Marcus Weldon, formerly the Corporate Chief Technology Officer for Nokia and President of Bell Labs, will be presenting two seminars next week (in-person and available via Zoom):

Tuesday, August 29, 10 AM, MSEE 190: Critical Perspectives on Innovation Part 1, Learning from the Past

There is a tendency to believe that there is only one model for innovation that ‘works’: the venture capital-funded ‘start-up’ model.  There is no doubt that this model has had success over the past few decades, but at its heart it is often a statistical game of chance, with an associated funding and feedback model that is financially rigorous but that undervalues real technological value or breakthroughs. In this lecture, Marcus will review this model in the context of other innovation models that exist or have existed and compare and contrast their relative merits.

Thursday, August 31, 10 AM, MSEE 190: Critical Perspectives on Innovation Part 2, Inventing the Future

Building on the perspective developed in the first lecture in the series, this lecture will examine the most promising routes and methodologies to follow today, to both invent something new and then successfully implement a solution that should have real market impact. The common elements of each approach will be highlighted, as well as the differences, and under what circumstances each is the optimum choice.

See the attached flyer for additional details.

Best,

Lynn Hegewald
ECE Master's Program Manager
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office: 765-496-3476