Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The iFoundry-sponsored 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is now accepting submissions on its website (here) or directly at the secure submissions site (here).
iFoundry believes that the concern for mathematical and scientific rigor that has arisen in engineering and engineering education since the cold war needs to be matched by a concern for conceptual rigor, and philosophy as the formal discipline that deals most directly with matters of conceptual rigor is critical to that change.
Read more about the 2010 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology at www.philengtech.org.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
iFoundry co-director Ray Price’s new book (with Chuck House) The HP Phenomenon is “a gem” according to a recent review in Forbes online:
Truly new ideas are extremely rare in business books, but Charles H. House and Raymond L. Price have come up with a gem: how to build a great company when the boss isn’t always right.
Read the whole review here and find out more about the book here.
Monday, October 26, 2009
iFoundry students may be interested in a special presentation by Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer of Microsoft on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 2:00pm at Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 South Lincoln, Urbana, IL. Mundie will speak about how software and information technology can help solve the most pressing global challenges we face today. For more information, visits here.
