ACM/IEEE Presidential Panel on the Future of Computing
Channel: Joaquim Jorge
Date: 2021-05-13

New and compelling ideas transform the future of computing, bringing about changes that have significant implications for our profession and society while raising some profound technical questions. Computer Science research is evolving in many directions with important links to other disciplines, progress in high-performance computing, high-speed networks, massive data storage, and processing. At the same time, AI and communication technologies have become household words.
While the computing profession has made incredible strides, dark clouds are massing on the horizon. this panel will discuss the computing profession's state in the world today and its future outlook. 
The panel focuses on the many challenges of computational science, computer science education, and how Information Technology affects society, industry, and academia. 

Featuring six panelists (from left to right): Gabriele Kotsis (ACM President), Forrest Shul (IEEE CS President), Barbara Liskov, Moshe Vardi, Nuria Oliver, and Ricardo Baeza-Yates, the panel will be hosted by Técnico, the School of Engineering of University of Lisboa, under the Distinguished Lecture Series. 

Speaker Profiles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Kotsis
https://www.computer.org/profiles/forrest-shull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Liskov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Vardi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuria_Oliver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Baeza-Yates