Regents' Lecture

Regents' Lecture

Arun Netravali

Presenter: Arun Netravali, Chief Scientist,Lucent Technologies

Host: Charles Tu, Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2002

Time: 4:00PM to 5:00PM

Location: Price Center Ballroom A; open to the public., UCSD Campus, La Jolla

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Courtesy: California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology [Calit²]

Topic: Beyond 2002: Trends, Developments and Opportunities in Communications Science and Engineering

Abstract:
Communications networking has profoundly changed our world. Yet we are only in the early stages of the networking revolution. Astounding changes in the underlying science and technologies of silicon, optics, wireless and software will bring us an immense variety of natural, network-based services. These services will connect people, institutions and enterprises with one another and with every conceivable kind of information and product to improve personal and business productivity and vastly expand human knowledge, wisdom and commerce.

Bio:
In 2001, Arun Netravali assumed the post of Chief Scientist at Lucent Technologies, following two years as president, chief technology officer and chief network architect at Lucent's Bell Laboratories division. At Lucent, he reports directly to CEO Henry Schacht, and works with the academic and investment communities to identify new technologies that will be relevant to Lucent's mission. Netravali also acts as an advisor to Lucent senior management on technical and customer issues. He is regarded as a pioneer in the field of digital technology and led the research and development of Bell Labs' high definition television (HDTV) effort. He has authored more than 170 technical papers and co-authored three books: Digital Picture Representation and Compression, (Plenum, 1987), Visual Communications Systems, (IEEE Press, 1989) and Digital Video: An Introduction to MPEG-2, (Chapman and Hall, 1996). He holds more than 70 patents in the areas of computer networks, human interfaces to machines, picture processing and digital television. Netravali is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. For his scientific achievements, he has received numerous awards, including the Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1991), an Emmy for the HDTV Grand Alliance (1994), and the Kilby Medal from the IEEE (2001). Netravali was an adjunct professor at MIT, and received his Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Directions/Parking: Parking spaces will be reserved for Lecture attendees at the Faculty Club parking lot and Gilman parking structure. For directions and campus maps, go to http://www.ucsd.edu/map/.

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