| 8:00 am |
Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome and Awards:
- Welcome from Dean Crouch
- State of Department, Vipin Kumar
- Introduction of Kevin Driscoll, Mats Heimdahl
- Presentation of DAA award, Vipin Kumar
- Remarks from Kevin Driscoll
- Intro to the days events, posters, keynote, lunch and afternoon program, Vipin Kumar
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| 9:30 am |
Posters with coffee and snacks |
| 11:30 am |
Keynote address from IBM Fellow Mr. Kerrie Holley:
The Promise of Watson: Moving Towards A Smarter Future
Our world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and organizations are
experiencing an unprecedented explosion of digital information. The
challenge for business leaders is finding the ‘intelligence’ in all the
white noise. As data analytics become more critical to the business, how
can today’s CIO offer customized intelligence to their organization for
timely and reliable business insight? In an effort to understand the
deeper aspects of human intelligence and harness the transformative
potential of data analytics, the top minds at IBM started on a journey
to create the phenomenon we know today as Watson. Join IBM Fellow and
GBS CTO, Kerrie Holley, as he explores Watson’s potential and the impact
its computational power can have on business and industry.
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| 12:30 pm |
Wrap up |
| 2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Cloud Computing
"Cloud Computing: Hype or Reality?" The topics discussed at this special afternoon
panel will include the current state and future of cloud computing, the challenges
and opportunities in using cloud computing, and the role of industry and academia
in its sustenance and growth. No registration is required.
This panelists will include:
- Marc Coyle
Senior Vice President, Appirio
- Abhishek Chandra
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science
- Christopher Dickson
Symantec
- David Du
Professor
University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science
- Jon Weissman
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science
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