Presenter

Dan Reed is Presidential Professor Emeritus and formerly served as provost at the University of Utah, where he was Presidential Professor of Computational Science and a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering. Previously, Dan helped shape Microsoft's long-term vision for technology innovations in cloud computing and the company's policy engagement with governments and institutions worldwide as the company’s corporate vice president for technology policy and extreme computing. Dan has served on the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the National Academies of Science Board on Global Science and Technology, the International Telecommunications Union CTO Council, and the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization Council. He has chaired the Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee and the National Science Board, which oversees NSF. Dan is a Fellow of ACM, IEEE, and AAAS.