1. Thoughts on the future of computing
Professor Richard Anderson
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
July 27, 2007

2. My background
Professor of Computer Science at University of Washington in Seattle
On the faculty since 1986
Professional Interests
Educational Technology
Distance Learning
Pen Based Computing
Technology for the Developing World
Computer Science Education

3. Seattle, Washington
Seattle

4. Connections with Eritrea
Personal ties to Eritrean community in Seattle
University sponsored visit to Asmara in 2001
Participation in Eritrean community events

5. Research Projects Tablet PCs in the Classroom Distance Education
Tablet PC Presentation System
Classroom Interaction – student communication with Tablet PCs
Distance Education
Synchronous distance education
Tutored Video Instruction

6. Classroom Presenter as a distributed application
Designed as distributed application for distance learning
Enables many scenarios
Mobility
Walking and talking
Sharing materials with students
Note taking
Classroom interaction
Student submissions

8. Classroom Presenter

9. Draw a picture of something from Eritrea

10. What computer languages do you use in your work?
What is your favorite language?

11. Classroom goals Encourage students to contribute in multiple ways
Promote engagement in the class
Interest
Alertness
Assess student understanding
Identify misunderstandings

12. Tutored Video Instruction
Base course on facilitated use of recorded materials
Materials recorded from a live class
Facilitator guides discussion around materials
Recent offering
UW Algorithms class with a University in Beijing

13. Thoughts on the Future of Computing

14. PC Trends

15. Google vs. Microsoft

16. Ubiquitous Computing
Move to handheld devices driven by cell phones

17. Social Computing

18. What are the important new areas

19. Security

20. Data Centric Computing

21. Human Centric Computing

22. Applications
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision

23. Why I am in Eritrea Digital StudyHall project
Facilitated video instruction for education
Video record lessons
Show with tutors at remote sites
Key technologies
Digital Video, Multimedia Database, DVD distribution and replay

24. Contact Information
For more information, contact
Richard Anderson