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From: Vadhan, Salil P. <salil(a)seas.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:13 PM
Subject: FW: discussions with Craig Mundie
To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik (alan(a)aspuru.com) <alan(a)aspuru.com>om>, Valiant, Leslie
G. <valiant(a)seas.harvard.edu>
Hi Alan, Thought the wed 4pm discussion on quantum computing with Mundie
might be of interest to you or your students. - Salil
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From: Schrag, Daniel P.
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schneier(a)schneier.com; Bjelde, Katherine
Subject: discussions with Craig Mundie
CS Colleagues - As some of you know, I direct the Science, Technology and
Public Policy program over at the Kennedy School. As part of that effort,
I have worked to build a digital technology policy group - and Jim Waldo is
a big part of that team, along with Bruce Schneier, David Eaves, and
Michael Sulmeyer. They have nice space over in 1 Brattle Street on the 4th
floor - what we have been calling “DigitalHKS”.
Next week, my PCAST colleague, Craig Mundie, will be visiting the digital
technology policy group at HKS. Many of you probably know Craig as the
former CTO of Microsoft. It is not the most convenient time, with the
start of classes, but it is the only time that fit in his schedule. He is
coming to have a series of conversations about various ideas he has. I
think he feels a bit isolated since his retirement from Microsoft and is
looking for engagement and interaction.
On Monday at noon (over lunch) at 1 Brattle, Bruce Schneier will host a
discussion with Craig about his ideas on artificial general intelligence.
On Tuesday at 2:30 at 1 Brattle, Michael Sulmeyer will host a discussion
with Craig on rebooting the global financial computer system after a
disruption.
On Wednesday at 4 PM, Jim Waldo will host a conversation (This one will be
in Maxwell Dworkin) on quantum computing.
And then Thursday at noon (over lunch) at 1 Brattle, David Eaves will host
a discussion with Craig about cybersecurity versus privacy tradeoffs and
the concept of “virtual sovereignty”.
The idea for each of these sessions is to get a relatively small number of
people (maybe 12 people tops) into a conversation, with Craig leading off
with some opening remarks about his ideas, and then a general discussion
following. You are welcome to participate, and I would appreciate it if
you could RSVP as spaces are limited (and also we need to order lunch).
The only one that is more open is the Wednesday 4 PM session over in
Maxwell Dworkin - so please feel free to invite others (including students)
to that one if they are interested.
If there are other people you think would be interested in the smaller
sessions, please let me know and we will try to make room.
Please RSVP to Kate Bjelde at: Katherine_Bjelde(a)hks.harvard.edu Please
make sure you tell her which of the conversations you plan on attending.
And Craig is also available for individual or small group meetings. If you
would like to arrange that, just let me know and we will work on it.
Thanks - i hope this will be interesting.
best,
Dan Schrag
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