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1995 Immigration Course

Welcome to the 1995 Computer Science Department Immigration Course. The course is for new students, staff, and faculty, but we hope people already in our community will take advantage of the opportunity to learn about CSD people and research. The Research Posters (2nd week) are a particularly convenient and flexible way to learn about research that interests you.

Most days of the IC are organized into four 75 minute sessions, starting at 9:30, 11:00, 2:00, and 3:30, along with some evening activities.

New students are expected to attend all sessions during the first and second weeks.

In addition to the schedule below, we have a bunch of information about getting started at CMU SCS. If you have a question that's not addressed by that list, perhaps you would like to chat with an agony aunt about it instead.

You can jump to the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd week of the schedule.

Saturday August 26

8:00 - Midnight IC Reception - Grand Ballroom of the Westin William Penn Hotel (Downtown on 6th). At 9PM is the introduction of new students, staff, faculty to the gathered community.

Week One - Faculty Introductions

Faculty introductions are brief (10 minute) talks by the faculty. They may present the academic history and research interests of the faculty, but do not focus on technical detail.

All events are in Wean 5409 unless otherwise noted.

Monday August 28

9:30 - 9:45 Welcome - Joseph Bates
9:45 - 10:45 Introduction to the Department of Computer Science - Jim Morris
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Facilities - Clauss Strauch
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 How to Compute at SCS - David Eckhardt
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Departmental Introductions -- several hundred people introduce themselves to each other. It's often fun, Please Attend!

Tuesday August 29

9:30 - 10:10 CSD Culture - Jeannette Wing
10:10 - 10:45 The CSD Undergraduate Program and Graduate Student Teaching Awards - Allan Fisher, Mark Stehlik
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:15 Allan Fisher
11:15 - 11:30 Jill Fain Lehman
11:30 - 11:45 Matt Mason
11:45 - 12:00 Randy Bryant
12:00 - 12:15 Daniel Jackson
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:15 Hans Berliner
2:15 - 2:30 Jon Webb
2:30 - 2:45 Garth Gibson
2:45 - 3:00 Ken Koedinger
3:00 - 3:15 Bruce Maggs
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 3:45 Tom Mitchell
3:45 - 4:00 Dan Siewiorek
4:00 - 4:15 Reid Simmons
4:15 - 4:30 Danny Sleator
4:30 - 4:45 Gary Miller
7:00 - 9:00 Introduction to Living in Pittsburgh - Scott Fahlman

Wednesday August 30

9:30 - 9:45 Joseph Bates
9:45 - 10:00 Herb Simon
10:00 - 10:45 What is Research? - Herb Simon
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:15 Thomas Gross
11:15 - 11:30 Scott Fahlman
11:30 - 11:45 Dave Johnson
11:45 - 12:00 Roy Maxion
12:00 - 12:15 Ed Clark
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:15 Mark Perlin
2:15 - 2:30 Andrew Moore
2:30 - 2:45 Dave Touretzky
2:45 - 3:00 Katsu Ikeuchi
3:00 - 3:15 Mike Erdmann
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Robotics Institute Tour - John Murphy (1st Floor Smith Hall Lobby)

Thursday August 31

9:30 - 9:45 David Baraff
9:45 - 10:00 Paul Heckbert
10:00 - 10:15 Mootaz
10:15 - 10:30 Scott Steven
10:30 - 10:45 Frank Pfenning
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:15 John Lafferty
11:15 - 11:30 Guy Blelloch
11:30 - 11:45 Raul Valdes-Perez
11:45 - 12:00 David Garlan
12:00 - 12:15 Jaspal Subhlok
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:15 Jeannette Wing
2:15 - 2:30 Avrim Blum
2:30 - 2:45 Satya
2:45 - 3:00 Steven Rudich
3:00 - 3:15 Manuela Veloso
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 3:45 Ravi Kannan
3:45 - 4:00 Merrick Furst
4:00 - 4:15 Alex Waibel
4:15 - 4:30 Andy Witkin
4:30 - 4:45 Doug Tygar
4:45 - 5:00 Al Corbett
7:00 - 9:00 Theory party at Danny Sleator's (840 College Ave., Shadyside)

Friday September 1

9:30 - 9:45 Peter Lee
9:45 - 10:00 Jack Mostow
10:00 - 10:15 Brad Myers
10:15 - 10:30 Adam Beguelin
10:30 - 10:45 Mary Shaw
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:15 Hui Zhang
11:15 - 11:30 Takeo Kanade
11:30 - 11:45 John Anderson
11:45 - 12:00 Howard Wactlar
12:00 - 12:15 Jim Morris
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 Thesis Defense - Alon Lavie (Wean 4623)
2:00 - 2:15 Katia Sycara
2:15 - 2:30 Bonnie John
2:30 - 2:45 Sebastian Thrun
2:45 - 3:00 Roni Rosenfeld
3:00 - 3:15 Steve Roth
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 3:45 Fred Hansen
3:45 - 4:00 Alex Rudnicky
4:00 - 4:15 Jaime Carbonell
4:15 - 4:30 Edoardo Biagioni
4:30 - 4:45 Peter Steenkiste
4:45 - 5:00 Allan Fisher, Bonnie John, Jeannette Wing, and Howard Wactlar
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Dan Siewiorek, Scott Fahlman, Guy Blelloch, and Mary Shaw
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 Graduate Student Research Mini-Symposium -- presentations of research results by SCS graduate students, organized by Reid Simmons.

Wednesday September 6th

9:30 - 10:45 John Lafferty Garth Gibson, Frank Pfenning, Manuela Veloso, Merrick Furst, and Sebastian Thrun
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Reid Simmons, Jaspal Subhlok, Jill Fain Lehman, Roy Maxion, Dave Johnson
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Mootaz, Dean Pomerleau, Albert Corbett, Randy Bryant and Peter Lee,
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Grad Student Survival - Jonathan Shewchuk (Wean 5409)
7:00 - ? Pub Crawl - Brian Noble and James Landay. Meet in the lounge.

Thursday September 7th

9:30 - 10:45 The History of SCS and Interdisciplinary work at CMU - Raj Reddy (Wean 5409)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Daniel Jackson, Satya, Jamie Carbonell, Ken Koedinger, and Jon Webb
12:15 - 12:30 SCS Group Photo (outside 5th floor Wean Lobby)
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Mark Perlin, Avrim Blum, Brad Myers, Bruce Maggs, and Raul Valdes-Perez
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Your Virtual Advisor - Joseph Bates (Wean 5409)
7:00-11:00 Brewing at James Landay's house.

Friday September 8th

9:30 - 10:45 Andy Witkin, Wayne Ward, Peter Steenkiste, David Garlan and Adam Beguelin
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Ravi Kannan, Roger Dannenberg, Ed Clarke, Tom Mitchell, John Anderson, and - Dave McKeown
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Sebastian Thrun, Edoardo Biagioni, Katia Sycara, Hui Zhang, and Joseph Bates
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:45 Fred Hansen, Andrew Moore Dave Touretzky
7:30 - 9:30 AI party at Raj Reddy's (808 Devonshire, Shadyside)

Sunday September 10th

4:00 - 7:00 HCI party at Bob Kraut's (918 Hastings, Squirrel Hill)

Week Three

Monday September 11

9:30 - 10:45 Thesis Proposal - Dennis Grinberg (Wean 5409)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Speech Group Demo - Alex Rudnicky (Wean 5302)
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 SCS Network Infrastructure - Paul Parker (Wean 5409)
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Ethics in Research - Dave Touretzky (Wean 5409)
7:00 - 9:00 CS party at Randy Bryant's (6616 Dalzell Place, Squirrel Hill).

Tuesday September 12

9:30 - 10:45 AESOP Demo - David Garlan (Wean 7220)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Computer Music - Roger Dannenberg (Wean 3213)
11:00 - 12:15 Digital Mapping Lab Demo Dave McKeown (Wean 3121)
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Sage Visual Lab Tour - Steve Roth (Doherty 3323)
3:00 - 4:00 Three dimensional face demonstration(Wean 1324)
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:45 Eating and shopping green in Pittsburgh - Justin Boyan (Wean 5409)

Wednesday September 13

9:30 - 10:45 E&S Library Tour - Missy Harvey (E&S Library Circ. Desk 4th Floor Wean)
11:00 - 12:15 Amulet Interface Development Environment+ for Highly-Interactive Applications in C++ - Brad Myers (Wean 3422)
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Interactive Systems Demo. Wean 4616. Alex Waibel
3:15 - 3:30Break
3:30 - 6:00

Thursday September 14

3:00 - 4:00 Three dimensional face demonstration (Wean 1324)
4:00 - 7:00 Scavenger Hunt Sean Slattery
7:00 - 9:00 PS Party. At Bill Scherlis' (5854 Aylesboro, Squirrel Hill)

Friday September 15

2:00 - 3:00 High Performance Systems Demo (Wean 3604) Allan Fisher, Peter Steenkiste, David O'Hallaron
4:30 Pretty Good Race
After the TG, Dinner followed by the best known musician in da burgh an nat. James Landay

Joseph Bates (Wean 8123, 268-3725) / joseph.bates@cs.cmu.edu