[kictanet] lecture by Randal Bryant, Dean, Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

[Paul Kukubo]

[image: Chipuka Lecture Series 01.2012]

*An exclusive lecture by Randal Bryant, Dean, Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science at Strathmore University 5th Floor Student
Centre Friday Feb 3rd from 5-7pm.
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*Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2873142647/efblike*

For the first time in Africa, software engineer Professor Randal Bryant
will give a lecture on computer systems.

Bryant will go over the underlying principles by which programs
are executed on a computer with broad coverage of processor operation,
compilers, operating systems, and networking.

Whereas most lectures on computer systems focus on material from the
perspective of one who designs or implements part of the system, Bryant
will presents the view of a system visible to application programmers.

*Participants will learn how, by understanding aspects of the underlying
system, they can make their programs faster and more reliable. *This
approach provides immediate benefits for all computer science and
engineering students and also prepares them for more advanced systems
courses.

   - This lecture is based on the Carnegie Mellon University course
'*Introduction
   to Computer Systems*', which has been taught  every semester since Fall,
   1998 with enthusiastic responses by the students, the instructors, and the
   instructors of subsequent systems courses.

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*About Randal Bryan *

Randal Bryant is an Americancomputer scientist and academic noted for his
research on formally verifying digital hardware, and more recently some
forms of software. More recently, he has become interested in the
opportunities and challenges presented by computer systems working with
very large data sets.

He is also Dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science,
where he has taught since 1984.



*About Carnegie Mellon University*

Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research
university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and
business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 11,000
students in the university’s seven schools and colleges benefit from a
small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus
on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary
collaboration and innovation.


*About Software in Excellence Lecture Series*

This lecture series is hosted by the Kenya ICT Board's softwrare
certification initiative that seeks to establish an authentic software
developer certification for Kenya. The Certification Project  dubbed
'Chipuka', which stands for "to emerge", is being designed in partnership
with Carnegie Mellon University.The certification will help employers to
easily identify software developers that have the skills necessary to carry
out IT jobs to a professional and world class standard.



Paul Kukubo
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