Date
22.04.2005

Time
10:15

Lille Auditorium, Realfagsbygget, UiTø

Computer Science Cinema: William Gates on the next generation computer science

The Computer Science Cinema is proud to present a lecture held by Chief Software Architect William Gates. The lecture will be streamed from MIT Friday 22. April 2005, at 10:15 in Lille Auditorium.

In his talk, Mr. Gates, his friends know him as "Bill" Gates, provides an optimistic view of the next generation of computer science, now that the rough draft is done. Gates finds a paradox today in that computer science is poised to transform work and home life, but peoples excitement level is not as high as it was five years ago during the Internet bubble. Because most sectors of the computer industryfrom microchips to storage, displays to wireless connectivity continuously improve in performance, Gates predicts a flood of new products and applications. He sported a wristwatch that receives data wirelessly, as well as keeps its user on schedule. Gates describes "rich, new peripherals" such as ultra-wideband digital cameras and he demonstrates software that allows pictures to be archived using a 3D visual interface with a built-in time, date, and keyword database. He says that computer science is merging with and making over such fields as astronomy and biology, by unifying vast, unwieldy data collections into easily navigable libraries. And Gates appears confident that technological breakthroughs will ultimately resolve urgent problems of computer and network security.

More information about the Computer Science Cinema arrangement can be found at:
http://uit.no/informatikk/cinema/

Nettsider
http://uit.no/informatikk/nyheter/2289

Kontaktperson
Førsteamanuensis Tage Stabell-Kulø