Join Dean Kyle Squires for this special lecture and Q&A with Robert Calderbank, whose research interests include error control codes for quantum computing, wireless communication and the internet of things, coding theory for computer architecture, signal processing and machine learning.
Students, staff and faculty members are invited to attend. Faculty members who register also have the opportunity to sign up for a group faculty meeting with Calderbank from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture with Robert Calderbank
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Lecture: 3:30–4:15 p.m.
Q&A: 4:15–4:30 p.m.
Reception: 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Biodesign A (BDA) auditorium, Tempe campus [map]
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Robert Calderbank is a Distinguished Professor at Duke University, where he directs the Rhodes Information Initiative. He is known for contributions to voiceband modem technology, to quantum information theory and for co-invention of space-time codes for wireless communication. His research papers have been cited more than 50,000 times and his inventions are found in billions of consumer devices. Calderbank was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 and he has received a number of awards, including the 2013 IEEE Hamming Medal for contributions to information transmission, and the 2015 Claude E. Shannon Award.
