Sunday, September 2, 2012

High Advance Technology II

 

6. Nanotechnology:

This track will cover the science, technology and potential future capabilities of nanotechnology, including:
(1) Fundamental scaling laws and their limits. 
(2) The nature of atomically precise structures and computational chemistry. 
(3) Current and proposed manufacturing technologies including: lithography, self assembly, DNA nanotechnology, positional assembly, Scanning Probe Microscopy, mechanosynthesis, molecular positional devices, self replicating systems, molecular nanotechnology (MNT) and nanofactories. 
(4) Molecular computing, molecular logic elements, carbon nanotube electronics and thermal limits in computing. 
(5) Medical nanorobotics and nanomedicine, life extension and cryonics. 
(6) the impact of nanotechnology on space, energy production and storage, national security, green manufacturing, environmental remediation and other areas.

TRACK CHAIRS & ADVISORY (Nanotechnology)
  • Co-Chair: Robert Freitas, Jr , Sr Research Fellow, Inst for Molecular Manufacturing
  • Co-Chair: Ralph Merkle, Sr Research Fellow, Inst for Molecular Manufacturing
  • Advisor: J Storrs Hall, Pres, Foresight Inst; Author, Beyond AI & Nanofuture
  • Advisor: Neil Jacobstein, CEO, Teknowledge; Media X Prog, Stanford Univ

7. Medicine, Neuroscience & Human Enhancement:

This track will explore the future of biomedicine, neuroscience, and human enhancement and its impacts on human health and performance in six areas: 
(1) Stem cells and regenerative medicine: the emerging ability to repair, replace and regenerate damaged, aged, or diseased tissues utilizing cell therapies, therapeutic cloning, pluripotent stem cells, tissue engineering, biomaterials and artificial organs. 
(2) Targeted therapies, including minimally invasive medical devices, designer drugs, identification and targeting of cancer stem cells. 
(3) Medical diagnostics and imaging: increasingly powerful and rapid imaging modalities, point-of-care medical diagnostics, and biomarker technology.
(4) Neuroscience: neuroprosthetics (artificial retina, cochlear implants, brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation), neuroplasticity, and direct fMRI functional brain imaging/scanning. 
(5) Wellness: preventative drugs, supplements/antioxidants/diet, proactive regimens, Internet-based medical informatics, and telemedicine. 
(6) Human enhancement: exoskeletons, robotic limbs, neuroenhancing pharmacological agents, gene therapy, and anti-aging strategies.

TRACK CHAIRS & ADVISORY (Medicine, Neuroscience & Human Enhancement)

8. AI & Robotics:

This track focuses on intelligent machines. The main topics are: 
(1) Introduction to intelligent machines: perception, actions, representation, reasoning, learning, dealing with uncertainty. 
(2) AI technology: efficient exploration of state space, planning, logical inference, probabilistic inference, representation languages, machine learning, and language understanding. Alternative approaches for producing artificial general intelligence (AGI) or strong AI. 
(3) Robotics technology: hardware systems (sensors, manipulators), mobility, localization and mapping, human-robot interactions, multi-agent systems, autonomous vehicles, scaling to micro- and nano-machines. 
(4) Applications in home, transportation, medicine, security, internet, entertainment, space, and other areas. 
(5) Future directions: technology trends, solving the hard problems. AI ethics, potential for runaway AI, friendly vs. unfriendly AI. Uncertainties concerning when computers will match various capabilities of the human brain. 
Will computers become conscious?

TRACK CHAIRS & ADVISORY (AI & Robotics)
  • Co-Chair: Neil Jacobstein, CEO, Teknowledge; Media X Prog, Stanford Univ
  • Co-Chair: Raj Reddy, Prof of Computer Science & Robotics, Carnegie Mellon Univ
  • Advisor: Ben Goertzel, Founder, Novamente; Dir of Research, Singularity Inst
  • Advisor: Jason Lohn, Senior Research Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Advisor: Dharmendra Modha, Manager, Cognitive Computing, IBM Almaden
  • Advisor: Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google Inc.
  • Advisor: Sebastian Thrun, Prof of Computer Science, Director AI Lab at Stanford

9. Energy & Ecological Systems:

This track will cover future breakthroughs in renewable energy production, including solar, wind, ocean, geothermal, biological, and nuclear; grid 2.0 & transmission systems; energy storage technology & systems, including fuel cells; efficient transportation systems; energy conservation & efficiency, energy for the developing world; the Earth as an environmental system, including climate models and strategies and geoengineering; and global catastrophe scenarios and existential extinction events (asteroids, biowarfare, gamma ray bursts, nuclear war, etc.) and survival, prevention, and mitigation strategies.

TRACK CHAIRS & ADVISORY (Energy & Ecological Systems)
  • Co-Chair: Sunil Paul, Founding Partner at Spring Ventures
  • Co-Chair: Michel Gelobter, Founder, Cooler Inc; former Pres, Redefining Progress
  • Co-Chair: Dan Whaley, Founder and CEO, Climos
  • Advisor: Dan Kammen, Co-director of the Berkeley Inst of the Environment
  • Advisor: Claire Tomkins, Project Manager: Gigaton Throwdown

10. Space & Physical Sciences:

Calling on the extensive research and instructional resources at NASA Ames, this track will explore:
(1) The future of space, including future launch and propulsion systems (lasers, space elevators, ion engines, solar sails, fusion drives); nanosatellites; orbital satellite systems for communications and Earth and remote sensing; energy sources such as Helium-3 from the lunar regolith, solar-powered satellites; asteroids and comets as sources of metals, minerals and fuel. 
(2) Cosmology (including dark matter and dark energy and fundamental structure of matter); astrobiology and the origin of life on Earth and elsewhere; SETI and communication with extraterrestrial life; computronium (converting matter to a computational resource); and spreading intelligence to the universe.
TRACK CHAIRS & ADVISORY (Space & Physical Sciences)

Team Design Project:

The Team Project for SU’s Graduate Studies Program (June 27th -Aug 29th 2009) is the centerpiece of the curriculum where students are given a challenging, interdisciplinary, and real world problem that exemplifies one of humanity’s grand challenges. 2009’s Team Project is called, 10^9+ (ten to the ninth, plus) where students will be asked how they can impact 1 Billion people, worldwide, in a positive way, in 10-years time leveraging accelerating technologies. 
At the end of the 9 week summer session, students will present their results before a panel of individuals composed of representatives from private and public industries. They will also launch a website and other deliverables to serve as a launchpad for practical solutions and continued international dialogue related to various aspects of the problem.
  • Co-Chair: Lauren Fletcher, Engineer, Astrobiology, NASA Ames Research Center
  • Co-Chair: Keith Kleiner, Associate Founder, Singularity University

Technology Advisory Board:

The purpose of Singularity University’s Technology Advisory Team is to provide the University with ideas and guidance for the support and implementation of software tools for education, outreach and social media. In essence, the team strives to keep Singularity University at the cutting-edge of computer-based information systems, particularly online social networking and media applications.

Media Advisory Board:

Singularity University Media is producing a feature documentary for theatrical and broadcast distribution, and a series of short documentaries for online distribution. We are also recording lectures and panel discussions for DVD and online release. SU Media is run by former Technology Producer and Web Strategist at Charlie Rose, Matt Rutherford.

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