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Skewed functional processes and their applications

Connecting the Dots in a Flat World

We created a technological infrastructure that has transformed our lives. Immense volumes of data are being captured by instruments, satellites, and sensors, 24/7. Huge data sets are being analyzed by scientists, engineers, the military, and large corporations.  Areas such as bioinformatics, drug discovery, nano-engineering, healthcare, e- commerce, require unprecedented levels of cooperation between experts from a variety of fields. At the new frontiers of engineering, science and technology, a new generation of scientists and engineers must be trained to listen to and learn from others. We must learn to collaborate in order to devise the new methods, technologies and insights needed to support such distributed networks of research. Computing is the driving force, at the center of this fundamental change.  During this talk I will offer my personal (and optimistic) view on the future of computing and the intersection with the sciences, and will discuss areas that I think offer greater opportunities.

About the speaker:  Dr. Juan E. Vargas is a Sr. Academic Relations Manager for Microsoft Co. He has a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.  He is also a faculty member of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of South Carolina. His teaching interest include data mining, Bayesian networks, embedded systems, programming languages, operating systems, and data structures and algorithms.  Dr. Vargas research interests include data mining, probabilistic inference, embedded systems, sensor networks, and service oriented architectures. His research is published in more than 60 articles, several book chapters, and many conferences.