ISM 280S – Technology and Information Management Seminar

Spring 2006

Seminar Times:

Wednesdays, 5-6:00 pm (questions from 6:00-6:30)

UCSC Silicon Valley Center in Mountain View, CA [map]

Speakers will present at the UCSC Silicon Valley Center

Talks may also be viewed via a live telecast to the UCSC campus (room E2-192).

A reception / social hour with refreshments will be held from 4-5pm at the Silicon Valley Center prior to each talk.

Students are highly encouraged to enroll in ISM 280S-01 for credit through Teleslug (CCN: 63984)

Arrangements for UCSC students to travel to the Silicon Valley Center to attend the talks may be provided and/or coordinated. Please contact Kevin Ross kross@soe.ucsc.edu for details.

Students who wish to enroll but whose schedule does not permit traveling to SVC can enroll in ISM 280S-50 (CCN: 63985).

Seminar Description:

This seminar will expose students to both practical and research issues in technology and information management through weekly talks by leading industry practitioners and researchers. Topics covered will include engineering/product design and development, entrepreneurship, e-business, strategy, and marketing.

Seminar Schedule:

Class #	Date	Speaker	Talk Title	Host	Comment
1	Wed, April 5	Cedric Westphal Nokia	Challenges in Highly Dynamic Ad Hoc Networks. [Abstract and Bio]	Ross
2	Wed, April 12	Shankar Mukherjee (Rescheduled for later in quarter.) Prof. John Musacchio talked instead about game theory applied to technology management.
	Fri, April 14 (On Campus 4-5 pm)	Dekang Lin Google	Distributional Similarity [Abstract and Bio]	Zhang	Note Special Place and Time!
3	Wed, April 19	Greg Oxton Service Innovation www.serviceinnovation.org	The evolution of customer support from the funnel to the cloud [Abstract and Bio]	Zhang
4	Wed, April 26	Bruce Montague Symantec	The System Software Industry: A Ramble Through History [Abstract and Bio]	Musacchio
5	Wed, May 3	Martin Chemers Professor of Psychology & Former Acting Chancellor UC Santa Cruz	Heavy Mettle: The Role of Confidence and Optimism in Leadership effectiveness [Abstract and Bio]	Lodha
6	Wed, May 10	Charles Ng Decisioneering	Price Optimization for Mass Retailers [Abstract and Bio]	Ross
7	Wed, May 17	Shankar Mukherjee Agere Systems Former CEO and founder of Terablaze	Roadmap to a Successful Hi-Tech Startup [Abstract and Bio]	Musacchio
8	Wed, May 24	Boris Roussov University of Virgin Islands	System structure discovery and validation through use case invariants and model animation	Lodha
9	Wed, May 31	Kartik Venkatraman Micron Technology		Lodha
10	Wed, June 7	Sugato Basu SRI International	Machine Learning and the Web	Lodha

Organizers:

Suresh Lodha

Office: E2 Room 361, Email: lodha@soe.ucsc.edu, Phone: (831) 459-3773

Kevin Ross

Office: E2 Room 559, Email: kross@soe.ucsc.edu, Phone: (831) 459-1878

Yi Zhang

Office: E2 Room 565, Email: yiz@soe.ucsc.edu, Phone: (831) 459-4549

John Musacchio

Office: E2 Room 557, Email johnm@soe.ucsc.edu, Phone: (831) 459-1385