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.
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