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SPECIAL JOINT CIT/SCS SEMINAR
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>Thursday, 7 December 2000
>4:00 pm, Wean Hall 7500
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>          DAVID TENNENHOUSE
>          Vice President and Director of Research, Intel
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>          "Proactive Computing: It's Time to Get Physical"
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>ABSTRACT
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>For over 35 years, Information Technology has been dominated by J.C.R.
>Licklider's powerful vision of Interactive Computing / Man-Machine
>Symbiosis. Although this "Human Centered" line of research has been (and
>continues to be) tremendously productive, I will present the case for
>opening a "second front" in the research struggle - one that zeros in
>on the boundary between the physical world, which we live in, and the
>virtual cocoons, in which we shelter our cherished software.
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>My themes for this second front are:
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>   * Get Physical - Get better connected to the physical world
>     that surrounds us.
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>   * Get Real - Focus on performance at "faster-than-human" (10 Hz)
>     frequencies.
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>   * Get Out - Free mankind from the tyranny of "human-in-the-loop"
>     computing.
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>   * Get Active - Leverage Java-like technologies to reinvent
>     software and systems.
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>Although considerable CS research has been conducted in these areas,
>my claim is that the emergence of networked embedded processors
>represents an "inflection point" that greatly increases the importance
>of these topics. It is further claimed that exploring these themes in
>concert may change our perspective on the role of Computer Science -
>and on its relationship to traditional Engineering.
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>SPEAKER BIO
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>David Tennenhouse is an Intel Vice President and
>Director of Research. He has been one of the pioneers
>of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networking,
>Active networks, Software Radio, and Desktop Media processing.
>
>Tennenhouse previously served as Chief Scientist and
>Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects
>Agency's Information Technology Office. At DARPA, he
>directed a research program focusing on information
>technology issues of strategic concern to the U.S.
>government. As Office Director, Tennenhouse formulated
>DARPA's PRO-Active Computing research strategy which emphasizes
>the networking of embedded and autonomous systems. He was also
>a key player in the development of the U.S.
>government's Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT2) initiative.
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>Tennenhouse received his B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees from the
>University of Toronto. In 1989, he completed his Ph.D. at the
>Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.
>He then joined MIT, where he held appointments in the Department
>of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in the Sloan
>School of Management.
>
>In addition to his research activities, Tennenhouse has been
>actively involved in the development of commercial technologies
>and business strategies. He is one of the founders
>of a consulting firm with expertise in fault tolerant transaction
>processing and has been a consultant to a range of technology,
>venture capital and financial organizations.
>
>Dr. Tennenhouse is a member of the ACM and IEEE and served
>on the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of the
>National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has
>been a member of the National Science and Technology Council's
>Sub-committee on Computing Information and Communications R&D,
>and chaired the Technology & Policy Working Group of the President's
>Information Infrastructure Task Force. In addition to his
>journal and conference publications, Dr. Tennenhouse has chaired
>various workshops and studies concerned with Information
>Infrastructure, ATM/Gigabit networking, and Advanced
>Digital Television (HDTV).