Current scheduled activities include:
Morning Session
MTCC Auditorium, The McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201 South State
- 10:00 a.m. Welcome by Russell Betts, Dean of the College of Science and Distinguished Professor of Physics
- 10:05 a.m. Opening Remarks by Alan Cramb, President, Illinois Tech
- 10:15 a.m. CS@Illinois Tech: Past, Present, Future by Eunice Santos, Ron Hochsprung Endowed Chair and Professor of Computer Science
- 10:45 a.m. Venture Capital Fireside Chat led by Chris Gladwin, IIT Trustee and Founder, Cleversafe: What VCs look for, why they choose some ideas over others, what the payoff is for funders and investors.
Honoring Leaders Lunch
Noon to 2:15 p.m., Hermann Hall Expo Center, Hermann Hall, 3241 South Federal
Join us as we honor three people who have helped make the department a success—past, present, and future:
- Martha Evens, professor emerita, for her service to the IIT CS department
- Ron Hochsprung (CS ’72), retired distinguished engineer of Apple, who established the department’s first endowed chair and who will receive the Collens Merit Award on April 29
- Chris Gladwin, whose gift has spurred a campaign to transform computer science at Illinois Tech
Concurrent Afternoon Panels
Session 1 Concurrent Panels: 2:15pm to 3:30pm
- Cybersecurity, MTCC Ballroom
- Kevin Jin, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- Linda Goldstein, Breadcrumb
- Andrew Hoog, NowSecure
- Jason Resch, Cleversafe
- Computation Across the Sciences, Hermann Hall Armour Dining Room
- Aron Culotta, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- David Minh, Illinois Tech—Chemistry
- Sonja Petrovic, Illinois Tech—Applied Mathematics
- Jean-Francois Pombert, Illinois Tech—Biology
- Katherine Riley, Argonne
- Jeff Wereszczynski, Illinois Tech—Physics
- Data Science, MTCC Auditorium
- Mustafa Bilgic, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- Cindy Hood, Illinois Tech—Computer Science
- Joe Jablonski, Acumence
- Adam McElhinney, Uptake
- Sairam Rangachari, VISANOW
Session 2 Concurrent Panels: 3:45pm to 5:00pm
- Cloud Computing and Storage, MTCC Auditorium
- Boris Glavic, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- Emmanuel Klu, Google
- Daniel Murphy-Olson, Argonne
- Reza Rooholamini, CCC Information Services
- Dennis Wisnosky, Enterprise Data Management Council
- Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, MTCC Ballroom
- Gady Agam, Illinois Tech—Computer Science
- Steven Collens, MATTER
- John Korah, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- Frank Naeymi-Rad, Intelligent Medical Objects
- Diversity in Technology, Hermann Hall Armour Dining Room
- Andrea Berry, FOX
- Cindy Hood, Illinois Tech—Computer Science (Moderator)
- Zhiling Lan, Illinois Tech—Computer Science
- Linsey Rubenstein, Boeing
- Ernest Sanders, COMEUNITY Based Solutions
- Neelansha Singh, Grainger
Networking Reception
5:15 p.m., MTCC Pritzker Club, The McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201 South State
Join faculty, students, alumni and area businesses to meet and network.
Alumni/Student Hackathon
5:30 p.m., Hermann Hall Expo Center
A special alumni/student hackathon led by Michael Saelee, senior instructor of computer science.