<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear all,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please note that the time has changed to 10-11am in order to accommodate the commencement activities. The location ITE 325B is confirmed as well.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">There is also opportunity to chat with Dr. Su after the meeting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hope to see you then.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Best regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> -- Jian</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">===================</span></div>Title: Cognitive Computing and Visualization at IBM Research / RPI CISL</span><div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Speaker: Dr. Hui Su, IBM Research</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Time: </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">10:00 - 11:00 am</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">May 19</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (</span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">THIS Thursday</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Location: 325B</span></div><div><span class="im" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span class="im" style="font-size:12.8px">Dr. Hui Su will talk about Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab, a research initiative to develop the new frontier of immersive cognitive systems that explore and advance natural, collaborative problem-solving among groups of humans and machines. This lab is a collaboration between IBM Research and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Su will talk about why the research for human computer interaction is extended to build a symbiotic relationship between human beings and smart machines, what research is going to be important to build immersive cognitive systems in order to transform the way professionals work in the future.</span></div><div><span class="im" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span class="im" style="font-size:12.8px">Bio:<br>Dr. Su is the Director of Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab, a collaboration between IBM Research and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has been a technical leader and an executive at IBM Research. Most recently, he was the Director of IBM Cambridge Research Lab in Cambridge, MA and was responsible for a broad scope of global missions in IBM Research, including Cognitive User Experience, Center for Innovation in Visual Analytics and Center for Social Business. As a technical leader and a researcher for 19 years at IBM Research, Dr. Su has been an expert in multiple areas ranging from Human Computer Interaction, Cloud Computing, Visual Analytics, and Neural Network Algorithms for Image Recognition etc. As an executive, he has been leading research labs and research teams in the US and China. He is passionate about game-changing ideas and fundamental research, passionate in speeding up the impact generation process for technical innovations, discovering and developing new linkages between innovative research work and business needs.<br><br>Host: Jian Chen (<a href="mailto:jichen@umbc.edu">jichen@umbc.edu</a>)<br><br> Best regards,<br> -- Jian</span><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-------------------------------------------------------------<div>Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor</div><div>UMBC Innovation Fellow</div><div>Computer Science and Electrical Engineering</div><div>University of Maryland, Baltimore County</div><div><a href="http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen" target="_blank">http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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