From www.hpcwire.com
July 20, 2009
CCT Interim Director Selected as Keynote Speaker for IEEE Conference
BATON ROUGE, JULY 20 -- Stephen David Beck, interim director of the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, will deliver a keynote address at IEEE's 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Education, which takes place July 25-28 in Nanning, China.
This conference serves as a worldwide forum for scientists and educators to collaborate and discuss the newest technology for computing and engineering, as well as ideas to incorporate these breakthroughs into computational science curricula.
Beck's keynote address, "The Arts as a Driver for Computer Science Education," will examine the historical connections among art, science and technology. Since the Renaissance, artists and scientists alike have used the latest technologies for their crafts. Today, high-performance computing enables both to achieve breakthroughs in their respective fields, from animated films to mapping 3-D images of the Universe.
In his talk, Beck will discuss the latest computational techniques that are advancing art and music along with basic science disciplines, and also will describe LSU's Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research, or AVATAR, Initiative.
AVATAR, which Beck leads, establishes a University-wide focus on digital media, creating new, interdisciplinary research initiatives in areas such as video game design, animation, digital art and virtual environments. The AVATAR faculty are establishing opportunities for students to study digital media at LSU.
Beck's address will compliment presentations by two other prominent speakers, Roger Cavallo from State University of New York at Binghamton and Iven Mareels from the University of Melbourne.
For more information on the International Conference on Computer Science and Education, visit http://iccse.xmu.edu.cn.
