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Dertouzos Lecturer Series 1985-1989

John E. Hopcroft , Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University
The Promise of Electronic Prototyping
Date: February 6 1986

Stephen A. Cook , Professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto
A Log-Depth Circuit for Interger Division
Date: February 7 1985

Robert E. Kahn , President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Developing the National Information Infrastructure
Date: February 12 1987

David S. Johnson , Department Head, Mathematical Foundations of Computing, AT&T Bell Laboratories
The Traveling Salesman Problem
Date: February 16 1989

Ralph Gomory , Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist IBM Corporation
The Evolution of Computing
Date: February 18 1988

Daniel C. Dennett , Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University
Information, Technology and the Virtues of Ignorance
Date: March 13 1986

Raj Reddy , Director of Robotics Institute Carnegie-Mellon University
Speech Recognition: A Challenging Task Domain for Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
Date: March 16 1989

David J. Kuck , Director, Center for Supercomputing and Development University of Illinois
The Cedar Systems
Date: March 19 1987

Bobby R. Inman , President and Chief Executive Officer, Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp.
Maintaining America's Technological Preeminence
Date: March 21 1985

Leslie B. Lamport , Computer Scientist, Digital Equipment Corporation Systems Research Center
Everything you need to know to reason about concurrent programs - but no one ever told you because it is so simple
Date: April 16 1987

William H. Gates , Chairman of the Board, Microsoft Corporation
Trends in Microcomputer Software
Date: April 17 1986

Alfred Aho , Director, Computing Science Research AT&T Bell Laboratories
Languages and Their Compilers
Date: April 21 1988

Carver A. Mead , Professor of Computer Science, California Institute of Technololgy
VLSI Structures for High Bandwidth Computation
Date: April 25 1985

Robert W. Taylor , Director, Systems Research Center Digital Equipment Corporation
Licklider's Legacy: The Power of a Vision
Date: April 27 1989

David A. Turner , Professor of Computer Science University of Kent at Canterbury
New Developments in Functional Programming
Date: May 8 1986

Nils J. Nilsson , Chairman, Department of Computer Science Stanford University
Intelligent, Communicating Agents
Date: May 14 1987

Jeffrey Ullman , Professor, Computer Science Department Stanford University
Object-Oriented Database Systems: Hot New Idea or Blast from the Past?
Date: May 19 1988

Kenneth L. Thompson , Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
A Unix Retrospective
Date: May 23 1985

Hans J. Berliner , Senior Research Scientist Computer Science Department Carnegie-Mellon University
Pattern Knowledge and Search: The SUPREM Architecture
Date: October 2 1986

Robert E. Tarjan , Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
New Themes in Data Structure Design
Date: October 10 1985

Dr. John Hennessy , Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University
RISC Architectures: Past, Present and Future
Date: October 12 1989

David L. Parnas , Professor of Computing and Information Science, Queen's University
Can We Make Software More Trustworthy?
Date: October 20 1988

Charles L. Seitz , Professor of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology
Portable Programming Systems for Concurrent Computers
Date: November 6 1986

William Poduska , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stellar Computer, Inc.
Venture Opportunities and High Performance Workstations
Date: November 12 1987

Dr. Terrence J. Senowski , Professor of Biology Physics University of California, San Diego
Perspectives on Neural Computation
Date: November 16 1989

Robert W. Lucky , Executive Director Research, Communications Sciences Division AT&T Bell Laboratories
Optical Technology and Computer Communications
Date: November 21 1985

Raymond Kurzweil , Chairman of the Board, Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc.
Five Trends Shaping Our Future World (Hardware to Software, Analog to Digital, Silicon Compilation, Parallel Processing)
Date: December 3 1987

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