program

10:30 AM

Arrival and Registration

11:15 AM

Dean’s Welcome
  • Marios Papaefthymiou

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Making a Difference: “TED” Talks and Q&A 
  • Mimi Ito, Professor in Residence, Informatics (Connected Learning)
  • Constance Steinkuehler, Professor, Informatics (Gaming)
  • Bryan Cunningham, Executive Director, UCI Cybersecurity Policy and Research Institute (Cybersecurity)
  • Hal Stern, Former Dean and Professor, Statistics (Data Science)
  • Alex Ihler, Associate Professor, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
  • Pierre Baldi, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science; Director, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (AI, Bioinformatics)
  • Moderated by André van der Hoek, Chair and Professor, Informatics

12:30 – 1:45 PM

Lunchtime Talk: The Five Tribes of Machine Learning, and What You Can Take from Each
  • Pedro Domingos, M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’97

    Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
  • Introduction by Alex Nicolau, Chair and Distinguished Professor, Computer Science

2- 3 PM

How We Got Here
  • Marsha Drapkin Hopwood, Ph.D. ’74

  • Debra Richardson, Professor Emerita, Informatics; Founding Dean and Former Chair
  • Dick Taylor, Chancellors Professor Emeritus, Informatics; Former Director, Institute for Software Research
  • Fred Tonge, Founding Faculty
  • John Leslie King, Former Department Chair and Professor
  • Lawrence A. Rowe, Ph.D. ’76, B.S. ’70
  • Moderated by Sandy Irani, Vice Chair and Professor, Computer Science

3 – 4 PM

Industry and Entrepreneurship
  • Andreas Gal, Ph.D. ’06
  • Tony Givargis, Professor, Computer Science
  • Owen O’Malley, M.S. ’89, Ph.D. ’96
  • Sandy Smart-Ashburn, B.S. ’87
  • Kevin Thompson, M.S. ’88
  • Moderated by Pat Helland ’76

4 – 5 PM

Preparing for the Future
  • LouAnne Boyd, Ph.D. ’18
  • Jonathan Chen, Ph.D. ’09
  • Dan Russell, B.S. ’77
  • Sameer Singh, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
  • Michelle Nuño, Ph.D. Candidate, Statistics
  • Tim Kashani, B.S. ’86
  • Pedro Domingos, M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’97
  • Moderated by Dan Gillen, Chair and Professor, Statistics

5 – 5:45 PM

Break – Networking and Hors d’oeuvres

5:45 – 6:45 PM

Keynote Address
  • Introductions, Dean Marios Papaefthymiou
  • Remarks, Chancellor Howard Gillman
Featured Keynote Lecture: From UCI to IPO
  • Vincent Steckler, B.S.  ’80, CEO, Avast Software

6:45 PM

Research Project Showcase and Networking Reception

Enjoy a special networking and hors d’oeuvres reception while viewing our Research Project  Showcase.

8:30 PM

Event concludes