Participation is by invitation only.
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