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http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/events/seminarAbstracts******* SFI COLLOQUIUM Wednesday July 2, 3:30pm ***
Location: Noyce Conference Room
Title: "Bits and Atoms"
Speaker: Neil Gershenfeld
Affiliation: Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Abstract:
The digital revolution has given us a clear distinction between hardware
and software, between channels and the content they carry, between
physical science and computer science, and ultimately between
intelligence and its embodiment. But it is right at these boundaries
between the bits of the digital world and the atoms of our physical
world that the most compelling opportunities and problems in information
technology lay. I will discuss the science underlying the integration of
information with its physical properties over length scales from atomic
nuclei to planetary networks, and discuss its implications for the life
of people, and their machines. Examples will be drawn from projects
addressing new quantum and classical mechanisms for manipulating
information, the interface between biological and digital systems, the
personalization of fabrication, and the development of appropriate
information technologies for global development.
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