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Microsoft Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President Mr. Craig Mundie to speak at HKU on the Role of Computing in the Sciences

20 Oct 2005

Today IT has transformed many aspects of our daily lives and major scientific disciplines from biology to geophysics. It is influencing all parts of scientific process, from persisting real-world and simulated data, data mining and algorithms, through interpretation, insight and publishing. Microsoft's Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President Mr. Craig Mundie and other senior staffs are invited to visit HKU on 24 Oct 2005. After meeting the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor C.F. Lee, and other senior staffs from the Engineering Faculty, Mr. Mundie will speak at HKU to outline how the traditional role of computational modeling has changed and its latest applications to cope with the fast-changing scientific world in a distinguished lecture organized by HKU Engineering Faculty on 24 Oct 2005 (Monday) at 2:15pm in Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU.

Mr. Mundie's experience in computing and telecommunications technologies is well recognized. In Microsoft, he reports directly to Chairman Mr. Bill Gates and works with him to develop comprehensive technical, business and policy strategies for Microsoft Corporation on a global scale. In August 2000, he was named by US President Clinton to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee to advise White House staff on issues affecting the country'ghbs security on telecommunications infrastructure. Since 2002, he served on the Council on Foreign Relations Inc., which is dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to US foreign policy. 

Mr. Mundie joined Microsoft in 1992 to create and run the Consumer Platforms Division, which was responsible for developing non-PC platform and service offerings such as the Windows CE operating system, software for the handheld, Pocket and Auto PCs amongst various other projects. He started Microsoft digital TV efforts and acquired and managed the WebTV Networks Inc. subsidiary. He is the original champion of the Trustworthy Computing Initiative at Microsoft that profoundly impacted Microsoft software development strategy.

Members of the press are cordially invited to attend this public lecture. For enquiries please contact Ms Cherry Cheung, Senior Press Officer, HKU at 2859 2606.