Dartmouth Digital Dorm
A new project at Dartmouth College is being developed to take advantage of its unique position as a living lab for advances in mobile computing. Later this year, Dartmouth College will build two large new residential facilities across the street from the Department of Computer Science. We plan to deeply integrate information technology into these dorms, well beyond the wired and wireless network infrastructure common in today’s dorms. Although the ultimate goal is to enhance the academic and social life of the residents, the Dartmouth Digital Dorm is a perfect research platform for students, faculty, and industry leaders to create and study a wide variety of devices, applications, and services that utilize a pervasive wireless and wired network in a residential setting. It will also be designed to provide rapid and reliable feedback to corporate partners who depend on innovation for market leadership. Martin Redmond, Dean of Residential Life, and David Kotz ’86, Professor of Computer Science, will lead a presentation about this initiative.
Speaker Details
David Kotz is a Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. After receiving his A.B. in Computer Science and Physics from Dartmouth in 1986, he completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University in 1991. He returned to Dartmouth to join the faculty in 1991, where he is now Professor of Computer Science, Director of the Center for Mobile Computing, and Executive Director of the Institute for Security Technology Studies. His research interests include context-aware mobile computing, pervasive computing, wireless networks, and intrusion detection. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and USENIX associations, and of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. For more information see http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~dfk/.
Martin Redman is the Dean of Residential Life at Dartmouth College and has held this position since July 1999. He earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Dickinson College in 1976, conducted post graduate work in Counseling and American History at East Texas State University and Southern Methodist University, and earned a master’s of education from the University of Pittsburgh. Redman is responsible for an operating budget of 19.0 million and a 3,300 bed residence hall system, including maintenance, construction and the renovation of the facilities. He supervises the Residential Life program within the facilities to provide counseling and programs to residents which includes the Fraternity and Sorority system (26 organizations). In addition, Redman supervises the College Dining Service Program (operating budget: 13.0 million) which provides undergraduate meal plans. The departments of Residential Life and Dinning Services employ approximately 200 full-time and 200 part-time employees.
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- Speakers:
- David Kotz and Martin Redman
- Affiliation:
- Dartmouth College
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