FCC chairman to speak at MIT
Julius Genachowski will field questions on wireless spectrum policy during 'Fireside Chat' at Stata Center
On Wednesday, March 6 at 4 p.m., Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will answer questions about wireless spectrum, the airwaves used by wireless products like tablets and smartphones, during a Fireside Chat at the MIT Stata Center. Questions will focus on wireless policy - including spectrum sharing, spectrum access and allocation, and the impact of the spectrum crunch on the wireless industry. The event is part of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wireless@MIT) Lecture Series. Genachowski was sworn in as Chairman of the FCC in June 2009. Prior to his FCC appointment, Genachowski spent more than a decade working in the technology and media industries as an executive, investor, and board member. He was Chief of Business Operations and General Counsel at IAC/InterActiveCorp; Special Advisor at the private equity firm General Atlantic; and co-founder of the technology incubator LaunchBox Digital. Genachowski received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991 and is a 1985 graduate of Columbia College.
Wireless@MIT, which is based out of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), is focused on addressing the most important challenges facing the wireless and mobile computing fields, in particular the spectrum crunch. Researchers aim to develop new techniques for overcoming the exhaustion of radio spectrum caused by the explosive popularity of wireless systems.
WHO:
- Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman
- Professors Hari Balakrishnan and Dina Katabi, Co-Directors, Wireless@MIT
Wednesday, March 6
4-4:45 p.m.
WHERE:
Ray and Maria Stata Center (Building 32), Kirsch Auditorium on the first floor
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
For directions: http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/95
TO RSVP AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Abby Abazorius, 617-324-9135, abbya@csail.mit.edu