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Myhrvold, Mundie, Simonyi to Speak at UW

Gregory T. Huang 8/28/09

The University of Washington’s department of computer science and engineering announced its Distinguished Lecturer Series for the fall. Highlights will include talks by spaceman Charles Simonyi of Intentional Software (Oct. 1), cooking science experts Nathan Myhrvold and Chris Young of Intellectual Ventures (Oct. 6), wireless wizard Irwin Jacobs of Qualcomm (Oct. 15), software strategist Craig Mundie of Microsoft (Nov. 5), and graphics guru Pat Hanrahan of Stanford University (Dec. 3). The talks are open to the public.

Gregory T. Huang is the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com or call 206-624-2249.