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All sessions are in Wean 5409, unless otherwise specified.
Breakfast will be available each morning in Wean 5409, starting half an hour before the first session.

Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Top
Time Mon, Aug 23 Tue, Aug 24 Wed, Aug 25 Thu, Aug 26 Fri, Aug 27 Sat, Aug 28
9:00 am 9:00 - 9:15
IC Welcome (Seth Goldstein)
9:00 - 10:00
Computing Facilities Introduction (Clauss Strauch)
    
  9:15 - 10:15
The Computer Science Department (Randy Bryant)
    
  9:30 - 10:30
What is Research? (Herb Simon)
9:30 - 11:00
Faculty Talks (Garth Gibson, Satya, Mor Harchol-Balter)
9:30 - 10:15
Overview Talk: Software Engineering and Formal Methods (Jeannette Wing)
 
   
10:00 am 10:00 - 10:45
Overview Talk: Algorithms and Theory (Gary Miller)
 
  10:15 - 10:30
Break
10:15 - 10:30
Break
 
  10:30 - 12:00
The Computer Science PhD Program (Jeannette Wing)
10:30 - 11:00
Faculty Talk (Herb Simon)
10:30 - 12:00
Faculty Talks (Todd C. Mowry, Thomas Gross, Seth Goldstein)
 
  10:45 - 11:00
Break
 
11:00 am 11:00 - 11:45
Overview Talk: OS and Networking (Hui Zhang)
11:00 - 11:15
Break
11:00 - 11:15
Break
 
  11:15 - 12:00
Overview Talk: Information & Data Mining (Tom Mitchell)
11:15 - 12:00
Overview Talk: AI and Cognition (Raul Valdes-Perez)
 
   
  11:45 - 1:15
Lunch
 
12:00 pm 12:00 - 1:45
New Students' Lunch [Rangos 1 and 2, University Center, 2nd floor]
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
12:00 - 2:00
Lunch
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
 
   
   
   
1:00 pm  
  1:15 - 2:15
How to Compute Like a Grad Student (Joseph O'Sullivan, John Carol Langford, Robert O'Callahan)
 
  1:30 - 2:15
Overview Talk: Programming Languages (Karl Crary)
1:30 - 3:00
Faculty Talks (Christos Faloutsos, Jaime Carbonell, John Lafferty)
 
  1:45 - 3:00
Allen Newell Video: Desires and Diversions (Catherine Copetas)
 
2:00 pm 2:00 - 3:30
Faculty Talks (Andrew Moore, Sebastian Thrun, Tom Mitchell)
 
  2:15 - 3:00
Overview Talk: AI and Physical Interaction (Reid Simmons)
2:15 - 3:00
The School of Computer Science (Jim Morris)
 
   
   
3:00 pm 3:00 - 3:15
Building Facilities Introduction (Jim Skees)
3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:00 - 3:15
Break
 
  3:15 - 3:30
Break
3:15 - 4:00
Overview Talk: Architecture and Compilers (Seth Goldstein)
3:15 - 4:15
Faculty Talks: (Steve Brookes, Frank Pfenning)
3:15 - 4:45
Faculty Talks (Peter Steenkiste, Hui Zhang, Dave Johnson)
 
  3:30 - 4:45
Departmental Introductions (EVERYONE)
  
    
4:00 pm 4:00 - 4:45
Grad Student Survival (Alma Whitten)
  
  4:15 - 5:00
Overview Talk: Multimedia & Interface Technology (Dan Siewiorek)
  
    
       
5:00 pm 5:00 - 11:00
Doc's Happy Hour [Doc's, Walnut Street]
    5:00 - ????
Welcome (back) TG [Wean Hall 4623]
 
      
      
      
6:00 pm     
      
      
      
7:00 pm 7:00 - 9:00
Introduction to Living in Pittsburgh (Scott Fahlman)
7:00 - 9:00
SCS Grad Women Welcome Potluck (Brigitte Pientka)
7:00 - ????
Computer Systems Party (Seth Goldstein)
7:00 - ????
IC Pub Crawl (Chris Palmer)
 
   
   
   
8:00 pm  
   
   
   
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Time Mon, Aug 30 Tue, Aug 31 Wed, Sep 1 Thu, Sep 2 Fri, Sep 3 Sat, Sep 4
9:00 am       
        
  9:30 - 11:00
Faculty Talks (Edmund M. Clarke, Randy Bryant, Jeannette M. Wing)
9:30 - 10:15
Entrepreneurship for Computer Scientists (Eric Cooper)
9:30 - 10:30
Faculty Talks (Alex Rudnicky, Roni Rosenfeld)
9:30 - 11:00
Faculty Talks (Raul Valdes-Perez, John Anderson, Brad Myers)
9:30 - 10:30
Faculty Talks (Yiming Yang, Howard Wactlar)
 
   
10:00 am  
  10:15 - 10:30
Break
 
  10:30 - 11:30
Faculty Talks (David Garlan, Mary Shaw)
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:30 - 10:45
Break
 
  10:45 - 12:15
Faculty Talks (Steven Rudich, Manuel Blum, Avrim Blum)
10:45 - 11:45
Faculty Talks (Gary Miller, Guy Blelloch)
 
11:00 am 11:00 - 11:15
Break
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]
11:15 - 12:15
Faculty Talks (Peter Lee, John Reynolds)
 
  11:30 - 1:30
Lunch
 
    
12:00 pm 12:00 - 2:00
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00
Student Seminar Series Lunch [Wean Hall 8220]
 
  12:15 - 2:00
SPHINX Lab Lunch [Wean Hall 5409]
12:15 - 2:00
Stage 3 Lab Lunch [Wean Hall 2306]
 
   
   
1:00 pm 1:00 - 2:00
Faculty Talks (Karl Crary, Robert Harper)
 
   
  1:30 - 3:00
Faculty Talks (Matt Mason, Michael Erdmann, Reid Simmons)
 
   
2:00 pm 2:00 - 3:00
Faculty Talks (Mike Lewicki, Dave Touretzky)
2:00 - 3:00
Faculty Talks (Randy Pausch, Dan Siewiorek)
  2:00 - 2:15
Break
 
    2:15 - 2:45
Faculty Talks (Manuel Blum)
 
  2:30 - 3:30
Faculty Talks (Alex Waibel, Scott Hudson)
 
  2:45 - 3:15
Faculty Talks (Roy Maxion)
 
3:00 pm   3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:00 - 3:15
Break
 
    3:15 - 4:45
Faculty Talks (Roger B. Dannenberg, Paul Heckbert, Dave McKeown)
3:15 - 4:15
Panel Discussion (Weng-Keen Wong)
  
    3:30 - 4:30
How to Successfully complete a CMU CS PhD (Randy Pausch)
  
     
4:00 pm    
  4:15 - 5:30
Distinguished Lecture Series [Doherty Hall 2315]
4:15 - 7:00
Scavenger Hunt (David Maltz)
  
     
      
5:00 pm     
      
       
       
6:00 pm      
       
       
       
7:00 pm 7:00 - ????
Theory party (Manuel Blum, Lenore Blum)
   7:00 - ????
IC Beer Brewing Night (Belinda Thom)
  
      
      
      
8:00 pm     
      
      
      
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Time Mon, Sep 6 Tue, Sep 7 Wed, Sep 8 Thu, Sep 9 Fri, Sep 10 Sat, Sep 11
9:00 am       
        
  LABOR DAY
     
       
10:00 am      
       
       
       
11:00 am      
       
       
       
12:00 pm      
       
       
       
1:00 pm      
       
       
       
2:00 pm      
       
       
       
3:00 pm      
       
       
       
4:00 pm      
       
      4:30 - ????
Pretty Good Race (Jim Tomayko)
 
      
5:00 pm     5:00 - ????
Pretty Good Race TG [Wean Hall 4623]
 
      
      
      
6:00 pm     
      
       
       
7:00 pm 7:00 - ????
Programming Systems Party (Robert Harper)
7:00 - ????
Pirates Game (Angela Brown) [Three Rivers Stadium]
7:00 - ????
AI Party (Sebastian Thrun)
7:00 - ????
HCI party (Bonnie John)
  
    
    
    
8:00 pm   
    
    
    
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Last generated: Tue Sep 14 4:59:40 1999
Seth Copen Goldstein <seth+@cs.cmu.edu>