IACS is pleased to invite you to Computational Science Ventures, an event where leading
entrepreneurs will discuss opportunities at the intersection of computation, science and
innovation.
Institute Fellow and entrepreneur Alexander Wissner-Gross has again invited a group of
lively speakers to join us for this ComputeFest event.
Details:
WHAT: Computational Science Ventures
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 24, 9 am - noon
WHERE: Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street
PROGRAM AND SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/computational-science-ventures
Note: Registration is *not* required for CSV this year.
SPEAKERS:
Dan Cerutti
General Manager of Watson Commercialization, IBM
"IBM Watson"
IBM Watson represents a new class of computing technology referred to as "cognitive
systems." Dan Cerutti will talk about the origin of the Watson Jeopardy! project, IBM
Watson commercialization efforts and where the Watson technologies might take computing.
Dan will also discuss bringing breakthrough products to market in both large and small
companies.
Alexander Onik
President, ScienceGL
"Visualization—The Art of Science"
Scientific data visualization is one of the most interesting and challenging fields at the
intersection of science and technology. Rapid advances in digital instrumentation and
computation technologies produce massive amounts of scientific data for analysis. Advances
in the science and technology of computing have engendered unprecedented improvements in
scientific, biomedical, and engineering research; defense and national security; and
industrial innovation. Continuing and accelerating these advancements require people to
comprehend vast amounts of data and information produced from a multitude of sources.
Ben Vigoda
General Manager and Technical Director, Analog Devices Research Labs
"Live Poultry Fresh Killed, Scientific Startups, and the Physics of
Computation"
Statistical machine learning is currently enjoying a renaissance in "big data"
analysis and prediction. At the current rate of progress, over the next 15-20 years
artificial computing systems may grow to meet or exceed the capabilities of human
intelligence on many sophisticated sensory, cognitive, and even design, decision making
and social tasks. Sometimes referred to as the singularity, the full manifestation of
machine intelligence is a tantalizing possibility, but it will likely require the
development and commercialization of significant new disruptive technologies. Moore's
Law for CMOS is nearing its end, and conventional software and hardware architectures face
serious scaling limits. To get to the next level it may be necessary to rethink
computation all the way from device physics and manufacturing all the way to what it means
to compile and program.
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Reminders:
SYMPOSIUM: Computing @ Exascale, the Second Annual Symposium on the Future of Computation
in Science and Engineering, will be held Friday, Jan. 25, 9:30 am-5 pm. Also in Maxwell
Dworkin G115. This event concludes ComputeFest. Details:
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/exascale-symposium
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION for ComputeFest continues online through tomorrow at
http://computefest.seas.harvard.edu/workshop-registration. After tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan.
9), registration for most workshops will be closed, although walk-ins will be allowed if
seats are available.
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Rosalind Reid
Executive Director, Institute for Applied Computational Science
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/people
rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu | 617-384-9091
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