Tentative list of outside speakers and instructor lectures. This may change as we identify new compelling speakers or some speakers do not accept our invitation.
Lectures (tentative) |
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Title |
Description |
Who |
Future of
the semiconductor industry |
Technological
advance has been relentless and will continue, but the design and
applications side of the business has changed over the years. What is in store
for the future? |
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On-Line media |
What is happening with online media? What's the state of the online advertising
market? Are there success stories? |
Paul Grabowicz |
Online
auctions |
Computer based
communication has made it much easier and cheaper to conduct online auctions
and several successful businesses have been built around this model. We will describe some of the theory and
practice of auction design. |
HRV |
Internet
business models |
The
Internet is still evolving in terms of the appropriate business models for
selling services and information. Google has been a
leader in innovating in new advertising models. |
Jonathan Rosenburg
of Google |
Agile
software development |
Agile
software development processes like Extreme Programming illustrate, along
with open source software, new directions in software project management. |
Joshua
Kerievsky of Industrial Logic |
Project
management |
Practical
issues and experience in technology project management. |
|
Real
options |
Incremental
and flexible strategies for sunk investments can dramatically improve the ROI
on projects |
DGM |
Open
source software |
What are
some distinctive licensing terms and conditions? What does open source teach us about software development in a commercial
context? How can open source be used as a competitive tool? |
Eric
Allman of Sendmail |
Instructional
management systems |
What are
the tradeoffs between choosing a coodinated
solution vs. local autonomy and innovation.
Illustrates in one concrete case how content suppliers, software suppliers,
and end users respond to the need for commonality. |
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Document engineering |
How to reorganize the flow of information in an
organization. Planning, practice, and
productivity. |
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Telecommunications meltdown |
How did we get into this mess, and what are future prospects for
the industry. |
Greg Duncan |
Systems
components |
We know
what hardware and software components are, but the major opportunity is in
"systems" components |
DGM |
Politics
in standardization |
What really
happens in standardization? How do firms game the system, how does
standardization fit in corporate strategy, how can standardization be used as
a competitive tool? |
Jayarami Reddy of SUN |
Managing
patent portfolios |
How do
patent portfolios fit into corporate strategy, and how does this differ
across startups, small and large firms, hardware and software? What are the
merits of defensive and offensive strategies against competitors? |
Peter Detkin of Intel |
Music
industry woes |
Do to
massive piracy on the Internet, the music industry is struggling to contain
piracy and define new business models for music download. |
Peter Harter |
Antitrust
in software |
What are
the issues in the Microsoft case, and how could or should they be resolved? |
Carl
Shapiro |
Options compensation |
Options compensation is widely used in technology
industries. What are the theories and
facts about options as incentive devices, and what underlies the current
controversy about the accounting treatment. |
HRV |