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Regular Meetings are Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 AM Directions
Knights of Columbus Building - Meeting Room, 1114 American Blvd West, Bloomington, MN
Mar 9, 2013
Economic Futures or Futures Forum
Title: Alternative Worlds
Speaker: Bob Kaufman
Abstract: Discussing various trends predicted by 2030 by the National Intelligence Council and discussing what will be the effects on our domestic and the global economy.
Ref: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/cato-institute-and-koch-brothers-reach-agreement/
http://www.dni.gov/index.php/about/organization/national-intelligence-council-global-trends
Mar 16, 2013
Technology Futures
Title: Current State and Future of Supercomputers
Presenter: Dr Earl Joseph Jr.
Moderator: Brian Toren
Abstract: Earl will cover the latest trends in technical computing and supercomputers along with forecasts of the future. The talk will look at how different countries around the world are using supercomputers to improve their economies, innovation and research. Supercomputer technology has been through major shifts and evolutions over the last decade, and is expected to go through a new revolution in the next 5 to 8 years.
Bio: Earl Joseph, Program Vice President of IDC's High-Performance Systems, drives research and consulting efforts associated with the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific markets for technical servers and supercomputers. This research includes market sizing, market share, segmentation, tracking, trending, and vendor analysis for the multi-user technical server technology. Dr. Joseph advises IDC clients on the competitive, managerial, technological, integration and implementation issues for technical servers. Dr. Joseph is also heading up IDC's high-end HPC user forum activities.
Dr. Joseph's areas of expertise include technical computers from entry-level servers to high-end capability supercomputers, software, storage and networking solutions for technical computing. He has worked for four technical computing companies in multiple marketing and R&D roles. Dr. Joseph has a strong background in computer technologies and future directions in technical computing. Prior to joining IDC, Dr. Joseph spent his 29 year career in IT in the HPC market space, most recently at SGI and Cray Research. Dr. Joseph has recently worked closely with the leading HPC users around the world on their current and future market requirements.
Dr. Joseph holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where his research focus was the strategic management of high technology firms, and an undergraduate degree in business and technology from the University of Minnesota.
International Data Corporation (IDC) http://www.idc.com/
Mar 23, 2013
Society, Management and Education Futures
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Mar 30, 2013
Peace Futures
Speaker:Roger Rydberg
Abstract:TBA
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Topics Pending for 2012
Future schedule work in progress
Roundtable: Tech Breakthrough Forecasts for 2015-2020
See topics awaiting dates above.
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