The Future of Computing

Peter Freeman

Thursday, 02 Apr 2015 at 12:30 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Peter A. Freeman is the founding dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing and former assistant director of the National Science Foundation. He is widely known for his efforts to advance science and engineering research and education and has been responsible for a number of activities that continue to have a major impact on computing, including the Information Technology Research Program, cyberinfrastructure initiatives, and the GENI Internet Research project. He will discuss the future of computing while looking at developments of the past fifty years, including supercomputers, the Internet, Google, the iPhone, and massive software systems. Freeman served as the John P. Imlay Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech from 1990 until 2002 before joining NSF. Graduate & Professional Student Senate Research Conference Keynote

The keynote address is free and open to the public. Registration for other symposium activities is encouraged and free of charge.
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More information about the 2015 Graduate and Professional Research Conference is available online at www.gpss.iastate.edu

Cosponsored By:
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • College of Business
  • College of Design
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Human Sciences
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Graduate & Professional Student Senate
  • Graduate College
  • Office of the Senior Vice President & Provost
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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