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William Gould Dow Distinguished Lectureship

The William Gould Dow Distinguished Lectureship is the highest external honor bestowed by the Department, and recognizes the accomplishments of external individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the field of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The Lectureship was established by donations from students and friends of William Gould Dow (1895-1999), former faculty member and Chair of the department.

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Past Events

DEC
01
2023
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Why do large AI models display new and complex skills?
Sanjeev Arora, Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
3:30pm – 4:30pm in 1670 Beyster Building
APR
06
2018
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Technology, Innovation and Diversity: Women and men creating technology together, and defining our future
Telle Whitney
3:00pm – 4:00pm in Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center
MAR
14
2018
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Efficient Hardware and Methods for Deep Learning
William J. Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research , NVIDIA
3:00pm
APR
05
2016
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Road Toward the New Light: The Invention of High Efficient Blue LEDs and Future Lighting
Shuji Nakamura, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
4:00pm
DEC
02
2015
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Big Data is (at least) Four Different Problems
Michael Stonebraker, Co-Director, Intel Science and Technology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00pm – 4:00pm in 1670 Beyster Building
NOV
12
2013
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Enabling Research for the Soldier of Tomorrow
Dr. Thomas Russell, Director, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
4:30pm
JAN
15
2013
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Learning and Inference for Graphical and Hierarchical Models: A Personal Journey
Alan S. Willsky, Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:30pm
APR
04
2011
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Selling Wind Randomly
Pravin Varaiya, Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor , UC Berkeley
4:00pm
MAR
23
2010
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Nanoelectronics in Retrospect, Prospect and Principle
James D. Meindl, Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Microelectronics, Georgia Institute of Technology
4:00pm
MAR
10
2009
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Cellular Communications: A Dynamic Past and More Exciting Future – Even Now
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Qualcomm Incorporated
4:30pm
DEC
08
2008
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Hierarchical Understanding of Proofs
Manuel Blum, Bruce Nelson Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
3:30pm – 4:30pm in 1670 Beyster Building
APR
05
2007
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture | Women in Computing
Programming – Past and Future: William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Susan L Graham
4:30pm
FEB
06
2007
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
The Perfect Lens: Resolution Beyond the Limits of Wavelength
Professor Sir John Pendry
4:30pm
MAR
28
2005
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Computational Discovery of Genetic Regulatory Networks
Dr. Richard Karp
4:30pm
OCT
20
2004
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Natural Communication with Networked Information Systems: Research and Prospectives
Dr. James L. Flanagan
4:00pm
MAR
11
2004
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Overview of the two recent Mars missions, Spirit and Opportunity
Dr. Charles Elachi
4:30pm
APR
03
2003
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Control: The Hidden Technology
Prof. Karl J. Astrom
4:30pm
OCT
17
2002
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
High Technology Electronics Research and Education
Prof. Lester F. Eastman
4:00pm
NOV
08
2001
William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture
Disruptive Technologies Amidst the Storm in Telecommunications
Robert W. Lucky, VP of Applied Research, Telcordia Technologies
4:00pm
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