NSF Symposium on Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 – Thursday, September 6, 2007
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
| Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Auditorium
Robert Palazzo and Wei Zhao
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| Part I: Challenges and Opportunities of Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation | |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote Speech
Sirin Tekinay
Lead of CDI Program and Chair of CDI Implementation Team, National Science Foundation |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
Panel
Chair:
Michael Foster
Members:
CCF Division Director, National Science Foundation
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University
Art Sanderson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alex Szalay, Johns Hopkins University Ralph Wachter, Office of Naval Research |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Invited Presentations
Chair:
Alan Cramb
Speakers:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Curt Breneman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fritz Henn, Brookhaven National Laboratory Richard Karp, University of California at Berkeley |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Lower Atrium
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| Part II: Knowledge Extractions | |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Keynote Speech
James Hendler
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Panel
Chair:
Deborah McGuinness
Members:
Stanford University
Selmer Bringsjord, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Daniel Oblinger, DARPA Frank Olken, National Science Foundation Chris Welty, IBM Watson Research Center |
| 3:30 p.m - 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Invited Presentations
Chair:
Wolf von Maltzahn
Speakers:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Peter Fox, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Yolanda Gil, University of Southern California Mark Shephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dave Waltz, University of Columbia |
| 5:15 p.m | Shuttle buses to hotels |
| 5:30 p.m | Shuttle buses leaving hotels for dinner cruise |
| 6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. | Dinner Cruise aboard the Dutch Apple |
| Thursday, September 6, 2007 | |
| Part III: Complex Interactions of Cyber and Physical Worlds | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Keynote Speech
Clas A. Jacobson
United Technology Research Center |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Panel
Chair:
Raj Rajkumar
Members:
Carnegie Mellon University
Nady Boules, General Motors Research & Development
David Corman, Boeing Lui Sha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jack Stankovic, University of Virginia |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Invited Presentations
Chair:
Helen Gill
Speakers:
National Science Foundation
Insup Lee, University of Pennsylvania
James R. Raynolds, University of Albany Badri Roysam, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute John Rushby, SRI |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| Part IV: Education Issues of CDI | |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Panel
Chair:
Lenore M. Mullin
Members:
National Science Foundation
Steve Gordon, Ohio Supercomputer Center
Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Russ Miller, Center for Computational Research at U Buffalo, SUNY John Sasso, New York State Office of Technology |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Ph.D Student Forum I
Chair:
Jeffrey Trinkle
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Ph.D Student Forum II
Chair:
Marjorie Pryse
University of Albany SUNY |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Summary and Follow-up Activities |
| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Reception and Dinner
Russell Sage Dining Hall
Speaker:
NSF Director Dr. Arden L. Bement Jr.
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