IDG Seminar - Week 00b
19 Feb
Kevin SchofieldThe Era of Human Computing (Joint Seminar with CSSE, in Theatre 3/Room 2.05)As computing technology has become more powerful, more connected, and 
more ubiquitous, we've seen an acceleration of research - and 
progress - on "human scale computing," using computing to assist and 
augment how people naturally work, play and go about their daily 
lives. Computers can help us see, remember, find information, 
communicate, and interact with the world around us. Computing can 
also be our guardian angel, watching over our shoulder and keeping us 
safe. While we still have a long way to go before computers can do 
everything that people can do, today they increasingly play a 
complementary role to our own abilities and are truly capable of changing people's lives for the better.
Kevin Schofield is General Manager for Strategy and Communications 
at Microsoft Research. His organization drives consensus on 
technical strategy and priorities for Microsoft's research 
efforts. He is also responsible for developing Microsoft 
Research's relationships with academia, customers, press, 
analysts, and Microsoft's own product groups. Mr. Schofield joined 
Microsoft in 1988, and has worked in Microsoft Research since 
1997. Over the course of his tenure at Microsoft, he worked in 
both development and program management for a number of Microsoft 
product efforts, including networking, operating systems, MSN, and 
multimedia authoring tools. He is a Magna cum Laude graduate of 
Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.


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4th Floor, ICT Building [Building 105]
111 Barry St, Carlton

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Interaction Design Group, 
Department of Information System, 
University of Melbourne
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