A reminder of tomorrow's ComputeFest event, Computational Science Ventures. Three entrepreneurs will discuss opportunities at the intersection of computation, science and innovation. Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30. A Q&A will follow each talk. 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 Registration is *not* required for CSV this year. ********** PROGRAM 9:00 am Introduction Alexander Wissner-Gross Institute Fellow, IACS 9:15 am "IBM Watson" Dan Cerutti General Manager of Watson Commercialization, IBM 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. 10:00 am "Visualization—The Art of Science" Alexander Onik President, ScienceGL 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. 10:45 am "Live Poultry Fresh Killed, Scientific Startups, and the Physics of Computation" Ben Vigoda General Manager and Technical Director, Analog Devices Research Labs 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. 11:45 am Conclusion Alexander Wissner-Gross (Attendees are welcome to meet the speakers in the lobby after the program.) ----------------- 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 _______________________________________________ Iacs-events mailing list Iacs-events(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.seas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iacs-events