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Speakers
Keith A. Rhodes, General Accounting Office
Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Rhodes is currently the Chief Technologist of the U. S. General
Accounting Office and Director of the Center for Technology &
Engineering. Mr. Rhodes provides assistance throughout the Legislative
Branch on computer and telecommunications issues and leads reviews
requiring significant technical expertise. Mr. Rhodes has been the
senior advisor on a range of assignments covering continuity of
government & operations, export control, computer security & privacy,
e-commerce & e-government, voting systems, and various unconventional
weapons systems. He has served as a Commissioner on the Independent
Review of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Before joining GAO,
he was a supervisory computer scientist leading weapons and intelligence
programs at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His other work
experience includes computer and telecommunications projects at Northrop
Corporation and Ohio State.
Mr. Rhodes holds degrees in computer engineering and engineering
physics from the Ohio State University and the University of California
(Los Angeles), respectively. Throughout his career, he has garnered
numerous awards and citations, including a Distinguished Service Award,
the 1st Arthur Flemming Award for Applied Science, and the Nichols
Medal. He is a Professional Engineer, a Certified Computing
Professional, and a member of the New York Academy of Science. He holds
patents in automated control systems and has authored numerous articles
and taught courses on computer security, performance modeling of
communication networks and computer architecture for several technical
journals.
Abstract of Mr. Rhodes' address:
Digital Government: How Does the Leviathan Tapdance?
Summary: The government - contrary to some views - is already digital,
and that makes each one of us digital. These digits now intersect with
the physical world, and government is at the heart of this intersection.
Our identities are digital and begin with a government assigned number
- our social security number. Also, the physical infrastructure owned
by the private sector is being controlled more and more by digit-filled
packets. Given this environment, what is government's role and - more
importantly - what is government's responsibility as the virtual world
and the physical world become more and more indiscernible?
Luncheon Speaker (Monday, May 24):
George Spix, platforms architect, Microsoft Corporation
George Spix is chief architect in the Consumer Platforms Division of Microsoft Corporation. He is responsible for Microsoft's end-to-end solutions for consumer appliances and public networks. He also serves on the board of the Digital Audio Video Council (DAVIC), the Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (IISP), the Commerce Department's Computer Systems' Security and Privacy Advisory Board (CSSPAB), and a National Research Council (NRC) study focused on trusted computing systems. Mr. Spix joined Microsoft in 1993 as the Director of Multimedia Document Architecture. He was responsible for the Advanced Consumer Technology division's multimedia tools efforts and early third party tools acquisitions. Later, as Director of Infrastructure and Services, his team created the services and networks required for early interactive television trials.
George Spix is a member of theÊteam that delivered Windows 2000 Datacenter.Ê His own focus is the hardware and software infrastructureÊnecessary to deliver and compete with the next-generation of high-performance platforms, both large single systems and systems forÊclustered technical computing (www.microsoft.com/HPC),Êas well as a government portfolio including advisory boards for the DoD and the NFIP.Ê Prior to Windows, Spix was a director in the Consumer Products Division.Ê
Before joining Microsoft in 1993, Spix was Steve Chen's chief engineer at Cray Research where he contributed to the success of the X-MP and Y-MP supercomputers, and a later startup, SSI. A EE, mathematician, physicist, he attended Purdue in the late 60s where he wasÊa classmate and friend ofÊGordon Letwin. Letwin created the Heathkit HDOS offering of the mid 70s and became the 4th employee of Microsoft when he attempted to hire Bill Gates (his BASIC supplier), and Bill observed that Heathkit would never be a pure IPR play. While Spix pursued his first love, supercomputers (at Los Alamos in the 70s and Cray in the 80s), heÊoften talked with his friends at Microsoft about the narrowing differences between high-volume and specialized computers.
Spix has been granted a number of patents and co-authored several texts including "Trust In Cyberspace" (1998), withÊF. Schneider of Cornell University.
George Spix has two grown children, Andrew and Teresa.Ê Andrew is a circuit designer at Intel in Santa Clara and Teresa is a teacher in the San Leandro. GeorgeÕs interests include civic and education-focused efforts, a school (co-founder of www.fisw.org),Êcommunity development in SW Australia, playing chess, tinkering with a digital-home implementations and teaching.ÊÊ For more: www.google.com/search?q=george+spix.
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