Leaders in the field of computer science will talk about the varying uses of technology, from its role in movies to the classroom, during a symposium on May 27-28 at Brown University.
Alan Kay of The Walt Disney Company, David Salesin of Microsoft, and Ronen Barzel, a member of the team who created the movie Toy Story will be among the speakers at “The Computer, the Academy and the World.”
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Topics of discussion will include blending art and engineering to make movies; the office of the future; technologies for learning; and the idea that the computer revolution has not yet occurred.
The symposium is in honor of computer science pioneer and Brown professor Andries van Dam, who will celebrate his 60 birthday. Van Dam is the Thomas J. Watson Jr. University Professor of Technology and Education and a professor of computer science.
In 1966, van Dam was awarded the nation’s second Ph.D. in computer science. Since he has broken new ground in the use of computers in education; educated a generation of experts in computer graphics; helped with countless startup companies; and served on the advisory boards of many small and large companies, including Microsoft Research. In 1996, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.
“Andy van Dam’s Legacy: A Mid-Career Review” will be the first discussion of the symposium, taking place on May 27 at 9:45 a.m. That discussion will be led by Ed Lazowska, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.
The symposium is open to the public, but a $75 registration fee is required. For details, call 863-7600 or visit the Web Site: http://www.cs.brown.edu/~andyfest
