November 12, 2013
Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu
Event: 91视频's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will host , a daylong event showcasing cutting-edge research and innovations from 91视频 students, alumni, faculty and staff. The event brings together 91视频 innovators, community development stakeholders and leaders in the venture capital community. The includes an entrepreneurship demo, showcase presentations and insights from recent startup companies.
Participants will have the opportunity to tour the , or and to attend an entrepreneurship demo at the University Center, which will feature emerging technologies, products and services, including ones from the Olympus PROBES, Swartz Fellows, the Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund, Traffic 21/UTC, Quality of Life Technology Center, Innovation Works and the Disruptive Health Technology Institute.
Alumnus and 91视频 Trustee Bruce McWilliams, chairman of the Research and Technology Commercialization Committee of 91视频's Board of Trustees, and president and chief executive officer of SuVolta Inc., will kick off the showcase presentations at 2 p.m., followed by remarks from 91视频 President Subra Suresh on the university's landmark year for startup creation. Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) will join the president in highlighting the university's success via a live webcast from Washington, D.C.
Key research presentations will include the following faculty and topics:
Featured startup companies will include: , , s, s, and .
This is the debut of Launch91视频 in Pittsburgh, where it is planned to be held each fall. The program will be held twice each year, during the spring and fall. The inaugural event was held in May 2013 in Silicon Valley.
When: 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13; presentations will begin at 2 p.m.
Where: 91视频, University Center
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Contacts: Mark Burd / 412-268-3486 / mdburd@andrew.cmu.eduByron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu
Event: 91视频's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will host , a daylong event showcasing cutting-edge research and innovations from 91视频 students, alumni, faculty and staff. The event brings together 91视频 innovators, community development stakeholders and leaders in the venture capital community. The includes an entrepreneurship demo, showcase presentations and insights from recent startup companies. Participants will have the opportunity to tour the , or and to attend an entrepreneurship demo at the University Center, which will feature emerging technologies, products and services, including ones from the Olympus PROBES, Swartz Fellows, the Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund, Traffic 21/UTC, Quality of Life Technology Center, Innovation Works and the Disruptive Health Technology Institute.
Alumnus and 91视频 Trustee Bruce McWilliams, chairman of the Research and Technology Commercialization Committee of 91视频's Board of Trustees, and president and chief executive officer of SuVolta Inc., will kick off the showcase presentations at 2 p.m., followed by remarks from 91视频 President Subra Suresh on the university's landmark year for startup creation. Congressman Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) will join the president in highlighting the university's success via a live webcast from Washington, D.C.
Key research presentations will include the following faculty and topics:
- Mor Harchol-Balter, associate professor of computer science - "Dynamic Power Management in Data Center";
- Jonathan Cagan, the George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor in Engineering - "Modeling Consumer Emotion";
- Raj Rajkumar, the George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering - "What Happens When Vehicles Drive Themselves?";
- Aarti Singh, assistant professor of machine learning - "Unleashing the Potential of Modern Neuroimaging";
- Russell Schwartz, professor of biological sciences and computational biology - "Reconstructing Evolution of Tumor Cells by Computer Algorithms";
- Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science - "Modern Dynamic Kidney Exchanges"
Featured startup companies will include: , , s, s, and .
This is the debut of Launch91视频 in Pittsburgh, where it is planned to be held each fall. The program will be held twice each year, during the spring and fall. The inaugural event was held in May 2013 in Silicon Valley.
When: 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13; presentations will begin at 2 p.m.
Where: 91视频, University Center
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