Theoretical Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku to Deliver NIWeek 2010 Keynote

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National Instruments today announced that Dr. Michio Kaku, best-selling author  and professor at City College of New York, will deliver the closing keynote  address at NIWeek 2010, the world’s largest graphical system  design conference and exhibition scheduled for Aug. 3–5 in Austin, Texas.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Michio Kaku to NIWeek as this year’s  guest keynote speaker,” said Ray Almgren, vice president of software and  education at National Instruments. “Dr. Kaku’s expert insight on future  technologies is especially beneficial to the thousands of NIWeek attendees who  are continually innovating and pushing the boundaries of science and  engineering.”

In addition to his Henry Semat Professorship in theoretical  physics at City College of New York, Dr. Kaku is an author of several  best-sellers, including “Hyperspace,” “Visions” and “Physics of the Impossible,”  and host of the national radio program, “Explorations in Science.” He also has  hosted numerous documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Science Channel and the  BBC about the future of science. Additionally, his doctorate-level textbooks are  required readings at some of the world’s leading physics laboratories. Prior to  his current position, Dr. Kaku held a lectureship at Harvard University and a  visiting professor position at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.  Dr. Kaku received a Bachelor of Science degree from Harvard University and a  doctorate in theoretical physics from Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the  University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Kaku co-founded string field  theory, a branch of string theory that summarizes the five string theories into  one equation. Dr. Kaku also continues to search for Einstein’s “theory of  everything” that unifies the four fundamental forces of the universe. In  addition, Dr. Kaku has interviewed more than 300 scientists to decipher the most  accurate prediction of what the next 20 years of science holds.

Readers  can register for NIWeek 2010 at www.ni.com/niweek.