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Michael Carbin on integrity properties in approximate computing

Michael Carbin is a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. His interests include the design of programming systems that deliver improved performance and resilience by incorporating approximate computing and self-healing. His work on program analysis at...

Randal Koene on whole brain emulation

Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology...

Max Tegmark on the mathematical universe

Known as “Mad Max” for his unorthodox ideas and passion for adventure, his scientific interests range from precision cosmology to the ultimate nature of reality, all explored in his new popular book “Our Mathematical Universe“. He is an MIT physics...

Toby Walsh on computational social choice

Toby Walsh is a professor of artificial intelligence at NICTA and the University of New South Wales. He has served as Scientific Director of NICTA, Australia’s centre of excellence for ICT research. He has also held research positions in England,...

Randall Larsen and Lynne Kidder on USA bio-response

Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (Ret), is the National Security Advisor at the UPMC Center for Health Security, and a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington University. He previously served as the Executive Director of the Commission...

John Ridgway on safety-critical systems

John Ridgway studied physics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Sussex University before embarking upon a career in software engineering. As part of that career he worked for 28 years in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS),...