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Beyond Pervasive Computing

Moderator: Robert Buderi
Rodney A. Brooks Richard (Rick) Rashid Steve Tuecke Dr. David Tennenhouse: May 23, 2002; Running Time: 00:20:47

About the Lecture

About the Lecture

Pervasive computing-the idea that wired and wireless computing services and applications will be available anytime/anywhere-is becoming realized. Now, computer scientists are taking the next step: promoting proactive, or attentive, computing, in which computers and sensors don't just respond to users, but anticipate their needs-through agents, data mining, sense-making and other software advances.

Lecture Details

Location: Kresge Auditorium

About the Speakers

Moderator: Robert Buderi

Founder and CEO, Xconomy

Robert Buderi is former Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review magazine and the author of Engines of Tomorrow (Simon and Schuster 2000), an account of the evolution and current practice of corporate research. His first book, The Invention That Changed the World (Simon and Schuster 1996), examined radar's impact on World War II and post-war science and technology.

A former BusinessWeek technology editor and Vannevar Bush Fellow at MIT, Buderi has written for numerous publications, including Newsweek, Time, Science, Nature, The Economist, Sports Illustrated and The Atlantic Monthly. He speaks widely about emerging technologies and their impact and is a regular guest of CNBC's "Strategy Session" and "The Wall Street Journal Report".

Rodney A. Brooks

Director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Panasonic Professor of Robotics

In addition to his multiple roles at MIT, Rodney Brooks is Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of iRobot Corporation. He received degrees in pure mathematics from the Flinders University of South Australia and the Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1981. Brooks is a Founding Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Richard (Rick) Rashid

Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research

Steve Tuecke

Argonne National Laboratory TR100 Finalist

Dr. David Tennenhouse

Vice President and Director of Research Intel Corporation

David Tennenhouse is an Intel Vice President in the Corporate Technology Group and Director of Research. He has been one of the pioneers of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networking, Active networks, Software Radio, and Desktop Media processing.

Tennenhouse received his B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees from the University of Toronto. In 1989, he completed his Ph.D. at the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. He then joined MIT, where he held appointments in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in the Sloan School of Management.

Tennenhouse previously served as Chief Scientist and Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Technology Office. At DARPA, he directed a research program focusing on information technology issues of strategic concern to the U.S. government. As Office Director, Tennenhouse formulated DARPA's PRO-Active Computing research strategy which emphasizes the networking of embedded and autonomous systems. He was also a key player in the development of the U.S. government's Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT2) initiative.