Schedule of Events (updated 4/8/03)

For a schedule of the Carnegie Mellon university-wide alumni reunion events including Spring Carnival visit the main alumni relations website.

SCS Alumni Reunion Events

Thursday, April 10, 2003

SCS Alumni Advisory Board Meeting
(Meet the members)

Friday, April 11, 2003

Noon - 5 p.m.
SCS Alumni Registration
Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

Noon - 2p.m.
9th Annual Mobot Races -- FINALS!
Wean Hall sidewalk

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
The Robotics Seminar
7500 Wean Hall (Followed by a reception with the Mobot Awardees)

Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Machine Tools, and Secure Control Systems: An Overview of NIST Intelligent Systems Division Activities
AL WAVERING, Acting Division Chief, Intelligent Systems Division
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

3:30 p.m.
The 15th Gate: SCS Mobot Ceremony presentation
7500 Wean Hall

4:45 p.m.
Random Distance Run (Spring Alternative to Pretty Good Race!)
Carnegie Mellon track

All SCS alumni are invited to participate!
To learn more and register visit:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~acw/rdr.html

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Look Who's Here Welcome Reception and TG with DEC/5! (Informal)
Mingle with current graduate students and faculty.
Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

Saturday, April 12, 2003

8 - 9:30 a.m.
Registration
Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Robotics Tour
Meet outside of Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

10:15 - 11 a.m.
Trends in Cybersecurity and Survivability Systems Faculty Panel
1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Dr. David Farber, Visiting Professor, School of Computer Science and H.J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, and Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications, University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. William L. Guttman, Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Technology, Heinz School; Director, Sustainable Computing Consortium; Director, Software Industry Center
Dr. William L. Scherlis, Principal Research Scientist, School of Computer Science and Co-Director, Sustainable Computing Consortium (SCC)
Dr. Michael Reiter, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science; Associate Director, Center for Computer and Communications Security

Concurrent Sessions

11:15 - Noon
Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Education: An Evolution
Mark Stehlik, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education
Matt Mason, Graduate Programs Director; Professor, Robotics and Computer Science
1305 Newell-Simon Hall

New Research Directions in HCII and Robotics
3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Dan Siewiorek, Head, Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Chris Atkeson, Associate Professor, Robotics

Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Seminar:The Changing Face of Computing at Carnegie Mellon
3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Joel Smith, Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer
Smith will give a brief overview of the current state of university-wide support for computing at Carnegie Mellon. He will also discuss initiatives in technology-enhanced learned that have developed over the last few years. Some of his topics will include "Andrew-for-Life," middleware challenges at Carnegie Mellon, Blackboard as a course management system (strengths and weaknesses), the university's "portal" project, what's next for wireless, and Carnegie Mellon's "Open Learning Initiative."

1:00-1:30 p.m.
Face Recognition Demonstration
A401 Newell-Simon Hall
Henry Schneiderman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Robotics Institute

Concurrent Sessions and Tours

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Alumnae Perspectives Seminar
"Balancing Career and Family: Is It Really Harder for Women?" hosted by Women@SCS
3305 Newell-Simon Hall
Angela Kennedy (CS'89), CEO, Wisdom Technologies
Jill Lehman, Ph.D. (CS'87,'89), iCarnegie, Inc.
Bonnie John, Ph.D. (H&SS '84,'88), Associate Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute
Shanthi Subramanyam, (MSE'97), Founder, empyra

Robotics Tour (Repeat from morning session)
Meet outside of Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

Entertainment Technology Center Stage 3 Lab Tour
Meet outside of Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall

New Research Directions in Language Technologies and Computer Science
3002 Newell-Simon Hall
Jaime Carbonell, Director, Language Technologies Institute
Randy Bryant, Head and Professor, Computer Science Department

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Alumni Perspectives Seminar
Life as an Entrepreneur: What it takes to launch a start-up and lessons from the front-line.
Mauldin Auditorium, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Moderator --Philip Lehman, Ph.D., (CS'78,'84), Sr. Vice President, iCarnegie, Inc.
Allan Fisher, Ph.D. (CS'81,'85), President and CEO, iCarnegie, Inc.
Ed Frank, Ph.D. (CS'85), Vice President, Research and
Development, Broadcom Corporation and a Carnegie Mellon Trustee
Manu Kumar (CIT'95, CS'97), Co-founder Sneaker Labs and iMeet, Inc.
Robert Sansom, Ph.D. (CS'88), Co-founder, FORE Systems

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
From Technology Transfer to Innovation Transfer: The Evolution of Intellectual Property and Start-Up Practices at Carnegie Mellon
Mauldin Auditorium, 1305 Newell-Simon Hall
Robert Wooldridge, Director, Innovation Transfer Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Arthur Boni, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University
Tim McNulty, Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Technology Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
SCS Undergraduate Alumni Reception with Mark Stehlik!
Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall (NOTE: CHANGE OF LOCATION)

4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
GRACE the Social Robot Demonstration
A513 Newell-Simon Hall

7 p.m. - Midnight
**SCS Alumni Reunion Dinner and Celebration!** Pittsburgh Golf Club
Join us for food, fun, and frivolity including music from Pittsburgh-based band Karl Mullen. (Business casual dress requested).

Sunday, April 13, 2003

10 a.m. - Noon
Thank you Brunch!
Perlis Atrium, Newell-Simon Hall