ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace Conference Opens Today Dean Kamen, Ray Kurzweil, and Steve Ballmer Headline "World's Fair for Information Technology" Event.Business and Technology Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2001 Bob Metcalfe Metcalfe may refer to: In places:
for Computing computing - computer Machinery (ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. ) Event San Jose Convention Center, March 12-14 FREE Expo Of Futuristic fu·tur·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to the future. 2. a. Of, characterized by, or expressing a vision of the future: futuristic decor. b. Technology Open To Public The Association for Computing Machinery See ACM. Association for Computing Machinery - Association for Computing (ACM) today announced the opening of its three-day conference featuring talks by influential thought leaders who will discuss the future role of computing in such diverse areas as: energy, engineering, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , scientific research, robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions , software, marine biology marine biology, study of ocean plants and animals and their ecological relationships. Marine organisms may be classified (according to their mode of life) as nektonic, planktonic, or benthic. Nektonic animals are those that swim and migrate freely, e.g. , and others. The "ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. " Conference will take place March 12-14, 2001 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in conjunction with the ACM1 Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. (FREE to the public; March 10-13). The ACM1 event also featured Educators Day on Saturday, March 10.
The schedule of speakers follows (full bios available on the Web
site):
MONDAY, MARCH 12
8:30 AM: Introduction by Bob Metcalfe, ACM1 Conference Master of
Ceremonies (Ethernet inventor, founder of 3Com, and Director,
International Data Group (IDG))
9:00 AM: Neil de Grasse Tyson: "Awash in Data, Awash in Discoveries:
Defining the Golden Age of Science" (Frederick P. Rose Director,
Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History)
9:45 AM: Ruzena Bajcsy: "A Compass for Computing" (Assistant Director,
Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science
Foundation)
10:30 AM: Coffee Break
11:00 AM: Marcia McNutt: "Beyond Jules Verne: Ocean Exploration for
the 21st Century" (President and CEO, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute)
11:45 AM: Michael L. Dertouzos: "The Unfinished Revolution" (Professor
and Director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science)
12:30 PM: Lunch
2:30 PM: Shirley Ann Jackson: "The Use of Information Technology in
Electrical Network Management" (President, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute)
3:15 PM: Steve Ballmer: "Where Commercial Software and Research Meet"
(President and CEO, Microsoft Corporation)
4 - 6 PM: Exposition for Attendees
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
8:30 AM: Alan Kay: "The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet" (Vice
President and Disney Fellow, Walt Disney Imagineering)
9:15 AM: William Buxton: "Moving Design to the Other Side of the
Glass" (Chief Scientist, Alias|Wavefront, Inc.)
10:00 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 Martin F.H. Schuurmans: "Intelligent Ambient and its
Implications for Society" (Executive Vice President and CEO, Philips
Centre for Industrial Technology (CFT))
11:15 AM: Rod Brooks: "Flesh and Machines" (Director, Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory and Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science,
MIT)
12:00 Lunch
2:00 PM: Ray Kurzweil: "Why We Will Spend Most of Our Time in Virtual
Reality in the 21st Century" (Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Kurzweil
Technologies, Inc.)
3:00 PM: Sylvia Earle: "Sustainable Seas: The Vision, The Reality"
(Founder/Chairman, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research and
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14:
8:30 AM: Vint Cerf: "One is Glad to Be of Service" (Senior Vice
President, Internet Architecture and Technology, WorldCom, Inc.)
9:15 AM: Dean Kamen: "Engineering the Future Depends on Future
Engineers" (President and Owner, DEKA Research & Development
Corporation and Founder of FIRST)
10:00 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM: David Baltimore: "Biological Information Transformation"
(President, California Institute of Technology)
11:15 AM: Bob Metcalfe: Final thoughts and Wrap-up
About ACM:
Founded in 1947, ACM is the oldest and largest international
educational and scientific society in the IT and computing field, with
over 80,000 members. ACM reaches out to the computing and IT community
offering a broad range of programs and services including the
publication of more than 20+ journals and magazines, including its
flagship title, Communications of the ACM. ACM is the originator of
the Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize" in computing.
ACM1 Underwriters: Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Research
ACM1 Sponsors: AT&T, Cadmus, Paradux, Sheridan Printing, Technifex,
Verity, ACM SIGARCH, ACM SIGCOMM, ACM SIGDA and
ACM SIGOPS
ACM1 Media Sponsors: San Jose Mercury News and Bayarea.com.
Information and Registration: Conference registration: Registration is available onsite. If you are a member of the media and interested in registering for the ACM1 Conference, press registration is onsite. Please bring press credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. . Contact Chris Morgan Chris Morgan is the name of:
ACM1 Expo (March 10-13, San Jose McEnery Convention Center) - Open to the public and all conference attendees, the ACM1 Expo is a FREE, hands-on exhibition featuring more than 70 displays of the latest research and development from leading companies, universities and organizations. |
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