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Tracy
Futhey
Vice-Provost and CIO Carnegie Mellon University, USA Presentation: Beyond Infrastructure: Enabling a Living Laboratory for Exploration Tracy is responsible for the strategic evolution of the university's central computing infrastructure and directs the allocation and effective use of computing resources in support of campus programs. Several recent initiatives within Computing Services have revolved around wireless networks and mobility, including: Wireless Andrew, an 802.11 wireless network that blankets the entire campus; Handheld Andrew, a project that extends the computing infrastructure and systems to palm and handheld devices via the campus wireless; and Virtual Clusters, providing an equipment checkout system to facilitate wireless-enabled laptop computer access for students. Futhey holds a B.S. in mathematics with a computer science concentration and a M.S. in industrial administration, both from Carnegie Mellon. |
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Dr
Andrew Lambert
Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical Engineering Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia Presentation: Totally Immersed in Macintosh
Development
Dr Andrew Lambert is a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University College of The
University of New South Wales at the Australian
Defence Force Academy, in
Canberra.He has been developing software and hardware for Macintosh
computers for both teaching and research tasks since 1988.
His research interests include Wide Area Image Restoration, Holographic Video Display, Optical Superresolution, and Spatial Light Modulation.He has began work on a Macintosh based version of the WEDGE immersive stereo display. He has previously obtained AUDF funding for projects entitled "Three dimensional, interactive holographic video display", "Visual-isation and the third dimension of Astronomy", and "Where have all the Macintosh programmers gone?". |
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Steve
Sullivan
Product Line Manager, Apple Computer Inc. USA
He has worked at Apple for
over six years and before joining the company worked as a systems
engineer for an Apple education sales agent in Pennsylvania.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
from Bloomsburg University and lives with his wife, Cindy, in
Sunnyvale, California.
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Gavin Eadie Presentation: Mac OS X and Higher Education in the USA Gavin Eadie is a Scot with degrees in Physics and Astronomy who has worked at the University of Michigan for twenty two years in nearly every aspect of the central information technology service organization. He has been an advocate of Macintosh computers from the beginning, and has developed several Macintosh software products. |
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Douglas Whitehead Presentation: “eCommerce - your future?” Douglas Whitehead is a senior lecturer at the School of Computing
and Information Technology, Griffith University. In 1998 he agreed
to join the successful undergraduate multimedia program to try
his hand at teaching and lecturing. He become its Course Convenor
in 2000; he then helped conceive and launch the Master of eCommerce
degree in July 2000 as Program Director. Doug's interests remain
compelling interactive media and useful eCommerce; he is particularly
interested in the advent of 3G mobile technologies in this regard. |
