science evolve as a major academic discipline. Today the field is undergoing a fundamental change. Some of the drivers of this change are the internet, the World Wide Web, large quantities of information in digital form and wide spread use of computers for accessing information. The change is requiring universities to revise the content of computer science programs. This talk will cover the changes in the theoretical foundations of computer science needed to support the information age.Bio:John Hopcroft is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. He started his career on the Faculty at Princeton in 1964 and moved to Cornell in 1967. In 1987 he became the chair of the Department of Computer Science. In 1993 he became Associate Dean for College Affairs, and in 1994 he became Dean of the College of Engineering in which job he served until 2001 when he returned to the Department of Computer Science.He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seattle University in 1961 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1964. He has honorary degrees from Seattle University, the National College of Ireland, the University of Sydney, St Petersburg State University. He is an honorary professor of the Beijing Institute of Technology and an Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.. His current research interests are in the area of information capture and access.Hopcroft has served on numerous advisory boards including the Air Force Science Advisory Board, NASA's Space Sciences Board and National Research Council's Board on Computer Science and Telecommunications. In 1986 he was awarded the Turing Award by the Association for Computing Machinery and in 1992, President H. W. Bush appointed him to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on the Packard Foundation's Science Advisory Board, Microsoft's Technical Advisory Board for Research Asia and the advisory boards of IIIT Delhi and the College of Engineering at Seattle University.
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Front Desk
