The 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring terms are now 93% matched with
64 participants and mentors paired. We also have confirmations for all
presenters for the SEED annual in-person event next month, including the SEED Showcase presenters (2 from India, 1 from Canada, 1 from
the Czech Republic, 2 from China, and 2 from the USA). SEED Showcase
presenters give brief talks on their current work. I have already
distributed the CTO’s travel scholarships to help 17 SEED
participants attend the meeting. Executives speaking to the SEEDs
will include:
Dr. Greg Papadopoulos, Chief Technology Officer and Executive
Vice President of Research and Development
SEED program executive sponsor
Dr. Whitfield Diffie, VP, Fellow, Chief Security Officer
4 time SEED Mentor- Mike Splain, Senior Vice President, Sun Fellow,
Chief Engineer
4 time SEED Mentor
Dr. Sheueling Chang-Shantz, Distinguished Engineer,
Sun Microsystems Laboratories
7 time SEED Mentor
More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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