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<p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:medium"><strong>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. <br>
</strong></span></p><p><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:medium"><strong></strong></span></p><strong>Register here: <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2873142647/efblike">http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2873142647/efblike</a></strong>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#333333">For the first time in Africa, software engineer Professor Randal Bryant will give a lecture on computer systems. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#333333">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#333333">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3c7c96"><strong><span style="font-size:small">Participants
will learn how, by understanding aspects of the underlying system, they
can make their programs faster and more reliable. </span></strong></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:small">This
approach provides immediate benefits for all computer science and
engineering students and also prepares them for more advanced systems
courses. </span></p>
<ul><li><span style="color:#333333;font-size:small">This lecture is based on the Carnegie Mellon University course '</span><em style="color:#333333;font-size:small">Introduction to Computer Systems</em><span style="color:#333333;font-size:small">',
which has been taught every semester since Fall, 1998 with
enthusiastic responses by the students, the instructors, and the
instructors of subsequent systems courses.</span></li></ul>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:small;color:#808080">About Randal Bryan </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#808080">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#808080">He is also Dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, where he has taught since 1984.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#808080"><strong><span style="font-size:small">About Carnegie Mellon University</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#808080">Carnegie Mellon
(<a href="http://www.cmu.edu">www.cmu.edu</a>) 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. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#808080"><strong><span style="font-size:small">About Software in Excellence Lecture Series</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;color:#808080">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.</span></p>
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