Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research and teaching concern the design, implementation, and analysis of high performance computing and communication systems. He currently chairs the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group. He is also a member of the Microsoft Research Technical Advisory Board, and serves as a board member or technical advisor to a number of high-tech companies and venture firms. In 2003, President Bush named him to co-chair the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. In 2005, Ed received the Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the computing research community, and the ACM President Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. Less   View all posts

Dr. Alfred Z. Spector is the chief technology officer and vice president of Strategy and Technology for IBM's Software Group. Dr. Spector was previously the vice president in IBM Research who set IBM's worldwide services and software research strategy. Dr. Spector was founder and chief executive officer of Transarc Corporation, a pioneer in distributed transaction processing & wide area file systems. Transarc was acquired by IBM in 1994. Dr. Spector is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow and the Recipient of the IEEE Kanai Award in distributed computing. Less   View all posts

Amy Wohl is a renowned authority on new and emerging technology and new market formation. Many Fortune 100 companies, including, computer and personal computer vendors, software publishers, as well as industry investors have benefited from her experience and coaching. A noted expert on the computer market, Amy publishes a newsletter, “Amy Wohl's Opinions” and two daily blogs about the computer industry. She is a columnist to a contributing editor to Spectrum Middleware, and a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Computer Science. She is an advisor to a many of new technology start-ups. She was program chairman of the first Office Automation Conference and past president of the Office Systems Research Association. She also served on the board of Women in Information Processing. She is the recipient of the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award from the Association of Women in Computing. Less   View all posts