Monday
October 02 |
Thesis Proposal
John J. Sprouse
Holistic Modeling and Tracking of Road Scenes
, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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VASC Seminar Series
Xiaofeng Ren
, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Probabilistic Models for Image Parsing
, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 4:45 p.m.
, 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Tuesday
October 03 |
Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy
Richard Anderson
, Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
3:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Intelligence Seminar (formerly AI Seminar)
Alon Altman
, The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
An Axiomatic Approach to Ranking Systems
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
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Thesis Proposal
Leonid Teverovskiy
, PhD Candidate
Learning-based Deformable Neuroimage Registration
, Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Wednesday
October 04 |
HCII Seminar Series
No Seminar (Town Hall Meeting)
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Corporate Info Session: LINCOLN LABORATORY
6:00 p.m., 220 Scaife Hall
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Thursday
October 05 |
LTI Ph.D Thesis Proposal
Vasco Pedro
Federated Ontology Search
, Abstract
1:00 p.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
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Joint ISRI/POP Seminar
Jeff Foster
, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department and UMIACS
University of Maryland, College Park
Checking Type Safety of Foreign Function Calls
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Lunch provided.
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Quality of Life Center Seminar (QoLT)
Katherine Seelman, PhD
, Associate Dean and Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh
Quality of Life Technology: Policy Context and Market Implications
, Abstract
4:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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CyLab Seminar
Baruch Awerbuch
, Professor of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins Universty
Trust, Collaboration and Recommendations in Peer-to-Peer Systems
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Friday
October 06 |
Johnson & John Case Competition
Open to CMU undergraduate teams.
Continues through October 9.
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Robotics Seminar
Jeff Schneider
, Associate Research Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon
Machine Learning in In Vivo CNS Drug Discovery
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Refreshments: 3:15 pm
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LTI Student Research Symposium 2006
09:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
What's going on? Student research talks from the LTI.
Who's invited? Everyone.
Will there be food? Breakfast and coffee breaks.
How much does it cost? Free!
Please see the SRS website for details: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~hazen/srs-2006/
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Talk
Karl Crary
, Associate Professor
Mechanizing Programming Language Metatheory
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 8220 Wean Hall
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Saturday
October 07 |
Johnson & John Case Competition
Open to CMU undergraduate teams.
Continues through October 9.
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Sunday
October 08 |
Johnson & John Case Competition
Open to CMU undergraduate teams.
Continues through October 9.
NEW Registration Deadline: 27 Sept 2006
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Sleeping Bag Weekend:
School of Computer Science Presentation
3:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
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Monday
October 09 |
CyLab Seminar
Bill Scherlis
, Professor and Director, Institute for Software Research
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Prospects for Software Assurance
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Level L, Distrributed Education Center Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.
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Johnson & John Case Competition: Conclusion
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Sleeping Bag Weekend
Computer Science Q&A Session & Tour
10:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Corporate Presentation: HARRIS CORPORATION
7:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
w.pizza
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Defense
Rong Yan
Probabilistic models for combining diverse knowledge sources in multimedia retrieval
, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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On Television! Luis von Ahn
7:30 p.m.OnQ, WQED Pittsburgh
Also airs at midnight and 12:30 pm, Tuesday, October 10.
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Google Pittsburgh Seminar
Tim Axelrod
, LSST Project Scientist for Data Management
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
The LSST - Intriguing Problems in Astronomy and Computer Science
, Abstract
10:00 a.m., Lower Level, 4720 Forbes Avenue Collaborative Innovation Center
Talks are open to the public.
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Tuesday
October 10 |
Intelligence Seminar
John-Dylan Haynes
, Max-Planck Institute CNS, Leipzig, Germany
Decoding conscious and unconscious mental states from brain activity in humans
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
Faculty Host: Tom Mitchell
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Wednesday
October 11 |
CSD R/P Meeting
3:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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HCII Seminar Series
Peter Lucas
, MAYA Design
The Pragmatics of Deep Change -- An HCI Case Study
, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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CIT Corporate Panel: How Innovation Drives Growth
Abstract
11:00 a.m., Singleton Room Roberts Hall
Chriss: swaney@andrew.cmu.edu
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Thesis Oral
Mark C. Fuhs
Space and Context in the Rodent Hippocapal Region
, Abstract
1:00 p.m., Social Room, 3rd Floor Mellon Institute
Thesis Committee:
David S. Touretzky, Chair
James L. McClelland
Tai Sing Lee
Robert U. Muller, SUNY Downstate
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Thesis Oral
Glenn Judd
Using Physical Layer Emulation to Understand and Improve Wireless Networks
, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Thesis Committee:
Peter Steenkiste, Chair
Srinivasan Seshan
Dan Stancil
David Maltz, Microsoft
Robert Morris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CyLab Seminar
Jesse Walker
, Researcher, Intel's Communication Technology Lab
A Cryptographic Hash Function Perspective
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Special Corporate Presentation: MICROSOFT
Adriana Moscatelli
, Product Designer, Microsoft
The Day in the Life of a Product Designer
, Abstract
6:30 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
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Thursday
October 12 |
Carnegie Mellon Homecoming 2006
Homecoming continues through October 15
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ISRI Seminar Series
Lynn Carter
, Principal Fellow, Carnegie Mellon West
Should programming really be at the heart of software engineering?
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Digital Library Colloquium Series
David Farber
, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon
Crossing a Minefield: Current Problems with Internet Technology and Policy
, Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
, Connan Room University Center
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Thesis Proposal
Mahim Mishra
Tartan: A Low-Energy and Defect-Tolerant Asynchronous Reconfigurable Dataflow Architecture
, Abstract
3:00 p.m., 4615A Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Seth C. Goldstein, Chair
Todd C. Mowry
Babak Falsafi
Bob Colwell, R. E. Colwell and Associates, Inc.
Thesis Summary: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~burks/ThesisSummaries/mishra.pdf
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Dean's List Student Gathering
4:30 p.m., Atrium Newell-Simon Hall
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Special VASC Seminar
Josef Sivic
, Oxford University
Efficient visual search of images and videos
, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Friday
October 13 |
Carnegie Mellon Homecoming 2006
Homecoming continues through October 15
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Speaking Skills Talk
Haowen Chan
Secure Hierarchical In-network Aggregation for Sensor Networks
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Special Seminar
Jim Morris
, Dean, Carnegie Mellon West
Carnegie Mellon West: Status and Plan
, Abstract
3:00 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
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RI Seminar
Shimon Ullman
, Ruth and Samy Cohn Professor of Computer Science
Object classification, recognition and segmentation by a hierarchy of abstract fragments
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Refreshments start at 3:15pm.
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Monday
October 16 |
CyLab Seminar
Bill Scherlis
, Professor and Director, Institute for Software Research
Carnegie Mellon
Software Assurance in the Software Supply Chain
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, L Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Tuesday
October 17 |
13th Annual MOBOT Races Open House (MObile roBOT)
6:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Members of the Mobot Committee will be on hand to help you get started. The races are open to ALL students, staff, faculty across campus.
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Proposal
Kevyn Collins-Thompson
Robust Probabilistic Methods for Context-Oriented Retrieval
, Abstract
10:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Information Session:
The Tepper School / SCS 3-2 MBA Program
4:30 p.m., 4623 Wean Hall
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Wednesday
October 18 |
HCII Seminar Series
NO SEMINAR - during UIST'06
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thesis Oral
Paul Schelte Albert Reitsma
Evaluating Data Driven Character Animation
, Abstract
2:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Thesis Committee:
Nancy S. Pollard, Chair
Jessica K. Hodgins
James J. Kuffner
Michiel van de Panne, University of British Columbia
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Thesis Proposal
Juan Pablo Gonzalez
Planning with Uncertainty in Position Using High-Resolution Maps
, Abstract
09:30 a.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
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Speaking Skills Talk
Susmit Sarkar
LF/ML: Expressing and Checking Correctness of Programs
, Abstract
3:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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CyLab Seminar
Daniel Poliquin
, CISSP Senior Manager, Deloitte,
The Identity & Access Management: New Direction, New Focus
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Thursday
October 19 |
Carnegie Mellon Andy Awards
Abstract
12:00 p.m., McConomy Auditorium University Center
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Quality of Life Center Seminar
Richard Schulz
, Director, University Center for Social and Urban Research
and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Supporting Family Caregivers and Older Persons through Technology:
Current Status and Future Directions
, Abstract
4:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Friday
October 20 |
Mid-Semester Break
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Specification and Verification Center Seminar (SVC)
Dr. Kevin D. Jones
, Engineering Director, Rambus, Inc.
High-speed PHY Design and Verification in the “Real World”
, Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Google Pittsburgh Seminar
Lyle Ungar
, Associate Professor
Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Document Mining Using Things and Strings
, Abstract
10:30 a.m., Google Pittsburgh, 4720 Forbes Avenue,
Lower Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Open to the public.
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LTI seminar
Stephan Vogel
, LTI Research Associate
Statistical Machine Translation at LTI: What was Done, What’s to Come
, Abstract
2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Saturday
October 21 |
ERC Seminar Series
Diane Collins, Ph.D.
, Research Health Scientist, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare Center
Aging Characteristics and Disabling Conditions Appropriate for QoLT
, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Monday
October 23 |
SCS Day 2007: Information Session
Abstract
5:00 p.m., Perlis Atrium, 3rd floor Newell-Simon Hall
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Tuesday
October 24 |
Corporate Presentation: ENDECA
5:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Microsoft Technical Presentation
Joey Blondin
, Program Manager
Microsoft's Internal "IT" Web Portal and User Analystics Solutions
Abstract
6:00 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
w/food and prizes
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Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) Seminar
Steve Petersen
, Chief of Neurosychology Division
Washington University Medical School
Studying Cognitive Development Using Functional Neuroimaging
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Social Room, 3rd Floor at Bellefield Street Entrance Mellon Institute
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Defense
Yan Liu
Conditional Graphical Models for Protein Structure Prediction
, Abstract
12:30 p.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
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Intelligence Seminar
Gerry Tesauro
, IBM T.J. Watson Research
Improving Systems Management Policies Using Hybrid Reinforcement Learning
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
Faculty Host: Carlos Guestrin
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Special Robotics Seminar
G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey
, Ph.D. Student, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon
Teaching Technical Creativity through Robotics in Ghana
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Wednesday
October 25 |
HCII Seminar Series
Jared M. Spool
, User Interface Engineering
The Dawning of the Age of Experience
, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Information Session: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
6:00 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
w/pizza
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Morgan Stanley Tech Talk
Ik Yoo
, Executive Director
Morgan Stanley's Enterprise Application Infrastructure
Evolution of Grid Computing and Utility Computing in the Financial Services Industry
, Abstract
5:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
w/refreshments
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Thesis Oral
Kaustuv Chaudhuri
The Focused Inverse Method for Linear Logic
, Abstract
10:00 a.m., 8220 Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Frank Pfenning, Chair
Stephen Brookes
Jeremy Avigad
Tanel Tammet, Tallinn Technical University
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Special SDI/LCS Seminar
Joshua LeVasseur
, Systems Architecture Group
University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Pre-Virtualization: Soft Layering for Virtual Machines
, Abstract
3:00 p.m., 1301 Collaborative Innovation Center
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Thursday
October 26 |
Intel Research Pittsburgh Distinguished Lectures & Open House
Abstract
11:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
, 4720 Forbes Avenue Collaborative Innovation Center
Distinguished Lectures: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Demo Showcase: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
RSVP: cjh2@andrew.cmu.edu
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Friday
October 27 |
LTI Seminar
Rong Jin
, assistant Prof. of the Computer and Science Engineering Dept. of Michigan State University
Generalized Maximum Margin Clustering and Unsupervised Kernel Learning
, Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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RI Seminar
Peter Stone
, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Robust Autonomous Color Learning on a Mobile Robot
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Refreshments 3:15 pm
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Saturday
October 28 |
PuzzleQuest: Lost in the Maze
Abstract
12:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
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Sunday
October 29 |
Sleeping Bag Weekend:
School of Computer Science Presentation
3:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
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Monday
October 30 |
Sleeping Bag Weekend
Computer Science Q&A Session & Tour
10:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Tuesday
October 31 |
LTI Ph.D Thesis Defense
Chun Jin
Optimizing Multiple Continuous Queries
, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thesis Oral
Robert Zlot
Complex Task Allocation for Multirobot Teams
, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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SDI Talk
Prashant Chandra
, Intel Corporation
Terascale Computing Research at Intel
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 2101 Collaborative Innovation Center
w/pizza
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BOO!
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Gates and Hillman Centers Photo Tour
cs.cmu.edu