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Information Celebration

Honoring Professor Shuki Bruck

Please join us for a program celebrating Shuki's contributions to the research fields of information, his impact to his extended academic family, and the fun he had while doing it!

Keynote Speakers

Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics
UCLA
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Caltech
Professor of Bioengineering
Caltech
Friday, June 20, 2025
Caltech
Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Neuroscience Research Building
Chen 100
Hosts: Charles Fan and Alex Sprintson
Time Title
8:30 am Registration Check-In
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks
9:10 am Keynote "A True Friend," by Yaser Abu-Mostafa
9:40 am Keynote "Run with them, then let them fly," by Lulu Qian
10:10 am Panel "Information Science and Technology Initiative," organized by Richard Murray
10:40 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 am Panel "Biological and Molecular Systems," organized by Erik Winfree
11:30 am Panel "Neural Networks and AI," organized by Matthew Cook and Vasken Bohossian
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Keynote "Can computers have free will?" by Judea Pearl
1:30 pm Panel "DNA Systems and Storage," organized by Netanel Raviv and Eitan Yaakobi
2:00 pm Panel "Storage Systems," organized by Mario Blaum
2:30 pm Panel "Flash Memory," organized by Andrew Jiang
3:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
3:30 pm Panel "Startup Diaries," organized by Robin Ren
4:00 pm Panel "Teaching and Mentoring I," organized by Marc Riedel and Massimo Franceschetti
4:30 pm Panel "Teaching and Mentoring II," organized by David Lee
5:00 pm Concluding Remarks
This program is open to the campus community.