Aug. 25-26 - Graduate Student Orientation

 

On Thursday and Friday, August 25-26, the Department of Computer Science will welcome its new computer science graduate students at orientation. The two-day event will consist of administration and faculty talks, food, meeting returning grad students, networking, more food, and research lab visits. Individuals will have the opportunity to meet with advisers and discuss research collaboration opportunities. So far the following events and locations have been confirmed, however, continue to check back as new information becomes available: 

8/25/16      
8:00 AM Breakfast   NCS Atrium
9:30 AM Chairman's Welcoming Remarks Arie Kaufman Harriman 137
10:00 AM Department Awards Arie Kaufman Harriman 137
10:10 AM Systems and Computing Facilities Peter Ruland Harriman 137
10:35 AM WPhD Aruna Balasubramanian Harriman 137
10:40 AM Systems / Networking Aruna Balasubramanian Harriman 137
11:00 AM Augmented Reality, Human Computer Interaction Roy Shilkrot Harriman 137
11:20 AM Natural Language Processing Niranjan Balasubramanian Harriman 137
11:40 AM Theory Steven Skiena Harriman 137
Noon Lunch   NCS Atrium
1:15 PM Introduction to the Graduate Student Employees Union John Martin Harriman 137
1:30 PM High Performance Computing Barbara Chapman Harriman 137
1:50 PM Web Security, Privacy Nick Nikiforakis Harriman 137
2:10 PM Languages, Algorithms, and Optimizations Annie Liu Harriman 137
2:30 PM Systems Anshul Gandhi Harriman 137
3:00 PM Database, Clinical Data Mining, Pathology Image Processing (BMI DB Lab) [Old CS 2212]
Natural Language Processing (NLP Lab) [NCS 140]
Performance Analysis of Computer Systems Lab (PACE) [NCS 336]
Security (Reliable System Lab) [NCS 342]
Social Network, Geometry, Algorithm (SNAC) [NCS 236]		    
3:45 PM Computer Vision [NCS 138]
Distributed Algorithms and Verification (DARLAB) [NCS 234]
File Systems and Storage Systems (FSL) [NCS 315]
Security (SECLAB) [NCS 346]		    
4:30 PM Computer Architecture (COMPAS) [NCS 332]
Formal Methods (Concurrency Lab) [NCS 342]
Security (PragSec) [NCS 344]
Wireless Networking and Systems (WINGS) [NCS 330]		    
5:30 PM BBQ    
       
       
8/26/16      
       
9:00 AM PhD Orientation I.V. Ramakrishnan MS: (none), PhD: New Computer Science 120
10:30 AM MS Orientation C.R. Ramakrishnan MS: Engineering 143
10:50 AM Computer Vision Minh Hoai PhD: NCS 220
11:10 AM Security Michalis Polychronakis PhD: NCS 220
11:30 AM Visual Computing Klaus Mueller PhD: NCS 220
11:50 AM Security Scott Stoller PhD: NCS 220
12:10 PM Lunch   NCS Atrium
1:00 PM Student Health Insurance Orientation   PhD: Wang Center Theatre
1:30 PM Student Panel   MS: Harriman Hall 137, PhD: NCS 220
3:00 PM Computer Graphics and Visualization (CVC) [NCS 132]
Natural Language Processing (NLP Lab) [NCS 140]
Security (Reliable System Lab) [NCS 342]		    
3:45 PM Database, Clinical Data Mining, Pathology Image Processing (BMI DB Lab) [Old CS 2212]
Computer Architecture (COMPAS) [NCS 332]
Formal Methods (Concurrency Lab) [NCS 342]
Social Network, Geometry, Algorithm (SNAC) [NCS 236]		    
4:30 PM Computer Vision [NCS 138]
File Systems and Storage Systems (FSL) [NCS 315]
Security (SECLAB) [NCS 346]
Wireless Networking and Systems (WINGS) [NCS 330]		    
5:30 PM GSO Reception / Orientation   Center for Leadership and Service (LDS)