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Friday, July 13 - Monday, July 16

2007

Workshop Schedule

FRIDAY, JULY 13
3:00-7:00

On-campus Housing Check-in

Donner House
5:00-7:00 Registration Newell-Simon Hall Lobby
7:00-10:00 Dinner/Social Newell-Simon Hall Atrium
     
SATURDAY, JULY 14
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Buffet/Registration Newell Simon Hall 1507
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Pre-workshop survey
- Tom Cortina, Chair of CS4HS, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305
9:30-10:30 Featured Topic: CS Unplugged & A Glimpse Into Google
- Craig Nevill-Manning, Google
Newell Simon Hall 1305
10:30-10:45 Break Newell Simon Hall 1507
10:45-12:15 Featured Topic: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
- Alan Kay , Viewpoints Research Institute
Newell Simon Hall 1305
12:15-2:00 Lunch at Google Pittsburgh Collaborative Innovation Center
2:00-3:30

Featured Topic: Food For Thought (Great Ideas in CS using Food)
- Manuel Blum, Bruce Nelson Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Newell Simon Hall 1305
3:30-3:45 Break Newell Simon Hall 1507
3:45-5:00

Featured Topic: Dispelling CS Myths: Broadening Participation in Computer Science
- Lenore Blum
(moderator), Distinguished Career Professor in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
- Carol Frieze, Director Women@SCS, Carnegie Mellon University

Newell Simon Hall 1305
5:00-7:30 Dinner on your own  
7:30-9:00 Featured Topic: Human Computation
- Luis von Ahn, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305
 
SUNDAY, JULY 15
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Buffet Newell Simon Hall 1507
9:00-10:30

Featured Topic: My Secure Cyberspace
- Dena Haritos Tsamitis, Director of the Information Networking Institute and Director of CyLab Education, Training and Outreach, Carnegie Mellon University

Newell Simon Hall 1305
10:30-10:45 Break Newell Simon Hall 1507
10:45-12:15 Lab: Bots N Scouts: Teaching Algorithmic Thinking with a Robot Game
- Tom Cortina, Lecturer & CS4HS Chair, Carnegie Mellon University
Wean Hall 5419
12:15-2:00 Lunch Newell Simon Hall Atrium
2:00-3:30 Featured Topic: Robotics in the Classroom
- Illah Nourbakhsh and Tom Lauwers, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall Atrium
3:30-3:45 Break Newell Simon Hall 1507
3:45-5:00 Panel: Careers and Social Responsibility in Computer Science
- Mark Stehlik, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- Bernardine Dias, Head of TechBridgeWorld and Research Scientist, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- Kevin Collins, Career Consultant, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305
5:00-6:00 Pizza Party Wean Hall 5409
6:00-7:30 Lab (optional): A Short Introduction to Alice
Don Slater, Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon Unversity
Wean Hall 5419
 
MONDAY, JULY 16
8:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast, On-campus Housing Check-out Newell Simon Hall 3305
9:00-10:00 Special Session: Cognitive Tutors: Developing and Using Advanced Educational Technology
- Ken Koedinger, Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute and CMU Director of the Pittsburgh Science and Learning Center
Newell Simon Hall 3305
10:00-11:45 Group Presentations/Discussion Newell Simon Hall 3305
11:45-12:00 Post-workshop survey, Wrap-Up Newell Simon Hall 3305

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