Whiting-Turner Lecture: Innovation at IBM

Thursday, November 3, 2016
4:30 p.m.
Lecture Hall, 1110 Kim Engineering Building

In this lecture, Dr. Naguib Attia will discuss the history of innovation at IBM. He will present some strategies for innovation and the way IBM continuously introduce new and innovative technologies to the world, including Watson and its applications.

About the Speaker

Dr. Naguib Attia is a Distinguished Engineer and VP of IBM Global University Programs. He is responsible for setting up IBM’s academic relations strategy, creating next generation global technical training programs in collaboration with universities and research institutions, and managing the overall award programs budgets.

Previously, Dr. Attia was the VP and CTO of IBM Middle East and Africa. He was responsible for inventing and leading technical solutions for MEA as well as leading the Africa Skills Initiative. With more than 25 years of industrial, manufacturing, research, and academic experience, Dr. Attia has contributed to the development of IBM’s intellectual capital, industry insights, and overall solution portfolio for IBM. His specializations include cloud, business analytics, security, and supply chain optimization. He has actively published several papers in different journals and has presented papers and lectures at many international conferences.

Dr. Naguib was the chair of Aerospace Industry Association (AiA) Technical group, is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE), and is a member of ChemIT and other industry organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Essex, England.

RSVP: http://go.umd.edu/2016W-TAttia 

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