Panel Discussion, Thursday, October 31, 2019   For 50 years, Moore’s Law has driven revolutionary technological advances that have altered the way we live. We are now reaching the end of Moore’s Law, and with that, the end of conventional, scaling-based computing progress. Beyond conventional CMOS, Boolean logic, and von Neumann architecture, fundamentally new methods for computing are being explored. What will the computers of the future be like? What are the potential gains or benefits of new computing approaches? This event discusses promising, new concepts and spark dialogue about what the future of computing might look like and where it will lead us. Panelists R. Stanley Williams, Ph.D., Texas A&M University Dr. Williams is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, holder of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chair, and Director of the Center for Computer Architecture Research at Texas A&M University.  Prompted by his exploration of the fundamental limits of information and computing, Dr. Williams has done extensive research in nano-electronics, -ionics and -photonics, and how to utilize the nonlinear properties of matter to perform computation efficiently. Before A&M, he was an HP Senior Fellow and Director of Information & Quantum Systems at Hewlett-Packard Labs, where he led a group that developed the first intentional solid state version of Leon Chua's memristor. Prior to this, he worked at Bell Labs before joining the faculty at UCLA, where he served as a chemistry professor for 15 years. Dr. Williams has been awarded more than 230 US patents, published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers, and presented hundreds of invited plenary, keynote, and named lectures at international scientific, technical, and business events. Todd Hylton, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego  Dr. Todd Hylton is the Executive Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute and Professor of Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego. His research interests include novel computing systems and their application to autonomous vehicle and robotic systems.  Prior to his appointment at UC San Diego, he was Executive Vice President of Strategy and Research at Brain Corporation, a San Diego-based robotics startup. From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Hylton served as a Program Manager at DARPA where he started and managed a number of projects including the Nano Air Vehicle program, the SyNAPSE program, and the Physical Intelligence program. Prior to DARPA, he ran a nanotechnology research group at SAIC, co-founded 4Wave, a specialty semiconductor equipment business, and served as CTO of Commonwealth Scientific Corporation. Dr. Hylton received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 1991 and his B.S. in Physics from M.I.T. in 1983.  Bruce MacLennan, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville   Dr. Bruce J. MacLennan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on bio-inspired computation, self-organizing systems, and the interaction of physical and computation processes (including Post-Moore’s Law computing technologies). Prior to UT Knoxville, he was a faculty member at the Naval Postgraduate School where he investigated novel models for massively parallel computing and artificial intelligence. Prior to this, Dr. MacLennan participated in the architectural design of the 8086 and the iAPX-432 microprocessors as a Senior Software Engineer at Intel. In 2008, Dr. MacLennan was invited to become the founding Editor-in-Chief of the “International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation.” Paul Franzon, Ph.D., North Carolina State University Dr. Paul D. Franzon is currently the Cirrus Logic Distinguished Professor and the Director of Graduate programs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University .  He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. He has also worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, DSTO Australia, Australia Telecom, Rambus, and four companies he cofounded, Communica , LightSpin Technologies, Polymer Braille Inc. and Indago Technologies. His current interests include applying machine learning to EDA, building AI accelerators, neuromorphic computing, RFID, advanced packaging, 2.5D and 3DICs and secure chip design. He has led several major efforts and published over 300 papers in these areas. In 1993, he received an NSF Young Investigators Award, in 2001 was selected to join the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers, in 2003, selected as a Distinguished Alumni Professor, received the Alcoa Research Award in 2005, and the Board of Governors Teaching Award in 2014. He served with the Australian Army Reserve for 13 years as an Infantry Soldier and Officer. He is a pilot in the Bandit Flight Team, a formation flying unit. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Moderated By: Dr. Mike Fritze About the Event Series Welcome to The Future of... Series where we dive into the groundbreaking advancements shaping tomorrow's world. This series focuses on transformative capabilities in emerging science and technology, from AI and quantum computing to biotechnology and human spaceflight. As science and technology capabilities continue to advance our modern society, they bring both remarkable opportunities as well as complex challenges. Each event in this series brings together leading experts, policymarkers, and thought leaders who explore the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs while addressing three central questions: 1 How will these technologies impact our future economy, security, and daily lives? 2 What societal, legal, and ethical implications do they carry? 3 How can we create data-driven policies that foster innovation while ensuring our national security and the promises of tomorrow? Learn More Here