Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


Remember, the best way to predict the future is to create it.

Utah is hosting The Air We Breathe, a symposium on air quality on October 3, 2019: https://cleanair.utah.edu/

A few days ago, I had the opportunity and pleasure to chair a panel on AI as part of the David Eccles School of Business (DESB) Alumni forum at the University of Utah.

What motivates us to discover, to explore new frontiers? What unbroken causal chain connects a child’s boundless curiosity to the focused, but equally insatiable questioning of a trained researcher at the peak of their intellectual prowess?

I am pleased that I am being appointed to the National Science Board, where I hope to help the NSF continue to support and sustain scholars – young and old – and to advance scientific research and ensure national competitiveness.

What really happens when one writes a loop or invokes a procedure? Computer architecture as the big reveal