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
| 2024 |
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Jack Dongarra, The University of Tennessee
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An Overview of High-Performance Computing and Future Requirements
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| 2022 |
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Joseph Sifakis, Verimag Laboratory |
Why is it so hard to make self-driving cars? Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
| 2019 |
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Martin Hellman, Stanford University |
The Technological Imperative for Ethical Evolution |
| 2018 |
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Leslie Valiant, Harvard University |
What Needs to be Added to Machine Learning? |
| 2016 |
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Takeo Kanade, Carnegie Mellon University |
Fun Research in Computer Vision: from robots, sports, face to medicine |
| 2015 |
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Mary Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University |
Progress Toward an Engineering Discipline of Software |
| 2014 |
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Luca Cardelli, Mircrosoft Research in Cambridge |
The Cell Cycle Switch Computes Approximate Majority |
| 2013 |
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Dr. Stephen Yau, Arizona State University |
Situation Awareness in Application of Services and Cloud Computing |
| 2012 |
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Dr. Larry Smarr, Calit2 |
An End to End Campus-Scale High Performance Cynberinfracture for Data-Intensive Research |
| 2011 |
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Dr. Alfred Aho, Columbia University |
Computational Thinking in Language Design |
| 2010 |
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Dr. David Parnas, McMaster University |
Precise Documentation: The Key to Better Software |
| 2009 |
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Dr. Elisa Bertino, Purdue University |
Digital Identity Management & Protection |
| 2008 |
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Dr. Jin-Yi Cai, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Computational Complexity and Holographic Algorithms |
| 2007 |
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Dr. John E. Hopcroft, Cornell University |
Computer Science in the Information Age |
| 2006 |
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Dr. Barbara Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Software Upgrades in Distributed Systems |
| 2005 |
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Dr. Amir Pnueli, New York University |
Taming the Infinite: Verification of Infinite-State Systems |
| 2004 |
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Dr. Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Nonlinear Optimization in Planning & Scheduling |
