[APDIO] 1st UPTec School on the Future of Computing - *Schedule* is now available - Porto, June 25-29th

["Susana Relvas" <susana.relvas@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>]

Dear all:

 

(Apologies for cross-posting, please re-share)

 

We are happy to announce that the schedule of the 1st UPTec School on the Future of Computing to be held in Porto, Portugal, (https://goo.gl/maps/Mbjd79Jakg82) from June 25th to June 29th 2018 and sponsored by the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto, *is now available* (please see below).

The goal of this 1st Summer School is to gather a panel of world experts to discuss how the computers of the future will be. During the School we will provide participants with knowledge for understanding the trends, the technologies and the challenges that computation will face in the next 5 to 50 years. The school will host several technical seminars and talks on specific technologies that will shape the future of computation.

 

Additionally, we hope to be foster an environment that combines technical accuracy and realistic speculation to inspire participants to imagine the future of computation. As such, we will also host a hackathon session in which participants can propose ideas of projects to be presented to a panel of experts.

We invite candidates to apply here: https://futurecomp.uptec.up.pt/apply-now

 

Please see the schedule below or here: https://futurecomp.uptec.up.pt/uptec-schedule/

 

 

SCHEDULE [NEW!!]:

----------------------------

Day 1: Monday, June 25th

====================

 

9:00 - Participant Registration 

10.00 - Welcome Session

10.30 - Coffee Break

11.00 - Paul E. Ceruzzi - The history of computing: what can it offer to those who are inventing the future of computing? (Part 1)

12.30 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Paul E. Ceruzzi - The history of computing: what can it offer to those who are inventing the future of computing? (Part 2)
15.30 - Coffee Break

16.00 - Sadaf Alam - Grand challenges and the role of [super]computing
17.30 - Cocktail Break - Porto de Honra

18.30 - Luis Sarmento - Hackaton: Motivation and Rules of the Game

19.30 - Social Program Begins ("You can dance if you want to")

 

Day 2: Tuesday, June 26th

====================

 

9:00 - Luca Cardelli - Molecular Programming (Part 1)

10.30 - Coffee Break

11.00 - Luca Cardelli - Molecular Programming (Part 2)

12.30 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Carmen G. Almudever - What is quantum computing all about? (Part 1)

15.30 - Coffee Break

16.00 - Carmen G. Almudever - What is quantum computing all about? (Part 2)

17.30 - Cocktail Break

18.30 - Expand your Mind Talk 1: Alexandre Zagoskin - Schrödinger’s Elephants and Quantum Slide Rules: From Quantum Physics to Quantum Engineering

19.30 - Social Program Begins ("You can dance if you want to")

 

Day 3: Wednesday, June 27th

====================

 

9:00 - Koen Bertels - From qubit to company: is that possible?

10.30 - Coffee Break

11.00 - Giacomo Indiveri - Emulating cortical circuits for building neuromorphic cognitive agents 

12.30 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Karlheinz Maier - Computers like brains - From concepts to reality

15.30 - Coffee Break

16.00 - Giacomo Indiveri - Analog Computing and Neural Networks

17. 30 - Cocktail Break

18.30 - Expand your Mind Talk 2: Koen Bertels - Quantum genome sequencing: current investigation

19.30 - Social Program Begins ("You can dance if you want to")

 

Day 4: Thursday, June 28th

=====================

 

9:00 - Peter Dittrich + Jerzy Górecki- Chemical Computing (Part 1 + 2)

10.30 - Coffee Break

11.00 - Peter Dittrich + Jerzy Górecki- Chemical Computing (Part 3 + 4)

12.30 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Peter Dittrich + Jerzy Górecki- Chemical Computing (Pats 5 + 6)
15.30 - Coffee Break

16.00 - TBD - Seminar on an Emerging Technology TBD 

17. 30 - Cocktail Break

18.30 - Expand your Mind Talk 3: Heitor Alvelos: Mind the Future: on how we predict the unpredictable

19.30 - Luís Sarmento - Hackathon: Get Ready, Set, GO!

20.00 - Beginning of the Hackathon

 

Day 5: Friday, June 29th

===================

 

9.00 - Hackathon Continues 

12.30 - Lunch Break

14.00 - Pitch it or Ditch it - Project Demo Session to Jury

16.00 - Coffee Break

16.30 - Expand your Mind Talk 4: Arlindo Oliveira -  Digital Minds: Science Fiction or Near Future Reality?

17. 30 - Cocktail Break

18.30 - Panel: "Where do we go now?"

19.30 - Closing Remarks

20.00- Beyond Infinity Party 

 

Note: The schedule is still subject to slight changes.
Most recent version will be here: https://futurecomp.uptec.up.pt/

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

---------------------------------

The seminars and talks will be accessible with people with minimum technical background. No Computer Science background is required.

 

The intended audience includes everyone who:

 

* Invents the future of computation: PhD and MsC students, Researchers in Academia and Industry from *several* fields including Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, etc;

 

* Is reflecting on the future of society: PhD and MsC students, Researchers in Academia from socio-economic sciences including Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, History, etc;

 

* Creates markets for future computation platforms: entrepreneurs, cloud providers, software companies;

 

* Funds the creation of the Future: venture capital, research funding agencies;

 

* Regulates practical aspects of the Future governmental agencies, policy makers.

 

 

SPEAKERS:

-----------------

We are bringing together an exciting set of speakers from several areas including the history of computers, quantum computing, biological computing, chemical computing, analog computing, brain-inspired computing. Here is the list of (confirmed speakers):

 

* Alexandre Zagoskin, Loughborough University

* Arlindo Oliveira, Technical University of Lisbon

* Carmen G. Almudever, TU Delft

* Giacomo Indivery, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich

* Heitor Alvelos, Univesity of Porto

* Jerzy Gorecki, Institute of Physical Chemistry PAN

* Karlheinz Meier, Universität Heidelberg

* Koen Bertels, TU Delft

* Luca Cardeli, Microsoft Research

* Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian Institution

* Peter Dittrich, University Jena Institute of Computer Science

* Sadaf R. Alam, Swiss National Supercomputing Center

 

More to be announced soon. Check out: https://futurecomp.uptec.up.pt/speakers/

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

-----------------------------

March 15th – April 29th Application

April 30th – May 13th Candidate selection

May 14th – May 20th Early Registration of selected candidates

May 21st – 28th Late Registration (no more registrations will be accepted)

June 25th UPTEC School on the Future of Computing begins!!!

 

FEES:

--------

(Does not include travel, accommodation, and meal expenses):

 

 * Early Registration:
      - Industry, Researchers, Faculty...: 260 Euros +VAT
      - MsC + PhD Students:                  190 Euros +VAT

 * Late Registration: 360 Euros +VAT

 

We will not provide accommodation but there are multiple options in the vicinity of the venue, in downtown Porto (https://goo.gl/maps/Mbjd79Jakg82).

 

 

 

For more information: futurecomp@uptec.up.pt / https://futurecomp.uptec.up.pt/ 

 

Follow us on social media: 

 

* twitter.com/uptecporto 

* https://www.facebook.com/uptec/

* https://www.linkedin.com/company/uptecporto/