November 2, 2009
Mondays at 7pm EST
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Success is defined in a myriad of ways, but usually it’s defined by each of us 
individually. If we go to college to get a PhD in Psychology and we achieve that goal, then it’s a success; if we grow up wanting to change the world by becoming an elected official and we are a US Senator now, then it’s a success; or if we were poor growing up and swore that one day we’d achieve the American Dream and be able to tell our rags to riches story…that might be one person’s idea of success.
For me, Michael Parness, I just wanted to eat Shrimp. We didn’t have a lot growing up and when we went out to restaurants, which wasn’t often, me and my siblings were usually confined to the side of the menu that didn’t include Shrimp, Lobster or Steak. I swore when I grew up I’d be able to eat as much shrimp as possible. Of course, once I achieved that goal successfully, I then had other dreams and other goals.
Success, after all, is all in the perception. We’ll deal with those issues, and more on – Trend Success.
Today’s Guest – Dr. Seth Goldstein
Dr. Seth Copen Goldstein received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. In 1994 he completed his M.S. in Computer Science at the same institution. His undergraduate work was undertaken at Princeton University in the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Currently Dr. Goldstein is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Before attending UC Berkeley, Seth was CEO and founder of Complete Computer Corporation which developed and marketed object-oriented programming tools.
His research focuses broadly on ensembles: large collections of interacting agents. In the area of reconfigurable computing he investigated how to compile high-level programming languages directly into configurations which could harness the large ensemble of gates for computing. Later work involved ensembles of molecules in the area of molecular electronics. This research investigated how to design, manufacture, and use molecular-scale devices for computing. It included research in the areas of circuits, architectures, languages, and compilers. Currently, his main effort is to realize claytronics, a form of programmable matter. Programmable matter is an ensemble of computing elements which can be programmed to work together to produce changes in the physical properties of the ensemble. He has worked in the areas of object-oriented programming, networking, parallel computing, compilers, reconfigurable computing, molecular electronics,programmable matter, robotics, and novel architectures.
