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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
>>
>>          "Proactive Computing: It's Time to Get Physical"
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>My themes for this second front are:
>>
>>   * Get Physical - Get better connected to the physical world
>>     that surrounds us.
>>
>>   * 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.
>>
>>   * Get Active - Leverage Java-like technologies to reinvent
>>     software and systems.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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).
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>______________________________
>
>Donald C. Shields
>Director of Development
>College of Engineering
>Carnegie Mellon University
>ph: 412-268-3421
>fx: 412-268-6421
>dshields+@cmu.edu