Latin American Faculty Summit 2010
Guarujá, Brazil – May 12 to 14, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Time |
Description |
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10:15–11:00 |
OPENING CEREMONY (Video) Event Opening Presenters
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11:00–12:00 |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Science and Technology in Brazil (Slides | Video) Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz – Scientific Director, São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil |
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12:00–12:30 |
GROUP PHOTO |
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12:30–14:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00– 15:00 |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Scaling Science to the Cloud (Slides | Video) |
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15:00–16:00 |
KEYNOTE PANEL SESSION Science, Technology, and Innovation Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean: Specific Actions (Video)
Panel Discussion
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16:00–17:00 |
RESEARCH TALK David Heckerman – Distinguished Scientist, Senior Director of eScience, Microsoft Research |
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17:00–17:30 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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17:30– 18:15 |
RESEARCH TALK Global Climate Modelling: The Challenge to Develop a World-Class Model in Brazil (Slides | Video) |
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18:15–19:00 |
RESEARCH TALK Microsoft Research: Ensuring Microsoft’s Future (Slides | Video) Henrique Malvar – Distinguished Engineer, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Redmond |
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20:30–23:00 |
WELCOME RECEPTION AND DINNER |
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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Time |
Description | ||
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8:30– 13:00 |
PARALLEL TRACK SESSIONS | ||
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Computer Science Research Track |
“Computing in |
“Computing in e-Science” Research Track #2 |
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8:30– 9:30 |
Social Media in Enterprises (Slides | Video) Jonathan Grudin – Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research |
Virtualization of Science and Scholarship (Slides) Prof. S. George Djorgovski – Professor of Astronomy, CalTech, United States | |
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9:30–10:30 |
The F# Programming Language and Scientific Computing Andrew Kennedy – Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
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eScience Applications
E-Farms, a two-way road for small farms to the networked world (Slides) Claudia Bauzer Medeiros – Professor, Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Collaborating in Disaster Relief Efforts (Slides) Marcos Borges – Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biodiversity Databases and Information Systems: A Case Study of the Brazilian Sinbiota and its Perspectives for the Next Ten Years (Slides) Carlos Alfredo Joly – Professor, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
Bridging the Gaps: Satellites to Science and Desktop to the Cloud (Slides | Video) Catharine van Ingen – Partner Architect, Microsoft Research
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10:30–11:00 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK | ||
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11:00–12:00 |
Research at MSR’s Communication and Collaboration Group Dinei Florencio – Researcher, Microsoft Research
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Examples of Mobile Point of Care Diagnostics and New Modalities of Mobile UI (Slides | Video) Kristin Tolle – Director, External Research, Microsoft Research
Mobile Health: The Opportunity of Mobile Technologies to Support Public Health in Peru Walter Curioso, M.D., M.P.H. – Research Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Washington, United States |
Results from an Atlantic Rainforest Micrometeorology Sensor Network Pilot Study (Video)
Rob Fatland – Program Manager, Microsoft Research (Slides)
Humberto da Rocha – Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil (Slides) |
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12:00–13:00 |
Computer Science Applications (Video)
Low Cost Computer Vision Systems for Quality Evaluation of Tortillas in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Domingo Mery – Professor, Department of Computer Science, Catholic University
Automatic Screening of Diabetic Retinopathies: IT in the fight against preventable blindness (Slides) Jacques Wainer – Professor, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Supporting Informal Interaction in a Hospital through Impromptu Social Networking (Slides) Jesus Favela – Professor, Ensenada Center for Higher Education Scientific Research (CICESE), Mexico |
Transforming the Web Experience: Breakthrough Progressive Rendering Technologies for Fluid Visualization of Large Beatriz Díaz Acosta – Test Manager, Live Labs Seadragon, Microsoft
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Bionergy Research: Integrating Agronomic Traits, Gene Networks and Carbon Partition for the Development of an Energy Cane (Slides | Video) Prof. Glaucia Mendes Souza – Associate Professor, BIOEN Program Coordinator, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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13:00– 14:45 |
LUNCH | ||
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15:00–16:00 |
RESEARCH TALK (presented via Live Meeting) Global Carbon-Climate Feedback and Next-Generation Earth System Modelling Prof. Stephen Emmott – Head of Computational Science, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Professor, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | ||
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16:00–17:00 |
PLENARY SESSION Building the Future of Information and Communication Technologies in Latin America Jose Carlos Maldonado – Professor, University of São Paulo (ICMC-USP); President, Brazilian Computing Society (SBC), Brazil (Slides) Genoveva Vargas-Solar – President Mexican Computing Society (SMCC), Mexico (Slides | Video) | ||
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17:00–17:30 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK | ||
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17:30–18:30 |
PLENARY SESSION Collaborating with Microsoft Research (Slides | Video) Daron Green, General Manager – External Research, Microsoft Research | ||
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20:00–22:00 |
SOCIAL EVENT AND DINNER SHOW | ||
Friday, May 14, 2010
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Time |
Event |
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8:30–11:30 |
DEMOFEST (ONSITE RESEARCH DEMOS) |
| 8:30–9:30 |
FAPESP SESSION Computer Science Research in the State of São Paulo This session is intended mostly for graduate students and is about research opportunities in the State of São Paulo.
Speakers:
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10:30–11:00 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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11:30–13:30 |
CLOSING PLENARY PRESENTATIONS (Video)
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13:30–15:00 |
FAREWELL LUNCH |
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15:00 |
THE EVENT ENDS |
