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Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, July 27

2008

Workshop Schedule

THURSDAY, JULY 24

3:00-6:00

On-campus Housing Check-in

 
5:00-7:00
Registration Newell Simon Hall - Perlis Atrium
7:00-9:00 Dinner and Welcome
- Tom Cortina, Chair of CS4HS, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall - Perlis Atrium
     
FRIDAY, JULY 25
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Buffet/Registration Newell Simon Hall 1507
9:00-9:30 Getting Started
- Lenore Blum, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
- Peter Lee, Professor and Head of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305
9:30-10:45 Featured Topic: CS Unplugged & A Glimpse Into Google
- Craig Nevill-Manning, Google
Newell Simon Hall 1305
10:45-11:00 Break  
11:00-12:00 Keynote Session: Claytronics - Programmable Matter and Synthetic Reality
- Seth Goldstein, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305
12:00-2:00 Lunch and "Games With A Purpose"
- Luis von Ahn, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Wean Hall 7500
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
- Lenore Blum, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

Wean Hall 7500
3:30-3:45 Break  
3:45-5:00

Featured Topic: Cryptography Made Easy
- Stuart Reges, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Newell Simon Hall 1305
5:00-7:00 Dinner on your own  
7:00-9:00 CS Movie Night Wean Hall 7500

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Buffet Newell Simon Hall 1507
9:00-10:30

Featured Topic: Teaching the Principles of Computation
- Tom Cortina, Lecturer of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Newell Simon Hall 1305
10:30-10:45 Break  
10:45-12:00 Lab Sessions: Robotics or Computer Music
- Illah Nourbakhsh and Tom Lauwers, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- Roger Dannenberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Group A: Robotics Newell Simon Hall - Perlis Atrium

Group B: Computer Music Wean Hall 5419

12:00-2:15 Lunch at Google Pittsburgh / Panel Discussion: Careers in CS and Life at Google Collaborative Innovation Center
2:15-3:30

Lab Sessions: Computer Music or Robotics
- Roger Dannenberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- Illah Nourbakhsh and Tom Lauwers, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Group A: Computer Music Wean Hall 5419

Group B: Robotics Newell Simon Hall - Perlis Atrium

3:30-3:45 Break  
3:45-5:00 Workshop Exercise Newell Simon Hall 1305
5:00-6:30 Pizza Party Newell Simon Hall - Perlis Atrium
6:30-9:00 CS Game Night
Newell Simon Hall 1305 and Perlis Atrium
 
SUNDAY, JULY 27
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Buffet Newell Simon Hall 1507
9:00-11:30 Featured Topic: CS Roadshows: Spreading The Word About Computer Science
- Carol Frieze, Director of Women@SCS, and students, Carnegie Mellon University
Newell Simon Hall 1305 and Wean Hall 5419
11:30-12:00 Review, What's Next? Newell Simon Hall 1305
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