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Fall 2008

CS Events of Week 10/6/08 - 10/10/08

Monday, October 6

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. John Mellor-Crummey
Professor of Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
TITLE: Measurement and Analysis of Parallel Program Performance using HPCToolkit
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger

Tuesday, October 7

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Zhuo Feng
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Multigrid on GPU: Tackling Power Grid Analysis on Parallel SIMT Platforms
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

SILVER TAPS
Since 1898, our student body has kept Silver Taps as one of the finest traditions of Texas A&M University. Silver Taps is a tribute paid to An Aggie who, at the time of his or her death was enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, or professional courses at Texas A&M University. Silver Taps will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 10:30 p.m. in the Academic Plaza in honor of Alex James Kirk and Christian Michael Scrogum. In preparation for the ceremony, all residence halls, buildings and streetlights surrounding the Silver Taps ceremony site (Academic Plaza area) will be darkened from 10:15 p.m. 11:00 p.m. The darkness and quiet, which cover the campus, emphasize the solemn mood for Silver Taps. This time honored tradition merits participation by every student, faculty, staff and visitor. All are highly encouraged to attend this ceremony. Transportation Services provides free parking in the University Center Garage between 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. for Silver Taps attendees. In the case of severe weather, Silver Taps will be held in G. Rollie White. For more information about the Silver Taps tradition, please visit this website.

Wednesday, October 8

THESIS DEFENSE OF
DANIEL ENG
TITLE: Web-based Stereo Rendering for Visualization and Annotation of Scientific Volumetric Data
Advisor: Dr. Yoonsuck Choe
1:00 p.m., Room 302H HRBB

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Yidong Chen
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
TITLE: Statistical Methods for Genome-wide Tiling Microarray and its Application to chIP-chip Experiments
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker
Contact: Joyce Sutherland
Website

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Woodie Flowers
Pappalardo Professor Emeritus
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TITLE: Education vs. Training
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

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! web site at http://engineeringworks.tamu.edu.

Thursday, October 9

Friday, October 10

CS FORMER STUDENT PICNIC AND LAB TOURS
The Department of Computer Science invites its former students to attend the 6th Annual Computer Science Former Student Picnic and Lab Tours from noon to 4:00 p.m. The picnic will begin at noon on the lawn between the Civil Engineering Building and the Wisenbaker Engineering and Research Center on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. Lab tours are scheduled from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the H. R. Bright Building, across the street from the picnic. Everyone gets a "goodie" packet at the sign-in table at the picnic. It's not too late to register online at http://www.cs.tamu.edu/fspicnic, or call Adrienne Krenek at (979) 845-6176. Registration ends Wednesday, October 8, 2008.

PARASOL SEMINAR
Seung-Jin Sul
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Randomized Algorithms for Analyzing Large Collections of Evolutionary Trees
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL DAY
Representatives from Texas and across the country, as well as Texas A&M, will be on hand to talk about opportunities available to pursue advanced degrees for any and all majors. Students with an interest in dental school, medical school, law school, MBA programs, etc. are encouraged to attend. This will be a career and educational event for all students. The event will be held on the second floor of the MSC from 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

AGGIE NIGHTS
If You Can't Be Funny, Get Smart!
MSC Aggie Cinema presents Get Smart at 7:00pm & 9:30pm in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are $1 for students with TAMU ID card and $2 for non-students and can be purchased at the MSC Box Office in the lobby of Rudder Tower. As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 21st. 8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

CS Events of Week 9/29/08 - 10/4/08

Monday, September 29

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Abhishek K. Shrivastava
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Listing Unique Fractional Factorial Designs
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Andrea Richa
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Arizona State University
TITLE: A Jamming-Resistant MAC Protocol for Single-Hop Wireless Networks
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Jennifer Welch

Tuesday, September 30

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Joseph Camp
Rice University
TITLE: Modulation Rate Adaptation in Urban and Vehicular Environments: Cross layer Implementation and Urban Field Trials
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, October 1

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. David Kortenkamp
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
TITLE: Software Architectures for Intelligent Robots
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, October 2

Friday, October 3

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
JIE DENG
TITLE: Facilitating Reading through a Theme-Driven Approach
Advisor: Dr. Richard Furuta
1:00 p.m., Room 408H HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Salsa Dance Night & Competition!
Aggie Nights, MSCC CAMAC, MSCC Town Hall & MSCC L.T. Jordan Institute invite you to a night filled with live Latin music and excitement. Come and support the participants in the Latin dance competition as they show off their moves in salsa, merengue, bachata, and tango from 8:00 - 9:00pm. Join them on the dance floor for FREE Latin dance lessons from 9:00 - 9:30pm. Take over the dance floor at 9:30pm under the rhythms of salsa, merengue, cumbia Colombiana, and bachatas provided by Louis Shati & Zabor!!! As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects Card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 21st. 8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

Saturday, October 4

CS GRAPHICS 2008
The purpose of this contest is to encourage high school students to consider pursuing further computer-science related studies, e.g., as computer science or computer engineering majors in college. We want to hold a contest that will be fun, while exposing students to aspects of computing that they might not have previously considered. We also hope students will consider Texas A&M when choosing where to come to college!

The focus of this year's contest will be on graphics. Graphics refers to the process of taking a virtual model and generating an image from it. There are many diverse aspects to graphics, ranging from ways of describing 3D objects, to ways of modeling light and its interaction with objects, to ways of describing the behavior of objects in the world. In this contest, teams will be given a problem that will allow them to apply some of the principles and ideas of graphics to a more general problem.
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. HRBB

CS Events of Week 9/22/08 - 9/26/08

Monday, September 22

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Paolo Gardoni
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Seismic Fragility Estimates for Pristine and Deteriorating Bridges and Bridge Networks
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Jennifer Welch
Chevron Professor of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Routing Without Ordering
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contacts: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger & Dr. Nancy Amato

RECEPTION FOR DR. THERESA MALDONADO
Dr. G. Kemble Bennett and Dr. K. L. Peddicord cordially invite faculty, staff, and friends to a reception honoring Dr. Theresa Maldonado in appreciation of her service and dedication to the Dwight Look College of Engineering and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. Please join us in wishing Dr. Maldonado our best as she begins her new position with Texas A&M University as executive associate vice president for research and interim vice president for research.

3:00 p.m., Lobby of Jack E. Brown Engineering Building at the corner of University Drive and Spence Street at Texas A&M University

Tuesday, September 23

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
XIAFENG LI
TITLE: On Discrete Hyperbox Packing
Advisor: Dr. Donald Friesen
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Guofei Gu
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Internet Malware: Rising Threats and New Detection Techniques
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, September 24

Information Technology Forum
September's IT Forum will meet Wednesday on September 24th from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. at Rudder 601. Steve Conway from TAMU Galveston will be giving the keynote presentation on "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery" - this topic is especially relevant given the challenges Steve and the entire Galveston campus is currently facing. Guy Almes will also be giving an informational update on the upcoming SC08 SuperComputing conference that will be held in Austin this November. For more information, visit the IT Forum website.

Thursday, September 25

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
MEIQIU WANG
TITLE: Support Graph Preconditioning for Elliptic Finite Element Problems
Advisor: Dr. Vivek Sarin
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, September 26

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Qing Yi
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at San Antonio
TITLE: POET: Parameterizing Optimizations and Empirical Tuning
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

AGGIE NIGHTS
Ladies Night!
Calling all Carries, Mirandas, Charlottes and Samanthas! Mr. Bigs and Aidans are welcome, too, for our Sex & the City Look-Alike Contest starting at 10pm in the MSC Flagroom!!! Sign-up begins at 8pm at the Aggie Nights check-in station. Enjoy Free massages from A Healing Touch! Learn new make-up tips from the Mary Kay consultants who will give Free demonstrations and tons of giveaway samples! Get ready to win COOL PRIZES!!! MSCC Aggie Cinema presents Sex and the City at 7:00pm & 10:00pm in Rudder Theater. Tickets are $1/students with TAMU ID card and $2/non-students and can be purchased at the MSCC Box Office in the lobby of Rudder Tower.

As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 21st.
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

CS Events of Week 9/15/08 - 9/19/08

Monday, September 15

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Dennis Segers
CEO & Director
Tabula, Inc.
TITLE: Some Observations on Moore's Law and the Semiconductor Industry
4:00 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Tuesday, September 16

CS INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM (IAP) FALL MEETING Give a hearty Howdy to IAP representatives and guests from Adobe, IBM, ExxonMobil, HP, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Reynolds & Reynolds, Schlumberger, Valero Energy Corporation, KBSI, Raytheon, Anadarko, ConocoPhillips, The Mehta Family Foundation, Telerik, Dell, SMT, and others who will be visiting the computer science department today and tomorrow. The fall meeting will bring our IAP members up-to-date on department curriculum and research.
9:00 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

SEC ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR The Student Engineers' Council (SEC) Engineering Career Fair is planned, organized, and staffed by the SEC and is one of the largest student-run career fairs in the nation. All Texas A&M University students are invited to attend. Dress for the career fair exhibition is business casual. There is no cost to students for attending the career fair exhibition. Valid Texas A&M Student IDs must be presented at the door to be admitted. For more information please visit the Career Fair website.
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; The MSC, Zone Club, and Rudder Theater Complex

Wednesday, September 17

CS IAP FALL MEETING CONTINUES
9:00 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

SEC ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR CONTINUES
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., The MSC, Zone Club, and Rudder Theater Complex

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Clay Williams
Manager, Governance Science Research
IBM Watson Research Center
TITLE: Governing Software Development
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contacts: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger & Dr. Nancy Amato

WORKSHOP ON PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEM ON CHIP
Patrick Kane
Director, University Alliance Program
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 218 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Rabi Mahapatra

Thursday, September 18

Friday, September 19

ABCS SEMINAR
Dr. Edward R. Dougherty
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University and Computational Biology Division
Translational Genomics Research Institute
TITLE: The Epistemology of Systems Biology Lies in Systems Theory and Designed Experiments, Not In Data Processing and Commonsense Explanation
4:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC Faculty Contacts: Dr. Nancy Amato

The inaugural seminar of The Alliance for Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology (ABCS) seminar series is scheduled for Friday September 19, 2008 at 4:00 pm in Room 124 of the H. R. Bright Building. The ABCS aims to build communities and facilitate synergistic research and educational activities in the area of ABCS at Texas A&M. ABCS seminars are normally held the 3rd Friday of each month during the academic year. For our first seminar Director of the Genomic Signal Processing Laboratory Dr. Edward. R. Dougherty will present a talk entitled "The Epistemology of Systems Biology Lies in Systems Theory and Designed Experiments, Not In Data Processing and Commonsense Explanation." For more information visit the ABCS website .

AGGIE NIGHTS
Green River Ordinance Concert & Forsyth Fridays:
Brothers Geoff and Jamey Ice, Josh Jenkins, Joshua Wilkerson and Denton Hunker joined their lives together into one singular dream. The dream of creating music. While most kids their age were worrying about entering high school, they were writing and performing their own music. They recorded their first EP in the basement of their church, a CD that sold out its first pressing in just a few months. They've packed houses across the Country, were the direct support for BON JOVI in 2006 at the sold out American Airlines Center in front of 20,000 people, have toured with the likes of Collective Soul, The Click 5, Blue October, Bowling for Soup, Flickerstick, Eisley, Simple Plan, Mutemath, Matt Wertz, Lovedrug and many other bands already established in the music world. Green River Ordinance will take the stage on Rudder Fountain Plaza at 10:00pm. Before the concert, join us in Forsyth Center Galleries for paint-your-own-vase art project from 8 - 10pm.
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

CS Events of Week 9/8/08 - 9/12/08

Monday, September 8

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Sara McComb
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: It's Not Easy Being a Team : Enhancing Collaboration through Team Cognition
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

OPENING RECEPTION: TEXAS RESEARCH EXCHANGE FEST 2008
The Texas Research Exchange Fest 2008 is scheduled for September 8th - 10th in the Annenberg Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library located on the campus of Texas A&M University. The purpose of this meeting is to have various representatives from federal agencies discuss the details of their different research programs and to encourage collaborations among the researchers at Texas Universities and Industry.

The event will include a poster session and collaborative discussions in addition to the informational sessions featuring the representatives from different federal agencies. The event is being organized to focus on five major areas within computer science: security, software, networks, information, and high performance computing.

Representatives from the National Science Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, The National Nuclear Security Administration, and The Air Force Office of Scientific Research will give guest lectures and help facilitate discussion. Please visit the Texas Research Exchange Fest website for more information.

Tuesday, September 9

TEXAS RESEARCH EXCHANGE FEST CONTINUES
7:30 a.m., Annenberg Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Rong Zheng
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Houston
TITLE: Toward Service Predictability under Resource Uncertainty in Wireless Networks
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Learn how to search for full-time, co-op, and internship opportunities through the Career Center. Equip yourself with networking techniques and learn how to utilize resources available for locating a job while walking away with a "survival kit" of resources.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 111 Koldus

Wednesday, September 10

TEXAS RESEARCH EXCHANGE FEST CONTINUES
8:00 a.m., Annenberg Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Robin Murphy
Raytheon Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: The Robots Really Are Coming for You!
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contacts: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger & Dr. Nancy Amato

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Irene Beyerlein
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
TITLE: Constitutive Modeling of the Anisotropic Plastic Behavior of Pure Hexagonal Metals
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M
Contact: Sarah Morgan

RESUME WRITING FOR ENGINEERS
A workshop that will advise you on how to properly compose, customize, and perfect your resume. Learn more about this event at the Career Center.
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Room 119A Zachry

MAKING THE MOST OF THE SCIENCES CAREER FAIR
Make your first impression count! Learn how to network, write a great resume, and dress to impress employers at the Career Fair, as well as in other settings. Learn more about this event at the Career Center.
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Room 111 Koldus

Thursday, September 11

RESUME REVIEWS AT ZACHRY
Bring your resume and have a Career Center professional critique it and answer any questions you may have. Learn more about this event at the Career Center.
1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Zachry Lobby

Friday, September 12

ACADEMIC CONVOCATION
On September 12, 2008, Texas A&M University will celebrate the beginning of the academic year with the university's annual Academic Convocation. This occasion also will be the setting for the investiture of Dr. Elsa A. Murano as the twenty-third president of the university. The time for this year's event will change from mid-afternoon to mid-morning, a departure from the practice of the last several years. The academic procession to Convocation will step-off from the Cushing Library at 9:45 a.m., with the Convocation beginning at 10 a.m. in Rudder Auditorium. For more information please visit the Convocation website.

AGGIE NIGHTS
The Basics: As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects Card for your chance to enter a special drawing for $200 gift certificate card on November 21st!!! 8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

CS Events of Week 9/1/08 - 9/5/08

Monday, September 1

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Guofei Gu
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Correlation-based Botnet Detection in Enterprise Networks
CPSC 681 Faculty Contacts: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger & Dr. Nancy Amato
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, September 2

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
HONG LU
TITLE: Optimization Algorithms for Information Retrieval and Transmission in Distributed Ad Hoc Networks
Advisor: Dr. Jyh-Charn "Steve" Liu
1:30 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

Wednesday, September 3

RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP
Workshop participants will learn to distinguish several types of resumes and will be given guidelines for writing top-quality resumes for both electronic databases and conventional uses. Learn more about this event at the Career Center.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 110 Koldus

Thursday, September 4

RESUME WRITING FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
Workshop participants will learn to distinguish several types of resumes and will be given guidelines for writing top-quality resumes for both electronic databases and conventional uses. Learn more about this event at the Career Center.
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Room 111 Koldus

Friday, September 5

REMINDER: Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded in December 2008.

CONTROL SEMINAR The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is hosting 3 talks on Friday

Zachry 213C
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Pavel Scherbakov
Institute of Control Science - Moscow, Russia
A Randomized Approach to Fixed-order Controller Design

Fabrizio Dabbene
Politecnico de Torino - Turin, Italy
A Weak Kharitonov Theorem for Interval SDP

Audrey Tremba
Institute of Control Science - Moscow, Russia
RACT: Randomized Algorithms Control Toolbox for Matlab

CS FALL PICNIC
CSGSA, UPE, TACS, TAGD, and AWICS invite all computer science department students, faculty, and staff to the CS Fall Picnic. There will be food, music, games, and door prizes. Children and guests are welcome.

When: Friday September 5, 2008; from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Veterans Park

AGGIE NIGHTS
You don't just play the game, you ARE the game!!! Battle up to 8 people at a time in a digital war inside a 1,600 square foot UFO Alien arena maze at Rudder Fountain Plaza! Sign up with you friends for a team of 4. The adventure continues with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull presented by MSCC Aggie Cinema at 7:00pm & 9:30pm in Rudder Theater. Tickets are $1/students with TAMU ID card and $2/non-students and can be purchased at the MSCC Box Office in the lobby of Rudder Tower. 8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC.

Summer 2008

CS Events of Week 8/25/08 - 8/29/08

Monday, August 25

Welcome! The First Day of the Fall Semester

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
YANTAO SONG
TITLE: The Weakest Failure Detector for Solving Wait-Free Eventually Fair-Bounded Dinning Philosophers
Advisor: Dr. Scott Pike
8:00 a.m., Room 320 HRBB

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
TITLE: Graduate Orientation I: Overview of Department Resources & Contacts, Honor Code, and Student Organizations
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Hank Walker
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, August 26

THESIS DEFENSE OF
KHUSHBOO KANJANI
TITLE: Supporting Fault-Tolerent Communication in Networks
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Welch
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

RECEPTION FOR DR. ELSA MURANO You are invited to attend a special one-hour reception with Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano on Tuesday, August 26th, between 4:00-5:00 p.m., in the lobby of the Zachry Building. Dr. Murano and her new administrative team are visiting each college and have expressed great enthusiasm about meeting the faculty and staff members of The Dwight Look College of Engineering during this informal gathering.

Wednesday, August 27

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
This month several new and updated policies will be discussed, covering topics ranging from vendor access and security cameras to specialized system development and official email notification. Make plans to attend to learn about changes to SAPs that have a direct impact on IT professionals. Several announcements will be made about recent updates to VPAPIT web sites and the new student information system, Compass. A short review of ISAAC will also be given. For those unable to attend, a live stream of the forum will be available on Windows Media at http://ttvn.tamu.edu/streams on Channel 20.

The IT Forum will meet Wednesday, August 27 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. at Rudder 601. For more information, visit the IT Forum website.

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
TITLE: Graduate Orientation II: Current Grad & Faculty Panels, Poster Session, & PIZZA!
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Hank Walker
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, August 28

Friday, August 29

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
HAO XIONG
TITLE: Systems Identification, Dynamic Analysis, and Optimal Control of Biological Networks
Advisor: Dr. Yoonsuck Choe
2:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

CS Events of Week 8/18/08 - 8/22/08

Monday, August 18

Tuesday, August 19

Wednesday, August 20

Thursday, August 21

Friday, August 22

Last day to register for all semester classes and pay for fees by 5:00 p.m.

CS Events of Week 8/11/08 - 8/15/08

We will resume weekly publication on Friday, August 15.

CS Events of Week 8/4/08

Monday, August 4

Last day of second summer session and 10-week semester classes.

Tuesday, August 5

Second summer session and 10-week semester final examinations for all students.

Wednesday, August 6

Thursday, August 7

THE NEXT TRADITION
The Association of Former Students will be hosting The Next Tradition graduation party on August 7th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Archery Room of the Student Rec Center. The Next Tradition is designed to welcome graduating seniors into The Association of Former Students and to teach them the importance of staying involved beyond their time at Texas A&M University. Furthermore, over 1,000 students and their family and friends will be invited to come enjoy free hamburgers, pick up their former student decals, and win door prizes. If you have any questions, please call 845-7514 or the Association's website.

Friday, August 8

SUMMER 2008 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 2008 graduates in computer science and computer engineering. The reception is open to family and friends of the summer 2008 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Enjoy light refreshment, collect a celebratory cup, and be included in a drawing for one of three iPod Shuffles!

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMMENCEMENT
Dr. J. Thomas Regan, Dean of Architecture, Texas A&M University , will speak to the graduating students of the Dwight Look College of Engineering. For more information about this week's commencement ceremonies, please visit the Texas A&M graduation website.

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 7/28/08

Monday, July 28

Tuesday, July 29

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 2008 semester. Please give a welcoming CS Aggie Howdy to visiting students and their families.

Wednesday, July 30

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
This month's feature presentation will be delivered by Walt Magnussen, Director of Telecommunications. Walt will give a brief overview of current Telecom projects, including VoIP, Sentinel emergency radio system, the distributed antennae project and Code Maroon. Matt Herzberger will also give a presentation on web accessibility. The IT Forum will meet Wednesday, July 30 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. at Rudder 601. For more information, visit the IT Forum website.

SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) POSTER EXHIBIT
Our CS summer REU participants 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, or visit http://ugr.tamu.edu. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., lobby of the Zachry Building

Thursday, July 31

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
MARLO NORDT
TITLE: VAST: A Human Centered Domain-Independent Video Analysis Support Tool
Advisor: Dr. Richard Furuta
10:00 a.m., Room 408H HRBB

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
More student presentations are on the agenda for today!
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, August 1

CS Events of Week 7/21/08

Monday, July 21

Tuesday, July 22

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the second summer session (Q-Drop); deadline: 5:00 p.m. Last day to officially withdraw from the University for second term.

Wednesday, July 23

Thursday, July 24

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Student presentations are on the agenda for today!
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, July 25

CS Events of Week 7/14/08

Monday, July 14

Tuesday, July 15

Online Parking Permit Registration ends at 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 16

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the 10-week semester; deadline 5:00 p.m.

Last day to officially withdraw from the University for the 10-week semester; deadline: 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, July 17

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Former REU students will speak about their experiences.
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, July 18

CS Events of Week 7/7/08

Monday, July 7

Last day to add/drop classes for second summer session; deadline: 5 p.m.

Tuesday, July 8

Wednesday, July 9

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Yaroslav Sergeyev
Distinguished Professor
Dipartimento di Elettronica
Informatica e Sistemistica Universita della Calabria, Italy
TITLE: Lipschitz Global Optimization Algorithms
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Thursday, July 10

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Cody Blair
Test Preparation Coordinator
Continuing And Professional Studies Office
Texas A&M Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Subject: GRE TEST PREPARATION
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, July 11

CS Events of Week 6/30/08

Monday, June 30 First summer term final examinations

No 10-week semester classes. Last day to register for the second term and pay fees; deadline: 5 p.m.

Tuesday, July 1 First day of second summer session classes

Wednesday, July 2

Thursday, July 3

REMINDER: Last day to apply for degrees to be awarded in August for students completing degree requirements in the second term or 10-week semester.

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Subject: Graduate Student Panel
Scheduled to speak are CS Graduate Students Paul Taele, Pedro Davalos, Amitava Biswas, Joshua Johnston, and Angad Kamat.
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, July 4

Independence Day Holiday

CS Events of Week 6/23/08

Monday, June 23

Tuesday, June 24

Wednesday, June 25

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Cerry M. Klein
Professor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Missouri
TITLE: Service and Manufacturing at the National Science Foundation
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
10:30 a.m., Room 301 ZACH

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
For this month's presentation, Willis Marti will cover Mobile Data Security. This discussion will include university rules for securing data on mobile devices (e.g. laptops, thumb drives, CD/DVDs) and possible procedures and products. He will also cover encryption features and management options. There will also be several announcements about recent changes to some of CIS' IT services and an update on the new IT Forum Advisory Council. This month's IT Forum will be Wednesday the 25th at 3 p.m. in Rudder 601. For more information, visit the IT Forum website.

Thursday, June 26

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Subject:Faculty Research Interests
Scheduled to speak are Dr. Ricardo Guiterrez-Osuna, Dr. Tracy Hammond, Dr. Andruid Kerne, Dr. John Keyser, and Dr. Dezhen Song
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, June 27: Last day of first term classes.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
OLUSEGUN ADEKILE
TITLE: Object-oriented Software Development Effort Prediction using Design Patterns from Object Interaction Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Dick B. Simmons
3:00 p.m., Room 320 HRBB

CS Events of Week 6/16/08

Monday, June 16

Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for the first term (Q-drop). Last day to officially withdraw from the University for first term.

Tuesday, June 17

Wednesday, June 18

Thursday, June 19

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Guest Speaker: Dr. Hank Walker
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, June 20

CS Events of Week 6/9/08

REMINDER: Undergraduate Scholarship deadline is Sunday, June 15th

Monday, June 9

Tuesday, June 10

Wednesday, June 11

THESIS DEFENSE OF
VIDESH SADAFAL
TITLE: Measurement and Analysis of BitTorrent
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Mauro Bianco
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: STAPL: A High Productivity Programming Infrastructure for Parallel Computing
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Thursday, June 12

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Guest Speaker: Dr. Frank Shipman
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
JAEHEE JUNG
TITLE: Automatic Assignment of Protein Functions with Supervised Classifiers
Advisor: Dr. Michael R. Thon
2:00 p.m., Room 320 HRBB

Friday, June 13

CS Events of Week 6/2/08

Monday, June 2

Tuesday, June 3

PARASOL SEMINAR
Mr. Michael Bond
Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Deployed Software: An Ideal Environment for Fixing Bugs
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
11:00 a.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Wednesday, June 4

Thursday, June 5

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Guest Speaker: Dr. Valerie Taylor
Department Head and Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

Friday, June 6

THESIS DEFENSE OF
ANGAD KAMAT
TITLE: Improvements in Communication Complexity using Quantum Entanglement
Advisor: Dr. Andreas Klappenecker
3:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 5/26/08

Monday, May 26

MEMORIAL DAY
We remember those who have died in our nation's service. Faculty and Staff holiday.

Tuesday, May 27: First day of first summer session 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.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
MING ZHANG
TITLE: Blood Vessel Detection in Retinal Images and its Application in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Advisor: Dr. Jyh-Charn "Steve" Liu
9:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
PRADEEP KIRAN SARVEPALLI
TITLE: Quantum Stabilizer Codes and Beyond
Advisor: Dr. Andreas Klappenecker
10:00 a.m., Room 501A HRBB

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
SHENG-YA LIN
Advisor: Dr. Jyh-Charn "Steve" Liu
2:00 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

Wednesday, May 28

Thursday, May 29

CS REU BROWN BAG LUNCH
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jianer Chen
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Noon to 1:15 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
For information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Brown Bag Lunch, contact CS Program Assistant Theresa Roberts at theresa@cs.tamu.edu.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
FENGHUI ZHANG
TITLE: Effective Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networking and Bioinformatics
Advisors: Dr. Jianer Chen and Dr. Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang
1:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, May 30

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

THESIS DEFENSE OF
CHIH-CHUN LIU
TITLE: Dynamic Thermal Management in Chip Multiprocessor Systems
Advisor: Dr. Eun Jung Kim
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 5/19/08

Monday, May 19

PARASOL INVITED TALK ON SKETCH RECOGNITION
PART 1
Dr. Metin Sezgin
Research Associate
University of Cambridge
TITLE: Sketch Recognition with Multiscale Stochastic Models of Temporal Patterns
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Tracy Hammond
11:00 a.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

PARASOL INVITED TALK ON SKETCH RECOGNITION
PART 2
Dr. Christine Alvarado
Assistant Professor
Harvey Mudd University
TITLE: Properties of Hand-Drawn Digital Logic Diagrams
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Tracy Hammond
11:30 a.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Tuesday, May 20

Wednesday, May 21

Thursday, May 22

Friday, May 23

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

CS Events of Week 5/12/08

Monday, May 12

THESIS DEFENSE OF
KIRAN KOTLA
TITLE: Adapting a Delay Based Protocol to Heterogeneous Environments
Advisor: Dr. A. L. Narasimha Reddy
11:0 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
JAEROCK KWON
Advisor: Dr. Yoonsuck Choe
1:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

Tuesday, May 13

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

Wednesday, May 14

CS FACULTY RETREAT ENDS TODAY
Annenberg Conference Center, Bush School
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
The IT Forum will be hosting a special guest speaker, Dan Cornell, principal of the San Antonio-based Denim Group . His presentation topic "Static Analysis Techniques for Testing Application Security" will cover strategies pertinent to today's web application development. It will include background and project management aspects of security testing in the development lifecycle. The Denim Group specializes in custom software development, systems integration, and application security, and has a national and international client base of Fortune 500, commercial, and public sector organizations. The presentation will be held in Rudder 601 from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. There will be an open Question and Answer session with Dan following the presentation. The IT Forum meets monthly to promote communication and information sharing across the campus IT community. For more information, visit the IT Forum website.

Thursday, May 15

Friday, May 16

Spring 2008

CS Events of Week 5/5/08

Monday, May 5

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
YOONJIN KIM
Advisor: Dr. Rabi Mahapatra
9:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

Tuesday, May 6

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

Wednesday, May 7

Spring semester final examinations for all students.

Thursday, May 8

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
MANHEE LEE
TITLE: Architectural Support for Enhancing Security in Clusters
Advisors: Dr. Eun Jung Kim
2:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

THE NEXT TRADITION
The Association of Former Students hosts The Next Tradition for graduates at 5:30-7:30 Thursday night after final exams. The celebration is held on the front lawn of The Association's building. In addition to the casual party with free food, graduates can learn more about their role as former students and how they can participate with The Association. For more information please visit the Association's website.

Friday, May 9

SPRING 2008 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 2008 graduates in computer science and computer engineering. The reception is open to family and friends of the spring 2008 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Enjoy light refreshment, collect a celebratory cup, and win a door prize: an external hard drive, USB keys, or an iPod!
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMMENCEMENT
Dr. Richard Wainerdi, President of the Texas Medical Center, will speak to the graduating students of the Dwight Look College of Engineering. During his tenure at the Texas Medical Center, the campus has increased dramatically by almost any measurement - number of acres, patient count, number of employees and students, and the total investment in the physical plant and in the amount of money in research grants. His leadership has been one of successfully managing a campus of 43 member institutions that includes nine university or college systems by encouraging them to work together while at the same time helping to create an environment where they actively compete. For more information about this week's commencement ceremonies, please visit the Texas A&M graduation website.
7:00 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 4/28/08

Monday, April 28

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
YONG WANG
TITLE: Security Analysis and Improvement Model for Web-based Applications
Advisors: Dr. William Lively and Dr. Dick B. Simmons
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

DWIGHT LOOK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Trevor Mudge
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
TITLE: PicoServer: Building a Compact Energy Efficient Multiprocessor
Reception: 10:00 a.m.; Lecture: 10:30 a.m., Room 342 ZACH
Faculty Contact: Dr. Costas N. Georghiades

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Diego Klabjan
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Northwestern University
TITLE: Next Generation Business Applications for Radio Frequency Identification
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. Josep Torrellas
Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
TITLE: Multiprocessor Architectures for Speculative Multithreading
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger

OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. TORRELLAS' PRESENTATION

Tuesday, April 29

Last day of spring semester classes; redefined day: students attend their Friday classes.

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. David Newmark
Advanced Micro Devices
TITLE: An Industry Perspective on Verifying Electrical Characteristics of SOC Designs
CE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m. Room 342 ZACH

UPSILON PI EPSILON (UPE) MEETING
Upsilon Pi Epsilon is hosting employees from Schlumberger who will talk about their work experiences with the company. Free food and drinks will be provided.
UPE Contact: Daniel Eng
6:00 p.m., Room 912B RICH

Wednesday, April 30

Thursday, May 1

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS) WEEKLY LUNCH
Bring your own lunch and join us; Undergraduates and Graduate students welcomed!
12 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Room 407 HRBB
AWICS Contact: Meg Davis

Friday, May 2

Spring semester final examinations begin.

THESIS DEFENSE OF
TUNEESH KUMAR LELLA
TITLE: Privacy of Encrypted Voice Over IP
Advisor: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
3:30 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

CS Events of Week 4/20/08

Sunday, April 20

PHYSICS FESTIVAL 2008
The Department of Physics at Texas A&M University invites the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science later this month as part of Physics Festival 2008, an entertaining and informative scientific extravaganza for all ages. This free annual event will begin with a hands-on science exhibition and conclude with a public lecture by NASA astronaut and astronomer Dr. Steven Hawley. No fee or tickets are required for either activity.

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Rudder Tower

Monday, April 21

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Barbara Chapman
Department of Computer Science
The University of Houston
TITLE: OpenMP: Beyond 3.0
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Sigrun Andradottir
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Random Search Methods for Optimization via Simulation
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

AGGIE MUSTER
"Muster is the most solemn and sacred of all Aggie traditions, but it is a time of joy and happy remembrance. Those who have gone before us are those whose lives have touched ours. May we do the same for those who come after us. May we expect no less of ourselves." -Dr. E. Dean Gage '65

7:00 p.m., Reed Arena

Tuesday, April 22

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS)
4TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
The Aggie Women in Computer Science (AWICS) will hold their fourth annual Leadership Workshop on Tuesday April 22. The workshop examines and promotes excellence and leadership among women in computing and in all aspects of life. The workshop includes panel sessions featuring women from both industry and academia who have excelled in leadership positions. Scheduled panelists include Ms. Anh Kuhn de Chizelle, Ms. Jacki Fisher, Dr. Valerie Taylor, Dr. Karan Watson, and Dr. Jennifer Welch. This event will be moderated by Dr. Nancy Amato. The workshop will have morning and afternoon panel discussions focusing on the how, what, and why of leadership and how to create and sustain diverse and supportive work environments. The Workshop includes lunch and is open to all who are interested in attending. For more information please visit the AWICS website.

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

DWIGHT LOOK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis
Eckhard-Pfeiffer Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Computational Physiology Lab
The University of Houston
TITLE: Computing Stress
Faculty Contact: Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Emily Zechman
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Evolutionary Computation for Addressing Non-uniqueness in Inverse Problems: Application to a Water Distribution Security Problem
CE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m. Room 103 ZACH

UPSILON PI EPSILON (UPE) MEETING
Upsilon Pi Epsilon is hosting a current employee from Schlumberger who will talk about their software landscape (an overview of all the diversity they have in software across segments and IT). Free food and drinks will be provided.
UPE Contact: Daniel Eng
6:00 p.m., Room 912B RICH

Wednesday, April 23

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
The IT Forum meets monthly to promote communication and information sharing across the campus IT community. Willis Marti, Director and CISO, Networking and Information Security will present an update on campus network and wireless infrastructure. We've noticed that many of you have a lot of questions, so an extended Q&A session is also planned with Willis Marti, Mike Bolton, and Jeff McCabe. They will be available to answer any questions about recent IT Forum topics such as security, email updates, ISAAC, CAS, or Shibboleth.

We hope you'll be able to join us since we'll also be making a special announcement at this IT Forum. For those unable to attend, we will live stream the forum on Windows Media from this link on Channel 20.

3:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder

Thursday, April 24

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS) WEEKLY LUNCH
Bring your own lunch and join us; Undergraduates and Graduate students welcomed!
12 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Room 407 HRBB
AWICS Contact: Meg Davis

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
DAMIAN DECHEV
Advisor: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, April 25

AGGIE NIGHTS
ONE DRUM
Join us for our FINAL event of the semester with One Drum, an eclectic multi-cultural ensemble which performs songs, stories & dances rooted in the cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, the Middle East & the Americas! As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 25th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 4/14/08

Monday, April 14

VIZ LAB BROWN BAG LUNCH
Mr. Terry Allen
Recording and Visual Artist
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Geren Auditorium
Building B; Langford Architecture Complex
Texas A&M University
Viz Lab Contact: Mary Saslow

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. J. Eric Bickel
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Probability Assessment and Verification: Calibration and Scoring Rules
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Tuesday, April 15

ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH FOR GRAD STUDENTS: RESUMES AND INTERVIEWS
This is a basic interviewing workshop in which graduate students will learn about employer expectations of applicants during an interview. Take a look at the Career Center's calendar for more information.
From 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Room 110 Koldus

Wednesday, April 16

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Anthony M. Deen
Chemical Engineering Department
Colorado School of Mines
TITLE: Applications of Detailed Chemical Kinetics to SOFC Operation and Biomass Conversion
MEEN Contact: Sarah Morgan
4:10 p.m., Room 114 RICH

Thursday, April 17

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS) WEEKLY LUNCH
Bring your own lunch and join us; Undergraduates and Graduate students welcomed!
12 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Room 407 HRBB
AWICS Contact: Meg Davis

FACULTY WRITING WORKSHOP
Need resources and advice on how to design successful writing assignments? Interested in developing strategies for responding to student writing? Thinking about using peer workshops or collaborative writing in your classroom? If so, you are invited to an unveiling of "The Write Place for Faculty" on Thursday, April 17, from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM in Evans Library 214. The University Writing Center will provide a come-and-go lunch for participants to introduce this newest resource for teaching courses. Nancy Small, a lecturer in the Department of English and the designer and organizer of the "The Write Place for Faculty," will conduct tours and sign up faculty interested in using it.

Delivered via WebCT to protect copyrighted materials and to allow for interactivity, "The Write Place for Faculty" is open to anyone who wants to join the university's community of writing instructors. You do not have to be a current WebCT user, nor do you need to be familiar with WebCT, to participate in the workshop. To register, please visit the Writing Center website. Event Contact is Dr. Valerie Balester.

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Mr. William Luh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Distributed Secret Sharing: Fundamental Results and Practical Applications
MEEN Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Friday, April 18

PARASOL SEMINAR
Ms. Lydia Tapia
Parasol Laboratory
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Motion Landscapes: Approximation and Analysis
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

AGGIE NIGHTS
DANCE BOOT CAMP
Do you like to DANCE or want to learn? Come and join our Dance Boot Camp for FREE lessons! As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 25th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 4/7/08

Monday, April 7

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Andrew Boyd
PROS Revenue Management
Houston, Texas
TITLE: Analytical Sales: The Case of Pricing Past, Present, and Future
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Tuesday, April 8

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Andy Banerjee
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Information Extraction from Video Data Stream with Application in 3D Process Reconstruction and Autonomous Navigation
ECE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, April 9

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Dr. Xiaofeng Zhu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
TITLE: Genetic Association Analysis and Population Structure
Contact: Joyce Sutherland
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Calin Cascaval
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
TITLE: The Art of Parallel Programming: from Algorithms to Systems
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. David Mollenhauer
USAF AFRL/RXBC
TITLE: 3D Textile Research at the Air Force Research Laboratory
MEEN Contact: Sarah Morgan
4:10 p.m., Room 114 RICH

COMPUTER SCIENCE 2008 SPRING BANQUET AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Pebble Creek Country Club
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
RSVP registration closed as of 2 April 08
This event is sponsored by the CS Industrial Affiliates Program
Hosted by Aggie Women in Computer Science (AWICS) and the Texas A&M Computing Society (TACS)

Thursday, April 10

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS) WEEKLY LUNCH
Bring your own lunch and join us; Undergraduates and Graduate students welcomed!
Every Thursday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Room 407 HRBB
AWICS Contact: Meg Davis

CPSC FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Mr. Gary Wassermann
Department of Computer Science
University of California, Davis
TITLE: Techniques and Tools for Engineering Secure Web Applications
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, April 11

AGGIE NIGHTS
OPEN MIC NIGHT!
You think you can sing, dance, play an instrument or rhyme...?!? Come and show us your talent in the MSC Flag Room! Sign ups begin on April 4th during Aggie Nights from 8pm - midnight at the MSC Information Desk. As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 25th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 3/31/08

Monday, March 31

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
RANJANI SRIDHARAN
Advisor: Dr. Rabi Mahapatra
10:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
KASTHURI SRINIVASAN
TITLE: Treecodes for Potential and Force Approximations
Advisor: Dr. Vivek Sarin
12:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
Professor and College of Engineering Endowed Chair in Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Concepts and Generic Programming in C++0x
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, April 1

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. M. Aater Suleman
University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: High-Performance Execution of Multithreaded Workloads on CMPs
CE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m. Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, April 2

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Arch Robison
Intel Corporation
TITLE: Automatic Grainsize Determination and Cache Affinity in TBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Gale A. Holmes
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Polymers Division Characterization and Measurement Group
TITLE: The Effect of Adhesion on the Mechanical Properties of Structural Epoxy Nanocomposites
4:10 p.m., Room 114 RICH
MEEN Staff Contact: Sarah Morgan

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY
Microsoft Presents: Geek Flick Night, sponsored by TACS. Bring your resume for a chance to win one of two ZUNES! Tons of other great prizes will be raffled and FREE FOOD will be provided!
6:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, April 3

AGGIE WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (AWICS) WEEKLY LUNCH
Bring your own lunch and join us; Undergraduates and Graduate students welcomed!
Every Thursday 11 a.m - 1 p.m.
Room 407 HRBB
AWICS Contact: Meg Davis

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Dr. James A. Wall
TEES Texas Center for Applied Technology
Texas A&M University
TITLE: DREAMS(TM) Digital EMS: Saving Lives in Real Time
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH
CE Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Friday, April 4

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
ZHONGMEI YAO
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
UFO ALIEN INVASION LASER TAG!
Battle up to 8 people at a time in a digital war inside a 1,600 square foot UFO Alien arena maze at Rudder Fountain Plaza! Sign up with you friends for a team of 4. As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 25th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 3/24/08

Monday, March 24

DWIGHT LOOK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Robin Murphy
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of South Florida
TITLE: They REALLY Are Coming For You: How Rescue Robots Can Save Lives, Boost the Economy, and Change the Way We Think About Autonomy
Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. MURPHY'S PRESENTATION

STUDENT RESEARCH WEEK BEGINS
Please visit the Student Research Week website for further details and a complete schedule of events.

Tuesday, March 25

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Yaping Zhan
Advanced Micro Devices
TITLE: Process Variations and Variation-Aware Static Timing Analysis
ECE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, March 26

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
The IT Forum meets monthly to promote communication and information sharing across the campus IT community. The topics to be discussed at this meeting include the status of Shibboleth and the new CAS 3 deployment. University Marketing and Communications will also have a short presentation on the new www.tamu.edu site and their future plans. We will also have a short update on the changes to campus email, including the release of the NetID Change and Email Alias Change applications. Information will also be presented on data confidentiality. Please visit the IT Forum website for a schedule of future topics and events, an archive of past presentations, and information about joining the LISTSERV for the IT Forum.

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Room 601 Rudder

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Ramesh Peri
Intel
TITLE: Tools and Techniques for Performance Analysis on Intel Processors
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Wen S. Chan
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
TITLE: Composite Materials Technology - Potentials and Challenges
MEEN Contact: Sarah Morgan
4:10 p.m., Room 114 RICH

Thursday, March 27

CPSC FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Mr. Arvind Seshadri
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
TITLE: Secure Computing on Untrusted Computer Systems
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Hank Walker
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, March 28

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
XIAOMING WANG
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
KARAOKE NIGHT
Think you can sing? Show your stuff in the Flagroom! Come before or after the show to enjoy FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on April 25th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 3/17/08

Monday, March 17

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
ANNA ZACCHI
Advisor: Dr. Frank Shipman
1:00 p.m., Room 408 HRBB

CPSC FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Dr. Sally McKee
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
TITLE: Efficiently Exploring Architectural Design Spaces via Predictive Modeling
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Vicki Bier
Professor
University of Wisconsin - Madison
TITLE: Optimal Resource Allocation for Defense of Multiple Targets
ISEN Contact: Katherine Edwards
3:00 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Tuesday, March 18

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
EUNYEE KOH
TITLE: Representing Information Collections for Visual Cognition
Advisor: Dr. Andruid Kerne
2:00 p.m., Room 912B RICH

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. James Caverlee
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Towards Robust Trust Establishment in Online Communities with SocialTrust
ECE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, March 19

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. Siddhartha Chatterjee
Director
IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Austin, Texas
TITLE: TM and the Art of Parallel Programming
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor

OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. CHATTERJEE'S PRESENTATION

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Jianhua Hu
Department of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
TITLE: Estimation Equation Based Causality Analysis with Application to Microarray Time Series Data
Contact: Joyce Sutherland
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker

Thursday, March 20

CPSC FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Mr. Guofei Gu
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Internet Malware Detection in Enterprise Networks
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Mr. Graham Booker
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Efficient Availability Evaluation for Transport Backbone Networks
ECE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Friday, March 21

Reading day; no classes

CS Events of Week 3/10/08

Monday, March 10

SPRING BREAK FOR STUDENTS

Have Fun and come back safely. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday, March 17!

CS Events of Week 3/3/08

Monday, March 3

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
JIE MENG
Advisor: Dr. Jianer Chen
9:00 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

Tuesday, March 4

THESIS DEFENSE OF
JUWAIRIA ZUBAIR
TITLE: Image Enhancement For Improving Visibility and Feature Recognition
Advisor: Dr. Richard Furuta
1:30 p.m., Room 912A RICH

CE GROUP SEMINAR
Mr. Jeff Shafer
Rice University
TITLE: Designing Network Devices for Research and Education
ECE Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, March 5

FACULTY PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO COMPETE FOR FUNDING AT NSF
A short presentation will cover the basics of how NSF is organized, how to determine which directorate and program to apply to, how to identify and analyze NSF funding opportunities and how proposals to NSF are evaluated. A panel of faculty who have been successful at winning funding from NSF, have been program officers at NSF and/or have been reviewers at NSF will then discuss lessons learned and answer questions. To register for this free seminar email opd@tamu.edu with subject line: "NSF panel seminar" and include in the body of the email your name, your department, and whether you are faculty, graduate student or staff.
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Rudder 601

CPSC FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR
Dr. Zhenkai Liang
Carnegie Mellon University
TITLE: Automated Software-Error Detection by Finding Deviations in Binaries
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Sylvain Pion
INRIA Sophia Antipolis
TITLE: CGAL: The Open Source Computational Geometry Algorithms Library
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Rudy Smaling
Senior Research Scientist
The Houston Advanced Research Center
TITLE: Cutting Diesel Pollution in Texas: Exploring Science, Engineering, and Policy Aspects
4:10 p.m., Room 114 RICH
MEEN Staff Contact: Sarah Morgan

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING
Tech Talk Extravaganza
Join us at our Tech Talk Extravaganza Series that consists of TACS members giving small 5-15 minutes talks on various subjects of their interest and expertise. Please feel free to give a small presentation of your own.
7:15 p.m., Room 113 HRBB
TACS contact: Efrain Lopez

Thursday, March 6

CS INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM (IAP) SPRING MEETING
Give a hearty Howdy to IAP representatives and guests from Adobe, IBM, ExxonMobil, HP, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Reynolds & Reynolds, Schlumberger, Valero Energy Corporation, KBSI, Raytheon, Anadarko, ConocoPhillips, The Mehta Family Foundation, Valtech, Telerik, Dell, and SMT 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 307 HRBB

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
NING WEI
TITLE: An Object-Oriented Framework to Organize Genomic Data
Advisor: Dr. Michael Thon
10:30 a.m., Room 320 HRBB

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
ALIN JULA
TITLE: Improving Locality with Dynamic Memory Allocation
Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
9:00 a.m., Room 516 HRBB

Friday, March 7

CS IAP SPRING MEETING CONTINUES
9:00 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Sylvain Pion
INRIA Sophia Antipolis
TITLE: A Parallel Delaunay Algorithm for CGAL
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

CS Events of Week 2/25/08

Monday, February 25

THESIS DEFENSE OF
JAYAKRISHNAN IYER
TITLE: Variable Length Pattern Coding for Power Reduction in Off-chip Data Buses
Advisor: Dr. Eun Jung Kim
9:00 a.m., Room 501A HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF
AUSTIN RIDDLE
TITLE: Interactive Graphical Timelines as Collaborative Scenario Management Tools
Advisor: Dr. Frank M. Shipman
10:30 a.m., Room 408H HRBB

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
DEREK LEONARD
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:30 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

Tuesday, February 26

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Byung-Jun Yoon, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Profile Context-sensitive HMMs: An Effective Framework for RNA Homology Search
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, February 27

COMPUTER SCIENCE INVITED SEMINAR
Dr. Thomas Ostrand
AT&T Labs
Florham Park, New Jersey
TITLE: Visualizing and Measuring the Success of Fault Prediction Models
11:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. Elaine Weyuker
AT&T Labs
Florham Park, New Jersey
TITLE: If You Knew Where All the Bugs Were...
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor

OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. WEYUKER'S PRESENTATION

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY
GENERAL MEETING
Microsoft Tech Talk - Visual Studio Team System/Team Foundation Server
7:15 p.m., Room 113 HRBB
TACS contact: Efrain Lopez

Thursday, February 28

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
HONG LU
Advisor: Dr. Jyh-Charn Liu
2:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Friday, February 29

THESIS DEFENSE OF
JA-RYEONG KOO
TITLE: Global Scheduling on