To those of you who joined us for our May 14-15 Meetings and Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, thank you for your participation, enthusiasm, and time.

Our workshop, "Advancing Computing from Multiple Disciplines", featured a discussion of how science and engineering disciplines are pushing the frontiers of computer science today. Our distinguished speakers addressed how their research offers exciting, grand challenges with the potential to change the image of computing and attract top talent to the field.

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Keynote Speakers:

Mae Jemison, M.D., former NASA astronaut and founder, The Jemison Group, Inc.
The first African-American woman in space, Dr. Jemison now focuses her company's projects on the beneficial integration of science and technology into our everyday lives.

Richard M. Murray, Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, the California Institute of Technology
Dr. Murray's research is in the application of feedback and control to mechanical, information, and biological systems.

Lydia E. Kavraki, Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Bioengineering, Rice University; Graduate Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Kavraki's research contributions are in physical algorithms and their applications in robotics, as well as computational, structural biology and bioinformatics.