Carnegie Mellon University – Microsoft Research
Center for Computational Thinking
Presentations and Executive Review
Monday, May 14, 2012Review Host and Lead:
Jeannette Wing, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Computational Thinking
Primary Attendees from Microsoft Research:
Roy Levin, Distinguished Engineer and Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley
Tony Hey, Vice President, Microsoft Research Connections
Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Connections
Harold Javid, Director, Microsoft Research Regional Programs
Other MSR participants welcome at the discretion of Harold Javid.
MSR primary contact: Harold Javid <harold.javid@microsoft.com> 206 660 5300
CMU primary contact: Dan Jenkins <danjenkins@cmu.edu> 607 342 1588
Center Review Agenda
Monday, May 14th |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Overview pptx Jeannette M. Wing, President’s Professor of Computer Science and Department Head, SCS |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Kinect-Based CompuCeptionist in GHC: Manuela Veloso, Herbert A. Simon Professor, Computer Science Department, SCS |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Data-Driven Uniqueness for Image Retrieval and Object Detection zip Abhinav Gupta, Assistant Research Professor, Robotics Institute, SCS |
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. | Constraint Satisfaction Problems; Trichotomies: Ryan W. O’Donnell, Associate Professor, Computer Science, SCS pptx |
| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Privacy-Preserving Information Release from Social Networks PDF Avrim Blum, Professor, Computer Science, SCS |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Specification and Verification in Introductory Computer Science PDF, pptx Frank Pfenning, Professor of Computer Science |
| 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. | Monitoring Student Attitudes in Light of Changes in the CMU CS Curriculum; Sustaining the Women-CS Fit at CMU pptx Carol Frieze, Director, Women @SCS – SCS Website Coordinator, School of Computer Science |
| 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. | Feedback from Review Committee Location: Gates-Hillman Centers (GHC) – 7th Floor Atrium |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Informal Lunch, Poster Review Poster Session/Lunch The Profit Maximizing Cutoff in Observable Queues with State Dependent Pricing Art & Code Social welfare maximization in an online fashion PDF END REVIEW |
| 1:15 – 8:30 p.m. | MSR guests join Mind Swap: The Intersection of Computer Science and Economics, room 6115 Gates (see Mind Swap agenda) |
Mindswap Poster
TBA