Friday
December 01 |
Speaking Skills Talk
Francisco Pereira
Beyond Brain Blobs: machine learning classifiers as instruments for analyzing fMRI data
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Google Pittsburgh Seminar
Jia Li
, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (by courtesy)
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Title:
, Abstract
10:00 a.m., Lower Level, 4720 Forbes Avenue Collaborative Innovation Center
Open to the public.
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Robotics Seminar
Jack Tumblin
, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Northwestern University
What Devices Should Capture Visual Appearance?
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 - Mauldin Auditorium Newell-Simon Hall
3:15 pm - Refreshments
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Saturday
December 02 |
7th Annual FIRST Lego League Tournament:
NANO Quest
Abstract
08:00 a.m., National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville) 15201 Other
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Monday
December 04 |
DAN! Four Decades of Innovation
A Symposium Honoring Dan Siewiorek's 60th Birthday
Abstract
Singleton Room George A. Roberts Engineering Hall
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Speaking Skills Talk
Hua Zhong
Ultrasound virtual touch for image guided heart surgery
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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CyLab Seminar
Scot Ganow,Corporate Privacy and Ethics Officer, Verispan LLC
Mike Hubbard, Verispan Outside Privacy Counsel,
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
De-identification of Personally Identifiable Information for Improving Data Access, Quality and Use
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distribute Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.
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Tuesday
December 05 |
Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation
CTTEC Legal Seminar
Ed Pencoske
, Patent Attorney, Law Offices of Jones Day
A Primer on Patents
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10:30 a.m., Singleton Room Roberts Hall
w/refreshments
RSVP: lmp2@andrew.cmu.edu, 412.268.1241
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Wednesday
December 06 |
HCII Seminar Series
No Seminar - Building Virtual Worlds
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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MIcrosoft XNA Technical Talk
Raphael Mun, Emily Tong
Microsoft's New Computer Game Programming Framework
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5:30 p.m., 5409 Wean Hall
w/food and giveaways
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Speaking Skills Talk
Nikos Hardavellas
Database Servers on Chip Multiprocessors: Limitations and Opportunities
, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 2101 Collaborative Innovation Center
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Master's Oral
Josh Johnston
Obstacle Detection with Millimeter Wave FMCW Radar Using an Image Processing Technique
, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
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CyLab Seminar
Jody Westby
, CyLab Adjunct Distinguished Fellow, and
CHief Executive Officer, Global Cyber Risk
Outsourcing Risk Management: Legal Considerations
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.
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Thursday
December 07 |
University Lecture Series
Scott McCloud
, Author of
Comics: A Medium in Transition
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4:30 p.m., McConomy Auditorium University Center
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ISRI Seminar
The PhD Program in Computation, Organizations & Society
Rachel Greenstadt
, Harvard University
SSDPOP: Privatizing Constraint Optimization
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Friday
December 08 |
Speaking Skills Talk
Jimeng Sun
Incremental Pattern Discovery on Tensor Streams
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Speaking Skills Talk
Kevin Watkins
Abstract interpretation using laziness: proving Conway's Lost Cosmological Theorem
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 8220 Wean Hall
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POP Seminar
Kevin Watkins
Abstract interpretation using laziness: proving Conway's Lost
, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 8220 Wean Hall
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CS Emigration Seminar
Rob Shillingsburg
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire:
Moving from Academia to a Young
Growing Company
, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
w/refreshments
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Robotics Seminar
Sunil K. Agrawal
, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
Un-powered & Powered Exoskeletons for Gait Training of Motor Impaired
Patients
, Abstract
3:30 p.m., 1305 - Mauldin Auditorium Newell-Simon Hall
Refreshments: 3:15 pm
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Monday
December 11 |
Thesis Oral
Alik Sunil Widge
Self-Assembled Monolayers of Polythiophene
, Abstract
1:00 p.m., 4623 Wean Hall
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Thesis Oral
Nidhi Kalra
A Market-Based Framework for Tightly-Coupled Planned Coordination in Multirobot Teams
, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Tuesday
December 12 |
Thesis Oral
Lucian Vlad Lita
Instance-Based Question Answering
, Abstract
09:30 a.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Thesis Committee:
Jaime Carbonell, Chair
Eric Nyberg
Tom Mitchell
Nanda Kambhatla, IBM
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Defense
Qin Jin
Robust Speaker Recognition
, Abstract
10:30 a.m., 3002 Newell-Simon Hall
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Proposal
Joy Ying Zhang
Structured Language Model for Statistical Machine Translation
, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 3002 Newell-Simon Hall
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Wednesday
December 13 |
Reading Day
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Speaking Skills Talk
Katrina Ligett
Approximate Online Optimization
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12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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SCS Senior Thesis and Independent Study:
Fall Poster Session
Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Perlis Atrium and The Bridge Newell-Simon Hall
All welcome!
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CS Farewell to Fall Cake Party for Undergraduates
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Perlis Atrium Newell-Simon Hall
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Thesis Oral
Hugh Brendan McMahan
Robust Planning in Domains with Stochastic Outcomes, Adversaries, and
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10:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Thesis Committee:
Avrim Blum, Co-Chair
Geoffrey Gordon, Co-Chair
Jeff Schneider
Andrew Ng, Stanford University
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Thursday
December 14 |
CSD Black Friday: Systems
09:30 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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CSD Black Friday: AI/Theory
1:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thesis Oral
Sarjoun Skaff
Context-Based State Estimation for Hybrid Systems with Intermittent Dynamics
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2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Defense
Robert Malkin
Machine Listening for Context-Aware Computing
, Abstract
10:00 a.m., 3002 Newell-Simon Hall
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Friday
December 15 |
CSD Black Friday: General Meeting
10:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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LTI Seminar
Candace Sidner
, Senior Research Scientist
Collaborative Interface Agents: On the screen and on the robot
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2:00 p.m., 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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LTI PhD Thesis Defense
Stefanie Tomko
Improving User Interaction with Spoken Dialog Systems via Shaping
, Abstract
12:30 p.m., 4623 Wean Hall
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LTI Ph.D Thesis Proposal
Wei-Hao Lin
Identifying Perspectives in Text and Video
, Abstract
2:30 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Monday
December 18 |
V-UNIT: Learning to Build a Vision
Presentation of Fall 2006 Project
Abhilash Edakadampil
, MISM Student, Heinz School
YUJ: A Non-Profit Program to Harness Academic Resources in Developing Countries
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10:00 p.m., 2503 Hamburg Hall
All welcome! With refreshments.
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Thursday
December 21 |
CyLab Seminar
Lujo Bauer
, Systems Scientist, Cylab
The Grey Project: Device-enabled Authorization
, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distribute Education Center, Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
Lunch provided.
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Friday
December 22 |
Winter Recess Begins
Classes Resume Monday, January 15, 2007
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Monday
December 25 |
Winter Recess
Classes Resume Monday, January 15, 2007
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Gates and Hillman Centers Photo Tour
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