Robert Stewart Distinguished Lecture

The Robert Stewart Distinguished Lecture is made possible by the generous contribution of Dr. Long Ngyuen, who received his doctorate degree from the ISU Computer Science department in 1975. This annual event is held in honor of his mentor, Dr. Robert Stewart, Professor Emeritus and the first department chair in Computer Science at ISU. 

Researchers invited to be part of the Robert Stewart Distinguished Lecture series are world-class scholars in their field. They include recipients of prestigious distinctions such as the Turing Award, Kyoto Prize, National Medal of Technology and Innovations, John Von Neumann Medal, etc. Their talks focus on their research work, but are intended for an informed, but not expert audience. The RSDL is a public lecture. All are invited to attend and learn from some of contemporary computing's greatest minds.

 

Lecture Series

2024Jack DongarraJack Dongarra, The University of TennesseeAn Overview of High-Performance Computing and Future Requirements
2022Joseph SifakisJoseph Sifakis, Verimag LaboratoryWhy is it so hard to make self-driving cars? Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
2019Martin Hellman, Stanford UniversityThe Technological Imperative for Ethical Evolution
2018Leslie Valiant, Harvard UniversityWhat Needs to be Added to Machine Learning?
2016Takeo Kanade, Carnegie Mellon UniversityFun Research in Computer Vision: from robots, sports, face to medicine
2015Mary Shaw, Carnegie Mellon UniversityProgress Toward an Engineering Discipline of Software
2014Luca Cardelli, Mircrosoft Research in CambridgeThe Cell Cycle Switch Computes Approximate Majority
2013Dr. Stephen Yau, Arizona State University
Situation Awareness in Application of Services and Cloud Computing
2012Dr. Larry Smarr, Calit2An End to End Campus-Scale High Performance Cynberinfracture for Data-Intensive Research
2011Dr. Alfred Aho, Columbia UniversityComputational Thinking in Language Design
2010Dr. David Parnas, McMaster University
Precise Documentation: The Key to Better Software
2009Dr. Elisa Bertino, Purdue University
Digital Identity Management & Protection
2008Dr. Jin-Yi Cai, University of Wisconsin-MadisonComputational Complexity and Holographic Algorithms
2007Dr. John E. Hopcroft, Cornell UniversityComputer Science in the Information Age
2006Dr. Barbara Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySoftware Upgrades in Distributed Systems
2005Dr. Amir Pnueli, New York UniversityTaming the Infinite: Verification of Infinite-State Systems
2004Dr. Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNonlinear Optimization in Planning & Scheduling