08:45-09:00

Opening and Welcome

09:00-09:40

Microsoft Research and the Evolution of Computing
Dr. Rick Rashid
Chief Research Officer, Microsoft Corporation
Members of NAE and AAAS

09:40-10:20

New Directions in Computer Science
Prof. John Hopcroft
IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Department, Cornell University
1986 Turing Award Recipient

10:20-11:00

Computation Challenges for Creating Autonomous Systems
Prof. Daniela Rus
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, MIT
Fellows of AAAI and IEEE

11:00-11:30

Q&A

11:30-12:30

Panel Discussion: Disruptive Innovations
Moderator: Dr. Rico Malvar
Chief Scientist and Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Research
Panelists

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-13:40

Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award Ceremony

13:40-14:20

Towards a Theory of Trust in Networks of Humans and Computers
Prof. Jeannette Wing
President's Professor and Head, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Fellows of ACM and IEEE

14:20-15:00

The Pipeline from Computing Research to Surprising Inventions
Dr. Peter Lee
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research Redmond
Fellow of ACM

15:00-15:40

Divide-and-Conquer and Statistical Inference for Big Data
Prof. Michael Jordan
Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Members of NAS, NAE and AAAS

15:40-16:20

Transforming the Impossible to the Natural
Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon
Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia
Fellow of IEEE

16:20-17:20

Q&A

17:20-17:35

Lucky Draw

17:35-17:40

Wrap Up

18:00-20:30

Dinner