The University of New Mexico

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Media contact: Steve Carr, 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu

January 11, 2007

UNM to Present Talk on the Future of Information Technology

The University of New Mexico will host a visionary talk on the future of information technology in a research university setting featuring the influential Daniel Reed, who is currently the vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

The talk, titled “Computing the Future,” will be held Jan. 22, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Ballroom B of the Student Union Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Reed’s research has focused on the design of very high-speed computers and on providing new computing capabilities for scholars in science, medicine, engineering and the humanities.

“Dr. Reed is probably the most influential person in computer science at this time,” said UNM Interim CIO Barney Maccabe.

Reed’s responsibilities at UNC extend to all central computing, networking and telecommunications. He is the founder and chair of the IT Strategic Planning Committee, which facilitates his leadership of the formulation of vision, strategic plans and policies for University information technology.

Along with serving as director of Renaissance Computing Institute – a collaborative venture that explores the interactions of computing technology with the sciences, arts and humanities – Reed is a member of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the current chair of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. He also served on President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, where he chaired the computational science subcommittee.

For more information contact Jane McGuire at (505) 277-3378 or via e-mail, jmcguire@unm.edu.

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