Interviews

We shall be interviewing researchers, academicians, admission directors, university administrators and successful students to bring you unique insights into the academic and professional life in the USA. The first interview in this series was with Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup.

Interview with Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, is the Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is also Director General of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), an independent research organisation providing knowledge on energy, environment, forestry, biotechnology, and the conservation of natural resources. He is also serving as Director, Yale Climate and Energy Institute effective July 2009.

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Interview with Dr. John Hennessy, the President of Stanford University

Dr. John Hennessy, is the 10th and current President of Stanford University. A pioneer in computer architecture, in 1981 Dr. Hennessy drew together researchers to focus on a computer architecture known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), a technology that has revolutionized the computer industry by increasing performance while reducing costs. In addition to his role in the basic research, Dr. Hennessy helped transfer this technology to industry. In 1984, he cofounded MIPS Computer Systems, now MIPS Technologies, which designs microprocessors.

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Interview with Professor Leonard Kleinrock, on the occassion of 40th birthday of the Internet

Dr.Leonard Kleinrock is considered a father of the Internet. Dr. Kleinrock is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science,UCLA. He developed the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the Internet, while a graduate student at MIT. His host computer at UCLA became the first node of the Internet in September 1969.

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Interview with Alberto Aleman-Zubieta, the Administrator and CEO of the Panama Canal Authority

We interviewed Mr. Alberto Aleman-Zubieta, the Administrator and CEO of Autoridad del Canal de Panama (Panama Canal Authority). Panama Canal is the leading interoceanic waterway that serves world maritime commerce.

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Interview with the inventor of C++, Professor Bjarne Stroustrup.

app2us.com interviewed Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor and original implementer of C++ programming language. Dr. Stroustrup is a Professor and College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science, at the Dept. of Computer Science,Texas A&M University, College Station.

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Upcoming interviews:

Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer, US Ambassador to India.

Abhinav Bindra, World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event, first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics.

Dr. George Smoot, Astrophysicist, cosmologist and winner of 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.

You can email your interview questions for future interviews to feedback AT app2us.com. The best questions will be included with the name of the person who sent the question. You can even suggest whom should we interview next.