Title: Department of Computer Science Seminar
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108]
Speaker: Dr Dave Thomas 
Description: "Industrially Relevant University CS Education & Research 
- An Oxymoron or The Role of The University In the New Economy"


                        Abstract


Either the entire idea of "industrially relevant" makes no sense or
 the university needs to take it serious. In this talk we take a critical
 look at what the university experience offers; and what industry demands
 noting major shortcomings in both. We argue that leading edge research
 is very important except that most university basic and applied research
 isn't leading edge. We discuss what works and what doesn't work in
 transitioning technology to industry. The argument is that it isn't up to
 industry alone to transition new ideas into practice, and that the
 universities need to pull their weight. We look at the changing nature
 of software engineering with web time development and extreme programming.
 Finally we discuss the challenges of doing research in small teams, with
 limited funding and far away from the bright lights of Silicon Valley.
 
URL: http://cs.anu.edu.au/lib/seminars/seminars00/dept20000427


Biography: see
http://www.sea-act.com.au/sea2000/sea_sea2000_speakerbio.php3?id=10