Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
December Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:00-1:30 PM

Operation Lindbergh:
The World's First Human Telesurgery

Operation Lindbergh was the first complete telesurgery on a human being. On September 7, 2001, two surgeons in New York City operated remotely on a patient in Strasbourg, France--more than 4000 miles away. They used technology developed by Computer Motion, which employs about 100 people in Goleta.

Discovery magazine listed "Operation Lindbergh" as one of the top scientific achievements of 2001. Professor Steven Butner, UCSB Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and Special Technical Consultant to Computer Motion, will discuss the technical challenges, solutions, and future potential of the technologies developed for this landmark project.

Come learn about this technology breakthrough and what the future holds.

------PRESENTER------

Steve Butner
UCSB Electrical And Computer Engineering Department
And Special Technical Consultant to Computer Motion

Professor Steven Butner joined UCSB's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering in 1981. He has also served as a special technical consultant to Computer Motion since its founding in 1991 by Dr. Yulun Wang, one of his Ph.D. graduates. Dr. Butner has played a key role in many of Computer Motion's product developments.

Professor Butner's research focus is on computer architectures for high-performance and high-reliability applications, very large-scale integrated circuit structures, and interconnection networks for parallel and distributed computer systems. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

------OTHER INFO------

$12 for SEC members; $15 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927) or
Tim Murphy (Email: timothy_murphy@urscorp.com or tel: 805-964-6010 ext.336).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org

From the Co-Presidents: This month's luncheon program deals with technology at the forefront of medicine and promises to be very interesting. It will be followed next month by a discusion of the local job market by our Membership Chairman, Gary Kravetz. Gary's talks are always very popular, so come early to get a good seat. Annual membership renewals will be mailed out shortly, and we are pleased to announce that we have "held the line" and kept our dues the same again this year. When you send in your renewal, please also consider making a donation to our scholarship fund.

Bruce McRoy and Wayne Rothermich