Second US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit

Dates: July 11, 2008
Arlington, Virgina

Participation is by invitation only.


The Agenda for the Summit

PROGRAM -- SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 
Friday, July 11, 2008

 8:30 -  8:40  Opening and Introduction  

 8:40 -  8:50  Arden Bement, Director of National Science Foundation

 8:50 -  9:00  Jiaguang Sun, Vice-President, National Natural Science
               Foundation of China

 9:00 -  9:40  Keynote I: Data Intensive Scalable Computing
               Randy Bryant, Dean of Computer Science, CMU  

 9:40 - 10:40  Session 1: Computer Science and Multidisciplinary Research in Universities 

               US side: 
               Chair: Fred Roberts, Director of DIMACS, Rutgers University 
               Eric Grimson, Chair of EECS, MIT  
               Marc Snir, Director of Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois, CRA Board Member
               Jeff Vitter, Dean of Science, Purdue 
               Wei Zhao, Dean of Science, RPI

               China side: 
               Chair: Maosung Sun, Head of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
               Yadong Wang, Vice Dean, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology 
               Hai Jin, Dean, School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

10:40 - 11:00  Break 

11:00 - 12:00  Session 2: Community Leadership to Support Computer Science Research  
            
               US side: 
               Chair: Peter Freeman, Director, Washington Advisory Group and Georgia Tech
               Annie Anton, CS Professor, North Carolina State University, CRA Board Member 
               Valerie Taylor, Chair of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, CRA Board Member 
               Bryant York, CS Professor, Portland State University, CRA Board member 

               China side: 
               Chair: Ge Bai, Deputy Director, Bureau of International Cooperation, National Natural Science Foundation of China 
               Yuwen Qin, Deputy Director, Department of Information Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China
               Ke Liu, Division Director, Department of Information Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China
               Hai Jin, Dean, School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

12:00 -  1:00  Session 3: Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development 

               US side: 
               Chair: Jason Cong, Chair of CS, UCLA
               Larry Davis, Chair of CS, University of Maryland
               Keith Marzullo, Chair of CS, UCSD
               Xiaodong Zhang, Chair of CS, Ohio State

               China side: 
               Chair: Xiaofei Xu, Dean, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
               Maosong Sun, Head of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
               Zhimin Zhang, Secretary Division of General Office, National Natural Science Foundation of China

 1:00 -  2:00  Lunch 

 2:00 -  2:40  Keynote II: Computing for the Masses, Zhiwei Xu, member of Information Sciences Advisory Committee, NSFC

 2:40 -  4:25  Session 4: Hot Research Topics 

               US side: 
               Chair: Suzanne Iacono, National Science Foundation 
               Michael Foster, Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, NSF  
	       Ty Znati, Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, NSF
	       Haym Hirsh, Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, NSF

               China Side: 
               Chair: Zhiwei Xu, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science 
               Ke Liu, Division Director, Department of Information Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China 
               Yadong Wang, Vice Dean, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

 4:25 -  4:45  Break 

 4:45 -  5:45  Session 5: CS student recruiting, training, and placement 

               US side: 
               Chair: Debra Richardson, Dean of Informaton and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
               Xiao-chuan Cai, CS Chair, University of Colorado 
               Michael Pazzani, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Rutgers University 

               China side: 
               Chair: Hai Jin, Dean, School of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
               Xiaofei Xu, Dean, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
              
 5:45 -  6:00  Closing Remarks:
               Fred Roberts, Director of DIMACS
	       Yuwen Qin, Deputy Director, Department of Information Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China

 6:00 -  7:00  Social Hour

 7:00          Banquet 
               Banquet Keynote: Peter Freeman, Director, Washington Advisory Group and Georgia Tech


 

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