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Wednesday
November 01		 HCII Seminar Series
Rosanne Siino , Stanford University
Broken Interactions on Distributed Teams: Exploring Interaction Rituals in Non-Face-to-Face Meetings , Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  SUMMA TECHNOLOGIES Tech Presentation
Rick Kotermanski, Chief Technology Officer
Brian Gray, Associate Technical Consultant
Moving Beyond the Hype about Service Oriented Architecture , Abstract
5:00 p.m., 7220 Wean Hall
w/refreshments

  APPLE Tech Program
Fall iMovie / iPhoto Workshop
Abstract
6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. , 125 Scaife Hall
  Joint Specification and Verification Center (SVC)/ISRI Seminar
Sriram K. Rajamani , Senior Researcher and Research Manager
Microsoft Research India, Bangalore
Rigorous Software Engineering , Abstract
11:00 a.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
  HCII PhD Thesis Defense
Laura Dabbish
Coordinating Initiation and Response in Computer-Mediated Communication , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
  IBM Extreme Blue Program Information Presentation
Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. , 4625 Wean Hall
  CyLab Seminar
Jon Callas , Chief Technology and Security Officer, PGP Corporation
Privacy and Security, it isn't Either/Or, it's Both/And , Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.

  HCII Seminar
Rosanne Siino , Stanford University
Broken Interactions on Distributed Teams: Exploring Interaction Rituals in Non-Face-to-Face Meetings , Abstract
4:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Pre-Registration Event: Hosted by Women@SCS
Abstract
4:30 p.m., 4623 Wean Hall
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Thursday
November 02		 Corporate Presentation: APPLE COMPUTER
6:30 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
  Graduate School Presentation
Owen Carmichael , Assistant Professor, Neurology and Computer Science
University of California at Davis
The UC Davis Computer Science Graduate Program , Abstract
11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. , 8220 Wean Hall
w/lunch

  TCinGC Information Session
Technology Consulting in the Global Community Information Session , Abstract
4:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. , 5409 Wean Hall
Students, Faculty, and Staff are welcome to attend this free event. Pizza and drinks will be served.

  Information Session: IAESTE
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience
Abstract
4:30 p.m., 125B Porter Hall
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Friday
November 03		 Carnegie Mellon Family Weekend
University Center
  CS Emigration Seminar
Reid McManigle , Manager of Business Development & Licensing
Intellectual Property Essentials for Technologists , Abstract
1:00 p.m., 5409 --- MOVED TO Newell-Simon 3305 Wean Hall
  LTI Student Seminar
Mohit Kumar and Simon Fung , LTI PhD Students
Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Speaking Skills Talk
Daniel Lee
Machine-Checked Proofs about Full-Scale Programming Languages , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
  Robotics Seminar
Martin Buehler , Director of Robotics, Boston Dynamics
Abstract
3:30 p.m., Mauldin Auditorium, Room 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
3:15 pm: Refreshments

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Saturday
November 04		 Carnegie Mellon Family Weekend
University Center
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Sunday
November 05		 Carnegie Mellon Family Weekend
University Center
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Monday
November 06		 Joint ISRI/CyLab Seminar Series
Brian A. LaMacchia , Software Architect
Office of the Chief Research and Strategy Officer
Microsoftr
SecPAL: A Declarative Language for Specifying Access Control,
Trust and Delegation in Distributed Grid Computing Environments , Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, L Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch will be provided.

  Thesis Proposal
Christopher Twigg
Abstract
09:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall

  SCS Day Committee Meeting
5:15 p.m.--volunteers very welcome!

  Joint CyLab Seminar/Institute for Software Research Seminar
Brian LaMacchia , Software Architect, Office of the Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft
A Declarative Language for Specifying Access Control, Trust and Delegation in Distributed Grid Computing Environments , Abstract
12:00 p.m., INI DIstributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Tuesday
November 07		 Colloquium on Computer Science Pedagogy
Chris Stephenson , Executive Director
Computer Science Teachers Association, ACM
Addressing Key Concerns in K-12 Computer Science Education , Abstract
3:00 p.m., 3305 Wean Hall
  Corporate Presentation: HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP)
6:30 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
  Joint Robotics/TechBridgeWorld Seminar
Nidhi Kalra, Ph.D. Candidate, Robotics Institute
Tom Lauwers, Ph.D. Candidate , Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon
A Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy in Developing Communities , Abstract
11:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
w/refreshments

  CyLab Seminar
Robert Murawski , Member of the Technical Staff
Software Engineering Institute, Networded Systems Survivability Program
Data Exfiltration Techniques: How Attackers Steal Your Sensitive Data , Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.

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Wednesday
November 08		 HCII Seminar Series
Peter Brusilovsky , School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Addictive Links: The Motivational Value of Adaptive Link Annotation , Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Digital Libraries Colloquium
Mike Richwalski , Creator of Gnosh, and
Manager of Web Services, Allegheny College
Gnosh: Meta-search in the Liberal Arts, Libraries and Beyond , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  CyLab Seminar
Sandra A. Slaughter, Associate Professor
Tepper School of Business
Elaine B. Hyder, Systems Scientist
IT Services Qualification Center, Carnegie Mellon
Quality Models for eSourcing
(Outsourcing Risk Management: 4th in a series of 5 talks) , Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.

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Thursday
November 09		 Special Author Presentation/Booksigning Event
Chip Walter
Thumbs, Toes and Tears -- And Other Traits that Make Us Human , Abstract
4:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
  MICROSOFT TECH TALK
Raphael Mun, Emily Tong, Jay Meistrich , Microsoft Research
Microsoft Visual Studio Express Technical Talk
Microsoft's Free, Powerful, and Lightweight Development Tools , Abstract
6:00 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
w/food and giveaways

  LTI Ph.D Thesis Proposal
Kornel Laskowski
Vocal Interaction in Multiparty Conversation , Abstract
09:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Friday
November 10		 LTI Seminar
Anatole Gershman , Global Director of Technology Research for Accenture Technology Labs
The Paradox in Services R&D: Moving Innovation from the Field into the Labs , Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Speaking Skills Talk
Stephen Magill
Combining Shape Analysis and Arithmetic Reasoning , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
  Robotics Seminar
Antonio Torralba , Research Scientist
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT
Integrated Models of Scenes and Objects , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Sunday
November 12		 Sleeping Bag Weekend:
School of Computer Science Presentation
3:00 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall
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Monday
November 13		 Sleeping Bag Weekend
Computer Science Q&A Session & Tour
10:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Thesis Proposal
Charles Garrod
Publish/Subscribe for Consistency of Web Database Caches , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 4623 Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Bruce Maggs, Chair
Anthony Tomasic
David Andersen
Chris Olston, Yahoo Research
Mike Dahlin, University of Texas, Austin

Thesis Summary: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~charlie/proposal.html

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Tuesday
November 14		 Intelligence Seminar
Pascal Van Hentenryck , Professor of Computer Science
Online Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
Faculty Host: Tuomas Sandholm

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Wednesday
November 15		 HCII Seminar Series
Eli Blevis , Professor, HCI/d program at Indiana
Notions of Design, with an Emphasis on Sustainability-Centered Interaction Design , Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  Thesis Proposal
Joel Chestnutt
Navigation Planning for Legged Robots , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thursday
November 16		 YAHOO! Hack Day 2006
Abstract
2:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. , Singleton Room Roberts Hall
Open House: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Hack Demos: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar
Klara Narhstedt ,
Ralph and Catherine Fisher Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science Department
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cross-Layer Adaptation for Quality-Aware and
Energy-Efficient Next Generation Mobile Multimedia Devices , Abstract
4:30 p.m., 125 Scaife Hall
Refreshments: 4:00 pm

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Friday
November 17		 Speaking Skills Talk
Jeffrey Stylos
Making APIs More Useable through Studies of API Design Choices , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
  Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology
Reception and Viewing of Student Research Projects
Abstract
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. , Rangos Ballroom University Center
  Special CyLab Seminar
Briefing: IT Sector Specific Plan to
Implement the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) , Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. , Distributed Education Center
Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Hosts: Internet Security Allinace and Carnegie Mellon CyLab.

  LTI Seminar
Brian MacWhinney , CMU Psychology Department
Computational Linguistics and Language Learning , Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Saturday
November 18		 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology
Student Oral Presentations
Abstract
08:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. , McKenna Peter Wright Rooms University Center
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Monday
November 20		 MLD Seminar
David Steier , Center for Advanced Research
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Large Scale Detection of Irregularities in Accounting Data , Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. , 1305 NSH
  Specification and Verification Center (SVC) Seminar
W. Rance Cleaveland , Professor of Computer Science
and Executive and Scientific Director,
Fraunhofer USA Center for Experimental and Software Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park
Model-Based Validation of Embedded Software , Abstract
2:30 p.m., 4625 Wean Hall
  Thesis Proposal
Hubert Chan
Approximation Algorithms for Bounded Dimensional Metric Spaces , Abstract
3:00 p.m., 7220 Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Anupam Gupta, Chair
Avrim Blum
R. Ravi
Kenneth L. Clarkson, Bell Laboratories

Thesis Summary: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~hubert/proposal.html

  Joint ISRI/CyLab Seminar
Lena Kannappan , Chief Executive Officer, FuGen Solutions, Inc.
User Centrism in the Federated World , Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, L Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Wednesday
November 22		 Thanksgiving Holiday
Wednesday, 22 November - Friday, 24 November 2006

  HCII Seminar Series
No Seminar - Thanksgiving
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thursday
November 23		 Thanksgiving Holiday
Wednesday, 22 November - Friday, 24 November 2006

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Friday
November 24		 Thanksgiving Holiday
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Monday
November 27		 Special Talk
Junfeng Pan , Department of Computer Science
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Co-Localization from Labeled and Unlabeled Data
in Wireless and Sensor Networks , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Tuesday
November 28		 Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
and IGERT on Assistive Technology Seminar
James T. Heaton, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
and Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Development of Voice Neural Prosthesis Technology , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
3:00 pm: Tea & Donuts

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Wednesday
November 29		 HCII Seminar Series
Ted Selker , MIT Media
Context Aware Computing, Understanding and Responding
to Human Intention , Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
  CyLab Seminar
Tom Kellermann , Vice President of Security Awareness
Core Security Technologies
Outsourcing Risk Management , Abstract
12:30 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.

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Thursday
November 30		 Thesis Proposal
Matthew Streeter
Online Selection, Adaption, and Hybridization of Algorithms , Abstract
3:00 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Stephen Smith, Chair
Avrim Blum
Tuomas Sandholm
John Hooker
Carla Gomes, Cornell University

Thesis Summary: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~matts/thesis/proposal.html

  Thesis Proposal
Sofia Cavaco
Data-driven Modeling and Synthesis of the Intrinsic Structures of Impact Sounds , Abstract
10:00 a.m., 7220 Wean Hall
Thesis Committee:
Michael Lewicki, Chair
Roger Dannenberg
Richard Stern
Dan Ellis, Columbia University

Thesis Summary: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~scavaco/files/proposal

  Special Tepper School Lecture
Randy Tinseth ,
From Strategy to Execution: Challenges Facing Boeing Today
Vice President Sales, Marketing & In-Service Support
747 Program, The Boeing Company
6:30 p.m., 151 Posner Hall Other


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