[HiPEAC-announce] Rick Rashid MSR VP, seminar at UPC : Making an Impact, Microsoft Research

[Nacho Navarro]

Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB) at UPC,
Barcelona, are glad to announce the Research Talk that

              Rick Rashid, Microsoft Research VP,

will give at the FIB Sala d'Actes next June 4th.

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Title: Making an Impact, Microsoft Research

Speaker: Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President Research
Place and date: Thursday, 4th June 2009 at Sala d'Actes FIB
(Building B6, Campus Nord UPC) at 12pm in Barcelona (Spain).

Abstract: One of the defining characteristics of the human spirit is its ability
to aspire to a greater tomorrow. Whether it be good health, sustainable resources,
improved living standards, or better education, human beings exhibit an inexhaustible
capacity to imagine a brighter future-and to work to make such dreams real.
At Microsoft Research, we share a commitment to making the world a better place.
Our work is all about advancing the frontiers of knowledge, overcoming challenges,
and getting to the solution of important problems. Microsoft Research is focused
on developing new technologies that can improve all our lives and in cooperation
with academia, governments and industry we are applying our results to make the
world a better place.

Short Bio: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/rick/

We hope you will attend this seminar.
Regards,
Nacho

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-- Event organization and Press contact:
Renata Giménez Binder
Marketing & Communication
Barcelona Supercomputing Center -
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación c/ Jordi Girona, 29 E - 08034 Barcelona Spain
tel.: +34 93 4134082 fax: +34 93 4137721
e-mail: renata.gimenez at bsc.es www.bsc.es