Note: If you only have access to a text terminal, you may want to try W3M (an excellent text-mode browser) to view the entire (table-heavy) site. This page is provided as a last resort.
The primary goals of the IC are to meet the faculty and their research, and to be introduced to the culture of the CMU Computer Science Department. It is an intense and enjoyable two-week introduction to the department, followed by a semester long series of seminars.
The schedule is organized and maintained by Seth Copen Goldstein (seth@cs.cmu.edu) and the webpages are maitained by Spiros Papadimitriou (spapadim@cs.cmu.edu). If you have corrections, comments, know of directions or web pages for a particular event, send Spiros email. For schedule changes or other event scheduling issues, send Seth email.
1999 CSD Immigration Course
Schedule as of 10:00pm Sept 1
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Monday, August 23 WEEK 1
9:00 - 9:15 IC Welcome (Seth Goldstein)
9:15 - 10:15 The Computer Science Department (Randy Bryant)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 The Computer Science PhD Program (Jeannette Wing)
12:00 - 1:45 New Students' Lunch
[Rangos 1 and 2, University Center, 2nd floor]
1:45 - 3:00 Allen Newell Video: Desires and Diversions (Catherine Copetas)
3:00 - 3:15 Building Facilities Introduction (Jim Skees)
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:45 Departmental Introductions (EVERYONE)
5:00 - 11:00 Doc's Happy Hour
[Doc's, Walnut Street]
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Tuesday, August 24 WEEK 1
9:00 - 10:00 Computing Facilities Introduction (Clauss Strauch)
10:00 - 10:45 Overview Talk: Algorithms and Theory (Gary Miller)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:45 Overview Talk: OS and Networking (Hui Zhang)
11:45 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 How to Compute Like a Grad Student (Joseph O'Sullivan, John Carol Langford, Robert O'Callahan)
2:15 - 3:00 Overview Talk: AI and Physical Interaction (Reid Simmons)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:00 Overview Talk: Architecture and Compilers (Seth Goldstein)
4:00 - 4:45 Grad Student Survival (Alma Whitten)
7:00 - 9:00 Introduction to Living in Pittsburgh (Scott Fahlman)
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Wednesday, August 25 WEEK 1
9:30 - 10:30 What is Research? (Herb Simon)
10:30 - 11:00 Faculty Talk (Herb Simon)
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:00 Overview Talk: Information & Data Mining (Tom Mitchell)
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 Overview Talk: Programming Languages (Karl Crary)
2:15 - 3:00 The School of Computer Science (Jim Morris)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Faculty Talks: (Steve Brookes, Frank Pfenning)
4:15 - 5:00 Overview Talk: Multimedia & Interface Technology (Dan Siewiorek)
7:00 - 9:00 SCS Grad Women Welcome Potluck (Brigitte Pientka)
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Thursday, August 26 WEEK 1
9:30 - 11:00 Faculty Talks (Garth Gibson, Satya, Mor Harchol-Balter)
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:00 Overview Talk: AI and Cognition (Raul Valdes-Perez)
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Andrew Moore, Sebastian Thrun, Tom Mitchell)
7:00 - ???? Computer Systems Party (Seth Goldstein)
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Friday, August 27 WEEK 1
9:30 - 10:15 Overview Talk: Software Engineering and Formal Methods (Jeannette Wing)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Faculty Talks (Todd C. Mowry, Thomas Gross, Seth Goldstein)
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Faculty Talks (Christos Faloutsos, Jaime Carbonell, John Lafferty)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 Faculty Talks (Peter Steenkiste, Hui Zhang, Dave Johnson)
5:00 - ???? Welcome (back) TG
[Wean Hall 4623]
7:00 - ???? IC Pub Crawl (Chris Palmer)
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Monday, August 30 WEEK 2
9:30 - 11:00 Faculty Talks (Edmund M. Clarke, Randy Bryant, Jeannette M. Wing)
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:00 E&S Library Introduction and Tour (Missy Harvey)
[Meet at E&S Library, Wean Hall, 4th floor]
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Faculty Talks (Mike Lewicki, Dave Touretzky)
4:15 - 5:30 Distinguished Lecture Series
[Doherty Hall 2315]
7:00 - ???? Theory party (Manuel Blum, Lenore Blum)
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Tuesday, August 31 WEEK 2
9:30 - 10:15 Entrepreneurship for Computer Scientists (Eric Cooper)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Faculty Talks (David Garlan, Mary Shaw)
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 Faculty Talks (Matt Mason, Michael Erdmann, Reid Simmons)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 Faculty Talks (Roger B. Dannenberg, Paul Heckbert, Dave McKeown)
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Wednesday, September 1 WEEK 2
9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Alex Rudnicky, Roni Rosenfeld)
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Faculty Talks (Steven Rudich, Manuel Blum, Avrim Blum)
12:15 - 2:00 SPHINX Lab Lunch
[Wean Hall 5409]
2:00 - 3:00 Faculty Talks (Randy Pausch, Dan Siewiorek)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Panel Discussion (Weng-Keen Wong)
4:15 - 7:00 Scavenger Hunt (David Maltz)
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Thursday, September 2 WEEK 2
9:30 - 11:00 Faculty Talks (Raul Valdes-Perez, john anderson, Brad Myers)
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:15 Faculty Talks (Peter Lee, John Reynolds)
12:15 - 2:00 Stage 3 Lab Lunch
[Wean Hall 2306]
2:30 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Alex Waibel, Scott Hudson)
3:30 - 4:30 How to Successfully complete a CMU CS PhD (Randy Pausch)
7:00 - ???? IC Beer Brewing Night (Belinda Thom)
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Friday, September 3 WEEK 2
9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Yiming Yang, Howard Wactlar)
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (Gary Miller, Guy Blelloch)
12:00 - 1:00 Student Seminar Series Lunch
[Wean Hall 8220]
1:00 - 2:00 Faculty Talks (Karl Crary, Robert Harper)
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 2:45 Faculty Talks (Manuel Blum)
2:45 - 3:15 Faculty Talks (Roy Maxion)
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Monday, September 6 WEEK 3
LABOR DAY
7:00 - ???? Programming Systems Party (Robert Harper)
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Tuesday, September 7 WEEK 3
7:00 - ???? Pirates Game (Angela Brown)
[Three Rivers Stadium]
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Wednesday, September 8 WEEK 3
7:00 - ???? AI Party (Sebastian Thrun)
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Thursday, September 9 WEEK 3
7:00 - ???? HCI Party (Bonnie John)
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Friday, September 10 WEEK 3
4:30 - ???? Pretty Good Race (Jim Tomayko)
5:00 - ???? Pretty Good Race TG
[Wean Hall 4623]
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1999 CSD Immigration Course
Semester Series Schedule
as of 10:00pm August 25
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September 10
Pretty Good Race (4:30pm) Contact Jim Tomayko
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September 17
Student Research Symposium Contact John Lafferty
IC Reception (7:30pm - 12:00am) The University Club, Roof Garden
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September 24
Title Speaker
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October 1
Faculty Talks (Takeo Kanade, Stephen Smith, Steve Seitz)
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October 8
Canceled
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October 15
Moral Mazes And Computer Professionals (Dr. Peter Madsen)
SPECIAL TIME: 1:30-3pm
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October 22
Giving Talks Steven Rudich
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October 29
Faculty Talks (William Scherlis)
Institute Talks
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November 5
Probability, Statistics and Learning in Computer Science Andrew Moore
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November 12
Title Speaker
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November 19
Living and Traveling in Israel (Reid Simmons)
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December 3
Title Speaker
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Unscheduled
Programming Contest Danny Sleator
Technical Writing ?
Institute Talks ?
Being a TA ?
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