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Munushian Keynote Lecture - Dr. Zhores Alferov

Speaker: Dr. Zhores Alferov, President, St. Petersburg University, Nobel Laureate, Physics 2000

Talk Title: Breakthrough Technologies of the 20th Century and Their Importance Today

Abstract: In the 20th century, new technologies that determined to a large extent the development of the new civilization were created on the basis of fundamental research. They are nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, jet engines and space technologies, creation of computers (electronic computing machines), discovery of the transistor, discovery of the laser, the basics of information technologies of today (discovery of silicone chips and heterostructures), revolution in genetics and new technologies
in medicine. Milestones in the history of creation and development of these technologies and their importance today are overviewed. A special focus is made on importance and role of the fundamental research. Information and energy technologies are reviewed in particular detail.

Biography: Dr. Zhores Alferov earned a doctor of sciences in physics and mathematics in 1970 from Ioffe Physical Technical Institute. He is a co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics “for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed-electronics and
optoelectronics.” He is also a Russian politician, and has been a member of the Russian State Parliament, the Duma, since 1995.

Co-sponsored by: Ming Hsieh Institute

Host: EE - EP and Ming Hsieh Institute

More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/munushian/

Webcast: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/a34741a9d5524190abc29698f4e7c8f91d

Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124

WebCast Link: http://geromedia.usc.edu/Gerontology/Play/a34741a9d5524190abc29698f4e7c8f91d

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/events/keynote/munushian/