• Distinguished Lecture

It is a hallmark of a Carnegie Mellon education to build a broad base of knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences. In this tradition, the Distinguished Lecture Series provides the CMU-Q community a glimpse into the depth and breadth of scholarship of the many academic experts who visit our campus.

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Bill Brown Distinguished Lecture in Biological Sciences

Distinguished lectures in biological sciences are named in honor of Bill Brown, head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University from 1995 to 2000. Brown was a visiting professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon Qatar in 2007.

Veronica Hinman

Veronica Hinman

Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences, Professor and Head, Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon
Regrowing Your Head: Regeneration in the Sea Star
February 23, 2023

Ann Gibbons

Ann Gibbons

Contributing correspondent for Science magazine
Gut Instincts, the Evolution of Diet: Do We Have Stone Age Bodies in a Fast Food World?
March 24, 2019

Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Lecture in Engineering

Distinguished lectures in engineering are named in honor of Paul P. Christiano, dean of the College of Engineering from 1989 to 1991 and provost of Carnegie Mellon University from 1991 to 2000.

James H. Garrett, Jr.

James H. Garrett, Jr.

Dean, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
METRO21 – Making Our Cities and Our Infrastructure Smarter
April 11, 2016

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John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Arts and Sciences

Distinguished lectures in arts and sciences are named in honor of John Patrick Crecine, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1983.

Jeff Gill

Jeff Gill

Director of the Center for Data Science, distinguished professor in the departments of Government and Mathematics and Statistics at American University, Washington, DC
The Present and Future of Data Science
February 4, 2020

Agnieszka Wykowska

Agnieszka Wykowska

Principal Investigator, Italian Institute of Technology
Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction
February 10, 2019

Richard Scheines

Richard Scheines

Dean, Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Learning Engineering: Using Psychology and Technology to Transform Education
September 10, 2015

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Wilfried Sieg

Wilfried Sieg

Patrick Suppes Professor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University
Thinking, Computing, Thinking
November 15, 2015

John P. Lehoczky

John P. Lehoczky

Thomas Lord University Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Real-Time Computer Systems: The Mars Pathfinder, Driverless Cars and Video Streaming
March 8, 2016

Richard M. Cyert Distinguished Lecture in Business Management

The Richard M. Cyert Distinguished Lecture in Business Management is named after Richard M. Cyert, who was professor and dean of the Tepper School of Business and president of Carnegie Mellon University between 1972 and 1990

Anita Williams Woolley

Anita Williams Woolley

Professor of organizational behavior and associate dean of research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business
People, Processes, and Incentives: Collective Intelligence and the Future of Organizations
February 22, 2023

Duane Seppi

Duane Seppi

Senior Associate Dean, Faculty; David M. and Barbara A. Kirr Professor of Finance
Algorithmic Market
February 5, 2015

A. Nico Habermann Distinguished Lecture in Computer Science

Distinguished lectures in computer science are named in honor of A. Nico Habermann, head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University from 1980 to 1988 and founding dean of the School of Computing Science.

Russell Schwartz

Russell Schwartz

CMU Professor, Head, Computational Biology Department
The Evolving Role of Computation in Biomedical Discovery
November 18, 2024

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Kemal Oflazer

Kemal Oflazer

Teaching Professor, Computer Science
Language Models in Natural Language Processing
April 21, 2024

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Mona Diab

Mona Diab

Director of the LTI, and director of the R3LIT lab at CMU
Responsible Thinking; An Operational Framework
November 30, 2023

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Martial Hebert

Martial Hebert

University Professor and Dean of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Attacking AI Challenges at the School of Computer Science
January 31, 2023

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Srinivasan Seshan

Srinivasan Seshan

Department Head and the Joseph F. Traub Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department
The Past, Present and Future of Delivering Multimedia on the Internet
November 26, 2019

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Mary Shaw

Mary Shaw

Department Head and the Joseph F. Traub Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department
The Past, Present and Future of Delivering Multimedia on the Internet
November 26, 2019

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Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore

Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Google-tech to CMU-School of Computer Science-tech: Strategy around Data, Augmented Humans and Autonomy
February 3, 2016

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Takeo Kanade

Takeo Kanade

U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Fun Research in Computer Vision: from Robots, Sports, Face to Medicine
February 19, 2013

Raj Reddy

Raj Reddy

Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Computer Technology in Service of Society
November 12, 2012

Randy Bryant

Randy Bryant

University Professor of Computer Science and Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Data-Intensive Scalable Computing
January 31, 2012

Mark S. Kamlet Distinguished Lecture in Information Systems

The Mark S. Kamlet Distinguished Lecture in Information Systems is named after Mark S. Kamlet, who is Provost Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.

Alex Wilcox Cheek

Alex Wilcox Cheek

Design manager, Google
Design and Wicked Problems in Business, Tech, and Society
September 5, 2023

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Thomas M. Kerr, Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Ethics

Distinguished lectures in ethics are named in honor of Thomas M. Kerr Jr. for his lifelong commitment to teaching law, ethics and civil liberties at Carnegie Mellon University.

John Hooker

John Hooker

Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Professor of Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University
Cultural Comparative Advantage in the Global Economy
November 17, 2015

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Gloriana St. Clair Distinguished Lecture in 21st Century Librarianship

Distinguished lectures in 21st century librarianship are named in honor of Gloriana St. Clair, dean of libraries emerita, who served as dean of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries from 1998 to 2013.

Sayeed Choudhury

Sayeed Choudhury

Director of the Open Source Programs Office, Carnegie Mellon University
Case Studies in Open Science
March 21, 2023

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Megan Lotts

Megan Lotts

Art Librarian (Librarian II), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
The Engaged Librarian: Fostering a Culture of Creativity and Play in Libraries
February 5, 2020

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Jason Griffey

Jason Griffey

Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
‘Decentralization & Blockchain: Possibilities & Problematizations for Libraries’
February 21, 2018

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Diane Mizrachi

Diane Mizrachi

Social sciences and undergraduate instruction librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
‘Preferring Print in a Digital World: Studies of Students’ Academic Reading Behaviors’
April 26, 2017

Susan Gibbons

Susan Gibbons

University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University
‘Studying Library Patrons to Improve Libraries’
October 13, 2015

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