Bilkent ACM SIGART (Special Interest Group on Aritifical Intelligence)

Distinguished Lecture...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS

Raj Reddy
Dean, School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA USA

Dr. Raj Reddy is Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics. From 1960-63, Dr. Reddy worked as an Applied Science Representative for IBM Corp., in Australia. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Stanford in 1966. He joined the Carnegie Mellon faculty as an Associate Professor of Computer Science in 1969. He became a Full Professor in 1973, a University Professor in 1984, and named as the Simon University Professor in 1992. He served as the founding Director of the Robotics Institute from 1979 to 1991 and as the Dean of the School of Computer Science since 1991.

Dr. Reddy's research interests include the study of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. His current research projects include speech recognition and understanding systems; collaboration on the web; universal digital libraries; and learning on demand. His professional honors include: Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Member of the National Academy of Engineering and Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was president of the American Association for AI from 1987 to 89. He is a recipient of the IBM Research Ralph Gomory Fellow Award in 1991.

Dr. Reddy was awarded the Legion of Honor by President Mitterand of France in 1984. He is a recipient of the ACM Turing Award in 1995. He was named a member of President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) in 1997.

Friday, 17 October 1997
at 10:45 in Mithat Coruh Amphitheater
(Engineering Building)

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