THE FUTURE IS NOW
“THE REASON WE DID THIS IS TO OPEN UP A WHOLE WORLD FOR STUDENTS AT FAU AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THINGS FOR THEIR FUTURE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE OLD WAY, WHERE YOU HAVE A PROFESSOR STANDING UP IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM, TEACHING FROM A TEXTBOOK.”
—Rubin Gruber
magine a space that’s light, bright, and humming with efficient activity and the undercurrent of exhilaration that comes from free-spirited creativity. Stepping inside is almost like entering the future. Here, sophisticated computers quietly process and analyze data at a rate of trillions of problems per second, with the goal that physicians might come to understand early markers of dementia and prevent the onset of disease; oceanographers could identify and locate a single crack in a critical seawall; and meteorologists would be able to predict the amount of rainfall in Palm Beach County
