Monday
April 09 |
SCS Faculty Canddiate
Ohad Shamir
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Microsoft Research New England
Machine Learning: Higher, Faster,
Stronger, Abstract
10:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Physics Colloquium
Felix J. (Jay) Lockman
,
Green Bank Telescope Principle Scientist
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Greenbank
Making the Milky Way - The Continuing Story, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 102 (Pitt Campus) Thaw Hall
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VASC Seminar
Svetlana Lazebnik
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Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Understanding Scenes With Superpixels
and Object Detectors, Abstract
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
, 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Database Seminar
Rishi Chandy
,
Machine Learning Department
Identifying Spam in the iOS App Store, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 8115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Cylab Seminar
Ken Mai
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Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon
Techniques for Enhancing Reliability of
Physical Unclonable Functions, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center
1201 Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Tuesday
April 10 |
SCS Faculty Candidate
Umut A. Acar
,
Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Practical Abstractions for Dynamic
and Parallel Software, Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Data Analysis Project Presentation (DAP) Seminar
Alona Fyshe
,
Machine Learning Department
Decoding Word Semantics from
Magnetoencephalography Time Series
Transformations , Abstract
3:00 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Wednesday
April 11 |
13th Annual Different Color Hair Day!
organized by Professor William Messner.
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Theory Lunch Seminar
Liu Yang
,
Machine Learning Department
Learnability of DNF with
Representation-Specific Queries, Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
, 8102 Gates&Hillman Centers
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Thursday
April 12 |
HERE: SCS Distinguished Lecture Series
Patrick Cousot
, Professor of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
and
Professor of Computer Science
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Abstract Interpretation: Principles and Applications, Abstract
3:30 p.m., Rashid Auditorium 4401 Gates&Hillman Centers
Distinguished Donuts time: 3:15 p.m. - outside the hall
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Joint CFA / HCII Z-Axis Seminar
Leah Buechley
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Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Director, High-Low Tech Group
MIT Media Lab
Expressive Electronics: Sketching,
Sewing and Sharing, Abstract
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
, Giant Eagle Auditorium
A51 Baker Hall
ICo-sponsored with the wats:ON Festival
Poster
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Data Analysis Project Presentation (DAP) Seminar
Wooyoung Lee
,
Machine Learning Department
Learning Global Properties of Scene Images
Based on their Correlational Structures, Abstract
3:00 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Open Forum with the President
Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
, 1212 Doherty Hall
Hosted by Staff Council
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Intel Science and Technology Center
in Embedded Computing (ISTC-EC) Seminar
Ben Taskar
,
Magerman Term Associate Professor
Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
Geometry of Diversity and Determinantal
Point Processes: Representation, Inference
and Learning , Abstract
1:30 p.m., Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th floor Collaborative Innovation Center
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2012 Electric Car Challenge
Pit Stop at Carnegie Mellon
Abstract
Forbes Avenue Electric Garage
early to mid-afternoon
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Friday
April 13 |
Robotics Seminar
Dieter Fox
,
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Grounding Natural Language in
Robot Control Systems, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Computational Modeling and Analysis
for Complex Systems Seminar (CMACS)
Pierre-Loïc Garouche
,
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Iowa
(LOA: ONERA-French Aerospace Laboratory)
Kind-AI: When Abstract Interpretation
and SMT-based Model-checking Meets , Abstract
2:00 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Christian Kästner
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Postdoc
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
Philipps University Marburg
Parsing and Type Checking all 210000
Configurations of the Linux Kernel , Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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LTI Colloquium
Gerald Friedland
,
Senior Research Scientist
International Computer Science Institute
Cybercasing the Joint: Language Technologies,
Multimedia Retrieval, and Online Privacy, Abstract
2:30 p.m., Giant Eagle Auditorium
A51 Baker Hall
Poster
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Saturday
April 14 |
Microsoft College Puzzle Challenge
Gates and Hillman Centers
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Sunday
April 15 |
Sleeping Bag Weekend
Gates and Hillman Centers
Admitted students
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Monday
April 16 |
Sleeping Bag Weekend
Gates and Hillman Centers
Admitted students
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Federation of Laptops: FLOC
Abstract
8:30 p.m., McConomy Auditorium University Center
Performed as part a concert at the
Symposium on Laptop Ensembles and Orchestras (SLEO)
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VASC Seminar
Roger Cicala
,
Lens Rentals
Capturing Light: The History of Imaging, Abstract
3:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Ross A. Knepper
,
Postdoctoral Associate
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Making Robots Move Like People , Abstract
10:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Sanjika Hewavitharana
,
Language Technologies Institute
Detecting Translational Equivalences
in Comparable Corpora, Abstract
09:00 a.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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CyLab Seminar
Michelle F. Dennedy
,
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer
McAfee, Inc.
Privacy by Design for our Technology
and Our Future Why the Future
Still Needs Us, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center
1201 Lobby Level Collaborative Innovation Center
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Tuesday
April 17 |
Dedication Ceremony
The Roger Sorrells Engineering & Science Library
Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
, 4th Floor Wean Hall
RSVP requested.
Poster
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Zhengqing Ouyang
,
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Medicine
Stanford University
Statistical Modeling of Next Generation
Sequencing Data for Global Gene Regulation, Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Wednesday
April 18 |
Dedication Ceremony
The Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
Abstract
11:00 a.m., Lobby Level
Atrium Collaborative Innovation Center
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Theory Lunch Seminar
Richard Peng
,
Computer Science Department
Faster Flow Algorithms using Variations
of Electrical Flows, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Thursday
April 19 |
Olympus Spring Carnival Show & Tell
4:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
, McConomy Auditorium University Center
Poster
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Machine Learning/Google Seminar
Sanjoy Dasgupta
,
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Deigo
Annotation on the Cheap, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Frank DiMaio
,
University of Washington
Protein Structure Determination
with Sparse and Noisy Data, Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Friday
April 20 |
18th Annual Mobot Races:
15th Gates Awards Presentation & Wrap-Up
3:00 p.m., Gates & Hillman Centers
Poster
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18th Annual Mobot Races
Abstract
12:00 p.m., Mobot Race Course Wean Hall
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Spring Carnival!
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National Robotics Engineering Week
Howie Choset
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Professor of Robotics
Carnegie Mellon
Robotics 101, 102, 103....
2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
, Rashid Auditorium
4401 Gates and Hillman Centers
In conjuction with SCS / Spring
Carnival Programming
Open to all!
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Thesis Proposal
Carsten Varming
,
Computer Science Department
Verifying Concurrent First Order Imperative
Programs with Separation Logic and Graphs, Abstract
10:00 a.m., 7101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Saturday
April 21 |
Spring Carnival!
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Sunday
April 22 |
Earth Day!
Do something nice for Earth!
Perform just one act of "green" today.
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Monday
April 23 |
Health IT Seminar (HIT)
Martin S. Gaynor
,
E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and
Health Policy
J. John Heinz III College and
Department of Economics, Carnegie Mellon
and Chair of the Governing Board,
The Health Care Cost Institute
Introduction to the Health Care Cost Institute:
What to Do with Five Billion Health-Care
Records , Abstract
1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
, 6115 Gates&Hillman Centers
Poster
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Special Intelligence Seminar
Paul S. Rosenbloom
,
Professor
Computer Science Department
and Project Leader
Institute for Creative Technologies
University of Southern California
Towards a Graphical Cognitive Architecture
for Virtual Humans (and Intelligent Agents/
Robots), Abstract
10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
, Traffic21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Special Computational Thinking Seminar
Paul S. Rosenbloom
,
Professor
Computer Science Department
and Project Leader
Institute for Creative Technologies
University of Southern California
On Computing: The Fourth Great
Scientific Domain, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
, Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
,
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Games on Networks, Abstract
10:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Dipanjan Das
,
Language Technologies Institute
Semi-Supervised and Latent Variable
Models of Natural Language Semantics , Abstract
2:00 p.m., Traffic 21 Classroom
6501 Gates & Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Stephanie Rosenthal
,
Computer Science Department
Human-Centered Planning for
Effective Task Autonomy, Abstract
1:00 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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POP Seminar
Beniamino Accattoli
,
Laboratoire d'Informatique
École Polytechniqueoc and INRIA
Towards a Cost Model for
Lambda-Calculus , Abstract
2:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Young-Woo Seo
,
Robotics Institute
Augmenting Cartographic Resources and
Assessing Roadway State for Vehicle
Navigation , Abstract
1:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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VASC Seminar
Ajay Mishra CANCELLED
,
Research Scientist
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
A Fixation-based Segmentation Framework
to Extract Simple Objects from a Scene , Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Cancelled
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Special HCII Seminar
Margaret Burnett
,
Professor of Computer Science
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Oregon
Males and Females Developing Software:
Are Programming Tools Getting in the Way?, Abstract
4:30 p.m., Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Field Robotics Center (FRC) Seminar
Heather L. Jones
,
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon
Complementary Flyover and Rover Sensing
for Modeling of Planetary Features, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 2109 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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University Town Hall Presentation
The proposed...
Biomedical Engineering-Energy-Nanotechnologies
Building, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Hosted by the College of Engineering and
Campus Design & Facility Development
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Computational Modeling and Analysis
for Complex Systems Seminar (CMACS)
Robin Dowell
,
Assistant Professor
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
and Computer Science Departments
University of Colorado Boulder
Automatically Generating Stochastic
Models of Transcriptional Regulation, Abstract
2:00 p.m., 6121
Moved to 7501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Tuesday
April 24 |
Intelligence Seminar
Kevin Leyton-Brown
,
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of British Columbia
Beyond Equilibrium: Predicting Human
Behavior in Normal Form Games, Abstract
3:30 p.m., McWilliams Classroom
4303 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Abraham Mohammad Othman
,
Computer Science Department
Automated Market Making: Theory
and Practice, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Eakta Jain
,
Robotics Institute
Attention-guided Algorithms to Retarget
and Augment Animations, Stills, and
Videos , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 4301 Gates & Hilllman Centers
Poster
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2012 Buhl Lecture
Daniel Eisenstein
,
Professor of Astronomy
Harvard University
Director, Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound, Abstract
4:30 p.m., Auditorium Mellon Institute
Poster
Reception follows the Lecture.
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Masters Thesis Presentation
Brian Pak
,
Computer Science Department
Hybrid Fuzz Testing: Discovering Software
Bugs via Fuzzing and Symbolic Execution, Abstract
09:00 a.m., 7501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Uland Wong
,
Robotics Institute
Lumenhancement: Exploiting Appearance
for Planetary Modeling, Abstract
2:00 p.m., 1109 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Speaking Skills Talk
Ahmed Hefny
,
Machine Learning Department
Bayesian Language Models , Abstract
3:00 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Speaking Skills Talk
Leila Wehbe
,
Machine Learning Department
Decoding Multiple Levels of Story
Processing from fMRI Data , Abstract
3:30 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Field Robotics Center (FRC) Seminar
Andrew Chambers
,
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon
State Estimation from Visual-Inertial
Data in Unstructured Environments, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 2109 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Wednesday
April 25 |
Carnegie Mellon Celebration of Education
including our own
Mark J. Stehlik
The Robert E. Doherty Award for Sustained
Contributions to Excellence in Education
and David Kosbie
Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence
in Computer Science
Abstract
4:30 p.m., Rangos 1 / 2 University Center
4:30 pm - Reception
5:00 pm - Awards Presentation
Poster
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Teaching Track Faculty Candidate Talk
Dilsun Kaynar
,
Researcher
CyLab, Carnegie Mellon
Binary Search Trees, Abstract
10:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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HCII Seminar
Mark Newman
,
Assistant Professor
School of Information
University of MIchigan
Capture and Playback for Designing
Context-Aware Interactive Systems, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Alok Parlikar
,
Language Technologies Institute
Style-Specific Phrasing in Speech Synthesis , Abstract
09:00 a.m., Blelloch-Skees Conference Room
8115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Joint Center for International Relations and Politics
& Software Engineering Institute Special Lecture
Admiral Dennis C. Blair
,
U.S. Navy (ret.) and
Former Director of National Intelligence
Getting Cyber Security Policy Right, Abstract
12:15 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
, 4307 Gates and Hillman Centers
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POP Seminar
Ruy Ley-Wild
,
Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA)
Subjective Concurrent Separation Type Theory , Abstract
3:30 p.m., 9115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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VASC Seminar
Jon Barron
,
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of California at Berkeley
Shape, Albedo, and Illumination from
Shading , Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Theory Lunch Seminar
Aleksander Madry
,
Postdoctoral Researcher
Microsoft Research New England
Online Algorithms and the K-server
Conjecture, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Thursday
April 26 |
SDI / ISTC Seminar
Peter J. Braam
,
Founder, CEO and Chief Architectect
Parallel Scientific
Xyratex; Lustre
The Lustre File System: 13 Years from a
CMU Elevator Chat to an Open Source
Success, Abstract
12:00 p.m., ISTC Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th Floor Collaborative Innovation Center
Poster
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Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day
Boys/Girls ages 8-15
Register online: 5-20 April 2012
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Zico Kolter
,
Postdoctoral Fellow
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Learning, Inference, and Control
for Sustainable Energy, Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Data Analysis Project Presentation (DAP) Seminar
Robert Fisher
,
Machine Learning Department
Active, Semi-supervised Learning
to Utilize Human Oracles, Abstract
3:00 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Ali Kemal Sinop
,
Computer Science Department
Graph Partitioning and Semi-definite
Programming Hierarchies , Abstract
10:00 a.m., 8115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Ravi Starzl
,
Language Technologies Institute
Computational Modeling of Immune Signals, Abstract
12:30 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Intel Science and Technology Center
in Embedded Computing (ISTC-EC)
Vishal Gupta
,
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
HeteroMates: Providing High Dynamic
Power Range on Client Devices
using Heterogeneous Core Groups, Abstract
1:30 p.m., Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th Floor Collaborative Innovation Center
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Astrophysics Seminar
Edwin L. Turner
,
Professor
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
A Bayesian Analysis of the Astrobiological
Implications of the Rapid Emergence of
Life on the Early Earth, Abstract
4:00 p.m., 232M Baker Hall
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Friday
April 27 |
LTI Colloquium
Kevin Collins-Thompson
,
Researcher
Microsoft Research Redmond
Not Just for Kids: Enriching Information Retrieval
with Reading Level Metadata, Abstract
2:30 p.m., Giant Eagle Auditorium
A51 Baker Hall
Poster
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Robotics Seminar
Henry Schneiderman
,
Co-Founder, PittPatt
(acquired by Google)
The Journey from Algorithm to Product, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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CSD Undergraduate End (yes!) of Year Picnic
4:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
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Thesis Oral
Anthony James Gitter
,
Computer Science Department
Identifying the Signaling Cascades
and Regulatory Mechanisms
that Control Stress Responses, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Special SDI / ISTC Seminar
Lei Chen
,
General Manager at
Tencent, Inc.
The Open Platform of Tencent
and Large-scale System Design, Abstract
4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, ISTC Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th Floor Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Jonathan Clark
,
Language Technologies Institute
Non-Linear Learning via Feature Induction
in Statistical Machine Translation, Abstract
4:30 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Theory Seminar
Eric Price
,
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Massachsetts Institute of Technology
Nearly Optimal Sparse Fourier Transform , Abstract
11:00 a.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Speaking Skills Talk
Ligia Nicoleta Nistor
,
Computer Science Department
Verifying Object-Oriented Code
Using Object Propositions, Abstract
12:00 p.m., McWilliams Classroom
4303 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Joint CMU-Pitt Ph.D. Program in
Computational Biology Seminar
Michael McManus
,
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, San Francisco
Mammalian Small RNA Pathways, Abstract
11:00 a.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower South
Poster
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Saturday
April 28 |
SCS Day 2012
Rashid Auditorium
4401 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Monday
April 30 |
Special SDI / ISTC Seminar
Venkat Padmanabhan
,
Principal Researcher and Research Manager
Microsoft Research India
The Quest for Zero-Effort Indoor
Localization, Abstract
10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
, Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th Floor Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
Poster
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Thesis Defense
Yi Zhang
,
Machine Learning Department
Learning with Limited Supervision
by Input and Output Coding, Abstract
1:00 p.m., Traffic21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Oral
Ronit Slyper
,
Computer Science Department
Sensing Through Structure, Abstract
10:30 a.m., Traffic21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Proposal
Severin Hacker
,
Computer Science Department
Duolingo: Learning a Language
while Translating the Web, Abstract
2:30 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Proposal
Eric C. Whitman
,
Robotics Institute
Robust Force-Controlled Walking on
the Sarcos Humanoid Robot , Abstract
12:00 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Lane Center for Computational Biology Seminar
Mark Gerstein
,
Albert L. Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
and Computer Science
Yale University
Analysis of Molecular Networks, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
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ACM@CMU Distinguished Speaker Series
Kayvon Fatahalian
,
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon
Do Grades Matter? A Discussion About
Thinking Bigger While at CMU, Abstract
6:00 p.m., Rashid Auditorium
4401 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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CyLab Seminar
Jason Hong
,
Associate Professor
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon
Crowdsourcing for Privacy and Security, Abstract
12:00 p.m., Distributed Education Center
1201 Lobby Level Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
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Tuesday
May 01 |
Thesis Oral
Ravishankar Krishnaswamy
,
Computer Science Department
Approximation Techniques for Stochastic
Combinatorial Optimization Problems, Abstract
10:00 a.m., Traffic 21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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SCS Faculty Candidate
Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil
,
Department of Computer Science
Cornell University
Language as Influence(d), Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Machine Learning Special Seminar
Jerry Zhu
,
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Can Machine Learning Rationalize
Simple Human Teaching Behaviors? , Abstract
10:30 a.m., 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Thesis Proposal
Alberto Rodriguez
,
Robotics Institute
Shape for Contact, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Quantum Information Seminar
Shiang Yong Looi
,
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Introduction to the Stabilizer Formalism in Quantum Error-correction, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 7316 Wean Hall
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Wednesday
May 02 |
GBMES Distinguished Speaker Symposium
Discussions at the Interface of Nature & Technology
Ron Weiss
,
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering
and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic Biology: From Parts to
Modules to Therapeutic Systems, Abstract
4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
, Gregg Hall
100 Porter Hall
Organized by the Graduate Biomedical Engineering
Society at Carnegie Mellon
Poster
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Thesis Proposal
Edward Hsaio
,
Robotics Institute
Looking Beyond Shape for Instance
Recognition of Weakly-Textured Objects , Abstract
10:00 a.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Thesis Proposal
Q Youn Hong
,
Computer Science Department
Data-driven Capture and Modeling
of Skin Deformation, Abstract
10:00 a.m., Traffic21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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HCII Seminar
Lars Erik Holmquist
,
Principal Research Scientist
Yahoo! Labs
Grounded Innovation: Strategies for
Creating Digital Products , Abstract
4:00 p.m., Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Special 15-746 Class Presentation
Hugo Patterson
Duplication Systems
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
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Theory Lunch Seminar
John Wright
,
Computer Science Department
A New Point of NP-hardness
for Unique Games, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Thursday
May 03 |
Masters Defense
Dawen Liang
,
Master of Science in Music and Technology
An Interactive Personal Audio
Database for Musicians , Abstract
3:00 p.m., 7501 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Machine Learning Speaking Skills Talk
Michael Spece Ibanez
,
Machine Learning and Statistics Departments
Query and Update Efficient Online
Learning with Dynamic Costs , Abstract
3:00 p.m., Luis von Ahn Awesome Classroom
4101 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Intel Science and Technology Center
in Embedded Computing (ISTC-EC)
Ravi Iyer
,
Senior Principal Engineer
Intel Corporation
Embedded Computing Architectures:
Research Challenges and Opportunities, Abstract
1:30 p.m., ISTC Panther Hollow Conference Room
4th Floor Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
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Final Project Poster Presentation Day
Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
, 6121 Gates and Hillman Centers
05-438 / 05-838
The Role of Technology in Learning
in the 21st Century
Poster
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Friday
May 04 |
Spring Term: Last Day of Classes
Yes...you survived :-) !
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SCS Student Seminar Series
Speaking Skills Talk
Seunghak Lee
,
Computer Science Department
Leveraging Input and Output Structures
For Joint Mapping of Epistatic and
Marginal eQTLs, Abstract
12:00 p.m., McWilliams Classroom
4303 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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LTI Colloquium
Eric Xing
,
Associate Professor
Machine Learning Department,
Language Technologies Institute and
Computer Science Department
Jointly Maximum Margin and Maximum
Entropy Learning of Graphical Models, Abstract
2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, Giant Eagle Auditorium
A51 Baker Hall
Poster
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Joint Robotics/ECE Seminar
Ruzena Bajcsy
,
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
and Director, CITRIS
University of California, Berkeley
Active Perception and What Comes After, Abstract
3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Poster
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Thesis Defense
Guy E. Zinman
,
Joint Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology
Analysis of High Throughput Genomic
Datasets Across Species, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Theory Seminar
Irit Dinur
,
Professor of Computer Science
Department of Applied Math and Computer Science
Weizmann Institute
and Microsoft Research New England
Covering CSPs, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 8102
New Room
Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Monday
May 07 |
Yes....Final Exams
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Thesis Proposal
Rob Hall
,
Statistics/Machine Learning Departments
Statistical Applications and Differential Privacy, Abstract
11:30 a.m., 125C Porter Hall
Poster
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Data Analysis Project Presentation (DAP) Seminar
Min Xu
,
Machine Learning Department
Conditional Sparse Coding and Multiple
Regression for Grouped Data , Abstract
2:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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VASC Seminar
Ajay Mishra
,
Research Scientist
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
A Fixation-based Segmentation Framework
to Extract Simple Objects from a Scene, Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Qatar Campus Graduation 2012
Qatar National Convention Centre Theatre
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Database Seminar
Konstantinos Pelechrinis
,
Assistant Professor
School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Location-based Social Networks:
Bonding Social and Spatial Information, Abstract
4:30 p.m., Blelloch-Skees Conference Room
8115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Tuesday
May 08 |
CSD Faculty Meeting
Abstract
3:30 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Yes....More Final Exams
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Thesis Oral
U Kang
,
Computer Science Department
Mining Tera-Scale Graphs: Theory,
Engineering and Discoveries, Abstract
09:00 a.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Special Database Seminar
Robert Grossman
,
Director of Informatics
Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology
Senior Fellow, Computation Institute, and
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Science Clouds and Their Impact
on Big Data Science, Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Field Robotics Center (FRC) Seminar
P. Michael Furlong
,
Field Robotics Center
Robotics Institute
Simulating global motion detection in
Macaque visual cortex and it's application
to optical flow, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 2109 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Quantum Information Seminar
Dan Stahlke
,
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Simulating Quantum Computers With
Probabilistic Methods, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 7316 Wean Hall
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Astrophysics Seminar
Ue-Li Pen
,
Associate Director
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
21cm Cosmology, Abstract
12:00 p.m., 8325 Wean Hall
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Special VASC Seminar
Hamed Prisiavash
,
Department of Computer Science
University of Californai Irvine
Action Recognition in Videos , Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, Mauldin Auditorium
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
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Wednesday
May 09 |
CSD Faculty Meeting
3:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, 6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Reading Day
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17th Annual Meeting of the Minds
Abstract
10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
, University Center
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Poster
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Field Robotics Center (FRC) Seminar
Michael Milford
,
Lecturer
Queensland University of Technology
RatSLAM: Using Models of Rodent
Hippocampus for Robot Navigation, Abstract
11:00 a.m., 2109 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Public Demonstration: Mechantronic Design Course
Faculty Host: John Dolan
Abstract
1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
, 3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Courses: 16-778 - 18-578 - 24-778
Capstone Projects:
Multi-Shot Cannon team (8 teams)
Shingling Robot team (3 teams)
Poster
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Theory Lunch Seminar
Viswanath Nagarajan
,
Research Staff Member
Algorithms Groups
IBM T.J. Watson Research
Min-Max Graph Partitioning, Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
, 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Lane Center for Computational Biology Seminar
Tom Bartol
,
Staff Scientist
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
How to Build a Synapse from Molecules,
Membranes, and Monte Carlo Methods, Abstract
4:30 p.m., 1507 Newell-Simon Hall
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Thursday
May 10 |
Final Exams....they continue...
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RI Master's in Robotic Systems Development
Project Course Poster Presentation
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Perlis Atrium
3rd floor Newell-Simon Hall
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Masters Thesis Presentation
Ben Blum
,
Computer Science Department
Landslide: Systematic Dynamic Race
Detection in Kernel-space, Abstract
4:30 p.m., Reddy Conference Room
4405 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Special PDL Consortium Speaker Series
Abstract
12:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Room 2101
Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center
Poster
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RI Master of Science
Robotics Systems Development Project Course
Abstract
3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
, Perlis Atrium
3rd floor Newell-Simon Hall
16-681/16-682
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Friday
May 11 |
Final Exams....and continue...
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SCS Student Seminar Series
Speaking Skills Talk
Elie Krevat
,
Computer Science Department
Exploring an Automated Resource-efficient
Approach to Meeting Service Deadlines , Abstract
12:00 p.m., McWilliams Classroom
4303 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Ph.D. Thesis Defense
André F.T. Martins
,
Language Technologies Institute
Advances in Structured Prediction for
Natural Language Processing, Abstract
09:00 a.m., Traffic21 Classroom
6501 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Theory Seminar
Amir Nayyeri
,
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
How to Walk Your Dog in the Mountains, Abstract
1:30 p.m., 7101 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Monday
May 14 |
Final Exams....almost there....
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Computational Modeling and Analysis
for Complex Systems Seminar (CMACS)
Gianfranco Ciardo
,
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Bourns College of Engineering
University of California Riverside
Exploiting Model Structure to Encode
Transition Relations and Transition Rate
Matrices , Abstract
2:00 p.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Computational Thinking Center: Mind Swap
6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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Thesis Proposal
Mladen Kolar
,
Machine Learning Department
Uncovering Structure in High-Dimensions:
Networks and Multi-task Learning Problems , Abstract
09:00 a.m., 8102 Gates and Hillman Centers
Poster
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Tuesday
May 15 |
Final Exams....they end.
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Computational Thinking Center: Mind Swap
6115 Gates and Hillman Centers
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cs.cmu.edu