Thoughts on the future of computing

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Thoughts on the future of computing

• Professor Richard Anderson
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• University of Washington
• Seattle, Washington, USA
• July 27, 2007

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My background

• Professor of Computer Science at University of
  Washington in Seattle
  
• On the faculty since 1986
• Professional Interests
• Educational Technology
• Distance Learning
• Pen Based Computing
• Technology for the Developing World
• Computer Science Education

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Seattle, Washington
Seattle
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Connections with Eritrea

• Personal ties to Eritrean community in Seattle
• University sponsored visit to Asmara in 2001
• Participation in Eritrean community events

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Research Projects

• Tablet PCs in the Classroom
• Tablet PC Presentation System
• Classroom Interaction student communication
  with Tablet PCs
  
• Distance Education
• Synchronous distance education
• Tutored Video Instruction

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Classroom Presenter as a distributed application

• Designed as distributed application for distance
  learning
  
• Enables many scenarios
• Mobility
• Walking and talking
• Sharing materials with students
• Note taking
• Classroom interaction
• Student submissions

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Classroom Presenter
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Draw a picture of something from Eritrea
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What computer languages do you use in your work?

• What is your favorite language?

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Classroom goals

• Encourage students to contribute in multiple
  ways
  
• Promote engagement in the class
• Interest
• Alertness
• Assess student understanding
• Identify misunderstandings

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Tutored Video Instruction

• Base course on facilitated use of recorded
  materials
  
• Materials recorded from a live class
• Facilitator guides discussion around materials
• Recent offering
• UW Algorithms class with a University in Beijing

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Thoughts on the Future of Computing
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PC Trends
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Google vs. Microsoft
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Ubiquitous Computing

• Move to handheld devices driven by cell phones

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Social Computing
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What are the important new areas
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Security
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Data Centric Computing
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Human Centric Computing
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Applications

• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision

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Why I am in Eritrea

• Digital StudyHall project
• Facilitated video instruction for education
• Video record lessons
• Show with tutors at remote sites
• Key technologies
• Digital Video, Multimedia Database, DVD
  distribution and replay

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Contact Information

• www.cs.washington.edu/homes/anderson
• For more information, contact
• Richard Anderson
• anderson_at_cs.washington.edu