Special lecture in The School of Computer Science - Dr. Frank Soltis - Long-term IT trends and technology advancements
Dr. Frank Soltis, formerly the chief scientist at IBM, will give a talk open to all interested faculty, students and guests, on Wednesday, 23. September, at 10:30-11.30 in K-5 (Kringlan 1). Dr. Soltis is in Iceland as the keynote speaker at a conference, but offered to visit RU at the same time.
Short bio
Dr. Frank Soltis, who recently retired from his chief scientist job at IBM, is widely regarded at the father of the AS/400 computer system. He is the creator of the technology-independent architecture that led to a totally new breed of business computers, including the AS/400 and the IBM i.
He also led the effort within IBM to define the architecture of the 64-bit Power processors and was instrumental in moving IBM to the converged Power Systems. The architecture that he and his team created is today used in POWER4, POWER5, POWER6 and soon POWER7 processors.
Dr. Soltis currently travels the world speaking on long-term IT trends and technology advancements. In addition he works with leading IBM business partners to help guide their future product strategies.
