HPE Fellow and VP
Hewlett Packard Labs
Adam Leno
Dejan Milojicic is an HPE Fellow and VP at Hewlett Packard Labs, Milpitas, CA [1998-present]. Previously, he worked at the OSF Research Institute, Cambridge, MA [1994-1998] and the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin”, Belgrade, Serbia [1983-1991]. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (1993); and his MSc/BSc from Belgrade University, Serbia (1983/86). Dejan has over 280 papers, 2 books, and 96 granted and 67 pending patents. Dejan is an IEEE Fellow (2010), ACM Distinguished Engineer (2008), and HKN and USENIX member. Dejan was on 10 Ph.D. thesis committees, and he mentored over 80 interns. Dejan was president of the IEEE Computer Society (2014), editor-in-chief of IEEE Computing Now and Distributed Systems Online, and he has served on many editorial boards and TPCs.
Session: Technology Predictions and Megatrends
The world has never been as unpredictable as today. Technological breakthroughs are being announced almost weekly, such as large language models and agentic AI. Socio-political, economic, and ecological development trump technology advancements and form a complex net of interdependencies. Wars are being won and lost using technology, as are the largest wins and losses on the market, and unfortunately, impact on nature. With such a speed of development and drastic impact on all facets of our lives, the ability to predict trends, especially megatrends, is becoming essential for business, technology, politics, and daily life.
In computer society, we have been making annual technology predictions for over 15 years and documenting them for 10 years. In conjunction, with the IEEE Future Directions Committee, we have been exploring technology megatrends for more than three years, issuing biennial reports. Both efforts have been releasing reports and acting in a coherent, mutually supporting role even if using different approaches (online vs in-person), scope (trends vs. megatrends, technology-only vs taking into account other megatrends), and cadence (annual vs biennial). Our reports have made a tangible impact on businesses and education, and they are widely cited and used. In this talk, we present the most recent predictions and megatrends and outline our next steps.
