2012
Immigration
Course
Computer Science Department
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Carnegie Mellon University
Welcome
The Immigration Course is an introduction to the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department, organized for the incoming Ph.D. students. Held first two weeks of the Fall Semester, the IC includes research area overviews, a series of short research presentations by CSD faculty, introductions to computing facilities and other department resources, and several parties and activities that allow students, staff and faculty to get to know each other socially. It is an intense and fun introduction to the science, culture, values, and people that make Carnegie Mellon Computer Science unique.
This year's IC is organized by:
- Kayvon Fatahalian, 2012 IC Chair
- Nicole Stenger, Event Coordinator
- Akshay Krishnamurthy, Graduate Student Coordinator
- John Wright, Graduate Student Coordinator
Pittsburgh, CMU, and Ph.D. Related Links
- Previous Immigration Courses
- Epicurean In Pittsburgh (by Alyosha Efros)
- Events, Sports, and Activities Around CMU and Pittsburgh (by Kate Taralova)
- Living in Pittsburgh (by Scott Fahlman)
- Pittsburgh Restaurant Micro-reviews
- Pop City Media
- Pittsburgh City Paper
- The Ph.D. Grind: A Ph.D. Student Memior by Phillip Guo (an interesting take on the computer science Ph.D. experience)
Schedule
All Sessions are held in GHC 4303 unless otherwise indicated!
Note: Schedule changes are likely before and during the IC. Check back often.
In addition to those events scheduled for the IC, incoming students are also invited to:
- CMU Graduate Student Orientation (Aug 13-15, registration required by Aug 10th)
- International Student Orientation (Aug 14th, schedule posted here)
| Week 1 | |||
| Mon | Aug 27th | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Breakfast, GHC 6115 | ||
| 9:30 - 9:45 | IC Welcome | Kayvon Fatahalian | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | SCS Overview | Randy Bryant | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | CSD Overview | Jeannette Wing | |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | CSD Ph.D. Program Overview, Part I | Srinivasan Seshan | |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch with Randy Bryant, Srinivasan Seshan, and IC coordinators (GHC 6115) | ||
| 1:30 - 2:00 | CSD Ph.D. Program Overview, Part II | Srinivasan Seshan | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Mor Harchol-Balter | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Jessica Hodgins | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Hui Zhang | ||
| 7:00 - 10:00 |
GSA Evening Out at Mario's East Side Saloon,
5442 Walnut St, (map)
(Bring your CMU ID and a government ID or passport for proof of age)
Contact Akshay if you have transport questions.
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| Tue | Aug 28th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Peter Steenkiste | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Srinivasan Seshan | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Karl Crary | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Jonathan Aldrich | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Lunch on your own, but bring back to GHC 6115 for Kate's talk | ||
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
(GHC 6115)
| Kate Taralova | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | LTI Overview | Jaime Carbonell | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Lane Center (Comp Bio) Overview | Robert Murphy | |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Jeannette Wing | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Garth Gibson | ||
| 6:00 - 9:00 |
Picnic at Mor's House, 5801 Northumberland St., 15217, (map)
(at Northumberland and Murray Ave, reachable by all 61 buses) | ||
| Wed | Aug 29th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | ISR Overview | Bill Schlerlis | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | RI Overview | Matt Mason | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Satya | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Greg Ganger | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Living in Pittsburgh Lunch (GHC 6115) | Scott Fahlman | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | HCII Overview | Justine Cassell | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Zico Kolter | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Roger Dannenberg | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | David Andersen | ||
| Thu | Aug 30th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Randy Bryant | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Kayvon Fatahalian | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Todd Mowry | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Venkatesan Guruswami | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch with grad students | ||
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Gary Miller | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Guy Blelloch | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Tuomas Sandholm | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Christos Faloutsos | ||
| 4:30 - 6:30 | Welcome Reception, GHC 6115 and 6th Floor Lounge and Terrace | ||
| Fri | Aug 31st | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Ariel Procaccia | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Dan Siewiorek | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Stephen Brookes | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Frank Pfenning | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Epicurean Lunch (GHC 6115) | Alexei Efros | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Alexei Efros | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Nancy Pollard | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | David Brumley | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Eric Xing | ||
| 6:00 - 9:00 |
Student Picnic
5451 Bartlett St. (map)
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| Sat | Sep 1st | ||
| 9:00 - midday |
Kayaking at the point
(Meet up at 9am at the Forbes and Morewood bus stop.)
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| 9pm - late |
Akshay's Brother's Party (wst wst wst wst!!!)
601 Emerson Street in Shadyside (map)
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| Week 2 | |||
| Mon | Sep 3rd | ||
| No IC - Labor Day | |||
| Tue | Sep 4th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | MLD Overview | Tom Mitchell | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Umut Acar | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Emma Brunskill | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Manuela Veloso | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 |
Area Lunch: Computer Architecture, Distributed Systems, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Networking, Security and Privacy
(in GHC 6115)
| 11:45am-1:30pm -- Get photos taken! Check in at 6th floor collaborative commons. | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Russell Schwartz | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Tai Sing Lee | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Dave Touretzky | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Anupam Datta | ||
| 3:45 - 4:15 | SCS Building Facilities & Office Ergonomics | Jim Skees | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 |
Women@SCS Potluck
(by invitation only, at Carol Frieze's house)
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| 8:30 - 11:00 |
Grad Student Night at Silky's,
1731 Murray Ave., Sq. Hill (map)
(Bring a government ID or passport for proof of age)
Contact Gabe if you have transport questions.
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| Wed | Sep 5th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Reid Simmons | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Golan Levin | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Andre Platzer | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | David Garlan | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Area Lunch: Theory (in GHC 6115) | 11:45am-1:30pm -- Get photos taken! Check in at 6th floor collaborative commons. | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Sidd Srinivasa | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Matt Mason | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Ziv Bar-Joseph | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Ryan O'Donnell | ||
| Thu | Sep 6th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Explaining the Graduate Student Assembly | Patrick Foley | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Tom Mitchell | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Scott Fahlman | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Onur Mutlu | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 |
Area Lunch: AI, Machine Learning, Robotics (in GHC 6115)
Graphics (location TBD) | ||
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Yaser Sheikh | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Daniel Neill | ||
| 2:30 - 2:40 | Break | ||
| 2:40 - 2:45 |
Public Communication for Researchers
(in GHC 6115) | Adona Losif | |
| 2:45 - 3:45 | Grad Student Survival Talk (in GHC 6115) | Erik Zawadzki | |
| 7:30 - 10:30 |
7:30-8:00pm boarding / 8:00pm departure / 9:30pm return to dock
Bring your CMU ID and a government ID or passport for proof of age.
6:10pm
(optional). Meet Cyrus
at the Forbes and Morewood bus stop for a trip up the
incline (a nice view!) prior to Clippership.
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| Fri | Sep 7th | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | SCS Computing Facilities | Tod Pike | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Roni Rosenfeld | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Manuel Blum | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Robert Harper | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Area Lunch: Principles of programming and formal methods (in GHC 6115) | ||
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Edmund Clarke | ||
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Lenore Blum | ||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Avrim Blum | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Seyoung Kim | ||
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
The race starts on the trail in Schenley Park, underneath Panther Hollow Bridge
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| 5:15 - 7:00 |
Pretty Good Race TG, NSH Atrium
(Organized by Dec5)
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| Sat | Sep 8th | ||
| time TBD |
Pittsburgh Pirates baseball and fireworks!
The game starts at 7:05pm
The group will meet at CMU (Morewood and Forbes bus
stop) at 5:30pm and catch any of the 61B, 61C, 61D, or
67 lines downtown. It's half a mile across the 6th street
bridge to PNC Park from there, which should be a nice
walk.
Contact JP for transport questions.
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