Schedule of Talks – Watch for Additions and Changes
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

David Kosbie
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer Science Department

Thursday, 25 June 2009 – 3:30 pm &ndash Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Tom Keating
Associate Teaching Professor
Computer Science Department

Presenting Technical Material: Unlocking the Brain's Secrets
or
Presenting Technical Material: "Boring" Sucks

Friday, 26 June 2009 – 3:30 pm – Hamerschlag Hall - F Level

Chris Bowman
Director
Carnegie Mellon Nanofabrication Facility

Tour and Discussion

Monday, 29 June 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

David Kosbie
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer Science Department

Machine Architecture

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 – 12:00 pm – Head to Front of Wean Hall from Mauldin Auditorium

Paul Heckbert
Software Engineer
Gigapan Project

Gigapan "Photo Shoot"

Wednesday, 1 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Eric Paulos
Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Enabling Citizen Science

Thursday, 2 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium

Paul Heckbert
Software Engineer
Gigapan Project

An Overview of the Gigapan Project
...and Photo Shoot Results

Friday, 3 July 2009 – KABOOM! KABOOM! – No Classes on Campus

It's the 4th of July Weekend!
Enjoy your freedom :-)
But see you early next Monday morning.

Monday, 6 July 2009 – 2:30-3:30 pm & 3:30-4:30 – Computer Music Lab - Wean Hall 3213
Roger Dannenberg
Associate Research Professor
School of Computer Science and School of Art

Tour of the Computer Music Laboratory
Group One: 2:30-3:30 – Group Two: 3:30-4:30
Go straight to the Lab

Tuesday, 7 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
William Messner
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute

The Amazing Number 1.6
Abstract

Wednesday, 8 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Randy Bryant
Dean
School of Computer Science

Data-Intensive Computing
Applying Google-scale Computing to Real-World Problems

Thursday, 9 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Patrick Gage Kelley
Research Assistant
Language Technologies Institute

A "Nutrition Label" for Privacy
Abstract

Friday, 10 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Aaron Steinfeld
Systems Scientist
Robotics Institute

Accessible Transportation
Abstract

Monday, 13 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Steven Rudich
Professor
Computer Science Department

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Ananda (Guna) Gunawardena
Associate Teaching Professor
Computer Science Department

Research Directions in Pen-based Computing
Abstract

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Robert E. Frederking
Senior Systems Scientist
and Chair, Graduate Programs in Language Technologies

Alan Black
Associate Professor
Language Technologies Institute

Speech-to-Speech Machine Translation
Abstract

Thursday, 16 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Doherty Hall 1212 (DH))

Golan Levin
Director, Studio for Creative Inquiry
and Professor of Art

Friday, 17 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Kate Spriggs
Research Assistant
Computer Science Department

Research in Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Monday, 20 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Peter Lee
Professor and Head
Computer Science Department

POSTPONED! Will be rescheduled.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Terrill L. Frantz
Research Assistant
Computation, Organizations and Society
Institute for Software Research

Social Network Analysis

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Scott Fahlman
Research Professor of Computer Science
Language Technologies Institute and Computer Science Department

Artificial Intelligence Programs with Common Sense
Abstract

Thursday, 23 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

TBA

Friday, 24 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Maxim Makatchev
Research Assistant, Robotics Institute

Roboceptionist

Monday, 27 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

David Tolliver
Systems Scientist
Computer Science Department5 au

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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Kai-min Kevin Chang
Research Assistant
Language Technologies Institute
and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

Decoding Mental States from the Neural Activity Associated with
Visual Presentation of Concrete Objects
Abstract

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Matthew Stanton
Research Assistant
Computer Science Department

Animating Huge Fluids with Interchangeable Titles
Abstract

Thursday, 30 July 2009 – 1:30 - 3:30 pm – Outside Newell-Simon 3206

Keepon Observations!
with Marek Michalowski

Thursday, 30 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Seth Goldstein
Associate Professor
Computer Science Department

Friday, 31 July 2009 – 11:00 am – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Manuel Blum
Bruce Nelson University Professor of Computer Science
and
Sam Tetruashvili
Teachning Assistant
School of Computer Science

Inductive Inference of Integer Sequences
Abstract



Friday, 31 July 2009 – 12:00 pm – Intel Research Pittsburgh, Collaborative Innovation Center, 4th Floor

Luncheon and Presentation



Friday, 31 July 2009 – 1:30 - 3:30 pm –Outside Wean Hall 4615

Keepon Observations!
with Marek Michalowski



Friday, 31 July 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Peter Lee
Professor and Head
Computer Science Department



Monday, 3 August 2009 – 11:45 am - 1:00 pm – Google Pittsburgh, Collaborative Innovation Center, Lower Level

Lunch and Discussion



Monday, 3 August 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Mark Stehlik
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education
School of Computer Science



Tuesday, 4 August 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Avrim Blum
Professor
Computer Science Department

Animating Huge Fluids with Interchangeable Titles



Wedneseday, 5 August 2009 – 3:30 pm – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

Roni Rosenfeld
Professor
Language Technologies Institute and Machine Learning Department

Fighting Influenze with Data



Thursday, 6 August 2009 – Laboratories

WORK on your projects!



Friday, 7 August 2009 – 10:00 am – Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)

LEAP Annual Final Day Parents Program