Every year, our department organizes the Distinguished Lecturer Series (DLS), a notably successful program that attracts accomplished scientists to Stony Brook for talks. DLS brings together undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in audiences and discussions, helps motivate undergraduates to get involved in research, and bolsters the stature of the Computer Science Department nationwide. DLS has developed into a premier forum for innovators in Computer Science from around the world to share their knowledge with a broad constituency.

• Ming C. Lin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
  “Bring Images to Life: Challenges and Recent Advances”
  Abstract
  Time: Friday, October 12, 2007, 2:15 pm
  Location: Computer Science 2311

• Kenneth P. Birman, Cornell University,
  “Live Distributed Objects”
  Time: Friday, October 19, 2007, 2:15 pm
  Location: Computer Science 2311

• Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University,
  “Charisma in English and Arabic Political Speech”
  Time: Friday, November 9, 2007, 2:15 pm
  Location: Computer Science 2311

• David Stork, Chief Scientist, Ricoh Innovations,
  “Did the Great Masters Cheat Using Optics?”
  Time: Monday, December 3, 2007, 2:15 pm
  Location: Computer Science 2311

• Bernard Chazelle, Princeton University,
  “The Algorithm Is Coming: Get Ready!”
  Time: Friday, December 14, 2007, 2:15 pm
  Location: Computer Science 2311

Past Distinguished Lecture Series

• Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
• Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
• Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
• Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
• Fall 2002 - Spring 2003
• Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
• Fall 2000 - Spring 2001