EDS BOOK SCHOLARSHIPS...SCS is proud to announce the winners of this semester's $300 Textbook Scholarships, sponsored by Electronic Data Systems Corporation. Seniors Andrew Davenport and Ann Sluzhevsky, Juniors Nathaniel Lanza and Tim Shirley, and Sophomores Adam Megacz and Brian Showers were each awarded $300 by EDS based on their outstanding academic performance during the Spring 1997 term. Great job!

PROPOSALS...John Pane provides "A Programming System for Children that is Designed for Usability" at his CS thesis proposal on Tuesday, September 29 at 3:00 pm in Wean 4615A. His HANDS-on committee includes: David Garlan (Co-Chair), Brad Myers (Co-Chair), Albert Corbett, and Clayton Lewis (University of Colorado at Boulder).

ROBO-SOCCER PLAYERS IN ACTION...One Wednesday, October 1, the CMUnited Robotic Soccer Team will kick-off demonstrations of the robotic team in their 2300A Doherty Hall Laboratory. The demos run from 12:00-2:00 pm and will include videos clips from the games at RoboCup-97 (and pizza while it lasts). Take this opportunity to meet the team and to learn about their winning strategies.

@PGH.CAFE...is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7 from 3:30-7:00 pm in the Rangos Ballroom, University. Hosted by the Pittsburgh High Technology Council, this interactive event provides an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to meet with project engineers, researchers and executives of regional software and information technology companies, as well as other high-tech corporations. Over 50 groups are expect to attend the event. Attire is casual and conversation encouraged. Refreshments will be served throughout the day. For additional details, visit http://www.tc-p.com/atpgh.

SLEEPING BAGGERS COMING...The first Sleeping Bag Weekend of the fall term is scheduled for Sunday/Monday, October 5-6. Prospective students (and their families) will visit campus, attend information sessions, and spend the weekend in the company of current CMU students, in their efforts to learn more about our university, academic programs and campus life.

NOW THAT WE'VE CROSSED THE CHILEAN DESERT, WE'RE HEADING TO DISNEYWORLD...Nomad is taking a well deserved vacation and heading off this week to the fairer, gentler, more mouse-abundant surroundings of Epcot Center in Disneyworld. It will be a part of their "Space Celebration" on October 3-7, a week long celebration of space related activities including exhibitions of planetary rovers, space shuttle, space stations and much more.

SCS MUG ORDERS!...SCS mug orders will begin next week. Personalized mugs, with your name, email path, empowering thoughts...will be on one side. The other side will bear the SCS Dragon. Multiple colors and sizes available in a reasonable price range. Watch for details next week.

HOMECOMING WEEKEND...is scheduled for October 17-18. Mark your calendar!

WORDS FOR THOUGHT:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
**AI SEMINAR: Manuela Veloso, "Towards Continuous Planning, Execution, and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems: A Team of Robotic Soccer Agents", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.
**ART LECTURE: "Ryszard Kluszczynski, "A Theoretical Look at Electronic Media and Art", 6:30 pm, CFA Room 303 (hosted by Studio for Creative Inquiry).

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
**HCI SEMINAR: Robert Kraut, "Communication versus Information: Alternative Uses of the Internet at Home", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
**SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION SEMINAR: Todd Mowry, "Compiler-Directed Page Coloring for Multiprocessors", 12:00 noon, Wean 8220.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
**THEORY SEMINAR: Stephen Guattery, ICASE, "Graph Embedding Techniques for Bounding Condition Numbers of Incomplete Factor Preconditioners", 3:30 pm Wean 7220.
**ROBOTICS SEMINAR: David Baraff, 4:00 pm, Adamson Wing.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
**PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS SEMINAR: Martin Richards, University of Cambridge, "Compact Portable Target Codes", 3:30 pm, Wean 5409.

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