School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
The SCS Emigration Seminars are a series of lectures and discussion
sessions that focus on "grooming" you so you'll be ready to conquer the
real world when you finish your Ph.D. The interwoven threads are Jobs,
Money, Career Options, Intellectual Property, The Real World, Ethics,
and Communication Skills. Unlike the Immigration course, which is held
during the first three weeks of the school year, the Emigration course
is spread over the entire academic year. While the topics of interest
are chosen with the more senior students in mind, students in the
entire School of Computer Science are encouraged and welcome to attend.
Faculty are welcome too.
ASTRO TELLER
ABSTRACT:
BodyMedia is a Pittsburgh-based, Carnegie Mellon spin-off, life science
company that develops wearable body monitors for free living environments.
The CEO, Astro Teller, is an alum of SCS (Ph.D in CS in 1998). Astro
will talk about the pressures, challenges, and opportunities of building
cutting edge technologies in today's business environment. In particular
he will address issues of the dividing lines between research, advanced
development, and product development. The talk will include a tour through
the exciting current technology challenges and opportunities for BodyMedia
and how the company prioritizes and organizes its creative efforts.
Astro Teller is the CEO and co-founder of BodyMedia. He holds a
Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University, where
he was inducted as a national Hertz fellow. His M.S. in symbolic and heuristic
computation and B.S. in computer science are from Stanford University.
Before starting the company, Astro obtained a wide variety of relevant
business experience, which has prepared him to be the natural selection
as CEO of BodyMedia. These include, CEO of Sandbox Advanced Development,
an algorithmic consultant at Phoenix Laser Technologies, and a senior
engineer at Carnegie Group Incorporated. In addition, Astro has taught
at Stanford University, and was a researcher at Stanford's Center for
Integrated Systems. His work in science, literature and business has
appeared in international media from the New York Times to CNN to NPR.
A highly regarded expert on the topic of A.I., Astro has given invited
talks to branches of the Armed Services as well as national and
international technology and business forums on the subject of computer
science and the future of technology.
Past Lectures:
The next session...
Chief Executive Officer
BodyMedia, Inc.
What's Hard to Do, What's Interesting to Do,
Friday, 14 March 2003
and What's Worth Doing
Wean Hall 5409 -- 1:00 pm
Upcoming Lectures:
Scott Dietzen, BEA Systems (includes slides)
Kevin Dowling, Color Kinetics
Howard Gobioff and Erik Riedel, Google Inc and Seagate Technology
Roy Levin, Microsoft Research
Peter Shane, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon
Erik Riedel, HP Laboratories (includes slides)
Astro Teller, BodyMedia, Inc.
Jeannette Wing, School of Computer Science (includes slides)