[EE CS Colloq] Future of Research Universities * 4:15PM, Wed May 26, 2010 in Gates B01

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: allison () stanford edu
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> Subject: [EE CS Colloq] Future of Research Universities * 4:15PM, Wed May 26, 2010 in Gates B01
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>             Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium             
>                 4:15PM, Wednesday, May 26, 2010                 
>        HP Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B01       
>                   http://ee380.stanford.edu                  
>
> Topic:    Future of Research Universities                 
>
> Speaker:  John L. Hennessy
>          President, Stanford University
>
> About the talk:
>
> Research universities have existed in the United States for about
> 125 years, but the growth and evolution of the modern research
> university largely came after the Second World War with the
> subsequent increases in the federal funding of research. Looking
> forward, we see a variety of challenges to maintaining the
> successful track record of the past 50 years, including new
> challenges in educating students, in meeting the growing
> expectations of society, and in the need for new funding models.
> At a time when scientific and technical leadership are more
> important to economic vitality than ever, the country's research
> universities must play a pivotal role both fostering new
> approaches to education and to discovery.
>
> About the speaker:
>
> <[John Hennessy Photo] John L. Hennessy joined Stanford's faculty
> in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He
> rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and
> was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.
>
> From 1983 to 1993, Dr. Hennessy was director of the Computer
> Systems Laboratory, a research and teaching center operated by
> the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> that fosters research in computer systems design. He served as
> chair of computer science from 1994 to 1996 and, in 1996, was
> named dean of the School of Engineering. As dean, he launched a
> five-year plan that laid the groundwork for new activities in
> bioengineering and biomedical engineering. In 1999, he was named
> provost, the university's chief academic and financial officer.
> In October 2000, he was inaugurated as Stanford University's 10th
> president. In 2005, he became the inaugural holder of the Bing
> Presidential Professorship.
>
> A pioneer in computer architecture, in 1981 Dr. Hennessy drew
> together researchers to focus on a computer architecture known as
> RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), a technology that has
> revolutionized the computer industry by increasing performance
> while reducing costs. In addition to his role in the basic
> research, Dr. Hennessy helped transfer this technology to
> industry. In 1984, he cofounded MIPS Computer Systems, now MIPS
> Technologies, which designs microprocessors. In recent years, his
> research has focused on the architecture of high-performance
> computers.
>
> Dr. Hennessy is a recipient of the 2000 IEEE John von Neumann
> Medal, the 2000 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the 2001 ACM
> Eckert-Mauchly Award, the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering
> Award, a 2004 NEC C Prize for lifetime achievement in computer
> science and engineering and a 2005 Founders Award from the
> American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the
> National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of
> Sciences, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
> Sciences, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the
> Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
>
> He has lectured and published widely and is the co-author of two
> internationally used undergraduate and graduate textbooks on
> computer architecture design. Dr. Hennessy earned his bachelor's
> degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University and
> his master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from the
> State University of New York at Stony Brook.
>
>
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>
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