CALL FOR SCS STAFF RECOGNITION AWARD NOMINATIONS...Now is a perfect opportunity to thank those individuals who have enriched the SCS community through their contributions: those who have made life easier, more efficient, and happier in the process. SCS has many deserving staff members and they would be delighted to know that their efforts are appreciated. So take some time to submit and/or support a nomination! Due at the end of the day, March 1, nominations can be dropped off in Wean Hall (CSD Main Office), Smith Hall (Mailbox), or LTI (Main Office). Nomination guidelines and the NEW nomination form are available at: www.cs.cmu.edu/staffawards/info.html. Mark your calendars! This year's award presentation and reception is scheduled for Monday, May 3 from 10:00-12:00 in Rangos Hall 1/2 in the University Center.

NEW APPOINTMENTS...Roy Taylor has joined the Distance Education Program where he is working with Anne Anthony and Jim Tomayko, developing the current "startup" into "a system that offers the complete MSE program to students who may never physically visit campus." Roy reports that his responsibilities begin with Website support and infrastructure development, and that he will be concentrating on "SCS-quality packaging and delivery of instructional content."

CSD DEPARTMENTAL MEETING...Remember! February 25 at 4:00 pm in Wean 7500.

EMIGRATION CONTINUES...Maria Ebling, Lily Mummert, and William Tetzlaff of IBM Research will present "Top N Things We Wished We'd Known" or "Some Things We Learned Along the Way" followed by "Experiences with the Two-body Job Search" at the next emigration course on Friday, February 26 from 1:00-2:00 pm in Wean 5409. They offer a "summary of how we arrived where we are today...and "talk about some of the things we wished we'd known at your stage of the game", including "strategies for finishing up, experiences from both sides of the interviewing "hot seat", and the unexpected surprises of starting anew." The program continues with an overview of methods for tackling the two-body problems. See www.cs.cmu.edu/~emigration for more particulars.

SCS WOMEN STUDENTS...Join Maria Ebling and Lily Mummert of IBM Research for a discussion of issues related to women in computer science and engineering on Friday, February 26 at 2:30 pm in Wean 5409. All questions are welcomed!

HANK SUZ-CHI WAN MEMORIAL LECTURE...Charles Simonyi, Chief Architect, Microsoft Research presents "Intentional Programming" at the next SCS Distinguished Lecture. This endowed lecture is hosted yearly in memory of CS graduate student, colleague, and dear friend, Hank Wan. The lecture begins at 4:00 pm in Wean 7500 on Thursday, March 4.

AND WHO ELSE?...The SCS Distinguished Alumni Lecture series continues on March 18, with a visit by Stuart Card of Xerox PARC, who will present the annual Gaschnig/Oakley Memorial Lecture. Watch for details.

NEXT FACILITIES DEMO...Paul Lancaster from Franz, Inc, will visit campus on Tuesday, March 2 to demonstrate the newest release of Allegro Common List. He is particularly interested in feedback from SCS users. The demo will be held from 10:00-12:00 in Wean 4601. Contact help+license@cs.cmu.edu with any questions.

CAREER MOVES...
CMU/CS alum Jean-Luc Park, currently working for a local venture capital firm, and CMU/ECE alum Neeraj Bansal, currently CEO of his own company, will examine the factors involved in "Starting Your Own Company" on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 pm in Wean 4623. Among the topics to be discussed are business plans, venture capital acquisition, and more...
HEWLETT-PACKARD OPEN HOUSE: Tuesday, March 2 at 6:30 pm in Wean 5409.

NEW SCS THESES - NOW IN PRINT...

• DAYNE FREITAG/CMU-CS-99-104:
  Machine Learning for Information Extraction in Informal Domains, Nov 1998
  
• MARCO ZAGHA/CMU-CS-98-128:
  Efficient Irregular Computation on High-Bandwidth Pipelined-Memory Multiprocessors, May 1998.

• "Directory of Industry and University Collaborations With A Focus on Software Engineering Education and Training, Version 7", Kathy Beckman (SEI-CMU-SEI-99-SR-001)
  
• "Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management" by Yacov Y. Haimes.
  
• "Handbook For Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTS)", by Moira J. West-Brown, Don Stikvoort, and Klaus-Peter Kossakowski (SEI-CMU-SEI-98-HB-001)

WORDS FOR THOUGHT:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
**HCI SEMINAR: Chris Dede, George Mason University, "Virtual Reality as a Learning Aid in Mastering Complex, Multidimensional Information", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
**SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION SEMINAR: Mustafa Uysal, University of Maryland, "Active Disks: Programming Model, Algorithms and Evaluation", Noon, Wean 8220.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
**ROBOTICS SEMINAR: Leonidas Guibas, Stanford University, "Kinetic Data Structures", 3:30 pm, Adamson Wing.

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