For Pittsburgh IPers Inaugural Alan J. Perlis Fun Lecture in Computer Science: Thursday, September 21

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> The Inaugural Alan J. Perlis Fun Lecture in Computer Science
> Thursday, September 21, 2017
> -  4:00 pm - Refreshments
> -  4:30 pm - Lecture
> Rashid Auditorium - 4401 Gates Hillman Centers
>
> An endowed lecture created for our community, co-directed by our SCS Undergraduates!
>
>
> SCOTT BERKUN
> Author and Speaker (and alum!)
> Scott Berkun is a bestselling author and popular speaker on creativity, philosophy, culture, business and many other 
> subjects. He’s the author of six books, including:  The Myths of Innovation,  Confessions of a Public Speaker, and 
> The Year Without Pants. His work has appeared, or been mentioned, in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, 
> The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, Wired magazine, USA Today, Fast Company, National Public Radio, 
> The Huffington Post and other media.
>
> Born and raised in Queens, NYC, he studied philosophy, computer science and design at Carnegie Mellon University, was 
> a manager at Microsoft (’94-’03) and WordPress.com (’10-’12), taught creativity at the University of Washington, was 
> a co-host of CNBC’s The Business of Innovation TV show, is named on 5 U.S. patents, blogs for Harvard Business and 
> BusinessWeek, and has appeared as an expert on various subjects on CNN, CNBC, NPR and MSNBC. He’s also the MC and 
> speaker coach for Ignite Seattle, a finalist in the Amtrak 2014 writer’s residency program and the director of the 
> short film We Make Seattle.
>
> His latest business book, The Dance of The Possible, launched on March 2017.
>
> Booksigning: 
> Copies of Scott's books will be available at the lecture for signature and great enjoyment.
>
> Questions: scs-dls () cs cmu edu



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