Tag: Distinguished Lecture

Srinivasan Seshan on the past, present and future of the internet

At a CMU-Q Distinguished Lecture, Srinivasan Seshan described how delivering multimedia content has been the driving force behind many internet changes over the past several decades. Seshan is the head…

Cognition expert explores the nuances of human-robot interactions

Agnieszka Wykowska shares research, areas of investigation in human-robot interaction at CMU-Q distinguished lecture In a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Agnieszka Wykowska outlined some current areas of…

Jason Griffey explores using Blockchain in the library

Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Jason Griffey discussed how Blockchain, the much-hyped technology behind the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, can be adapted to improve the way libraries store information. Griffey…

CMU’s Mary Shaw: Software engineering must go beyond ‘frontier mentality’

To prevent failures like the Equifax breach, Carnegie Mellon’s Mary Shaw suggested that the software engineering field must move beyond the ‘frontier mentality’ and employ levels of assurance that will…

Students prefer print to electronic: Diane Mizrachi speaks at CMU-Q

In a study of more than 10,000 students in 21 countries, Diane Mizrachi has found that students overwhelmingly prefer print to electronic reading material. Mizrachi is the social sciences and…

Inaugural Paul Christiano lecture explores smart cities

The future of city infrastructure was the topic of a lecture by James H. Garrett Jr, the dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Garrett outlined Metro21,…

Finn Kydland discusses economic science and the aggregate economy

Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate (2004) and Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, outlined developments over the past 40 years that have placed the field of macroeconomics on…

Lehoczky speaks about real-time computing

John Lehoczky discussed the challenges of real-time computer systems in a John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Social Sciences on March 8. Lehoczky, the Thomas Lord University Professor of Statistics…

Computer science is transforming the world, says CMU’s Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at CMU, gave an inspiring look at the direction technology is heading at a CMU-Q lecture on Wednesday. In his top…

CMU’s John Hooker discusses the comparative advantages of different cultures in the global economy

John Hooker, T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at CMU, discussed the way cultural differences have helped shape the new economic order. Using different examples from…