PROPOSALS!...PETER DINDA applies "Dynamic Mapping of Activation Trees" at his CS thesis proposal on Thursday, January 29 at 10:00 am, Wean 4623. Serving on his committee are: David O'Hallaron (Chair), Thomas Gross, Peter Steenkiste, Jaspal Subhlok, and David Bakken (BBN).

NOMINATIONS FOR SCS STAFF RECOGNITION AWARDS...are being accepted. This is a perfect opportunity to thank those individuals who have enriched the community through their contributions, and who have made life easier, more efficient, and happier in the process. Take the time to submit and/or support a nomination. As noted, "there are many talented people in the SCS community who are deserving of this award." Nominations are due February 13. Nomination guidelines can be found at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/scs/staffaward/. This year's award presentation and reception is scheduled for Friday, May 1 from 3:00-4:30 pm in the Rangos Ballroom, University Center.

EMIGRATION CONTINUES...Jeannette Wing will examine "Jobs: The Interview" at the next CS Emigration Course on Friday, January 30, 1:00-3:00 pm, Wean 5409.

SPECIAL SEMINAR...Pam Dickerson, Principal, Digital Library Consulting, and Richard Hulser, IBM Consultant, discuss "Developments in Digital Libraries" on Tuesday, January 27 at 12:00 pm in Wean 4623. Both speakers are currently working on the Vatican Digitization Project. (Pizza event!)

SLEEPING BAGGERS ARRIVING...on Sunday and Monday, February 1-2. Armed with sleeping bags and inquisitive minds, these prospective undergraduates will sample campus life and learn the in's, out's and all-about's of attending Carnegie Mellon. Watch for them!

CAREER PROGRAMS...
**Hewlett-Packard Information Session: Tuesday, February 3, Wean 5409, 6:30 pm.
**Walt Disney Feature Animation Information Session: Thursday, February 5, 4:30 pm, Wean Hall 7500.

FACULTY MEETINGS...
**HCII Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, January 28, Noon, Wean 4623.
**CS Faculty Meeting, Thursday, January 29, 4:30, Wean 4623.

SCS MUGS ARE IN...Did you remember to pick up your personalized mug? If not, stop by Wean 4101 to retrieve your cup-ware. Contact copetas@cs with questions.

DANTE NOW ON SALE FOR $69...The Early Spring 1998 Discovery Channel Catalog features the Volcanic Crawler. "Modeled after NASA's volcanic explorer, DANTE, this Robotix vehicle looks remarkably like the real thing! Powered by 2 high-speed motors, it can walk spider-like through even the most treacherous terrain. Best of all, your child can build it, piece by piece, with the interchangeable connecting parts. Ages 7 and up. Requires 4 "C" batteries (not included)." A Dante in every home :-)

IN THE (ALUMNI) NEWS..."Science's Dream Team" appeared in the December 22 issue of the Los Angeles Times, making note of Kevin Knight (CS'91), "another ISI project leader [who] demonstrated his prototype for an automatic language translation machine. The desktop device looks like a photocopier, except that a document...placed face-down in Japanese characters will generate a new document in English instead of an exact copy." The demo was part of USC/ISI's 25th anniversary celebration. Copies are available from scstoday@cs.

WORDS FOR THOUGHT...
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27
**AI SEMINAR: Raj Reddy, "AI and Scalable Information Infrastructure", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
**HCI SEMINAR: Susan Brennan, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, "Lexical Choice in Conversation and Human-Computer Interaction: Solving the Vocabulary Problem", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
**SDI SEMINAR: Sandhya Dwarkadas, University of Rochester, "Transparent Shared Memory on Clusters of SMPs Using Remote-Write Networks", 11:30 am, Wean 8220.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
*ROBOTICS SEMINAR: Dinesh K. Pai, Dept of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, "Building Simulated Environments which Sound and Feel Real", 3:30 pm, Adamson Wing.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
*PS SEMINAR: Maya Gokhale, Sarnoff Corporation, "Compiling for a Hybrid RISC/FPGA Architecture", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

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