jim whitehead nassoeucscedu possible interest sf bay forks jim hp researcher stanley williams discuss nanoscale computing public lecture ucscs silicon valley center thursday october 25 santa cruz car stanley williams senior fellow hewlett packard laboratories founding director hps quantum science research group discuss nanoscale computing free public lecture thursday october 25 hosted uc santa cruzs baskin school engineering silicon valley center williamss talk titled computing nanoscale employ different physics logic operations take place 4 pm world room building 943 nasa ames research center final event distinguished lecture series marking 10th anniversary ucscs baskin school engineering williams describe several new results achieved past year quantum science research group exploring new electronicdevice concepts logic operations according williams size electronicdevice components continues shrink scale nanometers fundamental physics governing properties electrons becoming quantum mechanical therefore presentday circuit designs concepts implicitly regard electrons classical objects becoming less valid eventually continued increases computing capacity fixed cost require new device logic concepts explicitly incorporate quantum mechanics established 1994 quantum science research group focused preparing hp challenges opportunities ahead electronic photonic mechanical device technology features continue shrink nanometer scale quantum mechanics becomes important williams one five active senior fellows hp past 30 years primary scientific research areas solidstate chemistry physics applications technology research evolved areas nanostructures chemically assembled materials emphasis thermodynamics size shape recently examined fundamental limits information computing led current research nanoelectronics nanophotonics williams received numerous awards business scientific academic achievement including 2004 joel birnbaum prize highest internal hp award research 2003 herman bloch medal industrial research 2000 julius springer award applied physics 2000 feynman prize nanotechnology dreyfus teacherscholar award sloan foundation fellowship named inaugural scientific american 50 top technology leaders 2002 2005 first named twice williams awarded 50 us patents published 280 papers reviewed scientific journals 2005 small times magazine named us patent collection assembled hp worlds top nanotechnology intellectual property portfolio williams received ba chemical physics rice university phd physical chemistry uc berkeley 1978 worked att bell labs 1978 1980 faculty member chemistry department ucla 1980 to1995 building 943 located next nasa exploration center nasa ames directions see httpwwwnasagovcentersameshomedirectionshtml information lecture call 831 4592158 email dreceptsoeucscedu information events baskin school engineering also available online httpwwwsoeucscedueventstenthcalendarhtml wed 06 aug 2008 061036 0700 fork hps stan williams nanoscale computing sfbay forks