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Chapman University
Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science
and the Student Chapter of the ACM
Present the 2004
Computer Science Forum
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
“The Dick Tracy Watch –
Finally a Reality?”
Mr. Farhad Mafie
President and CEO, Savant
Company, Inc.
The William and Willa Dean
Lyon Conference Center
Argyros Forum 201
Pizza, salad, soft-drinks
5:00 PM
(Free to Chapman Students,
Faculty, High School Teachers and Students; $5.00 Guests)
Program 5:15 PM
As more phone and PDA manufacturers integrate similar functions in their
products, the separation between phones and PDA’s is disappearing. The
resulting Smart Mobile Devices (SMDs) are becoming standard products for
mass markets. In parallel developments, companies with little or no history
in the phone market are developing the first generation of practical “Dick
Tracy” watches that bring a new dimension to this technology convergence.
Today’s 3G WCDMA phones boast downloading speeds of 384 kbps, and many
advanced, complex features are gradually becoming standard for these
phones. Mr. Mafie will discuss these developments and the technology behind
them. (more …
http://www.savantcompany.com/Newsletters/NL_Aug7.htm,
and
http://www.comicspage.com/dicktracy/dick_timeline.html
(see 1964).
Farhad Mafie is a former Chapman University student with over 20 years of
experience in electronic and computer businesses and more than 10 years of
university-level teaching experience. He is the founder of Savant Company,
Inc. which organizes seminars and conferences, conducts market research, and
develops intelligence reports on emerging technologies. Mr. Mafie is the
former Vice President of Business Development and Technical Sales
Engineering at Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. He has a Master
of Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. His
combined business and academic experience has given Mr. Mafie a unique
ability to effectively communicate complex new technologies to business
professionals at all levels, as well as the ability to foresee emerging
leading-edge technologies.
Please rsvp to Luci Bruner
at bruner@chapman.edu by September 10, 2004. |
