1998 CSD Immigration Course Schedule as of 11:00am September 10 /afs/cs/usr/dbj/www/IC98/schedule.txt =========================================================================== Monday, August 24 WEEK 1 9:00 - 9:15 IC Welcome (Dave Johnson, Seth Goldstein) 9:15 - 10:15 The Computer Science Department (Jim Morris) 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 12:00 The Computer Science PhD Program (Jeannette Wing) 12:00 - 1:30 New Students' Lunch [McKenna Peter Wright rooms, University Center, 2nd floor] 1:30 - 2:15 E&S Library Introduction and Tour (Missy Harvey) [Meet at E&S Library, Wean Hall, 4th floor] 2:15 - 3:00 The Computer Science Undergraduate Program (Mark Stehlik) 3:00 - 3:15 Break 3:15 - 4:45 Departmental Introductions (EVERYONE) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 25 WEEK 1 9:00 - 10:30 The School of Computer Science (Raj Reddy) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Computing Facilities Introduction (Clauss Strauch) 11:45 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 2:30 How to Compute Like a Grad Student (Dave Rochberg) 2:30 - 3:00 Building Facilities Introduction (Jim Skees) 3:00 - 3:15 Break 3:15 - 4:00 Overview Talk: OS and Networking (Peter Steenkiste) 4:00 - 4:45 How to Successfully complete a CMU CS PhD (Dean Pomerleau) 7:00 - 9:00 Introduction to Living in Pittsburgh (Scott Fahlman) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 26 WEEK 1 9:00 - 10:15 Allen Newell Video: Desires and Diversions (Catherine Copetas) 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:15 Overview Talk: AI (Andrew Moore) 11:15 - 12:00 Overview Talk: Architecture and Compilers (Thomas Gross) 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Ethics and Etiquette in Research (Dave Touretzky) 3:00 - 3:15 Break 3:15 - 4:45 Grad Student Survival (Rob DeLine) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, August 27 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: Algorithms and Theory (Steven Rudich) 12:00 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 2:30 Overview Talk: Formal Methods (Jeannette Wing) 2:30 - 3:00 Overview Talk: Software Engineering (David Garlan) 3:00 - 3:15 Break 3:15 - 4:15 Faculty Talks (Steven Rudich, Avrim Blum) 7:00 - ???? IC Pub Crawl (Bridget Spitznagel, Chuck Rosenberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 28 WEEK 1 9:30 - 10:15 Overview Talk: Programming Languages (Bob Harper) 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 12:00 Faculty Talks (Gary Miller, Guy Blelloch, Peter Lee) 12:00 - 1:30 Parallel Data Lab Lunch [Wean Hall 3701] 2:00 - 3:00 Faculty Talks (Bob Harper, Frank Pfenning) 5:00 - ???? Welcome (back) TG [Wean Hall 4623] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 29 WEEK 1 7:00 - ???? Theory party (Gary Miller) =========================================================================== Monday, August 31 WEEK 2 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Scott Fahlman, Dave McKeown) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (Paul Heckbert, Steve Seitz) 11:45 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Dean Pomerleau, Reid Simmons, Takeo Kanade) 3:30 - 3:45 Break 3:45 - 4:15 Faculty Talks (Roni Rosenfeld) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, September 1 WEEK 2 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Seth Goldstein, Todd Mowry) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (Ed Clarke, Jeannette Wing) 11:45 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Satya, Dave Johnson, Dan Siewiorek) 3:30 - 3:45 Break 3:45 - 4:45 Faculty Talks (Michael Erdmann, Matt Mason) 7:00 - ???? IC Beer Brewing Night (Belinda Thom) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 2 WEEK 2 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Thomas Gross, Dave O'Hallaron) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:15 Faculty Talks (Raj Rajkumar) 12:00 - 1:30 Reconfigurable Computing Lab Lunch [Hamerschlag Hall 2103] 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Dana Scott, Steve Brookes, John Reynolds) 7:00 - ???? Programming Systems Party (Seth Goldstein) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 3 WEEK 2 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Mary Shaw, David Garlan) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:15 Faculty Talks (Bill Scherlis) 11:45 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 4:30 IC Research Symposium (John Lafferty) 7:00 - ???? AI Party (Tom Mitchell) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 4 WEEK 2 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (John Anderson, Jim Morris) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (Roger Dannenberg, Randy Pausch) 12:00 - 1:00 Student Seminar Series Lunch [Wean Hall 4601] 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Randy Bryant, John Lafferty, Howard Wactlar) 4:30 - ???? Pretty Good Race (Jim Tomayko) 5:00 - ???? Pretty Good Race TG [Wean Hall 4623] 7:00 - ???? Pirates Game [Three Rivers Stadium] =========================================================================== Monday, September 7 WEEK 3 LABOR DAY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, September 8 WEEK 3 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Peter Steenkiste, Hui Zhang, Allan Fisher) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (David Nagle, Christos Faloutsos) 12:00 - 1:30 Learning Robot Lab Lunch [Wean Hall 5310] 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Andrew Moore, Manuela Veloso, Sebastian Thrun) 3:30 - 3:45 Break 3:45 - 4:45 Faculty Talks (Tom Mitchell, Raul Valdes-Perez) 7:00 - ???? Computer Systems Party (Randy Bryant) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 9 WEEK 3 9:30 - 10:30 Faculty Talks (Jaime Carbonell, Alex Waibel) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:45 Faculty Talks (Yiming Yang, Jill Fain Lehman) 12:00 - 12:30 SCS Group Photo (Catherine Copetas) [Rain date: Thursday, September 10] 12:30 - 2:00 Stage3 Research Group Lunch: Virtual Reality, Telepresence, and Entertainment Technology [Wean Hall 2306] 2:00 - 3:30 CMU Technology Transfer (Bob Wooldridge, Mike Mauldin) 4:00 - 7:00 Scavenger Hunt --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 10 WEEK 3 9:30 - 10:00 Robotics Institute Overview (Takeo Kanade) 10:00 - 10:30 Center for Automated Learning and Discovery Overview (Tom Mitchell) 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:15 Language Technologies Institute Overview (Jaime Carbonell) 11:15 - 11:45 Human-Computer Interaction Institute Overview (Dan Siewiorek) 12:15 - 1:45 Robotic Soccer Lunch [Wean Hall 5409] 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty Talks (Tai Sing Lee, Mike Lewicki, Dave Touretzky) 7:00 - ???? HCI party (Bonnie John) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 11 WEEK 3 10:00 - 10:30 Open Question and Answer (Sharon Burks) 12:00 - 1:00 Computing Media and Communication Lab Lunch [Wean Hall 4625] 7:30 - ???? IC Reception: Andy Warhol Museum (Guy Blelloch) ===========================================================================