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Summer 2007

CS Events of Week 8/13/2007 — 8/20/2007

We will resume weekly publication on Monday, August 27.

CS Events of Week 8/6/2007

Monday, August 6

Last day of second term and 10-week semester classes

Tuesday, August 7

Second term and 10-week semester final examinations for all students

SYLLABUS WORKSHOP
The Center for Teaching Excellence is offering a Writing Syllabi workshop to all faculty and graduate students who will be writing or revising a syllabus for next semester. Refreshments will be provided. To register, sign up online at http://cte.tamu.edu/events/rsvp.
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 628 Blocker

NANO SUMMIT 2007
NANO SUMMIT 2007, The Rising Stars of Texas, will kick off with a graduate student poster session and industry/entrepreneur display in the lobby of the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the Bush Library and Museum Complex. Following opening remarks (5:30 p.m.), poster judging will begin. The summit provides a forum for medical, engineering and natural science researchers and students to meet and exchange information on their areas of expertise. And it informs the research community about major research activities related to nanoscience. For registration information, go to http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/nano.
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
National Night Out celebrates neighborhood and police partnerships in the fight against crime. Texas A&M University's Department of Security and University Police, along with the Department of Residence Life, will host a block party at the University Apartment's Community Center. For more information, contact Kate Kiernat, manager of Dormitories Administration, at (979)845-2261.
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., off University Ave. at Charles Haltom Ave.

Wednesday, August 8

Second term and 10-week semester final examinations for all students

ENGINEERING WORKS! RADIO PROGRAM
Listen to Engineering Works! on the radio to learn more about the whimsical, unusual or just little-known sides of engineering. It's broadcast at 7:32 a.m. on Bryan-College Station's KAMU-FM (90.9). Or visit the Engineering Works! website at http://engineeringworks.tamu.edu.

NANO SUMMIT 2007 continues
Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, vice chancellor of engineering in the Texas A&M University System and dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M, will give a welcoming address to participants and attendees of the Nano summit. For an agenda of the day's speakers and presentations, visit http://nanosummit.tamu.edu/agenda.html.
8:30 a.m., Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

Thursday, August 9

Grades for degree candidates from departments due in Office of the Registrar—noon

QPR TRAINING
All CS faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) Gatekeeper Training program for suicide prevention. The program will cover who may be at risk, what to do and say, and where and how to refer someone who is depressed or considering suicide. Contact Karen Jones at (979)845-3535 for additional information.
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, August 10

Last day for August undergraduate degree candidates to apply for Tuition Rebate—5:00 p.m.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
LEI WU
TITLE: An Efficient Logic Fault Diagnosis Framework Based on Effect-Cause Approach
Adviser: Dr. Hank Walker
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

SUMMER 2007 CS GRADUATION RECEPTION
Dr. Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science, will host a reception in honor of the department's summer 2007 graduates in computer science and computer engineering. The reception is open to family and friends of the summer 2007 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Enjoy a complimentary brunch, collect a celebratory cup, and win a door prize—USB keys!
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 301 HRBB

COMMENCEMENT
Elsa A. Murano, Texas A&M vice chancellor and dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will speak to graduating students of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at today's graduation ceremonies. Previously, Dr. Murano was under secretary of agriculture for food safety. She was appointed to that position in 2001 by President Bush, making her the highest-ranking food safety official in the federal government.
2:00 p.m., Reed Arena

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
XINYU TANG
TITLE: Techniques for Modeling and Analyzing RNA and Protein Energy Landscapes
Adviser: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS AND TO ALL WHO MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THIS SUMMER SEMESTER.

CS Events of Week 7/30/2007

Monday, July 30

FAREWELL LUNCHEON FOR BERTHA MARTINEZ
The Department of Computer Science is organizing a farewell luncheon for Bertha Martinez, facilities coordinator, in appreciation of her 11 years of service to the department. Bertha has accepted a position as a business coordinator II in the College of Engineering with a start date of August 1, 2007. Contact Krista Simmons, (979)845-5820, for more information.
11:30 a.m., Johnny Carino's Italian Restaurant

Tuesday, July 31

CS FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE
CS advising staff will be registering new students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families. For information on the conference schedule, contact Undergraduate Counselor Marilyn Payton at (979)458-1431.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
MARCO MORALES
TITLE: Metrics for Sampling-Based Motion Planning
Adviser: Dr. Nancy Amato
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, August 1

WELCOME NEW FACULTY
We will be welcoming Dr. James Caverlee to the computer science department this afternoon. Dr. Caverlee, assistant professor of computer science starting this fall semester, will be out and about in CS, informally meeting and greeting faculty, students and staff. His new email address is caverlee@cs.tamu.edu and his current webpage is www.cc.gatech.edu/~caverlee.

CS FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

FREE OFFICE 2007 DEMONSTRATIONS
The Center For Employee Education will offer free Microsoft Office 2007 demonstrations to all university employees. Demonstrations will include presentations over Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. To register, visit http://cis.tamu.edu/training.
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Assembly Room A of the General Services Complex, located at 750 Agronomy Road

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. William Jalby
Professor, University of Versailles
TITLE: Iterative Compilation by Exploration of Kernel Decomposition
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Thursday, August 2

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
PRAVEEN BHOJWANI
TITLE: Communication Synthesis of Networks-on-Chip (NoC)
Adviser: Dr. Rabi Mahapatra
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

SUMMER UGRAD RESEARCH POSTER EXHIBIT
Our CS summer undergraduate researchers will be exhibiting their research at the Office of Undergraduate Research's annual Poster Board Presentation/Reception. Refreshments will be served and the dress is business casual. For more information, call the Office of Undergraduate Research at (979)458-0039, Dr. John Holder at (979)845 8369, or visit http://ugr.tamu.edu.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., lobby of the Zachry Building

Friday, August 3

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
EUNJAE JUNG
TITLE: Creation and Maintenance of a Communication Tree in Wireless Sensor Networks
Adviser: Dr. Hank Walker
2:30 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

CS Events of Week 7/23/2007

Monday, July 23

FREE OFFICE 2007 DEMONSTRATIONS
The Center For Employee Education will offer free Microsoft Office 2007 demonstrations to all university employees. Demonstrations will include presentations over Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. To register, visit http://cis.tamu.edu/training.
10 a.m. to 11:30a.m., Assembly Room A of the General Services Complex, located at 750 Agronomy Road
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Also offered on Wednesday, August 1

Tuesday, July 24

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the second term (Q-drop), 5:00 p.m.
Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type for second term, 5:00 p.m.
Last day to officially withdraw from the University for second term, 5:00 p.m.

iTunes U Podcasting SEMINAR
The Center for Teaching Excellence, Instructional Technology Services and the Division of Marketing & Communication will present a seminar on Best Practices of iTunes U Podcasting. Texas A&M on iTunes U (http://itunes.tamu.edu) is one of only 16 top schools now featured in the Apple iTunes Store. Participants will learn how to use this free tool to supplement their teaching and to reach prospective students and faculty. They also will learn how to write and record a basic podcast using free podcasting software during this hands-on, interactive workshop. Registration (http://cte.tamu.edu/events/rsvp) is required.
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 004 Heldenfels Hall

Wednesday, July 25

UWC SUMMER FACULTY WORKSHOP
The University Writing Center's summer faculty workshop, Write from Wrong: Responding Productively to Error in Student Writing, will review key grammar, usage, and punctuation rules and discuss what most editors consider to be error. If your students dangle their modifiers, split their infinitives, liberally apply commas wherever fancy strikes, and make other annoying writing errors, consider attending. For more information, contact the UWC at (979) 458-1455.
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., room 1.204E Evans Library

iTunes U Podcasting SEMINAR
Registration (http://cte.tamu.edu/events/rsvp) is required.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 004 Heldenfels Hall

Thursday, July 26

Friday, July 27

CS Events of Week 7/16/2007

Monday, July 16

PARASOL SEMINAR
Lydia Tapia
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Kinetics Analysis Methods For Approximate Folding Landscapes
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Tuesday, July 17

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE
CS advising staff will be busy throughout the summer registering new students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families. For information on the conference schedule, contact Undergraduate Counselor Marilyn Payton at (979)458-1431.

Wednesday, July 18

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the 10-week semester (Q-drop), 5:00 p.m.
Last day to officially withdraw from the University for 10-week semester, 5:00 p.m.

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

ENGINEERING INSIGHTS SUMMER CAMP - SESSION II
Junior and senior high school students will be attending a seminar on computer science and computer engineering in the H.R. Bright Building this morning. The camp is co-hosted with Texas A&M Engineering college-wide student organizations. For more information on the camp, contact Kourtney Gruner at kourtney@cs.tamu.edu.

Thursday, July 19

TRANSFER STUDENT CONFERENCE
CS advising staff will be busy throughout the summer registering transfer students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families. For information on the conference schedule, contact Undergraduate Counselor Marilyn Payton at (979)458-1431.

THESIS DEFENSE OF
KUNAL PATEL
TITLE: Dispatch: Distributed Peer-to-Peer Simulations
Adviser: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, July 20

TRANSFER STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

CS Events of Week 7/9/2007

Monday, July 9

Last day to rent and order cap and gown online at http://graduation.tamu.edu.

Last day to add/drop classes for second term.

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Takis Zourntos
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Synthesis of Cognitive Dynamics for a Target-Seeking Obstacle-Avoiding Autonomous Agent
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Tuesday, July 10

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE
CS advising staff will be busy throughout the summer registering new students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families. For information on the conferences' schedule, contact Undergraduate Counselor Marilyn Payton at (979)458-1431.

Wednesday, July 11

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

ENGINEERING INSIGHTS SUMMER CAMP - SESSION I
Junior and senior high school students will be attending a seminar on computer science and computer engineering in the H.R. Bright Building this morning. The camp is co-hosted with Texas A&M Engineering college-wide student organizations. For more information on the camp, contact Kourtney Gruner at kourtney@cs.tamu.edu.

Thursday, July 12

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Kourtney Gruner at kourtney@cs.tamu.edu.
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Friday, July 13

FRESHMAN NEW STUDENT CONFERENCE continues

CS Events of Week 7/2/2007

Monday, July 2

First term final examinations
No 10-week semester classes
Last day to register for the second term and pay fees — 5 PM
Residence halls close for Summer I and open for Summer II

Tuesday, July 3

First day of second term classes

Wednesday, July 4

4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and Texas A&M University hosts the Lions Club's annual 4th of July Celebration, I Love America. Live entertainment and games for the children will all begin at 5:30 p.m. The evening will end with a spectacular fireworks display and concert by the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. People are encouraged to come early and bring their lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets. Free admission.

Faculty and staff holiday

Thursday, July 5

Friday, July 6

First term final grades due in Office of the Registrar — noon
Last day to apply for degrees to be awarded in August for students completing degree requirements in the second term or 10-week semester — 5 PM

OUTSIDE STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
Computer science staff members from the administration and advising groups are hosting an appreciation luncheon with a You're a Star! theme for staff from other areas of Texas A&M and the community. The luncheon is open to invited guests and all computer science staff. Contact Karen Jones at (979)845-3535 for more information.
noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF
CHIDAMBARESWARAN (Chids) RAMAN
TITLE: Associative Parallel Containers in STAPL
Adviser: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

MULTIMEDIA SUBMISSIONS DUE TODAY
The Office of Graduate Studies is calling for multimedia submissions portraying the best aspects of Texas A&M graduate student life, with the top entry winning $3,000. The deadline to submit items for this multimedia competition is today. First, second and third place entries will earn $3,000, $1,500 and $500, respectively. For competition guidelines and the submission form, visit http://ogs.tamu.edu/multimedia. For questions, contact Brad Dressler at braddressler@tamu.edu or (979)845-6349.

CS Events of Week 6/25/2007

Monday, June 25

Tuesday, June 26

SUMMER CONFERENCES FOR NEW STUDENTS
CS advising staff will be busy throughout the summer registering new students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families. For information on the conferences' schedule, contact Undergraduate Counselor Marilyn Payton at (979)458-1431.

Wednesday, June 27

SUMMER CONFERENCES FOR NEW STUDENTS CONTINUES

GOOGLE PRESENTATION
RefreshBCS, 372MEDIA, and FIBERTOWN are hosting Google's presentation to the Bryan/College Station community. The folks from Google will be speaking about Google's product line, services, and its future. An evening meal will be provided by Square One Bistro. RSVP to http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/208607.
7:00 p.m., Varisco Building (219 N. Main in downtown Bryan)

Thursday, June 28

Friday, June 29

Last day of first term classes.

SUMMER CS STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
Department Head Dr. Valerie Taylor and the computer science faculty will host a Staff Appreciation Luncheon and present the Spring '07 CS Staff Award.
11:30 a.m., Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy

CS Events of Week 6/18/2007

Monday, June 18

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the 10-week semester (Q-drop). 5:00 p.m.
Last day to officially withdraw from the University for 10-week semester. 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 19

JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth is celebrated as emancipation day by African-Americans in Texas.

Wednesday, June 20

Thursday, June 21

Friday, June 22

CS Events of Week 6/11/2007

Monday, June 11

THESIS DEFENSE OF
HYUN SUNG KIM
TITLE: Statistical Static Timing Analysis Considering the Impact of Power Supply Noise in Vlsi Circuits
Adviser: Dr. Duncan M. Walker
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

Tuesday, June 12

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
JING WANG
TITLE: Power Supply Noise in Delay Testing
Adviser: Dr. Duncan M. Walker
2:00 P.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, June 13

THESIS DEFENSE OF
BUMSOON JANG
TITLE: Effect of the Delay Distribution in Different Classes of Networks: Random, Scale-Free, and Small-World
Adviser: Dr. Yoonsuck Choe
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Thursday, June 14

FLAG DAY...
...is a celebration of the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the official flag of the United States.

THESIS DEFENSE OF
YUAN-TENG CHENG
TITLE: Machine Learning Algorithms for Intelligent Tutoring System in Ladder Logic Debugging
Advisers: Dr. Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Dr. Dezhen Song
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF
LUIS MENESES
TITLE: Exploring the Biography and Artworks of Picasso with Interactive Calendars and Timelines
Adviser: Dr. Richard Furuta
1:00 p.m., Room 408H HRBB

Friday, June 15

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
DONGMIN ZHANG
TITLE: "Open Source Software Maturity Model Based on Linear Regression and Bayesian Analysis
Adviser: Dr. Dick Simmons
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 6/4/2007

Monday, June 4

Tuesday, June 5

THESIS DEFENSE OF
HYUN JUNG PARK
TITLE: Large-Scale Analysis of Phylogenetic Search Behavior
Adviser: Dr. Tiffani Williams
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, June 6

Thursday, June 7

OUTSIDE STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
Computer science staff members from the accounting and computing services groups are hosting an appreciation luncheon with a "Fiesta" theme for staff from other areas of Texas A&M and the community. The luncheon is open to invited guests and all computer science staff. Contact Margaret Dunaway at (979)845-1858 for more information.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, June 8

FAREWELL LUNCHEON FOR JEREMY TARPLEY
CS faculty and staff will host a farewell luncheon for CS Helpdesk Manager Jeremy Tarpley. During the past five years, Jeremy has garnered many acknowledgements and awards for his exemplary attitude and dedication to service. We will sorely miss him in the department, but he will be out and about on campus. Jeremy is pursuing a masters degree in Management Information Services at Texas A&M.
11:30 a.m., Olive Garden in College Station

CS Events of Week 5/28/2007

Monday, May 28

MEMORIAL DAY
We remember those who have died in our nation's service.

Faculty and staff holiday

Tuesday, May 29

First day of first summer term and 10-week semester classes

CS@TAMU SUMMER PROGRAMS BEGIN
The computer science department welcomes undergraduate research students participating in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Undergraduate Summer Research Grants (USRG), and the Distributed Mentor Project (DMP) programs at Texas A&M.

CS FACULTY RETREAT BEGINS
The CS faculty will meet off campus to discuss department research and curriculum issues. Contact Leah Lewis at leah.cs.tamu.edu with any travel arrangement questions.
8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30

CS FACULTY RETREAT ENDS TODAY
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 31

SUMMER CONFERENCES FOR NEW STUDENTS
CS advising staff will be busy throughout August registering new students who will be starting in the department's computer science and computer engineering programs this fall 2007 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families.

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
For information, contact CS Program Assistant Kourtney Gruner at kourtney@cs.tamu.edu.
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Friday, June 1

Last day for adding/dropping courses for the first term and the 10-week semester, 5:00 p.m.
Last day to apply for degrees to be awarded in August for students completing degree requirements in the first term, 5:00 p.m.

Spring 2007

CS Events of Week 5/21/2007

Monday, May 21

TAMUQ MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE IN QATAR
The First Doha Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computational Science will be held May 20-23 on the campus of Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) in Education City. Internationally renowned scientists from China, Norway, Germany and the United States will be speaking on a variety of topics ranging from dynamical systems to immersive visualization to groundwater modeling. Michael Pilant, professor of mathematics, computer science and aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station and mathematics and science program coordinator at TAMUQ, is serving as the principal organizer of the conference. For more on the conference, visit http://www.qatar.tamu.edu/mathconference.

Tuesday, May 22

Wednesday, May 23

SPECIAL STROUSTRUP SEMINAR
Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
Professor and College of Engineering Endowed Chair in Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Evolving a language in and for the real world: C++ 1991-2006
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Frank J. Malina Auditorium - H.R. Bright Building (room 124)

Thursday, May 24

Residence Halls open for summer

Friday, May 25

Last day to register for first term and 10-week semester and pay fees, 5:00 p.m.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
ZEKI MELEK
TITLE: Interactive Simulation of Fire, Burn and Decomposition
Adviser: Dr. John Keyser
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 5/14/2007

Monday, May 14

Final grades for all students due in Office of the Registrar by noon.

BICYCLE REMOVAL BEGINS
The goal of Transportation Services bike "clean-up" program is to make space available in existing bike racks. To avoid having your bike removed, staff members and graduate students are urged to wrap a rubber band around the right handlebar.

DR. GEORGE SMOOT PRESENTS A PUBLIC LECTURE
2006 Nobel Prize-winning physicist George F. Smoot will present The Echoes of Creation, in which he will discuss recent discoveries related to the cooling afterglow of the Big Bang and how these insights are helping to define the origins of the Universe.
7:30 p.m., Rudder Theater

Tuesday, May 15

Wednesday, May 16

DR. LEON LEDERMAN PRESENTS A PUBLIC LECTURE
1988 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon M. Lederman will present Sputnik, Frogs and Science Education, addressing some of the biggest advances in science and their relevance to our current knowledge base and educational efforts.
7:30 p.m., Rudder Theater

Thursday, May 17

GRANT WRITING SKILLS SEMINAR
Faculty, research scientists, post docs, graduate students, and professional staff are invited to enhance their grant writing shills. The seminar cost is $20 ($21.65 if paying by personal check). Register as soon as possible at http://opd.tamu.edu/forms/one-day-seminar-registration. For additional information, contact Libby Childress at (979)845-1811 or libbyc@tamu.edu.
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 110-111 Koldus

RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR DR. BART CHILDS
After 33 years of exceptional service to Texas A&M University, Dr. S. Bart Childs, professor of computer science, is retiring. Students, faculty, family and friends are cordially invited to a retirement reception hosted by the Department of Computer Science in Dr. Child's honor.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Forsyth Center Galleries (Room 131 MSC)

Friday, May 18

ISAMA'07 CONFERENCE
The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture conference will focus on Architecture, Computer Design and Fabrication in the Arts and Architecture, Geometric Art, Mathematical Visualization, Music, Origami, and Tessellations and Tilings. The conference will run through Monday, May 21. Visit http://archone.tamu.edu/isama07 for more information or contact Dr. Ergun Akleman at ergun at viz.tamu.edu.
9:00 a.m., Langford B - Preston Geren Auditorium

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
J. MICHAEL MOORE
TITLE: Design Exploration: Engaging a Larger User Population
Adviser: Dr. Frank Shipman
1:00 p.m., Room 408H HRBB

CS Events of Week 5/7/2007

Monday, May 7

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

UPE EXAM RELIEF BOOTH
Upsilon Pi Epsilon is sponsoring an Exam Relief Booth during Finals. The idea is to promote UPE and supply CS/CE students with free snacks, drinks, and pens. It's a treat for your hard work this semester. If you have any questions about Exam Relief, contact UPE President David Moyer at dmoyer@tamu.edu.
8:00 a.m. to noon, first floor (Ross St. entrance) HRBB

Tuesday, May 8

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

Wednesday, May 9

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

Thursday, May 10

THE NEXT TRADITION
The Association of Former Students invites all new former students and family and friends to a getting-to-know-you party.
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center (505 George Bush Drive)

Friday, May 11

SPRING 2007 CS GRADUATION RECEPTION
Dr. Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science, will host a reception in honor of the department's spring 2007 graduates in computer science and computer engineering. The reception is open to family and friends of the spring 2007 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Enjoy a complimentary brunch, collect a celebratory cup, and win a door prize—USB keys and iPod!
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 301 HRBB

COMMENCEMENT
Rolando Santos, CNN Senior Vice President for International Relations, will speak to the graduating students of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at today's graduation ceremonies. Former Texas A&M Aggie Rolando Santos is one of the most influential Hispanics in the United States. He is the former president of CNN en Español and executive vice president and general manager of Headline News.
2:00 p.m., Reed Arena

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GRADUATING DEGREE CANDIDATES AND TO ALL WHO MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THIS SPRING SEMESTER.

CS Events of Week 4/30/2007

Monday, April 30

Dead day, classes meet but no major exams.

14TH ANNUAL VIZA GO-GO
Architecture's annual Viza Go-Go event kicks off a week of presentations starting with an exhibition in Rudder Exhibition Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through Saturday, 5/5. Treat yourself to an amazing array of talent—students and faculty in Architecture and Computer Science—by attending Viza Go-Go. See Friday of CS Events for the screening and demonstration times. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the official Viza Go-Go website at http://vizagogo.tamu.edu.

Tuesday, May 1

Last day of spring semester classes.
Redefined day, students attend their Friday classes.
Dead day, classes meet but no major exams.

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Seth Guikema
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Modeling Infrastructure Network Risk Using Statistical Methods
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

AGGIE ISE OPEN PRESENTATION
Mike Abney, Proximity Center Director for Valtech Technologies, Inc., will present an introduction to Scrum methodology practices to the members of the Aggie Institute of Software Engineers. An interactive discussion on the application of those practices will follow. Aggie ISE officer elections will be held, and pizza and drinks will be provided. For more information, contact Aggie ISE President Norman Ma at normankma@tamu.edu.
5:30 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Wednesday, May 2

Reading days, no classes.

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY
The Texas A&M Supercomputing Facility and the Office of Vice President for Research have planned a High Performance Computing Day that combines a celebration of Hydra with the facility's annual users' meeting. Hydra is an IBM P575 with 640 processor high performance computing cluster provided through a collaboration of the Supercomputer Facility, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Department of Computer Science and the College of Geosciences. The event will have both formal talks and a question and answer session; lunch will be provided. To RSVP for lunch, email help@sc.tamu.edu.
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 106 Jack E. Brown Building

PROFESSOR JIANER CHEN RECEIVES TEACHING AWARD
Texas A&M and The Association of Former Students will present the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Awards to 24 outstanding members of the University's faculty and staff. Dr. Jianer Chen, professor of computer science, is the recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of Teaching. The AFS Award is one of the most prestigious awards to be presented to a faculty member at Texas A&M. Each recipient receives a cash merit award, framed certificate, and an engraved watch. A reception for AFS Award recipients and their colleagues, family and students will follow the presentation.
1:30 p.m., Rudder Theater

Thursday, May 3

Reading days, no classes.

TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING SPRING MEETING
The Look College Engineering will recognized new faculty and Faculty Fellows at the annual spring meeting. Speaking will be Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, vice chancellor and dean of engineering.
3:00 p.m., Room 106 Richardson

Friday, May 4

Spring semester final examinations for all students begin today.

2007 CONACYT FULL PROPOSAL DUE TODAY
The Texas A&M University-CONACYT Collaborative Research Grant Program annually awards one-year grants of up to $24,000 to faculty members to advance inter-institutional cooperation in science, technology, and scholarly activities through the complementary efforts of scientists and scholars from Texas A&M and Mexican institutions. Full proposals must be submitted, routed electronically for appropriate signatures, and received by 5 p.m. today. The request for applications is available on the Web at http://conacyt.tamu.edu. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Julie Barker at j-barker@tamu.edu.

14TH ANNUAL VIZA GO-GO
Today and Saturday, May 5, the following are free and open to the public:
Demonstrations are from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Rudder Exhibition Hall.
Screenings are at 7:00 p.m. in Rudder Theater.

CS Events of Week 4/23/2007

Monday, April 23

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK
This worldwide annual event was organized 55 years ago. Today in the United States, it is celebrated by more than 5.5 million administrative assistants, secretaries and administrative support supervisors. On April 24, some of the computer science staff will be attending Shaping the Future, a professional development lecture series sponsored by the local chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals.

WOMAN'S FACULTY NETWORK SPRING LUNCHEON
Guests will be Interim President Eddie J. Davis, David B. Prior, executive vice president & provost, Karan Watson, dean of faculties & associate provost, and Tito Guerrero, vice president & associate provost for diversity. Contact Clare Gill at clare-gill@tamu.edu or call (979)862-7129 with any questions.
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Room 201 MSC

ECE FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Dr. Loukas Lazos
University of Washington
TITLE: Securing the Process of Location Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
10:00 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

Tuesday, April 24

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK CONFERENCE
Shaping the Future is the umbrella title for a series of talks for the conference. The speakers for the conference are Dave South, Associate Athletic Director, Sponsorships & Broadcasting ; Valerie Balester, Executive Director, University Writing Center at Texas A&M; Tyra Olson of Robert Half International, Inc.; and Bobby Tucker, Assistant Director, Department of Student Activities at Texas A&M. For more information, contact Valerie Sorenson at sorenson@cs.tamu.edu.
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Briarcrest Country Club in Bryan

UPE MEETING
Upsilon Pi Epsilon will hold a meeting to elect next year's officers. If you need more information, contact UPE President David Moyer at dmoyer@tamu.edu.
9:00 p.m., Room 115 HRBB

Wednesday, April 25

Thursday, April 26

JACK WOMACK SYMPOSIUM
A symposium honoring Distinguished Professor James Womack's 30 years of service to Texas A&M and the scientific community starts this afternoon. It is dedicated to the international impact Womack has had in the field of comparative animal genomics. Scientists from around the world will gather to celebrate Womack's science, teaching and collaboration through a series of seminars by his colleagues and former students on the occasion of his eighth anniversary of being elected to the National Academy of Science. To register by phone, call (979)845-9102. Questions regarding the symposium should be addressed to Cindy Voelker (979)845-3365 or Allan Dietz (507)266-4258.
2:30 p.m., College of Veterinary Medicine (Mark Francis Room)

IBM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Panelists: Gina Poole, vice president Innovation and University Relations, IBM
Steve Lonon, Director, Sirius Computing Solutions
Carol Gravis, vice president, Wells Fargo Bank
Royce Hickman, Director of the Chamber of Commerce
TITLE: The Skills You Need to Succeed in a Flat World
Moderator: Kerry Cooper, (979)845-7082, Executive Director of Center for International Business Studies, Mays Business School
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Room 115 Wehner

Friday, April 27

AGGIE NIGHTS
Good with cards? Try your hand at spoons! Join the Spoons Tournament sponsored by MSC ALOT in the Flagroom. Free bowling, billiards, games, soda and food, plus live entertainment. The drawing is tonight! Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win a $200 gift card.
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 4/16/2007

Monday, April 16

RSVP DUE FOR WFN SPRING LUNCHEON
The Women's Faculty Network hosts its annual Spring Luncheon and Dialogue with Texas A&M administration on Monday, April 23, from 11:30 to 1:30 in MSC 201. This luncheon also will honor all newly tenured or promoted women faculty members. A registration form is posted on the WFN website at http://www.tamu.edu/wfn. For more information, email Clare Gill at clare-gill@tamu.edu or call (979)862-7129.

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Jedidiah Crandall
Ph.D. Candidate, University of California at Davis
TITLE: Tools and Techniques for Understanding and Defending Real Systems
Faculty Host: Dr. Hank Walker
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Tuesday, April 17

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Mudhakar Srivatsa
Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Caller Identification Attacks in VoIP Networks
Faculty Host: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
1:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, April 18

SUN MICROSYSTEMS PRESENTATION
Sun Microsystems, Inc. presents Solaris 10 Deep Dive Bootcamp, a FREE interactive, one-day session to learn about updates in Solaris 10 OS that are helping enterprises and education institutions reduce costs and complexity, while minimizing business risk. Register for this event at http://www.suneventreg.com/cgi-bin/pup_registration.pl?EventID=1467. Student contact for the presentation is Charles Lively, clively@cs.tamu.edu.
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 410 Rudder Tower

THESIS DEFENSE OF
ANDREW WEBB
TITLE: A Transitory Interface Component for the In-Context Visualization and Adjustment of a Value
Adviser: Dr. Andruid Kerne
11:30 a.m., Room 912B RICH

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Keshav K. Pingali
University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Optimistic Data-parallel Abstractions for Irregular Programs
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, April 19

INTERFACE ECOLOGY LAB COLLOQUIUM
Zachary O. Toups
Interface Ecology Lab, Texas A&M University
TITLE: Implicit Coordination in Firefighting Practice: Design Implications for Teaching Fire Emergency Responders
Faculty Contact: Dr. Andruid Kerne
2:30 p.m., Room 912B RICH

CS 2007 SPRING BANQUET AND AWARDS CEREMONY
The ninth annual CS awards banquet is organized by AWICS, CSGSA, TACS, UPE, and the faculty and staff of the computer science department. Dr. Joseph Monroe '72, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Curtis A. Hite '94, former CEO of Valtech Technologies Inc.; and Colonel Daniel J. Ragsdale '01, vice dean for education at the U.S. Military Academy will receive the department's Distinguished Former Student Awards. Student, faculty and staff awards will be presented for excellence in leadership, teaching, research, and service. Contact the administration office at (979)845-5534 or CSGSA Social Chair Charles Lively at clively@cs.tamu.edu for more information.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station

Friday, April 20

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
& CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Nancy A. Lynch Canceled
NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TITLE: Virtual Node Abstraction Layers for Programming Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Jennifer Welch
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

OPEN RECEPTION FOR Dr. Nancy Lynch
Hosted by the Computer Science Graduate Student Association
3:30 p.m., Room 301 H. R. Bright Building

AGGIE NIGHTS
GET HYPNOTIZED: Not a believer? Then take the challenge to get HYPNOTIZED. Rich Aimes live in the Flagroom! The FREE show starts at 10:00 p.m. ~~~~ Come to the MSC and enjoy free bowling, billiards, games and food. Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, April 21

AGGIE MUSTER
Muster, Texas A&M's remembrance of students and former students who have died during the past year, is held in more than 300 ceremonies around the world. The ceremony on campus is student-organized, and students make the decision whom to invite as speaker. Brooke Leslie Rollins, the first woman to serve as student body president at Texas A&M University, has been selected as its 2007 Muster speaker, making her also the first woman to address fellow Aggies at the University's unique Muster ceremony. Reed Arena doors open to the public at 5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Reed Arena

CS Events of Week 4/9/2007

Monday, April 9

NATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYMENT WEEK
Texas A&M celebrates its student employees for the contributions they make to the University and the community. For a calendar of NSEW events on campus, see https://jobsforaggies.tamu.edu/forstudents.asp?mainkey=251.

ECE FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Sriram Ramabhadran
Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, San Diego
TITLE: Designing Robust Internet-scale Distributed Systems
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
10:00 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Dilma da Silva
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
TITLE: Specialized Execution Environments: A Path to Innovation in Systems Software
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, April 10

Wednesday, April 11

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Marina Blanton
Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University
TITLE: Key Management in Hierarchical Access Control Systems
Faculty Host: Dr. Jennifer Welch
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Thursday, April 12

Preregistration for the 2007 first term, second term, 10-week summer semester and fall semester starts.

Friday, April 13

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Danfeng (Daphne) Yao
Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University
TITLE: Private Information: To Reveal or Not To Reveal
Faculty Host: Dr. Jennifer Welch
1:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

UGRAD RESEARCH SCHOLAR PROGRAM APPLICATIONS DUE TODAY
The goal of this program is to encourage capable undergraduates to participate actively in research projects and to give students the opportunity to communicate their research findings as principal authors to the university's research community. For more information, visit http://ugr.tamu.edu/scholars or email Robert C. Webb, associate dean for undergraduate research at ugr@tamu.edu.

AGGIE NIGHTS
Come to the MSC and enjoy free bowling, billiards, games and food. Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, April 14

SEC PARENTS' WEEKEND BRUNCH
The Department of Computer Science will participate in the Student Engineering Council Parents' Weekend Brunch presented by Texas A&M Engineering.
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Civil Engineering lawn

HAWKING AND KOLB SPEAK AT PHYSICS FESTIVAL
The Brazos Valley community is invited to attend the Texas A&M Physics Festival 2007, an entertaining and informative scientific extravaganza for all ages featuring a hands-on science exhibition and two public lectures by renowned physicists Rocky Kolb of the University of Chicago and Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned University of Cambridge physicist.
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Kolb Lecture: April 14 at 6:00 p.m., Room 102 ZACH
Hawking Lecture: April 15 at 2:30 p.m., Rudder Auditorium

CS Events of Week 4/2/2007

Monday, April 2

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty (Q-drop). 5:00 p.m.
Last day to change Kinesiology 198/199 grade type. 5:00 p.m.
Last day to officially withdraw from the University. 5:00 p.m.

ECE FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Satish Narayanasamy
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
University of California, San Diego
TITLE: Looking Beyond Performance: Processors for Time Travel
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
10:00 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Cristian Constantinescu
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
TITLE: Advanced Micro Devices
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, April 3

SILVER TAPS*
Ashton Kristine Marek, a Texas A&M University freshman general studies major from West and Nicholas Bela Stransky, a graduate student in sociology from Nacogdoches, will be remembered at the university's traditional Silver Taps ceremony. In preparation for the ceremony, all residence halls, buildings and streetlights surrounding the Silver Taps ceremony site will be darkened from 10:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. The darkness and quiet, which cover the campus, emphasize the solemn mood for Silver Taps. Transportation Services provides free parking in the University Center Garage between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. for Silver Taps attendees. In the case of severe weather, Silver Taps will be held in G. Rollie White Coliseum. More information about the Silver Taps tradition is available at http://studentlife.tamu.edu/co/silvertaps.htm.
10:30 p.m., in front of the Academic Building
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* At the request of her family, Tynesha Devonna Stewart, a freshman from Harris County who died tragically March 19, will not be included in the Tuesday observance. Rather, she will be formally remembered at the next Silver Taps ceremony, which is scheduled for September after the start of the new school year.

Wednesday, April 4

AWICS ANNUAL LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
The Aggie Women in Computer Science workshop panel includes Lise Hvatum and Daniele Cuzin, Schlumberger; Denise Genty, IBM; and Valerie E. Taylor and Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M. The panel moderator is Nancy Amato, Texas A&M. The first topic to be discussed is Leadership: What, Why, and How? This panel discussion will include lunch. How to create and sustain supportive work environments will be the lead topic in the afternoon session. All students are welcome to attend the workshop. For more information, contact Olga Pearce at olga@cs.tamu.edu.
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First Panel Discussion and Lunch: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Thursday, April 5

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Radu Stoleru
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia
TITLE: Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Faculty Host: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
1:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, April 6

Reading day, no classes.

CS Events of Week 3/26/2007

Monday, March 26

STUDENT RESEARCH WEEK
Student Research Week kicks off with an Opening Reception this evening. SRW celebrates the excellence and broad range of student research at Texas A&M. For a calendar of oral and poster presentations, see http://srw.tamu.edu/pages/calendar.htm.
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Rudder Tower Exhibit Hall

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Kyoungwon Suh
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
TITLE: Monitoring, Measurement, and Control of Multimedia Traffic in IP Networks
Faculty Host: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COUNCIL ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FORUM
The forum will update the campus community on the status of built-environment related projects on campus. This forum is an opportunity for the campus community to hear about plans for the Texas A&M campus, to ask questions about how these projects may affect its activities, and to voice opinions about campus development.
Two times are available: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Rudder Theatre

ENGINEERING SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Dr. Michel Barsoum
Distinguished Professor, Drexel University
TITLE: Engineering the Pyramids: Cast, Poured...or Both?
Call Jan Gerston at (979)845-0750 for more information.
6:30 p.m., Room 102 ZACHRY

AGGIEJUG MEETING
Aaron Douthit and Rob Hammond will give a presentation on Java 5 language features. Pizza and refreshments will be served at the meeting so come hungry. Meetings are open to students, professionals or anyone interested in software development. For more information about AggieJUG, send an email to info@aggiejug.com or visit http://www.aggiejug.com.
7:00 p.m., Room 203 HRBB

Tuesday, March 27

NSF CAREER SEMINAR
The National Science Foundation CAREER Seminar will cover how to write a competitive proposal to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program for untenured, tenure-track faculty. The seminar will discuss program and proposal requirements; advice on winning strategies and how to avoid common pitfalls; resources for education and broader impact components; and examples of successful proposals. There will be a talk by a CAREER reviewer and a Q&A by a panel of recent CAREER winners. To register for this free seminar, e-mail opd@tamu.edu with subject line "CAREER" and your name and department in the body of the email. For more information, go to http://opd.tamu.edu.
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder Tower

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Le Zou
Texas A&M University
TITLE: 3D Face Recognition Based on Warped Example Faces
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

SCHLUMBERGER OPEN HOUSE
Schlumberger businesses and technologies demonstrations will include subsurface fluid sampling, integrated well completions, robotic tractors in a wellbore, reservoir modeling software, and geophysical seismic exploration.
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Zachry Lobby

OPEN PRESENTATION
Andrew Gould
Chairman and CEO, Schlumberger
TITLE: Engineering Challenges (and Successes) in the Search for Oil and Gas
4:00 p.m., Room 102 Zachry

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY SEMINAR
Dr. Ernst Leiss
University of Houston
TITLE: Parallel Computing: The Software Problem
Student Host: Efrain Lopez, efrain@neo.tamu.edu
Pizza and drinks will be provided.
7:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Wednesday, March 28

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Dario Pompili
Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Efficient Communication Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Faculty Host: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Ravi Iyer
Intel
TITLE: Quality of Service in Datacenter-on-a-Chip Architectures
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

ARCHITECTURE'S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE OPEN LECTURE
George Pratt
Graphic Novelist
SUBJECT: Pratt's films and novels
A reception will follow the lecture.
Contact: Carol LaFayette, (979)-845-3465
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Langford Architecture Center's Preston Geren Auditorium

Thursday, March 29

MEEN SPECIAL OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. David C. Wisler
University Technology Programs
GE Aircraft Engines
TITLE: Engineering — What you Don't Necessarily Learn in School
MEEN Staff Contact: Barbara Braby
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Room 301 Engineering Physics Building

DIGITAL HUMANITIES PUBLIC LECTURE
Elli Mylonas
Brown University
TITLE: From Hardware to Discourse: Locating the Digital in Scholarship
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Frank Shipman, shipman@cs.tamu.edu
4:00 p.m., Room 204E Evans Library

Friday, March 30

DIABETES SEMINAR
Dr. Rafael Chorne
Coordinator, University Center for Attention to Diabetic Patients
Dr. Miguel Alvarez
Physician and Scholar of Diabetes & Ophthalmology
TITLE: New Advances in Preventative Care for Diabetes: Prevention & Remission of Vascular Lesions in Patients with Type II Diabetes
Contact: Amanda White, awhite@tamu.edu
Note: The technology used in this study was provided by Dr. Steve Liu, associate professor of computer science.
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Room 401 Rudder Tower

VISTA LAUNCH EVENT
Microsoft Student Partners will host a launch event for Microsoft Vista, which will include demonstrations of the Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2007. A raffle for free copies of Vista, Office 2007 Ultimate, and Groove will highlight the event. To sign up for the raffle, go to https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=116610. In addition to the raffle, information will be provided on how to utilize computer science and Texas A&M resources to get not only Office and Vista, but also programming suites such as Visual Studio. If you have any questions about the event, contact Nathan Robinson at nathanrobinson@gmail.com.
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Room 410 Rudder

AGGIE NIGHTS
COMEDY CENTRAL's Eliot Chang: Let's Die Laughing in MSC 201 at 7:30pm.
Stay after the show for free bowling, billiards, games, soda & food. Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 3/19/2007

Monday, March 19

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
& CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Rosalind W. Picard
Director, Affective Computing Research Group
Co-Director, Things That Think Consortium
M.I.T. Media Laboratory
TITLE: Emotional Intelligence Technology and the Death of Clippy
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Andruid Kerne
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

OPEN RECEPTION FOR Dr. Rosalind Picard
Hosted by the Computer Science Graduate Student Association
3:30 p.m., Room 301 H. R. Bright Building

Tuesday, March 20

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Zeshan A. Chishti
Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University
TITLE: Improving Performance and Progammability in Chip Multiprocessors
Faculty Host: Dr. D.M.H. Walker
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, March 21

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Peng Ning
NC State University
TITLE: Security for Wireless Sensor Networks
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, March 22

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Jimeng Sun
Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
TITLE: Incremental Pattern Discovery on Stream, Graphs and Tensors
Faculty Host: Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, March 23

PARASOL SEMINAR
Songjian Lu
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Parameterized Algorithms and Pathway Problem in Bioinformatics
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB Note: time changed to 2:00 p.m.

AGGIE NIGHTS
AGGIE NIGHTS GOES INTERNATIONAL with a trip to the Tropics at Rudder Fountain Plaza, including a tropical luau, limbo competition, and Hula-hoop race. Visit an International Café, enjoy fresh coffee/tea, and watch an outdoor movie by the fountain. Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win a $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 3/12/07

Monday, March 12

SPRING BREAK FOR STUDENTS
Have Fun and Come Back Safely. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday, March 19.

CS Events of Week 3/5/2007

Monday, March 5

THESIS DEFENSE OF
DAWEN XIE
TITLE: Design and Implementation of a Departmental Information Management System
Adviser: Dr. Nancy Amato
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF
MATTHEW J. FIELDS
TITLE: Facilitation of Visual Pattern Recognition by Extraction of Relevant Features from Microscopic Traffic Data
Adviser: Dr. Paul Nelson
1:00 p.m., Room 307 HRBB

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Clay Williams '94
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
TITLE: A Language and Environment for Composing Useful Use Cases
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, March 6

INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM (IAP) SPRING MEETING
Give a hearty Howdy to IAP representatives and guests from Adobe, Chevron, IBM, ExxonMobil, HP, Hitachi, IKOE, Knowledge Based Systems, Lockheed Martin, National Instruments, Raytheon, Reynolds & Reynolds, Schlumberger, Shell, Sun Microsystems, The Metha Family Foundation, Valero Energy Corporation, and Valtech Technologies who will be visiting the computer science department today and tomorrow. The spring meeting will bring our IAP members up-to-date on department curriculum and research.
9:00 a.m., Room 301 HRBB

CS IAP DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SEMINAR
Dr. Eric Schoen
Schlumberger Technical Adviser
TITLE: What Oil Companies Want to Know: Inside Oilfield Data Interpretation
CS IAP Contact: Kay Jones, kay@cs.tamu.edu
This presentation is open to the public.
2:00 p.m., Room 124 H.R. Bright Building

SILVER TAPS
Michael Laurian Weber, a sophomore business major from Houston, and Susan Marie Calvey Martin, a senior psychology major from College Station, will be remembered at the university's traditional Silver Taps ceremony. In preparation for the ceremony, all residence halls, buildings and streetlights surrounding the Silver Taps ceremony site will be darkened from 10:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. The darkness and quiet, which cover the campus, emphasize the solemn mood for Silver Taps. Transportation Services provides free parking in the University Center Garage between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. for Silver Taps attendees. In the case of severe weather, Silver Taps will be held in G. Rollie White Coliseum. More information about the Silver Taps tradition is available at http://studentlife.tamu.edu/co/silvertaps.htm.
10:30 p.m., in front of the Academic Building

Wednesday, March 7

IAP SPRING MEETING CONTINUES
9:00 a.m., Room 301 HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF Postponed till Wednesday, April 18
ANDREW WEBB
TITLE: A Transitory Interface Component for the In-Context Visualization and Adjustment of a Value
Adviser: Dr. Andruid Kerne
11:00 a.m., Room 912B Richardson Petroleum Building

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
The 3rd Annual Texas A&M Women's Leadership Luncheon will present Susan J. Douglas, author of The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women. Visit http://www.tamu.edu/women_genderequity/wlf or call (979)845-8784 for more information.
11:30 a.m., Room 224 MSC

Thursday, March 8

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Hui Fang
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TITLE: An Axiomatic Approach to Information Retrieval
Faculty Host: Dr. Frank Shipman
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

DIGITAL HUMANITIES PUBLIC LECTURE
Dr. Geoffrey Nunberg
Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley
Researcher, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford
TITLE: The Phenomenology of Cyberspace; or, Should We Capitalize 'the Web'?
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Frank Shipman
4:00 p.m., Room 204E Evans Library

Friday, March 9

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
BRENT DINGLE
TITLE: Volumetric Particle Modeling
Adviser: Dr. John Keyser
9:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 2/26/2007

Monday, February 26

INTERNATIONAL WEEK AT TEXAS A&M
More than 40 Texas A&M international organizations will be celebrating International Week on campus this week. For a detailed schedule of events, see http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/templates/?a=4213&z=15. .

ISEN FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Wei Wu
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Networked Control and Energy-Efficient Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks
ISEN Staff Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Tuesday, February 27

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
VICTOR PALMER
TITLE: Extending Reinforcement Learning to the Unconstrained Multi-Agent Domain
Adviser: Dr. Thomas Ioerger
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON SIGN UP TODAY
Registration ends today for the 3rd Annual Texas A&M Women's Leadership Luncheon on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Susan J. Douglas, author of The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women, will be the guest speaker. Visit http://www.tamu.edu/women_genderequity/wlf or call (979)845-8784 for more information.

Wednesday, February 28

THESIS DEFENSE OF ...to be rescheduled
MATTHEW J. FIELDS
TITLE: Facilitation of Visual Pattern Recognition by Extraction of Relevant Features from Microscopic Traffic Data
Adviser: Dr. Paul Nelson
1:30 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Mahesh Ketkar
Intel Corporation
TITLE: Microprocessor Power Delivery
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
11:30 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

Thursday, March 1

ECE FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Hyesoon Kim
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Adaptive Predicated Execution
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
10:00 a.m., Room 119B ZACH

Friday, March 2

FINAL DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE BIG EVENT
If you want to volunteer your time in THE BIG EVENT (3/24/07), you will find the sign up form at http://bigevent.tamu.edu, under "Participation Forms." Contact Camden Tissue at bioaggie07@neo.tamu.edu for more information.

NCURA TRAINING EVENT REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY
The National Council of University Research Administrators presents a live video conference on sponsored grants & contracts reporting. The event is open to faculty, graduate students, research administrators, departmental payroll administrators, or other business staff involved in the administration of sponsored grants & contracts. Registration ends at noon today for this Tuesday, March 6, teleconference. To register, go to http://vpfninet.tamu.edu/twa/do/events/list and on the gray bar, select Show: All Events, For: Contracts. Select the date of the teleconference and register. E-mail Janet Killion at jkillion@tamu.edu or call (979)862-2841 for teleconference details.

AGGIE NIGHTS
COMEDY CENTRAL - sign up for the Last Comic Standing Competition for the title of The Funniest Student at Texas A&M, and bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27. Enjoy free games, soda & Domino's pizza! This will be the last Aggie Nights before Spring Break.
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, March 3

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FORUM
Former President George Bush hosts the Women's Leadership Forum, which will include Eileen Collins, NASA astronaut; Chris Evert, tennis pro; Teri Hatcher, actress; and Harriet Miers, White House Counsel. This is a ticketed event. Free tickets are available at the Museum at the George Bush Presidential Library, KBTX-TV, WTAW, and The Bryan/College Station Eagle. Call (979)862-2251 for Forum information.
6:00 p.m., Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

CS Events of Week 2/19/2007

Monday, February 19

PRESIDENT'S DAY
President's Day is intended to honor George Washington (2/22) and Abraham Lincoln (2/12) and is celebrated on the third Monday of February.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
ROHIT SINGHAL
TITLE: Data Integrity for On-Chip Interconnects
Advisor: Dr. Rabi Mahapatra
3:00 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

ARCHITECTURE'S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE LECTURE
Elaine Reichek
Conceptual Artist
SUBJECT: Reichek's artwork
A reception will follow in the Langford B Exhibit Hall.
Contact: Carol LaFayette, (979)-845-3465
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Room 102 Langford B

Tuesday, February 20

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Donald Metzler
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Massachusetts Amherst
TITLE: Beyond Bags of Words: Effectively Modeling Dependence and Features in Information Retrieval
Faculty Host: Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB Please note the time change.

CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
The Institute for Pacific Asia (IPA), Dining Services and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) are co-organizing the Chinese New Year Celebration, which will feature a lion and dragon dance performance that will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Sul Ross statue and then march to Sbisa Dining Hall. Tickets for this event are available at the door for $8 (or meal plan); children aged 3 to 12 are $5 and those under 3 are free. For more information, contact Carmen Suen at (979)845-3099.
5:00 p.m., Sbisa Dining Hall

COMPETING FOR NSF FUNDING SEMINAR
The Office of Proposal Development is offering a free seminar for faculty, graduate students, post-docs and staff. More details are available at http://opd.tamu.edu/news-and-events/february-20-2007-how-to-compete-for-funding-at-nsf.ics. To register for this free seminar, e-mail to OPD (OPD@tamu.edu) with the subject line "NSF" and include your name, position (faculty, student or staff) and department in the body of the e-mail.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder

Wednesday, February 21

PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATED TUITION
A public hearing has been scheduled for students, faculty and staff to discuss Designated Tuition for the 2007 fall semester.
3:30 p.m., Room 292 MSC

Thursday, February 22

RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR WILLIAM BURCHILL
The Department of Nuclear Engineering has rescheduled the retirement reception honoring Dr. William E. Burchill for this evening. Dr. Burchill retired as department head and Heat Transfer Research Inc. Professor on January 1.
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with remarks at 6:45 p.m., The University Club

SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS SEMINAR
Charles Walter, CEO of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, will discuss ways to develop informal science partnerships to address educational outreach and broader impacts requirements in many national funding programs. Informal science partnerships can strengthen proposals to such funding programs as NSF CAREER, NASA Young Investigator, NSF Engineering Research Centers, NSF Science and Technology Centers, NASA Research Opportunities in Earth and Space Sciences. For more information, visit http://opd.tamu.edu/events.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder

Friday, February 23

PARASOL SEMINAR
Marco Morales
Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: tbd
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
KARAOKE NIGHT in the Flagroom. Babel with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett will be shown at 7pm & 10pm in Room 601 Rudder. Come before or after the show to enjoy free bowling, billiards, games, soda & food! Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 2/12/2007

Monday, February 12

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
TITLE: A Framework for Analysis of Dynamic Social Networks
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

NANSA GENERAL MEETING
The Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Student Association will host a general meeting for graduate and undergraduate students interested in learning and talking about nanotechnology. Food and drinks will be provided. For more information, visit http://nanotech.tamu.edu/nansa/nansa/NaNsaIndex.htm.
6:00 p.m., Room 111 Jack E. Brown Building

Tuesday, February 13

FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
James Caverlee
Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech
TITLE: Countering Web Spam with Credibility-Based Link Analysis
Faculty Host: Dr. Frank Shipman
11:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, February 14

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY...
...is the day to show a friend or loved one that you care.

SHIBBOLETH PRESENTATION
Paul Caskey and Margaret Murray
University of Texas
TITLE: It Takes a Federation: Leveraging Identity Management for Secure Collaboration
Shibboleth is middleware from Internet2 that permits inter-institutional, single sign-on over the Web among cooperating institutions.
CS Student Contact: Paul Davis, (979)862-8370
3:00 p.m., Room 401 Rudder Tower

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Henri-Pierre Charles
PRiSM, University of Versailles
TITLE: tbd
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, February 15

IRTAG/ICDG ONLINE GRANT APPLICATION DUE TODAY
The Office of the Vice President for Research and the International Programs Office announce a call for proposals for the International Research Travel Assistance Grant (IRTAG) and the International Curriculum Development Grant (ICDG). The joint efforts of these offices to encourage international research by the faculty of Texas A&M University provide a total of $20,000 of non-state funds each semester for the International Research Travel Assistance Grant program. The deadline for electronically submitting applications for the IRTAG is today. Access online grant information and application at http://international.tamu.edu/ipo/facultyframe.html. Call (979)862-6700 or e-mail Kim Fox if you have questions.

Friday, February 16

CoE Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. P. R. Kumar
Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Research
Professor, Coordinated Science Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TITLE: From Wireless Networks to Sensor Networks and Onward to Networked Embedded Control
Faculty Contact: Dr. Costas N. Georghiades
A reception will be held at 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

PARASOL SEMINAR
Xinyu Tang
Parasol Laboratory, Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Using Motion Planning to Study Molecular Motions
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CONACYT LETTER OF INTENT DUE TODAY
The 2007 Texas A&M University-CONACYT Collaborative Research Grant Program has announced its request for proposals. A letter of intent must be received by 5:00 p.m. today in order to be eligible to submit a full proposal. The request for applications is available on the Web at http://conacyt.tamu.edu. Contact Julia Barker, (979)845-8585, at the VPR's office for additional information.

WISE PRE-CONFERENCE RECEPTION
The Texas A&M Women in Science and Engineering weekend conference kicks off with a reception that provides casual socializing and hors d'oeuvres to all who wish to attend. Bonnie Schiller and Nancy Magnussen of the Educational Outreach and Women's Programs Office have more conference information and may be contacted at (979)845-7363.
7:00 p.m., University Club - 11th floor Rudder Tower

AGGIE NIGHTS
Battle of the Sexes II: Guys' Night — A free t-shirt with valid student id to the first 250 Aggie Men. The Battle of the Sexes tournament will conclude with the winning team walking away with $150. As usual, there'll be free bowling, billiards, games and food. The movie at Rudder (7pm & 10pm) is Casino Royale. Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, February 17

AGGIELAND SATURDAY
Aggieland Saturday is Texas A&M University's annual campus-wide open house for prospective students and their families. The Department of Computer Science will host a Resource Table and Java Modules Demonstration along with tours of the Parasol Lab and Internet Research Lab. For more information or tour schedule, contact Kourtney Gruner, (979)862-3405.
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Zachry Lobby

CS Events of Week 2/5/2007

Monday, February 5

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Jose Moreira
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
TITLE: Scale-up x Scale-out: A Case Study Using Commercial Applications
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, February 6

Wednesday, February 7

CIS AUTHORIZATION/AUTHENTICATIONS PRESENTATION
Michael Bolton, associate director of operating systems at CIS, will review currently available and planned services relating to authorization and authentication methods that will include NetID management, the Texas A&M Central Authentication System (CAS), Directory Services and Shibboleth. A Q&A session will follow. Open to all members of the Texas A&M community.
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Room 292B MSC

UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Steven E. Smith
Professor and Holder of the Dr. C. Clifford Wendler Endowed Professorship
Texas A&M University
Title: The Book, Google, and the Future of the Research Library
Admission is free, but the required tickets are available from the MSC box office, 979-845-1234.
7:30 p.m., auditorium of the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

Thursday, February 8

Friday, February 9

THESIS DEFENSE OF
ARAVIND RAGHAVAN
TITLE: Improving Support for Generic Programming in C# with Associated Types and Constraint Propagation
Advisor: Dr. Jaakko Järvi
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

PARASOL SEMINAR
Martin Avendano
University of Buenos Aires
TITLE: Factorization of Bivariate Polynomials
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Battle of the Sexes I: Ladies' Night — Free tile painting with U Paint It Pottery, arts and crafts, and door prizes to go get pampered. The first 250 Aggie Women will receive a free t-shirt with valid student id. Grab 3 of your friends for the Battle of the Sexes tournament to see who will compete for a $150 gift card to the store of your choice; sign up begins at 9:00 p.m. in the Flagroom. As usual, there'll be free bowling, billiards, games and food! Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 1/29/2007

Monday, January 29

Tuesday, January 30

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Sukwoo Kang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: An Approach to Virtual Allocation in Storage Systems
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, January 31

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. John Keyser
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Interactive Physically-Based Simulation
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MEEN 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Yildirim Hurmuzlu
Mechanical Engineering Department
Southern Methodist University
TITLE: Solving Multi-Impact Problems Using Impulse Transmission Ratio
from abstract: Rigid body impact problems arise in many fields ranging from robotics to manufacturing and assembly problems. Difficulties arise when one uses traditional methods to solve collision problems that occur with multiple simultaneous contact points.
MEEN Staff Contact: Barbara Braby
4:10 p.m., Room 101 RICH

Thursday, February 1

Friday, February 2

GROUNDHOG DAY
Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow today? Hmmmm?

AGGIE NIGHTS
Forsyth Gallery and Aggie Nights present Art for the Heart. See A Good Year in Rudder Theater at 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Also, don't miss the scavenger hunt finishing in the Forsyth Gallery where you can participate in a make-your-own-valentine art project and enjoy some refreshments. As usual, there'll be free bowling, billiards, games and food! Bring your usual suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 27!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 1/22/2007

Monday, January 22

Tuesday, January 23

ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR
The Student Engineers' Council presents the Spring 2007 Engineering Career Fair. Buses will run from Zachry to Reed starting at 9:30 a.m. Be sure to stop at the NAVAIR booth and say hello to CS former student Steve Ortiz '00.
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Reed Arena

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Rob Ross
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
TITLE: I/O at Petascale: Enabling and Understanding
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 105D ZACH

Wednesday, January 24

Last day for adding/dropping courses for the spring semester. 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 25

Friday, January 26

CS Events of Week 1/15/2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WELCOME BACK! GLAD YOU'RE HERE!

Monday, January 15

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., DAY
Faculty and Staff Holiday

Tuesday, January 16

Fist day of spring semester classes

DR. WILLIAM BURCHILL RETIREMENT RECEPTION
The Department of Nuclear Engineering will host a retirement reception in honor of Dr. William Burchill, department head and Heat Transfer Research Institute Inc. Professor, for his dedication and service to the department and its students. Dr. John Poston will serve as interim head of the department.
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., University Club

Wednesday, January 17

THESIS DEFENSE OF
RICHARD PITTMAN
TITLE: The Reconfigurable Processor
Advisor: Dr. Steve Liu
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CoE Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science
Dr. Bhubaneswar (Bud) Mishra
Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, Human Genetics & Cell Biology
Courant Institute, NYU School of Medicine & Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
TITLE: Intelligently Deciphering Unintelligible Designs: Algorithmic Algebraic Model Checking in Systems Biology
Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, January 18

Friday, January 19

Fall 2006

CS Events of Week 12/18/2006 — 1/14/2007

We will resume weekly publication on Monday, January 15.

CS Events of Week 12/11/2006

Monday, December 11

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

Tuesday, December 12

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

Wednesday, December 13

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

TEES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SESSION
The TEES Office of Sponsored Research will present information on sponsor notification of funding, contract types, interim funding, contract negotiation and award notification and acceptance. This will be an informal and interactive session and will be repeated tomorrow. No RSVP needed. Contact Phyllis Doughty at (979)845-1264 for more information.
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., 049 WERC

CoE HOLIDAY RECEPTION
Texas A&M Engineering will recognize the service of outgoing department heads William Burchill and Kenneth Hall and honor recipients of the Engineering Staff Achievement Award, the Engineering Safety Excellence Award, and those with 10 or more years of service.
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Lobby of the Jack E. Brown Engineering Building

Thursday, December 14

TEES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SESSION
See Wednesday above for a description of this session.

FALL 2006 CS GRADUATION RECEPTION
Dr. Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science, will host a reception in honor of the department's fall 2006 graduates. The reception is open to family and friends of the fall 2006 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Refreshments will be served.
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Room 301 HRBB

Friday, December 15

Last day for December undergraduate degree candidates to apply for Tuition Rebate, 5:00 p.m.

COMMENCEMENT
NASA Astronaut Michael E. Fossum will speak to graduates and undergraduates of the Dwight Look College of Engineering; the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; the Colleges of Geosciences and Science and graduates of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
9:00 a.m., Reed Arena

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS AND TO ALL WHO MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THIS FALL SEMESTER.

PEACE AND HAPPINESS TO EACH OF US IN THE NEW YEAR!

CS Events of Week 12/4/2006

Monday, December 4

Redefined day, students attend their Friday classes.
Dead day, classes meet but no major exams.

HOLIDAY COFFEE
Texas A&M faculty and staff are invited to the annual Holiday Coffee sponsored by President Robert Gates and his executive staff. The President's Meritorious Service Awards will be presented at 10:30 a.m. in MSC Room 201 to 20 individuals and one team for outstanding service to Texas A&M Un