Schedule

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.