Speaker: Dr. Neil Gershenfeld
Dr. Neil Gershenfeld is Director of the Center for Bits and
Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
will be the luncheon speaker at the 51st annual IEEE
International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM).
Dr. Gershenfeld is the world's leading thinker on how the
content of digital information relates to its potential
physical forms, a perspective which spans the reach from
quantum computing, to devices and processes that
communicate and interact with each other, to global
networks.
Topic: "Bits and Atoms"
Dr. Gershenfeld will describe two concepts that shed
insight into the relationship between the digital world
of bits and the physical world of atoms. "Building With
Logic" is the fabrication of perfect macroscopic
structures from imperfect microscopic components, and
"Programming With Math" is the application of computer
programs onto the dynamics of the physical world. His
work has resulted in not just mechanical devices, but
fully functioning systems in such areas as networks of
computer networks, "paintable" computing and personal
fabrication systems in developed and developing countries.
Date & Time: Tues., Dec. 6, approx. 1 p.m.
Place: International Ballroom West, Hilton Washington
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
Q&A: Dr. Gershenfeld will be available to talk with the press
immediately following his talk.
The Conference:
The annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting
(IEDM) is the world's premier forum for leading
semiconductor companies, universities and government
laboratories to first disclose research breakthroughs in
computer chips, nanoelectronics and related technologies.
The IEDM begins Monday, Dec. 5 and runs through Wednesday,
Dec. 7. To preview the technical highlights, there will be
a luncheon press briefing the day prior to
Dr. Gershenfeld's talk. That press briefing will begin at
noon on Monday, Dec. 5 in the Hilton's Map Room.
The IEDM web site is
www.ieee.org/conferences/iedm.
Contact:
co-Media Relations Director for IEDM Gary Dagastine, 518-785-2724 Cell: 518-506-7930 Email Contact or co-Media Relations Director for IEDM Christopher Burke, 919-872-8172 Cell: 919-637-3510 Email Contact