Welcome to The Symposium on China Computer Science Vision 2020
October 12-15, 2009
Beijing, China
http://www.itcs.tsinghua.edu.cn/ChinaCS2020
Organized by: Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Tsinghua University
Conference Venue: Lecture Hall of FIT Building, Tsinghua University
Sponsored by
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China
The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Basic Research Program of China
Tsinghua University
Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Tsinghua Universtiy
Committee
General Chair
Prof. Andrew C Yao (Tsinghua University)
Program Committee
Prof. Andrew C Yao (Tsinghua University)
Prof. Yuexuan Wang (Tsinghua University)
Prof. Xiaoming Sun (Tsinghua University)
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Foreword
The Symposium on China Computer Science Vision 2020 will be held during October 12-15, 2009, at the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS) in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
China is striving to build first-rate research universities, to go with her remarkable economic growth in recent years. After five years of first-hand experience in developing research and education programs in Tsinghua Univeristy, we have come to believe that there is a real chance to successfully build a first-rate computer science discipline in China within 10 to 15 years. This task no doubt would be a great challenge, but at the same time it presents a rare opportunity to design a brand new computer science institute that would meet the needs of the computer science for tomorrow's world.
In China Computer Science Vision 2020, we have invited many of the leading computer scientists to give lectures on their perspectives on the state of the art of computer science today, and the likely future shape of computer science in ten to fifteen years. This is also a great opportunity for us to hear their experiences and advice on how to build a modern computer science department starting from the fundamentals. It is hoped that this symposium, besides imparting valuable scientific knowledge, will be shedding light on China's future road towards building a first-rate computer science discipline!
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao
Director, ITCS
Tsinghua University
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Invited Speakers
Sanjeev Arora (Princeton University)
Charlie Catlett (Argonne National Laboratory,USA)
Edmund Clarke (CMU)
John Hopcroft (Cornell)
Richard Karp (UC Berkeley)
Daphne Koller (Stanford)
Laszlo Lovasz (Eötvös Loránd University)
Silvio Micali (MIT)
Christos Papadimitriou (UC Berkeley)
David Patterson (UC Berkeley)
Michael Rabin (Harvard)
Raj Reddy (CMU)
Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Jeannette Wing (US National Science Foundation and CMU)
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Program for Talks
Monday, October 12, 2009 (Lecture Hall of FIT Building)
— 08:20-09:10 Opening Ceremony
— 09:10-10:10 Richard Karp: What Makes an Algorithm Great?
— 11:00-12:00 Michael Rabin: Privacy and Secrecy in the Age of Internet and Search Engines
— 14:00-15:00 Sanjeev Arora: Computer Science: A New Way to Think
— 15:00-16:00 Christos Papadimitriou: The Algorithmic Lens: How the Computaional Perspective is Changing the Sciences
— 16:30-17:30 Avi Wigderson: Randomness – A Computational Perspective
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 (Lecture Hall of FIT Building)
— 08:30-09:30 Edmund Clarke: Model Checking: My 28-year Quest to Overcome the State Explosion Problem
— 09:30-10:30 John Hopcroft: Future Research Directions in Computer Science
— 11:00-12:00 Raj Reddy: Technology in Service of Society
— 14:00-15:00 Charlie Catlett: The Personal Digital Augmenter and Buffer Overflow in Humans
— 15:00-16:00 Daphne Koller: Probabilistic Models for Holistic Scene Understanding
— 16:30-17:30 Jeannette Wing: Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (Lecture Hall of FIT Building)
— 08:30-09:30 Laszlo Lovasz: Large Networks: A New Language for Science
— 09:30-10:30 Silvio Micali: New Mechanisms for A New World
— 11:00-12:00 David Patterson: Your Students Are Your Legacy
— 14:00-16:00 Open Forum: China Computer Science Vision 2020
— 16:00-17:00 Closing Ceremony |
