Agenda – February 27, 2019

Welcome

  • Martin A. Schmidt, MIT Provost; Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Keynote

  • Introduction
    Martin A. Schmidt
  • The Future of Higher Education in the Age of Disruption
    Farnam Jahanian, President; Henry L. Hillman President’s Chair at Carnegie Mellon University

Video

Teaching Computing in Arts and Humanities

  • Moderator: Agustín Rayo, Associate Dean, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Professor of Philosophy
  • Alberto Abadie, Associate Director, MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society; Professor of Economics
  • Michael Scott Cuthbert, Associate Professor of Music at MIT
  • Erik Demaine, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at MIT
  • Eran Egozy, Professor of the Practice in Music Technology at MIT
  • Éva Tardos, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University

Video

Teaching Ethics and Policy in Computer Science

  • Moderator: David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT
  • Hal Abelson, Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
  • Solon Barocas, Assistant Professor of Information Science at Cornell University
  • David Danks, Head, Department of Philosophy; L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Barbara Grosz, Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard University

Video

Teaching Computing in Science and Engineering

  • Moderator: Cynthia Barnhart, MIT Chancellor; Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering 
  • Stephen Boyd, Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering; Samsung Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University
  • Tony DeRose, Educational Consultant; Former Senior Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios
  • Alan Edelman, Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT
  • Wendi Heinzelman, Dean, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Rochester

Video

Keynote

  • Introduction: Asu Ozdaglar
  • Computing is for Everyone
    Maria Klawe, President at Harvey Mudd College

Video

Experiences with CS+X Majors and Curricula

  • Moderator: Eran Ben-Joseph, Head, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Professor of Landscape Architecture
  • Carla E. Brodley, Dean, Khoury College of Computer and Information Sciences at Northeastern University
  • Charles Isbell, Executive Associate Dean, School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech
  • Rob A. Rutenbar, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research at University of Pittsburgh
  • Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute; Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University

Video

Teaching Computer Science to All

  • Moderator: Dimitris Bertsimas, Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management at MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
  • Regina Barzilay, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
  • Marie desJardins, Dean, College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences; Professor of Computer Science at Simmons University
  • W. Eric L. Grimson, MIT Chancellor for Academic Advancement; Bernard M. Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering 
  • James Kurose, Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation

Video

Closing Remarks

  • Saman Amarasinghe