9:00am - 9:15am

Opening remarks

• Alex Aiken
  Alcatel-Lucent Professor, Department Chair, Computer Science

9:15am - 10:30am

Computer Science Department Faculty, Future Challenges in CS

Current Stanford Computer Science faculty will present a speed talk on the future of their field, telling us what major accomplishments we can expect during the next 10 years. They will also forecast what challenging unsolved problems will remain in 10 years.

• Jure Leskovec
  Assistant Professor of Computer Science
• Computer Security: Is It Getting Better or Worse?
  Dan Boneh
  Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
• A Quest for Visual Intelligence in Computers
  Fei-Fei Li
  Associate Professor of Computer Science
• Balaji Prabhakar
  Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Michael Bernstein
  Assistant Professor of Computer Science
• Tim Roughharden
  Associate Professor of Computer Science and (by courtesy) Management Science and Engineering

11:00am - 11:30am

Computer Science & Education

• Expanding the Frontiers of Computer Science Education
  Mehran Sahami
  Professor (Teaching) of Computer Science, Associate Chair for Education and Director of Educational Affairs, Computer Science, Robert and Ruth Halperin, University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Startup Panel

Looking back and looking forward. A conversation about the impact of the Stanford Computer Science Department on Silicon Valley and the world.

• Kara Swisher (Moderator)
  American Technology Columnist for the Wall Street Journal and an Author and Commentator on the Internet
• Ramji Srinivasan
  Founder & CEO of Counsyl
• Clara Shih
  Founder & CEO of Hearsay Social
• Adam Nash
  President & CEO of Wealthfront
• Sam Altman
  President of Y Combinator

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Computer Science Distinguished Alumni, Since We`ve Been Gone

This session will include short presentations and discussion among alumni with distinguished careers. From their personal point of view, speakers will talk about their time at Stanford and their subsequent careers, emphasizing the events, ideas, and developments that were important to them. We will hear about their research interests and how they evolved, as well as their accomplishments. They will discuss their personal visions about the future of their chosen fields and the future of computer science.

• John Markoff (Moderator)
  Senior Writer of The New York Times
• Mike Schroepfer
  CTO of Facebook
• Vint Cerf
  Vice President of Google and Chief Internet Evangelist
• David Shaw
  Chief Scientist, D. E. Shaw Research
• Bill Coughran
  Partner of Sequoia Capital

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Faculty Panel: Challenges in Computer Science

Panelists will discuss various aspects of the growth of the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. Each panelist was responsible for establishing major activities in the department and three of them have served as chair. We will hear about some of the anecdotes and nuances involved in building a great department.

• Hector Garcia-Molina (Moderator)
  Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner Professor in the Department of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Former Chairman of the Computer Science Department
• Andrew Ng
  Associate Professor of Computer Science; Chief Scientist of Baidu and Chairman & Co-Founder of Coursera
• Jennifer Widom
  Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs of School of Engineering, Former Chairman of the Computer Science Department
• Bill Dally
  Willard R. And Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Former Chairman of the Computer Science Department
• Pat Hanrahan
  Canon USA, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Closing Address

• John Hennessey
  President of Stanford University, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

5:30pm

Poster/Demo & Reception