Click here to receive your FREE subscription to Campus Technology
News
Computer Science Pioneer Wulf Returns to U Virginia
8/28/2007
William Wulf, who received the University of Virginia's first doctorate in computer science and who spent 11 years as president of the National Academy of Engineering, is returning to U.Va.'s Charlottesville campus to teach.Wulf said he wants to spend his time teaching students who lack a background in science and some of the technology fundamentals behind the big health and environmental problems facing the country.
"I spent the last 11 years at the nexus of science and public policy," Wulf told the Charlottesville Daily Progress. "There are very few issues without a technical dimension."
"I want to create an engineering course for liberal arts majors to give them enough information to be informed participants [in public discussion]," Wulf said. "Ninety-five percent of the United States population doesn't know enough to be a participant."
After receiving his doctorate at U. Va., Wulf taught at Carnegie Mellon and then founded Tartan Laboratories in 1981. From 1988 to 1990, he served as assistant director of the National Science Foundation.
Wulf told the Daily Progress he believes the nation needs to rethink everything from antitrust laws and patent regulations to drug testing and intellectual policy regulations. He calls these interrelated subjects "the ecology of innovation."
Read More:
Paul McCloskey is a contributing editor for the Campus Technology group of publications.
Cite this Site
copy text (above) for proper citation
Recommended Reading
- Microsoft Mends Breach in Open Source Sandcastle
Microsoft has released all of the source code used in its Sandcastle project, which is now published at the CodePlex open source developer's Web site, according to a blog. Sandcastle helps developers of managed class libraries create uniform documentation on their projects, using MSDN style.
- Lumens Debuts SXGA Document Camera
Lumens Integration this week debuted a new document camera and presentation system called the DC260 SXGA Digital Visual Presenter. The new gooseneck-style system is the first in Lumens' document camera lineup to support HD output via HDMI.
- U Liverpool Deploys iSCSI in Virtualized SAN
The University of Liverpool Department of Computer Science is moving away from direct-attached RAIDs to a virtualized SAN environment using StorMagic's SM Series iSCSI Storage Area Network.
- Indiana U, Wayne State Teams Capture Wins in Imagine Cup 2008
Winners of the 2008 Imagine Cup technology competition were announced Tuesday in Paris. Student teams from American universities took top honors in two categories and earned achievement awards in other areas. Microsoft, which hosted the event, said it was the most successful run for American teams in the Cup's six-year history.
- IE Is Least-Patched Browser, Report Says
According to a report released last Tuesday, more than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches--and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits.
- Ballmer Wants Board Change at Yahoo
Microsoft's executives have been talking with investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn about renewed plans for Microsoft to acquire part or all of Yahoo, provided that Yahoo's board is replaced. The details were described in an open letter issued Monday by Icahn, which is addressed to Yahoo's shareholders.
