BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T203544Z UID:69BA9A52-FCEC-11E6-A7C6-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20170323T140000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20170323T153000 DESCRIPTION:In honor of Claude Shannon – the father of information theory and arguably of all communications and networked systems – Bell Labs ha s created the Shannon Luminary Lecture Series and Award\, to explore all t opics of high impact and relevance to the future of human existence\, with an annual series of ten talks by the leading visionary researchers\, deve lopers\, thinkers and entrepreneurs from all fields of scientific\, techno logical\, engineering\, mathematical\, or related artistic endeavor.\n\nTh e March 2017 lecture will be given by Dr. David Eagleman\, neuroscientist\ , author\, Guggenheim Fellow\, and adjunct associate professor in the Depa rtment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University. Dr. Ea gleman also starred in the PBS series “The Brain”\, an exploration of what we know about the human brain today. A highly awarded luminary across neuroscience\, society\, ethics\, and education\, Dr. Eagleman has also s pun out several companies in neuroscience.\n\nDavid Eagleman will present “How to create new senses for humans” in his lecture\, describing how “alternative” sensory inputs can be used to replace “missing” inpu ts or to create additional inputs in humans\, allowing us to experience ne w kinds of feelings. The presentation will be held in the Hamming Innovati on Hall on the Murray Hill Bell Labs Campus.\n\nPrior awardees include Eri c Schmidt\, Irwin Jacobs\, Bob Metcalfe\, Amber Case\, Henry Markram\, Zhe nan Bao\, and Yann LeCun.\n\nAs space is limited\, please confirm your att endance as soon as possible. Registration will close as soon as the capaci ty of the Hamming Innovation Hall has been reached\, or\, at the latest\, by March 14.\n\nhttp://bit.ly/Shannon0317\n\nIf you are unable to attend a fter you have registered then please contact info@bell-labs.com with a cop y to avw@ieee.org\, to cancel such that seats can be made available to oth ers.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the IEEE North Jersey Section and it s IEEE Information Theory Society Chapter.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IT\, COMSOC \, VTS\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. David Eagleman\, \n\nAgenda: \n14:00-15:30 How t o Create New Senses for Humans\nDr. David Eagleman\n\nBldg: Bell Laborator ies\, Nokia\, Hamming Innovation Hall\, 600 Mountain Ave\, Murray Hill\, N J\, Murray Hill\, New Jersey\, United States\, 07974 LOCATION:Bldg: Bell Laboratories\, Nokia\, Hamming Innovation Hall\, 600 Mo untain Ave\, Murray Hill\, NJ\, Murray Hill\, New Jersey\, United States\, 07974 ORGANIZER:avw@ieee.org SEQUENCE:7 SUMMARY:Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture - How to Create New Senses for Humans - Dr. David Eagleman\, Guggenheim Fellow/Stanford URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/44140 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p align="justify">In honor of Claude Shannon &ndash\; the father of information theory and arguably of all communicati ons and networked systems &ndash\; Bell Labs has created the Shannon Lumin ary Lecture Series and Award\, to explore all topics of high impact and re levance to the future of human existence\, with an annual series of ten ta lks by the leading visionary researchers\, developers\, thinkers and entre preneurs from all fields of scientific\, technological\, engineering\, mat hematical\, or related artistic endeavor.</p>\n<p align="justify">The Marc h 2017 lecture will be given by Dr. David Eagleman\, neuroscientist\, auth or\, Guggenheim Fellow\, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University. Dr. Eagleman also starred in the PBS series &ldquo\;The Brain&rdquo\;\, an exploration of what we know about the human brain today. A highly awarded luminary ac ross neuroscience\, society\, ethics\, and education\, Dr. Eagleman has al so spun out several companies in neuroscience.</p>\n<p align="justify">Dav id Eagleman will present &ldquo\;How to create new senses for humans&rdquo \; in his lecture\, describing how &ldquo\;alternative&rdquo\; sensory inp uts can be used to replace &ldquo\;missing&rdquo\; inputs or to create add itional inputs in humans\, allowing us to experience new kinds of feelings . The presentation will be held in the Hamming Innovation Hall on the Murr ay Hill Bell Labs Campus.</p>\n<p align="justify">Prior awardees include E ric Schmidt\, Irwin Jacobs\, Bob Metcalfe\, Amber Case\, Henry Markram\, Z henan Bao\, and Yann LeCun.</p>\n<p align="justify">As space is limited\, please confirm your attendance as soon as possible. Registration will clos e as soon as the capacity of the Hamming Innovation Hall has been reached\ , or\, at the latest\, <strong>by March 14</strong>.</p>\n<p align="justif y">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <a href="http://bit.ly/Shannon0317">http://bit.ly/Shann on0317</a><br /><br /></p>\n<p align="justify">If you are unable to attend after you have registered then please contact info@bell-labs.com with a c opy to avw@ieee.org\,&nbsp\; to cancel such that seats can be made availab le to others.</p>\n<p align="justify">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p align="justify">This event is co-sponsored by the IEEE North Jersey Section and its IEEE Infor mation Theory Society Chapter.</p>\n<p align="justify">&nbsp\;</p><br /><b r />Agenda: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00-15:30& nbsp\;&nbsp\;</td>\n<td><strong>How to Create New Senses for Humans</stron g></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</td>\n<td>Dr. David Eagleman</td> \n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR