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Information Celebration

Information Celebration

Honoring Professor Shuki Bruck

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
Judea Pearl
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, UCLA
Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Lulu Qian
Professor of Bioengineering
Friday, June 20, 2025
Caltech
Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Neuroscience Research Building
Chen 100
Hosts: Charles Fan and Alex Sprintson
Time Title
9:00 am Opening Remarks by Harry Atwater
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"
Chair: Richard Murray; Panelists: Michelle Effros, John Preskill, Leonard J. Schulman, and Adam Wierman
10:40 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 am Panel "Biological and Molecular Systems"
Chair: Erik Winfree; Panelists: Ho-Lin Chen, Andre Levchenko, Marc Riedel, and Damien Woods
11:30 am Panel "Neural Networks and AI"
Co-Chairs: Matthew Cook and Vasken Bohossian; Panelists: Jie Gao, Santosh Venkatesh, and Dan Wilhelm
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Keynote "Can Computers Have Free Will?" by Judea Pearl
1:30 pm Panel "DNA Systems and Storage"
Chair: Netanel Raviv; Panelists: Siddharth Jain, Jin Sima, and Zhiying Wang
2:00 pm Panel "Storage Systems"
Chair: Mario Blaum; Panelists: Bella Bose, Wentao Huang, and Paul Siegel
2:30 pm Panel "Flash Memory"
Chair: Andrew Jiang; Panelists: Eyal En Gad, Robert Mateescu, and Lihao Xu
3:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
3:30 pm Panel "Startup Diaries"
Chair: Robin Ren; Panelists: Charles Fan, Josh Goldstein, Paul LeMahieu, and Yue Li
4:00 pm Panel "Teaching and Mentoring I"
Co-Chairs: Marc Riedel and Massimo Franceschetti; Panelists: Kevin Foltz, Suleyman Gokyigit, Michael Langberg, and Alex Sprintson
4:30 pm Panel "Teaching and Mentoring II"
Chair: David Lee; Panelists: Jane Bae, Caleb Ng, and Christina Yu
5:00 pm Concluding Remarks
6:00 pm Evening Program
Full Program Playlist