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Fall 2008

CSE Events of Week 12/15/2008 - 1/16/2009

We will resume weekly publication on Friday, January 16, 2009. Have a great (and safe) break!

CSE Events of Week 12/8/08 - 12/12/08

Monday, December 8

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

Tuesday, December 9

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

Wednesday, December 10

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

Thursday, December 11

Free Short Course: Engineering Applications in Genomics, Dr. A. Datta and Dr. E. Dougherty. For more information and registration instructions please visit the calendar at the ABCS website.

FALL 2008 CSE GRADUATION RECEPTION
Dr. Valerie Taylor, Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will host a reception in honor of the department's fall 2008 graduates. The reception is open to family and friends of the fall 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 two iPod Shuffles!

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

THE NEXT TRADITION
The Association of Former Students will be hosting The Next Tradition graduation party on Thursday, December 11 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 3,500 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, December 12

Last day for December undergraduate degree candidates to apply for tuition rebate; 5:00 p.m.

Free Short Course continues: Engineering Applications in Genomics, Dr. A. Datta and Dr. E. Dougherty. For more information and registration instructions please visit the calendar at the ABCS website.

COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION
10:30 a.m., Reed Arena
Speaker: President George W. Bush
Admission by ticket only; please see the Texas A&M graduation website for more details.

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
The Commencement Ceremony for the students of the Dwight Look College of Engineering will take place at 2:00 p.m. at Reed Arena. For more information about this week's commencement ceremonies, please visit the Texas A&M graduation website.

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

CSE Events of Week 12/1/08 - 12/5/08

Monday, December 1

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

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Paolo Gardoni
Associate Professor 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

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Cinzia Pizzi
Department of Information Engineering
University of Padova
TITLE: Compact Approaches for the Discovery of Patterns in Bio-sequences
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

Tuesday, December 2

Last day of fall semester classes. Redefined day, students attend their Thursday classes. Dead day, classes meet but no major course exams.

Wednesday, December 3

Reading day, no classes.

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Prakash Gorroochum
Columbia
TITLE: tba
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker Building
Contact: Joyce Sutherland

PARASOL SEMINAR
Lydia Tapia
Parasol Laboratory
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Planning with Reachable Distances
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Albert P. Pisano
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
TITLE: Harsh Environment Wireless Sensors for Energy & Power Toward the Dream of Closed-Loop Combustion
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, December 4

Reading day, no classes.

Friday, December 5

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Greg Hamerly
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Baylor University
TITLE: Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection for Clustering
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

CSE Events of Week 11/24/08 - 11/28/08

Monday, November 24

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Kleanthis Psarris
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
University of Texas at San Antonio
TITLE: Nonlinear Symbolic Program Analysis for Increased Parallelization
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contacts: Dr. Nancy Amato & Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger

Tuesday, November 25

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Chan-Byoung Chae
University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Coordinated Wireless Multiple Antenna Networks: Transmission Strategies and Performance Analysis
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

PARASOL SEMINAR
Christian Terboven
RWTH Aachen University
TITLE: Using OpenMP with C++ in the Real World
1:30 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

Wednesday, November 26

Thursday and Friday, November 27 & 28

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Student, Faculty and Staff Holidays

Monday, November 17

CONTROL SEMINAR
Dr. Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
Professor of Interdisciplinary Programme in Systems and Control Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
TITLE: Sliding Mode Control of Large Size Nuclear Reactor
10:00 a.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Ali Abbas
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TITLE: Bidirectional Utility Diagrams
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

CPSC DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Dr. Burton J. Smith
Technical Fellow
Microsoft
TITLE: Reinventing Computing
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
This lecture is also a part of The Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (IAMCS) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Lectures.

All are invited to the open reception for Dr. Smith, which will immediately follow the lecture and will be held in the entrance hall to Room 124 HRBB.

Tuesday, November 18

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Paul Villarrubia
IBM
TITLE: Design Automation Challenges at 45nm and Beyond
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY (TACS) MEETING
Texas A&M Computing Society (TACS) is hosting IBM who will be giving attendees a glimpse of what it is like to work for Big Blue. Free food and drinks will be provided. TACS Contact: David Mackey tacs-pres@cs.tamu.edu 7:00 P.M., Room 113 HRBB.

Wednesday, November 19

NSF CAREER SEMINAR FOR FACULTY
A National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER seminar for faculty is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to noon Nov. 19 in Room 110/111 Koldus. Offered jointly by the Division of Research and Graduate Studies' Office of Proposal Development and the TEES Office of Strategic Research Development, this seminar will cover how to write a competitive proposal to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program for untenured and tenure-track faculty. The seminar also will cover program and proposal requirements; advice on winning strategies and how to avoid common pitfalls; resources for education and broader impacts components; examples of successful proposals; a talk by a CAREER reviewer; and discussion and 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 e-mail. For more information, go to http://opd.tamu.edu/seminars.

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Ashoka Polpitiya
Bio Separations & Mass Spect Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
TITLE: High Throughput Proteomics Using Mass Spectrometry
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker Building
Contact: Joyce Sutherland

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Chengkai Li
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington
TITLE: Search the Database and Query the Web: Two Sides to the Story
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. James Caverlee

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Roy Hogan
Engineering Sciences Center
Sandia National Laboratories
TITLE: Validation Assessment of Thermal Modeling for Abnormal Environments
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, November 20

Friday, November 21

ABCS SEMINAR
Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: The Research Roadmap Process of the Texas A&M Academic Master Plan
4:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

AGGIE NIGHTS
Forsyth Fridays & Brazos Valley Worldfest!
In honor of the 2008 Brazos Valley Worldfest which will take place in downtown Bryan on Saturday, November 22, Aggie Nights would like to invite everyone out as we preview many of the cultural organizations and presentations that will be represented during Worldfest the next day. In addition, Aggie Nights presents Forsyth Fridays in conjunction with Forsyth Center Galleries from 8 - 10pm. As usual we will have FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! Are you a "Usual Suspect?" Tonight is the night of our $200 gift card drawing! Don't forget to bring your Usual Suspects card!

CS Events of Week 11/10/08 - 11/14/08

Monday, November 10

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Farrokh Mistree
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Strategic Engineering Educating Engineers to Create Value in an Interconnected World
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

GLASSCOCK DIGITAL HUMANITIES LECTURE
Dr. Randall Davis
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TITLE: Steps Toward Natural Interaction
4:00 p.m., Room 204E Evans Library
Contact: glasscock@tamu.edu

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Wenping Wang
Professor of Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong
TITLE: Computation of Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Scott Schaefer

Tuesday, November 11

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Kamran Entesari
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Power Aware Multi-Band Multi-Standard Wireless Receivers
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, November 12

ARTIE MCFERRIN LECTURE
Dr. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike
Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware
TITLE: Elucidating the Control Mechanism for DNA Damage Repair with the p53-Mdm2 System: Single Cell Data Analysis and Ensemble Modeling
3:00 p.m., Room 106 CHEN
Contact: che@tamu.edu

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Karen Liu
Assistant Professor of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Biomechanically Inspired Computer Animation
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Jinxiang Chai

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. M. Volkan Otugen
Professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department
Director of the Micro-Sensor Laboratory
Southern Methodist University
TITLE: Micro-Optical Sensor Technology Based on Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, November 13

Friday, November 14

AGGIE NIGHTS
Battle of the Bands Finale!
Aggie Nights and MSCC Town Hall present Battle of the Bands Finale at 8 p.m. Come out to see our top 3 bands battle it out to determine which is the best! MSCC Aggie Cinema presents The Dark Night 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.

CS Events of Week 11/3/08 - 11/8/08

Monday, November 3

COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION MEETING
The Computer Science Graduate Student Association is holding an open meeting for all CS graduate students. 2:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building.

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. W. Dale Compton
Lillian M. Gilbreth Distinguished Professor Emeritus
School of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
TITLE: Engineering and the System of Health Care Delivery
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Lizy John
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
TITLE: Effective Computer System Design using Workload Characterization
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Eun Jung Kim

Tuesday, November 4: ELECTION DAY - GO VOTE!

QUANTUM COMPUTING SEMINAR
Dr. David W. Kribs
Associate Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
University of Guelph, Canada
TITLE: Complementarity in Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Error Correction
11:00 a.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building
Faculty Contact: Dr. Andreas Klappenecker

Wednesday, November 5

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Dr. Ananth Grama
Professor of Computer Science
Purdue University
TITLE: Comparative Analysis of Molecular Interaction Networks
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker Building
Contact: Joyce Sutherland

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Walid Taha
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Rice University
TITLE: Domain Specific Languages
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Jaakko Järvi

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Orhun Muratoglu
Co-Director
Orthopedic Biomechanics and Biomaterials Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
TITLE: Radiation Crosslinked UHMWPE Improves Outcomes in Total Joint Patients
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, November 6

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY (TACS) MEETING
TACS is hosting representatives from Schlumberger who will talk about their work experiences with the company. Free food and drinks will be provided. They will be taking resumes during the meeting as well. TACS Contact: David Mackey
7:00 P.M., Room 124 HRBB

Friday, November 7

Saturday, November 8

TACS, UPE, & SCHLUMBERGER TAILGATE
TACS, UPE, and Schlumberger would like to invite all students to a pre-game tailgate in Spence Park by Kyle Field. Come socialize with fellow TACS and UPE members and Schlumberger employees.
TACS Contact: David Mackey

CS Events of Week 10/27/08 - 10/31/08

Monday, October 27

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Mr. Matt Tanner
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Solution Approaches and Applications for Joint Chance-Constrained Programs with Random Lefthand Side
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

Tuesday, October 28

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Radu Stoleru
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Challenges for High-Resolution Signal Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, October 29

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Quentin A. Baker
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
TITLE: Risk-Based Analysis and Decisions Making
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, October 30

Friday, October 31

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

PARASOL SEMINAR
Ms. Olga Pearce and Ms. Shawna Thomas
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: From Robots to Molecules: Randomized Motion Planning for Scientific Problems / Load imbalance in multi-physics simulations: Computer Science to the rescue
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

AGGIE NIGHTS
Join us if you Dare for a Halloween Scare!
It will be Spook-tacular! Halloween Costume Contest - Whether you're funky, crazy, scary or silly, you may just be the next costume contest winner!!! Entering the contest is easy - just dress up and show up in the MSC Flagroom for a chance to win some serious prizes! Halloween Candy Hunt - Follow the clues to some great prizes! Aggie Nights presents Forsyth Fridays in conjunction with Forsyth Center Galleries. Enjoy free music and paint-your-own-Halloween-lantern art project in Forsyth Center Galleries from 8-10pm. 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.

CS Events of Week 10/20/08 - 10/24/08

Monday, October 20

INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Tiffani L. Williams
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Algorithmic Challenges in Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
Contact: Katherine Edwards

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Lin Zhong
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
TITLE: Make "Sense" for Computing
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang

Tuesday, October 21

PARASOL SEMINAR
Mr. Christopher Herot
Chief Product Officer
VSee Labs, Inc.
TITLE: Is Sketch Recognition (Still) An Issue of Artificial Intelligence?
9:30 a.m., Room 124 HRBB
Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

Wednesday, October 22

BIOINFORMATICS SEMINAR
Dr. Kai Yu
Investigator
National Cancer Institute
TITLE: A Partially Linear Tree-based Regression Model for Multivariate Outcomes
3:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker Building
Contact: Joyce Sutherland

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Darbha Swaroop
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Routing of a Collection of Unmanned Vehicles
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, October 23

Friday, October 24

AGGIE NIGHTS
The Basics!
MSCC Aggie Cinema presents The Dark Night at 7:00pm & 10:00pm in Rudder Auditorium. 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.

CS Events of Week 10/13/08 - 10/17/08

Monday, October 13

CPSC INVITED SEMINAR
Mr. Mark Lenox
Department of Computer Science
University of Tennessee
TITLE: The Role of Molecular Imaging in the Discovery of New Drugs and Therapies
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Misha Kazhdan
Assistant Professor of Department of Computer Science
Johns Hopkins University
TITLE: Reconstructing Solid Models from Oriented Point Sets - FFT vs. Poisson
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Scott Schaefer

Tuesday, October 14

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Andrew Jiang
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Coding for Flash Memories
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, October 15

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Edward Lank
Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science
The University of Waterloo
TITLE: Fluid Interaction in Pen/Tablet Interfaces
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Tracy Hammond

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Dr. Mamdouh M. Salama
Engineering Fellow
ConocoPhillips Company
TITLE: The Role of Advanced Materials in Meeting the Challenges of Deepwater and Arctic Developments
4:10 p.m., Room 112 O&M Building
Contact: Sarah Morgan

Thursday, October 16

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Soups Rajan
TITLE: Unconstrained Endpoint Profiling (Googling the Internet)
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Friday, October 17

ABCS SEMINAR
Dr. James C. Hu
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University
TITLE: EcoliWiki and GONUTS: Wiki-based Systems for Community Annotation
4:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CPSC Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato

AGGIE NIGHTS
Get Hypnotized with Comedy Hypnotist Dale K!
Dale K is the only hypnotist to be nominated for Comedian of the Year! Since the day he was born, Dale was and continues to be "unusual". Although he always knew himself, it did not take long for others to notice that Dale was destined for the stage. As a teen, his test audiences were family members and classmates. Two decades later Dale is entertaining and educating audiences from around the world with his contemporary approach to the art of hypnosis. Come watch as your classmates, and maybe yourself, get hypnotized by Comedy Hypnotist Dale K! 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 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

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

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 Temperature-Constrained Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems
Advisor: Dr. Riccardo Bettati
3:00 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

TEXAS A&M COMPUTING SOCIETY
LEAP YEAR LAN PARTY
8:00 p.m. to Saturday, March 1st, 6:00 a.m. At the Zachry Building, 2nd floor tables
TACS contact: Efrain Lopez

AGGIE NIGHTS
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 2/18/08

Monday, February 18

INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Alexander Shapiro, Professor
School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
TITLE: Some Recent Developments in Stochastic Programming
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry
ISEN Staff Contact: Katherine Edwards

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. John C. Hart
Professor of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TITLE: Assistive Technology for the Aesthetically Impaired
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Scott Schaefer

OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. HART'S PRESENTATION

TEXAS AGGIE GAME DEVELOPERS GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Victor Palmer
7:30 p.m., Room 113 HRBB
Dr. Victor Palmer, former TAGD member and A&M Ph.D. graduate from 2007 will be giving a presentation during the next TAGD meeting. Victor has worked for EA doing development on the 360/PS3 Godfather game and developed several independent games that won awards at both the Student IGF and Slamdance Games Festival in 2005. For more information please visit the TAGD website.

Tuesday, February 19

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Laszlo Kish, Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Thermal Noise Informatics: Unconditionally Secure Data Communication via Wire, Zero-power Communication, and Thermal Noise Drive Computing
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon

Wednesday, February 20

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
The IT Forum meets monthly to promote communication and information sharing across the campus IT community. The topic for February is a discussion of the TAMULink expansion and preparing for ISAAC: the Information Security Awareness, Assessment, and Compliance System. 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

Thursday, February 21

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Dr. Salah Aly
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Fountain Codes based Distributed Storage Algorithms for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon

INTERVIEWING SKILLS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
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.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 110 Koldus

Friday, February 22

ALLIANCE FOR BIOINFORMATICS, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY WORKSHOP

The ABCS Workshop on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology will be held on February 22-23, 2008 at Texas A&M University.

The workshop program consists of keynotes by Ken Dill (UCSF), Michael Levitt (Stanford), and Terry Speed (UC Berkeley and WEHI), several technical sessions organized by TAMU researchers, and a poster session and reception. The technical sessions and the poster session will present current research at Texas A&M and nearby institutions. The event will provide networking opportunities and allow researchers to showcase their work to each other.

Participation at the workshop is open to all.

All participants are encouraged to contribute to the poster session that will be held on Friday evening. The deadline for poster submissions is Wednesday February 20, 2008; poster submission is handled through the workshop registration site.

For more workshop information and instructions on how to register, please visit the ABCS website.

The workshop is organized by the Alliance for Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Systems Biology (ABCS) at Texas A&M and is sponsored by the Vice President for Research at Texas A&M University.

For questions please contact ABCS Chair Dr. Nancy Amato, Professor of Computer Science, at amato@cs.tamu.edu

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
SEONG-RYONG KANG
TITLE: Performance Analysis and Network Path Characterization for Scalable Internet Streaming
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Josef Widder
Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Ecole Polytechnique
TITLE: Consensus in the Presence of Corrupted Communication
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

AGGIE NIGHTS
GET HYPNOTIZED! Not a believer? Then we challenge you to get HYPNOTIZED!! LIVE in the MSC flag room! Show starts at 10pm! 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

Saturday, February 23

ALLIANCE FOR BIOINFORMATICS, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY WORKSHOP
Final day of the workshop. For more information please visit the ABCS website.

CS Events of Week 2/11/08

Monday, February 11

Tuesday, February 12

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Yu Ding, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Redundancy and Robust Estimation of Clustered Sensor Systems
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry

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 the tools available for locating a job while walking away with a "survival kit" of resources.
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 110 Koldus

UPSILON PI EPSILON (UPE) MEETING
Come and find out more about UPE, the Computer Science Honor Society, and how to join. This week's meeting will focus on planning events for the Spring semester. Snacks will be provided.
Contact: Daniel Eng
6:00 p.m., Room 912B RICH

Wednesday, February 13

MEEN 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Luis San Andres
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Gas Film Bearings for Oil-Free Microturbomachinery: State of the Art at TAMU
MEEN Staff Contact: Sarah Morgan
4:10 p.m., Room 114 Richardson

Thursday, February 14

Friday, February 15

GRADUATE STUDENT WRITING SERIES
Dr. Ginger Carney, Associate Professor of Biology, will share tips on writing about science. The presentation will be in Evans 204E from 12 noon to 1 pm. Cookies and coffee will be served. Please RSVP here.

AGGIE NIGHTS
Salsa Night! Come and support the participants in the Latin dance competition as they show off their moves in salsa, merengue, bachata, tejano & Spanish pop from 8:00 - 9:00pm. Join them on the dance floor for FREE Latin dance lessons from 9:00 - 9:30pm. Live salsa band will take the floor at 9:30pm. 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

Saturday, February 16

WOMEN IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING (WISE) CONFERENCE
Breaking Barriers through Communication
Keynote address by Dr. Angie Hill Price
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
Texas A&M University

The conference takes place on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Memorial Student Center, with a pre-conference reception held Friday evening (Feb. 15) at the University Club. Deadline to register for the conference is Feb. 13. For more information please visit the WISE website.

CS Events of Week 2/4/08

Monday, February 4

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
TAK CHEUNG LAM
TITLE: Anonymous, Authentic, and Accountable Resource Management Based on the E-cash Paradigm
Advisor: Dr. Jyh-Charn Liu
2:00 p.m., Room 501A HRBB

THESIS DEFENSE OF
HSIN-TSANG LEE
TITLE: IRLbot: Scaling to 6 Billion Pages and Beyond
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Vivek Sarkar
E. D. Butcher Professor of Computer Science
Rice University
TITLE: Programming Challenges for Petascale and Multicore Parallel Systems
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, February 5

UPSILON PI EPSILON (UPE) INFORMATIONAL
Come and find out more about UPE, the Computer Science Honor Society, and how to join. Free food and drinks will be provided. Contact: Daniel Eng
6:00 p.m., Room 912B RICH

Wednesday, February 6

Thursday, February 7

RESUME AND CV WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
In this workshop, you will learn to distinguish several types of resumes and CV's and will be given guidelines for writing top-quality resumes for both electronic databases and conventional uses. Learn more about this event at 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

Friday, February 8

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
YUEPING ZHANG
TITLE: Stable and Scalable Congestion Control for High-Speed Heterogeneous Networks
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Loguinov
3:00 p.m., Room 516 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Art for Your Heart: Don't miss the opportunity to participate in a make-your-own-valentine art project and enjoy some refreshments in the Forsyth Gallery. 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!! As usual there will be 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

PARASOL SEMINAR
Mark M. Mathis
Parasol Laboratory
Texas A&M University
TITLE: One Way of Doing Things: A Distributed Architecture for Decision Applications
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

CS Events of Week 1/28/08

Monday, January 28

PHD PRELIM EXAM FOR
XIAOYAN ZHAO
Advisor: Dr. Sing-Hoi Sze
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

Tuesday, January 29

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Paul Morton
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: VLSI Design Optimization Through the Lens of the Gate Sizing Problem
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry

Wednesday, January 30

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM
The IT Forum meets monthly to promote communication and information sharing across the campus IT community. The topic for January is a discussion of changes to email and password management. Visit the IT Forum website http://itforum.tamu.edu 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. Robert A. Metzger
Compiler Designer
Convey Computer Corporation
TITLE: Experiments in the Automatic Generation of Subject Indices for Books
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MEEN 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Charles Meneveau
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics
Johns Hopkins University
TITLE: Modeling Turbulent Flow Over Fractal Trees Using Renormalized Numerical Simulation"
MEEN Staff Contact: Sarah Morgan
4:10 p.m., Room 114 Richardson

Thursday, January 31

RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR KATHY FLORES
The Department of Computer Science is organizing a retirement reception for Kathy Flores, communications coordinator, in appreciation of her six years of service to the department and Texas A&M. Students, faculty and friends are cordially invited to attend the reception. Contact Krista Simmons, (979)845-5820, for more information.
2:00 p.m., Room 302 H. R. Bright Building

Friday, February 1

AGGIE NIGHTS
Absolution Game Show & Black History Month Kick Off: Spend 3 hours making new friends, learning new things about Aggieland, and laughing all the way! As usual there will be 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 1/21/08

Monday, January 21

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Martin Luther King Day is a national holiday established to honor Dr. King, clergyman, civil rights crusader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was assassinated in 1968.

Faculty and Staff Holiday

Tuesday, January 22

ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR
The Student Engineers' Council presents the Spring 2008 Engineering Career Fair. Be sure to stop at the NAVAIR booth and say hello to CS former student Steve Ortiz '00. If you can't see Steve during the day, visit with him later at the NAVAIR information session between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in room 701 Rudder Tower.
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Reed Arena

COMPUTER ENGINEERING GROUP SEMINAR
Dr. Alex Sprintson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
TITLE: An Introduction to Index Coding
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry

Wednesday, January 23

Thursday, January 24

Friday, January 25

Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded in May — 5:00 p.m.

PARASOL SEMINAR
Kostas Bekris
Physical and Biological Computing Group
Computer Science Department, Rice University
TITLE: tba
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 H.R. Bright Building

CS Events of Week 1/14/08

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

Monday, January 14

First Day of Spring Semester Classes

Tuesday, January 15

Wednesday, January 16

Thursday, January 17

Friday, January 18

Last Day for Adding/Dropping Courses for the Spring Semester — 5:00 p.m.

Fall 2007

CS Events of Week 12/17/2007 — 1/7/2008

We will resume weekly publication on Monday, January 14.

CS Events of Week 12/10/2007

Monday, December 10

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

PhD PRELIM EXAM FOR
WOOSUCK HONG
Advisers: Dr. John Keyser and Dr. Donald House
9:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

FACULTY WORKSHOP ON BLOGS AND WIKIS
The University Writing Center and the Instructional Technology Services are holding a Blogs and Wikis workshop. Faculty members who want to learn how blogs and wikis can enhance teaching are invited to attend. Register online at http://itsinfo.tamu.edu/workshops/workshops_schedule.htm, under Other Workshops.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 004 Heldenfelds

Tuesday, December 11

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

HOLIDAY COFFEE AND PMSA PRESENTATION TODAY
Texas A&M faculty and staff are invited to attend the annual President's Meritorious Service Awards presentation and Holiday Coffee today.
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Rooms 224 and 226 MSC (Awards at 10:30 a.m. in MSC 201)

Wednesday, December 12

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

Thursday, December 13

NSF CAREER SEMINAR FOR FACULTY
The Division of Research and Graduate Studies' Office of Proposal Development and the TEES Office of Strategic Research Development are jointly offering an NSF CAREER Seminar for untenured and tenure-track faculty that will cover how to write a competitive proposal to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program. To register, email 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/seminars.
10 a.m. to noon, Room 301 Rudder Tower.

THESIS DEFENSE OF
ALLEN S. PARISH III
TITLE: Pursuit and Evasion Games: Semi-direct and Cooperative Control Methods
Advisers: Dr. Dezhen Song and Dr. John E. Hurtado
2:00 p.m., Room 702 HRBB

CoE HOLIDAY RECEPTION
Vice Chancellor and Dean G. Kemble Bennett invites faculty and staff to celebrate the season with friends and colleagues at the Texas A&M Engineering Holiday Reception. Recipients with 10 or more years of service will be recognized with Years of Service pins.
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jack E. Brown Engineering Building Lobby

Friday, December 14

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

FALL 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 fall 2007 graduates. The reception is open to family and friends of the fall 2007 graduates as well as department faculty and staff. Refreshments will be served.
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 301 HRBB

COMMENCEMENT
Austin Mayor Will Wynn '84 will speak to graduates and undergraduates of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Colleges of Science, and the College of Architecture.
2:00 p.m., Reed Arena

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
NI QIN
TITLE: Algorithms, Protocols & System for Remote Observation Using Networked Robotic Cameras
Adviser: Dr. Dezhen Song
3:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

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 12/3/2007

Monday, December 3

Redefined day, students attend their Friday classes.
Dead day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days.

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
AYODEJI OLUSEYI COKER
TITLE: Performance Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Nanoelectronic Memories
Adviser: Dr. Valerie Taylor
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Tuesday, December 4

Last day of fall semester classes.
Redefined day, students attend their Thursday classes.
Dead day, classes meet. No regular course exams (except for laboratory and one-hour classes) shall be given on these days.

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Dr. Sami Ayyorgun
Los Alamos National Laboratory
TITLE: A Synopsis of Wireless Networking Research
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
11:00 a.m., Room 342 ZACH

Wednesday, December 5

Reading day, no classes.

CS HOLIDAY PARTY
The Department of Computer Science faculty, staff and invited guests celebrate this holiday with a dinner buffet. The Fall 2007 Staff Award will be presented during the festivities.
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Briarcrest Country Club

Thursday, December 6

Reading day, no classes.

Friday, December 7

Fall semester final examinations for all students.

AAPO FIRST FRIDAY LECTURE FEATURING DAN DAVIS
Dan Davis, director of operations at the Texas Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles (TiiMS) and TEES research professor of aerospace engineering, will present The Strength and Fracture of Nanocomposites. Lunch will be provided to registrants. To register for the event visit http://rgs.tamu.edu/forms/aapo-first-friday-lecture-series. Contact Anita Dotson at (979)845-1812 or a-dotson@tamu.edu for additional information.
11:45 a.m., Room 110 Koldus

Saturday, December 8

HOLIDAYS IN THE ROTUNDA STARTS TODAY
This free event features live entertainment and Santa's workshop. Children can make holiday ornaments and a variety of entertainers will keep things festive in the rotunda. There will be cookies, cider and punch being served during the activities. For further information, call Tracy Johnson at (979)691-4014.
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Bush Library

CS Events of Week 11/26/2007

Monday, November 26

Spring 2008 registration continues through Tuesday, December 4.

Tuesday, November 27

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Lingjia Liu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: On the Effective Capacities of Multiple-Antenna Gaussian Channels
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

LAS POSADAS
Get into the holiday spirit at the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture presentation of Las Posadas.
7:00 p.m., Room 226 MSC

Wednesday, November 28

"WRITE FROM WRONG" FACULTY WORKSHOP
The University Writing Center faculty workshop, "Write from Wrong: Responding Productively to Errors in Student Writing" will review key grammar, usage and punctuation rules and discuss what most editors consider to be errors. The focus is practical: how to deal with errors in student writing and help students move beyond them. The workshop will also provide instruction on resources writers can use to answer their own questions about errors. Register online at http://writingcenter.tamu.edu under "Upcoming Events."
9:00 a.m. to noon, Room 1.204E Evans Library

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. William A. Wulf
AT&T Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia
Former President of the National Academy of Engineering
TITLE: Supporting U.S. Innovation and Prosperity in the 21st Century
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie E. Taylor
LECTURE: 4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
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OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. WULF'S PRESENTATION
Hosted by the Computer Science Graduate Student Association

Thursday, November 29

HOLIDAY SHOPPING ON CAMPUS
Aggie Moms come to Texas A&M to sell their holiday crafts to students and staff at the Winter in Aggieland Craft Fair presented by MSC Hospitality. For more information on the craft fair, contact Cayla Netherland, MSC Hospitality, at (979)820-3344 or email Cayla at hospfunds@msc.tamu.edu.
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 224 MSC

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Dr. Lei Ying
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas, Austin
TITLE: Exploiting Diversity in Large-Scale Wireless Networks
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Gian Gerosa
Intel, Austin
TITLE: A 2W Low Power IA Processor for Ultra-Mobile PCs in 45nm Hi-K Metal Gate CMOS
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
4:00 p.m., Room 342 ZACH

Friday, November 30

HOLIDAY SHOPPING ON CAMPUS continues
10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Room 224 MSC

UNDERREPRESENTED PARTICIPANTS ACADEMIC WORKSHOP
The Coalition to Diversify Computing presents the inaugural Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Participants. The event begins with a reception this evening at the Hilton Hotel in College Station and runs through Sunday morning. The goal of the workshop is to mentor underrepresented assistant- and associate-level faculty in the tenure and promotion process in academia. Contact Computer Science Department Head Dr. Valerie Taylor at (979)845-5820 or email Dr. Taylor at taylor.cs.tamu.edu for more workshop information.

AGGIE NIGHTS
ThinkFast Gameshow: win up to $200 in this high-speed trivia game show! Enjoy free bowling, billiards, games, soda & food. Tonight is the night for the $200 gift card drawing for Usual Suspects, so bring your Usual Suspects card!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 11/19/2007

Monday, November 19

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Surendar Chandra
Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame
TITLE: Mobile Collaboration Applications
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, November 20

ELEPHANT WALK AND JR. E-WALK
An Aggie tradition since 1922, senior students will Elephant Walk the campus visiting A&M landmarks for a symbolic last time. A pre-event gathering with live elephants (photos with elephants, games, drinks and shirt sales) will kick off the day's festivities at 10:00 a.m. on the grounds of the Clayton Williams Alumni Center. At Kyle Field at 1:00 p.m. R.C. Slocum, former Texas A&M head football coach, will speak to seniors and juniors; then the seniors will present their class gift. A little after 2:00 p.m. (2:08), seniors will leave Kyle Field, wander the campus, and end up for a nippy dip in the Fish Pond. One minute (2:09) after the seniors leave Kyle, the juniors will set out from the Corps Arches on their E-Walk, ending at Kyle Field. Visit http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/elephant.shtml for more about this tradition.
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Texas A&M Campus

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Michael Moffitt
IBM Austin Research Lab
TITLE: "AI-Based" Approaches to Computer-Aided Physical Design
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry

Wednesday, November 21

Thursday and Friday, November 22—23

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Student, Faculty and Staff Holidays

CS Events of Week 11/11/2007

Sunday, November 11

VETERAN'S DAY
Veteran's Day is a celebration honoring America's service men and women for their sacrifices to preserve our freedom. See http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday.

Monday, November 12

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
WEI YU
TITLE: On Countermeasures of Worm Attacks over the Internet
Advisers: Dr. Wei Zhao and Dr. Riccardo Bettati
8:30 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

ISEN PARSONS SEMINAR
Yinyu Ye, Professor Department of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford University
TITLE: Semidefinite Programming Relaxation Model for Graph Realization and Sensor Network Localization
ISEN Staff Contact: Katherine Edwards, kedwards@tamu.edu
3:00 p.m., Room 203 Zachry

Tuesday, November 13

PARASOL SEMINAR
Alexandros Dimakis
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
UC Berkeley
TITLE: Gossip Algorithms for Sensor Networks
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
11:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Alexandros Dimakis
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
UC Berkeley
TITLE: Regenerating codes for Distributed Storage
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 Zachry

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE LECTURE
Bob Sabiston
American film art director
Flat Black Films
LECTURE: to include The Even More Fun Trip and his venture into the gaming world
Faculty Contact: Dr. Carol LaFayette, (979)845-3465
5:30 p.m., Room 105 Langford C

Wednesday, November 14

Thursday, November 15

Preregistration for 2008 spring semester starts.

Friday, November 16

PARASOL SEMINAR
Dr. Mark Moll
Department of Computer Science
Rice University
TITLE: Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction for the Analysis of Protein Motion
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Karaoke Night: Think you can sing? Show your stuff in the Flagroom! 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 November 30!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, November 17

Brazos Valley Worldfest Festival Program at http://www.brazosvalleyworldfest.org/program.html

Sunday, November 18

BONFIRE 1999 REMEMBRANCE DAY
Since 1909 Texas A&M University students had built a massive bonfire, which was ignited as a prelude to the Texas A&M football game with the University of Texas. On the morning of November 18, 1999, the stack of several thousand logs collapsed killing 12 students and injuring at least 27 others. Among the 12 was computer science major Chad Powell. Visit http://hospitality.tamu.edu/Remembrance.html for information on today's remembrance tour schedule at the bonfire memorial.

CS Events of Week 11/5/2007

Monday, November 5

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Dr. Jin-Yi Cai
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
TITLE: Developments in Holographic Algorithms
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Jianer Chen
LECTURE: 4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
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OPEN RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DR. CAI'S PRESENTATION
Hosted by the Computer Science Graduate Student Association

Tuesday, November 6

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Xi Zhang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Cross-Layer Design Based Rate Control for Mobile Multicast in Cellular Networks
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

SILVER TAPS
Craig Logan Lessar, Geography, 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, November 7

PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR FOR GRADS
The Office of Proposal Development is sponsoring a seminar, How to Write Proposals and Win Research Funding: Strategies for Starting your Career as a Researcher. The seminar is planned for advanced graduate students and post-docs. There will be a one-hour session on how to make your proposal more competitive and then simultaneous breakout sessions focused on specific funding agencies such as NSF; NIH; Earth, Environmental, Ecological and Agricultural Mission Agencies; Social & Behavioral Sciences and Education; Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Energy, and the national labs. To register, email opd@tamu.edu and include your name and the breakout session you are interested in attending. Contact Libby Childress at libbyc@tamu.edu or visit http://opd.tamu.edu/seminars/graduate-seminar.ics/view for more information. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder Tower.

BIOINFORMATICS LECTURE WITH
Dr. Hongzhe Li, Professor of Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
TITLE: Statistical Methods for Network-Based Analysis of Genomic Data
Staff Contact: Joyce Sutherland, (979)845-5528
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker

Thursday, November 8

GRAMMAR UPGRADE OPEN TO CAMPUS COMMUNITY
The University Writing Center invites all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff to attend Grammar Upgrade and spend an hour brushing up on those troubling grammar and punctuation errors. Organizers say they plan for plenty of time for questions and answers. For more details, see http://writingcenter.tamu.edu.
7:00 p.m. to 8 p.m., Room 225 MSC

Friday, November 9

AGGIE NIGHTS
Dance Boot Camp with Texas Aggie Swing Cats FREE swing lesson! Also, Enjoy free bowling, billiards, games, soda & food. Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 30!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, November 10

FREE TICKETS FOR BUSH LIBRARY REOPENING
Free tickets for the grand reopening of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum are available to the public on a first come, first serve basis at the Bush Library and the MSC Box Office. Everyone five years or older must have a ticket. All parking is at Reed Arena with no parking at the museum except for disabled persons with the proper permit. Parking begins at 10 a.m. with continuous shuttle service to the museum. A ribbon cutting ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m., followed by a public lunch on the museum grounds at 11:45 a.m. The museum also will open to the public at 11:45 a.m. and will close at 5:00 p.m. For more information call (979)691-4000 or visit http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu.

"This Week" News Archive

CS Events of Week 10/29/2007

Monday, October 29

CPSC 681 OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. James Caverlee
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Spam 2.0: Challenges and (Some) Solutions for Web-Based Open Systems
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

MATHEMATICA6
Wolfram Research will be on campus to present Mathematica6 Up Close and Personal. Mathematica6 introduces a sweeping unification of language and interface concepts that makes possible a new level of automation in algorithmic computation, interactive manipulation and dynamic presentation—as well as a whole new way of interacting with the world of data.
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 113 Heldenfelds (Nagle & Lubbock Sts.)

Tuesday, October 30

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Gi-Joon Nam
IBM Austin Research Laboratory
TITLE: IBM Timing Closure Flow and its Placement Algorithm
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, October 31

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ON CAMPUS
Residence Halls will open for Trick-or-Treaters.
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 1

Friday, November 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.

AGGIE NIGHTS
art happens. Also, see The Bourne Ultimatum in MSC 201 at 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM. Enjoy free bowling, billiards, games, soda & food. Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 30!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, November 3

CS SITE FOR ACM REGIONAL PROGRAMMING CONTEST
CS @ TAMU is one of four sites hosting the ACM 2007 South Central USA Regional Programming Contest (SCUSA). Of the 72 plus teams competing at SCUSA, only one will be selected to participate in the 2008 ACM-ICPC World Finals to be held April 6-10 in Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada. CS is represented by teams: Maroon, White, and Aggies. The remaining 19 teams competing at CS today represent Baylor University, Sam Houston State University, Southwestern University, UT Austin, UT Tyler, UT Pan American, University of North Texas, and University of Houston (downtown). The other SCUSA sites are Louisiana State University, East Central University, and Abilene Christian University. Gig'em TAMU CS Aggies!

CS Events of Week 10/22/2007

Monday, October 22

USAC OPEN FORUM
There will be an Open Forum to solicit input from non-faculty employees regarding establishment of a University Staff Advisory Council (USAC). For more information contact Mary Kathryn Moss at (979)845-4016 or visit the USAC Task Force website at http://www.tamu.edu/provost/councils/standingcouncils/usac.html.
2:00 p.m. to 4 p.m., Room 501 Rudder Tower

TEES/COE SECC PRESENTS ITS AUCTION ITEMS ONLINE
Items for the TEES/COE SECC Online Auction Fundraiser may be previewed today and Tuesday at http://engineeringcharityauction.tamu.edu. Bidding will take place Wednesday and Thursday (Oct 24 and 25). Look for the Department of Computer Science's bath and beauty basket under the Health & Fitness category.

Tuesday, October 23

CS SPECIAL OPEN SEMINAR
Dr. Andrew Bernat
Executive Director
Computing Research Association
TITLE: Federal Funding for Computing Research, Building Community and Words from My Sponsor
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Taylor
1:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Kevin Nowka
Sr. Mgr. VLSI Systems
IBM Austin Research Laboratory
TITLE: Survival of VLSI design — Coping with Device Variability and Uncertainty
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 342 ZACH

Wednesday, October 24

VISTA USERS GROUP MEETING
The Vista Users Group Meeting discussion topic will be the new features in Blackboard Vista 4, and the meeting will conclude with a Q&A session. Lunch will be provided, so those interested in attending are asked to register by calling ITS at (979)862-3977 or emailing its@tamu.edu.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room 004 Heldenfels Hall (basement level)

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. Andruid Kerne
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Creative and Expressive Systems: Frameworks, Methods, Results
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

TEES/COE SECC BIDDING STARTS TODAY
Visit the TEES/COE SECC Online Auction Fundraiser at http://engineeringcharityauction.tamu.edu and bid on the Department of Computer Science's bath and beauty basket under the Health & Fitness category. Bidding takes place today and Thursday.

Thursday, October 25

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Young Myoung Ko
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Analysis of Queues for Peer-Based Multimedia Content Delivery Using Fluid and Diffusion Approximations
ECE Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Friday, October 26

PARASOL SEMINAR
Sam Rodriguez
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: A Framework for Planning Motion in Environments with Moving Obstacles
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

CS Events of Week 10/14/2007

Sunday, October 14

OPTIMATION INFORMATION SESSION
Optimation, whose Omnia Technology office is based in Houston, TX, will hold an information session prior to interviewing on campus on Monday, October 15. Come talk to their staff and see demos from some of their cutting edge projects. Casual attire.
8:30 p.m., Room 502 Rudder Tower

Monday, October 15

OPEN FORUM ON USAC
What are you looking for in a University Staff Advisory Council? The USAC Task Force wants to know and encourages all non-faculty staff to attend and participate in this Open Forum. Contact Mary Kathryn Moss at (979)845-4016 for more information.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 501 Rudder Tower

Tuesday, October 16

CS HOLDS SECC BAKE SALE TODAY
The Department of Computer Science will hold a bake sale in the lobbies of the H.R. Bright and Richardson Buildings at the intersection of Ross and Spence Streets today from 9 a.m. until all of the tasty treats are sold. The bake sale will benefit Hospice Brazos Valley in honor of Dr. Pete Petersen through the State Employee Charitable Campaign. Contact Jennifer Carter (979/845-6176) if you would like to donate to SECC without the temptation of luscious baked goods.

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Salah A. Aly postponed
PhD Candidate
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Fountain Codes Based Distributed Storage Algorithms for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, October 17

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. Jianer Chen, Yang Liu, and Songjian Lu
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Breaking the Deadlock!
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, October 18

Friday, October 19

FAREWELL LUNCHEON FOR ELENA RODRIGUEZ
Congratulations to Graduate Program Assistant Elena Rodriguez on her new position as Administrative Assistant with the TEES Office of Sponsored Research. Elena has been with our department for 9 years. We will miss her dearly. There will be a luncheon in her honor on this her last day with CS.
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Student Dance Groups Showcase — 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 November 30!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 10/8/2007

Monday, October 8

CSGSA OFFICER NOMINATIONS DUE TODAY
Email your nominations for Computer Science Graduate Association officers to Unmil Karadkar at unmil@cs.tamu.edu by midnight.

Tuesday, October 9

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
SALAH A. ALY
TITLE: Quantum Error Control Codes
Adviser: Dr. Andreas Klappenecker
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Ekpe Okorafor
IT Manager
Brazos County IT Department
TITLE: Hybrid Architecture and Optical Network Control Strategies
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Wednesday, October 10

AggieISE MEETING
The Aggie Institute of Software Engineers is holding a meeting for all interested students. Contact Joshua Capehart, Vice President of Programs for AggieISE, at joshuacapehart@tamu.edu for more information.
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Room 113 HRBB

SwRI INFORMATION SESSION
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will hold an information session prior to interviewing on campus on October 11 for students expected to graduate December 2007. Computer Science and Computer Engineering students (undergraduate and graduate), who are U.S. citizens and have a 3.5 or greater GPA, are encouraged to sign up at the information session for an interview. Food and beverages will be provided.
7:00 p.m., Room 402 Rudder Tower

Thursday, October 11

THESIS DEFENSE OF
JYOTHI SWAROOP GUNTUPALLI
TITLE: Physical Sectioning in 3D Biological Microscopy
Advisers: Dr. Bruce McCormick, Dr. Yoonsuck Choe
2:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

NETWORKING SEMINAR
Dr. Dhadesugoor R. Vaman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prairie View A&M University
TITLE: Robust and Bandwidth Efficient Radio Architecture using KV Transform Technique for Burst Noise Handling in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

Friday, October 12

GRADUATE STUDENT WRITING COLLOQUIUM
Dr. Bruce Thompson
Distinguished Professor of Library Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Writing for Publication
A light lunch will be provided by the University Writing Center.
Faculty Contact: Dr. Valerie Balester at v-balester@tamu.edu
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room 510 Rudder Tower

AGGIE NIGHTS
Latin Dance Boot Camp: Do you like to DANCE or want to learn? Do you like Latin music? Come and join the Dance Boot Camp for FREE salsa, merengue, and bachata lessons! 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 November 30!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

Saturday, October 13

GAMES 2007
The Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M University presents Games 2007, a high school games design contest. Fourteen teams from Midway, Harlandale, Conroe ISD, Montgomery, Killeen Ellison, and O'Connor will participate. Presentations and awards will be held in the afternoon. For more information and to volunteer to help with the contest, contact Kourtney Gruner at kourtney@cs.tamu.edu.
8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., H.R. Bright Building Lobby

CS Events of Week 10/1/2007

Monday, October 1

FREE OFFICE 2007 DEMONSTRATION
The Center for Employee Education - Technology Training is offering a free demonstration of the Microsoft Office 2007 applications. The demonstration will include presentations over Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. The presentation is free to all university employees; however, registration is required. Visit http://cis.tamu.edu/training for on-line registration and additional information or call (979)845-8430 or send an email to talk-training@tamu.edu. 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Assembly Room A General Services Complex, 750 Agronomy Road

CS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES Dr. Mark D. Hill
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
TITLE: Log-Based Transactional Memory
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger
LECTURE: 4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB
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OPEN RECEPTION FOR DR. HILL
Hosted by the Computer Science Graduate Student Association
3:30 p.m., Room 301 H. R. Bright Building,

Tuesday, October 2

SILVER TAPS
Charles Allen Debney, History, and Jerusha Elizabeth Young, Meteorology, 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

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Yong-Kyu Jung
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Non-FPGA-based Retargetable Computing: Architectures, Applications, and Advantages
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

DIGITAL HUMANITIES LECTURE
Thomas Finholt
School of Information
University of Michigan)
TITLE: Cyberinfrastructure and the Humanities: Using Advanced Information Technology to Explore New Modes of Thinking and Working
Faculty Contact: Dr. Frank Shipman
4:00 p.m., Room 204E Evans Library

CHEVRON INFO SESSION
Chevron representatives will present Information Technology — Energize Your Career. Pizza, Cookies and Drinks. Door Prize: Win a new iPod nano w/video.
5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Room 206 MSC

IBM INFO SESSION
IBM representatives will present Systems Technology (STG), Software Group (SWG) and Global Business Services (GBS) Application Integration. Bring a copy of your résumé. Food and beverages will be served.
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Wednesday, October 3

DISSERTATION DEFENSE OF
QINGWU YANG
TITLE: Finding Conserved Patterns in Biological Sequences, Networks and Genomes
Adviser: Dr. Sing-Hoi Sze
9:00 a.m., Room 307 HRBB

COMPETING FOR RESEARCH FUNDING SEMINAR
The Office of Proposal Development is sponsoring a seminar for faculty on How to Find and Win Research Funding: Strategies for Starting your Career as a Researcher. Register by email at opd@tamu.edu and include your name and the session you are interested in attending. Contact Libby Childress at libbyc@tamu.edu or go to http://opd.tamu.edu/seminars/october-3-2007-strategies-for-finding-and-competing-for-research.ics/view for more information.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room 601 Rudder Tower

Thursday, October 4

DIGITAL HUMANITIES LECTURE
Alan Liu
Department of English
University of California, Santa Barbara
TITLE: Knowledge and Web 2.0: The Transliteracies Project and Social Computing
Faculty Contact: Dr. Frank Shipman
4:00 p.m., Room 204E Evans Library

Friday, October 5

CS FORMER STUDENTS PICNIC AND LAB TOURS
The Department of Computer Science invites its former students to attend the 5th Annual Computer Science Former Students 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/invite?event=7, call Krista Simmons at (979) 845-5820 or email CSAggies@cs.tamu.edu if you can attend.

MULTICULTURAL SERVICES OPEN HOUSE
The Department of Multicultural Services will host an open house in their new location in the Memorial Student Center. Visitors will have an opportunity to tour the facilities and meet staff members and student leaders of student organizations sponsored by the department. For more information, call (979)862-2000 or visit http://aggieculture.tamu.edu.
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Suite 288 MSC

PARASOL SEMINAR
Gabriel Tanase
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Associative Parallel Containers in STAPL
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Casino Night: The MSC Flagroom will be turning into a Casino for all your FAVORITE Vegas games; this is NOT a gambling event—this is for recreational purposes ONLY! 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 November 30!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 9/24/2007

Monday, September 24

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. Alfredo Weitzenfeld
Professor in the Computer Engineering Department
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
TITLE: Biologically-Inspired Robotics: Learning from Nature
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, September 25

CS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES TRAINING
The CS Accounting Services Group will present a workshop on payroll, purchasing, travel, and TEES/TAMU accounts procedures to faculty and staff. Contact Laurie Holmgreen at laurie@cs.tamu.edu for more information.
2:00 p.m., Room 912B Richardson

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Xin Wu
Technical Staff Member and Product Manager
ANSYS/Fluent Inc.
TITLE: Significance of Electromagnetic Modeling in Package Electrical Designs
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

PARASOL SEMINAR
Peter Pirkelbauer
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Open Multi-Methods for C++ (Preview)
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, September 26

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS SEMINAR
This seminar is offered by the Office of Proposal Development for junior and senior undergraduates planning to attend graduate school and for current graduate students on how to find and compete for graduate fellowships. To register, please email Libby Childress at opd@tamu.edu with subject line: Graduate Fellowship Seminar, your name and department. Webpage: http://opd.tamu.edu/seminars/graduate-fellowships-seminar.ics/view
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Room 301 Rudder Tower

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. A. Frank van der Stappen
Associate Professor
Department of Information and Computing Sciences
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
TITLE: Geometric Algorithms in Automated Manufacturing
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, September 27

Friday, September 28

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. Busses will run from the front of the Wisenbaker Building to Veterans Park starting at 5:30 p.m., with round-trips every half hour. To register for this event, visit http://csgsa.cs.tamu.edu.
6:00 p.m., Veterans Park

CS Events of Week 9/17/2007

Monday, September 17

CONSTITUTION WEEK
Constitution Week marks the 220th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution and is observed September 17—23 at Texas A&M University. Visit http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/templates/?a=5009&z=15 for a schedule of events. For additional information about Constitution Week activities, call Nancy Sawtelle at (979)845-4016.

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. Rajkumar Buyya
Associate Professor and Reader
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Melbourne, Australia
TITLE: Economy-based Grid Computing and the Gridbus Middleware
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

SOFTWARE SAVES THE WORLD TECH TALK
Schlumberger representatives will present a program on software and careers at Schlumberger. Food and Door Prizes. Open to CS/CE students.
5:30 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Tuesday, September 18

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. Buses will run from Zachry to Reed starting at 9:30 a.m. 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.
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Reed Arena

CS INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM (IAP) FALL MEETING
Give a hearty Howdy to IAP representatives and guests from Adobe, Chevron, IBM, ExxonMobil, HP, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, National Instruments, Reynolds & Reynolds, Schlumberger, Valero Energy Corporation, Hitachi, KBSI, Raytheon, Sun Microsystems, Anadarko, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, The Metha Family Foundation, Rockwell Collins, SMT, STARTech Early Ventures, Tyler Technologies, and Valtech 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 301 HRBB

CS IAP DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SEMINAR
Trevor Hicks
Houston Technology Center Manager
Schlumberger Information Solutions
TITLE: Software Challenges for the Oil Industry
CS Staff Contact: Karen Jones, karen@cs.tamu.edu
This presentation is open to the public.
2:30 p.m., Room 124 H.R. Bright Building

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Jiang Hu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Multi-Scenario Optimization for VLSI Interconnect
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

TACS SPONSORS MICROSOFT PRESENTATION
The Texas A&M Computing Society presents Microsoft: Meet the Company. Find out more about full-time and internship opportunities and the Seattle area. Bring your résumé. Win a digital camera and other cool prizes. FREE food. Open to all interested students.
6:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Wednesday, September 19

IRTAG AND ICDG PROPOSALS DUE TODAY
The Office of the Vice President for Research and the International Programs Office have announced a call for proposals for the International Research Travel Assistance Grant (IRTAG) and the International Curriculum Development Grant (ICDG). These grants are open to all Texas A&M tenured and tenure-track faculty as well as distinguished and senior lecturers with a 50 percent or greater appointment in College Station or Galveston. For grant information, go to http://international.tamu.edu/Funding.asp.

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

SEC ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR CONTINUES
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Reed Arena

BIOINFORMATICS LECTURE WITH DR. BANI K. MALLICK
Bani Mallick, Professor of Statistics
Director, Bayesian Bioinformatics Laboratory
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Applications of Functional Data Analysis to Proteomics and Genomics Data
Staff Contact: Joyce Sutherland, (979)845-5528
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 457 Blocker

NAVAIR INFORMATION SESSION TODAY
NAVAIR offers full-time and internship opportunities for computer, electrical, aerospace, mechanical, material, industrial and chemical engineers, as well as computer scientists, mathematicians and physicists. NAVAIR is a government agency that develops, procures, supports and tests all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, the systems within those aircraft and the weapons carried on those aircraft. To learn more about NAVAIR or today's session, contact Steve Ortiz (CPSC '00) at steven.ortiz@navy.mil.
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Room 502 Rudder Tower

Thursday, September 20

Friday, September 21

UGRAD RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM APPLICATIONS DUE
The Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research has announced the final call for applications for participation in the 2007-08 class of the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Students interested in learning more about this program should contact Robert C. Webb, associate dean for undergraduate research at ugr@tamu.edu, or visit http://ugr.tamu.edu/extended-call-for-proposals.ics for more details.

THESIS DEFENSE OF
CHENG SHAO
TITLE: Multi-Writer Consistency Conditions for Shared Memory Objects
Adviser: Dr. Jennifer Welch
3:00 p.m., Room 307 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Dance Boot Camp with the Aggie Wranglers: Come and join the Aggie Wranglers for a FREE dance lesson and a demonstration of their internationally famous Aggie-style jitterbug! Also, there will be FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes. Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 30th!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 9/10/2007

Monday, September 10

Tuesday, September 11

COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Dr. Gwan Choi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Low-Power Design: Operating Chips in Operating Margin
Staff Contact: Carolyn Warzon
3:55 p.m., Room 103 ZACH

UPE HOSTS BANK OF AMERICA
Upsilon Pi Epsilon will host a Bank of America presentation on careers in the fields of information technology, information systems, and computer science. Free food will be provided. For more details, contact Daniel Eng at edaniel@neo.tamu.edu.
6:30 p.m., Room 912A Richardson

TACS INFORMATIONAL MEETING
The Texas A&M Computing Society will hold an informational meeting. Free pizza and drinks will be served.
Contact Efrain Lopez at efrain@neo.tamu.edu with any TACS questions.
7:00 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Wednesday, September 12

NI DAY ENGINEERING EXPO
National Instruments invites students, faculty and staff to come meet NI engineers, learn about NI hardware and software through various product demos, and find out about internship/co-op and full-time job opportunities at NI. You also can register to win a Nintendo Wii!

At approximately 5:15 p.m. in the Zachry Lobby, NI Senior Vice President of R&D, Tim Dehne, and George Schroeder, R&D Section Manager, will talk about NI's role as a leader in virtual instrumentation and how National Instruments is leveraging cutting-edge technology to make a difference in the world. Breakout sessions will follow immediately to describe the specific positions available at National Instruments. For information about NI Day, contact NI Campus Intern Katie Ramirez at katieramirez@gmail.com.
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., first floor H.R. Bright Building and Zachry Lobby

THESIS OFFICE OPEN HOUSE TODAY AND THURSDAY
The Thesis Office is having an open house to show graduate students how to save time, money and effort prior to writing a thesis or dissertation. Refreshments will be served and students may stop by at any time to visit with staff members, pick up information or ask questions.
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 612 Evans Library

THESIS OFFICE WORKSHOP TODAY AND THURSDAY
An informative workshop for graduate students will cover requirements, guidelines and helpful hints on thesis writing. The latest information related to theses and dissertations will be shared with graduate advisors during this workshop. For more information, visit http://thesis.tamu.edu or call the Thesis Office at (979)845-2225.
10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Room 612 Evans Library

CPSC 681 SEMINAR
Dr. Radu Stoleru
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Wireless Sensor Networks: A Systems Approach
CPSC 681 Faculty Contact: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
4:10 p.m., Room 124 HRBB

Thursday, September 13

THESIS OFFICE OPEN HOUSE
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room 612 Evans Library

THESIS OFFICE WORKSHOP
10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Room 612 Evans Library

Friday, September 14

AGGIE NIGHTS
Aggie Nights at the Rec: rock climbing, badminton, table tennis, games, food, and soda for FREE at the Student Recreation Center! Dive in the outdoor pool and find out what happens behind the scenes of the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship. Bring your Usual Suspects card for the chance to win $200 gift card on November 30th!!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 9/3/2007

Monday, September 3

LABOR DAY
Labor Day celebrates the contributions of working men and women to America's social and economic life.

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
The Office of Proposal Development is sponsoring a semester-long grant writing workshop for all tenure-track and tenured faculty working in all disciplines. Organizers say participants will be guided through the entire project development and proposal writing process. Applicants should have a well-defined research topic, at least some preliminary data and ample time to devote to workshop activities and to completion of their proposal. Applications are due today, and the orientation session will start on Sept. 5. To learn more and to apply, visit http://opd.tamu.edu. Contact Libby Childress at (979)845-1811 or libbyc@tamu.edu for more information.

ANNUAL SECC KICKS OFF
The 2007 State Employee Charitable Campaign, running from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, is a charitable fundraiser in conjunction with United Way. Jennifer Carter is organizing the CS department's SECC fundraising efforts. If you would like to participate in the planning, please contact Jennifer at (979)845-6176

ISEN SEMINAR
Dr. Jean-Francois Chamberland, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Markov Processes, Queuing Models, and Their Application to Delay-sensitive Wireless Communication Systems
Staff Contact: Katherine Edwards, kedwards@tamu.edu
3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m., Room 203 ZACH

Tuesday, September 4

SILVER TAPS
Amy Lela Foster, Economics; Seong-Ha Hwang, Civil Engineering; Jeremy Alan Kersh, Electrical Engineering; Chae Kwan Lim, Civil Engineering; Andrea Elysee McKenna, Interdisciplinary Studies; Donna Diane Martine, Education Curriculum & Instruction; Gary Wayne Nolan, Agricultural Engineering; James Erall O'Brien, Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences; Hannah Beth Ann Peterson, Educational Curriculum & Instruction; Brittney Lyn Sonnier, Interdisciplinary Studies; Tynesha Devonna Stewart, General Studies, 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, September 5

Thursday, September 6

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP ON MULTI-TASKING
The Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost will present Is Multi-Tasking a Skill? Strategies for Effective Time Management. This presentation will provide useful strategies on how to manage time in an academic setting. To register, call the Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost at (979)845-4274 or register online at http://dof.tamu.edu.
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Room 701 Rudder Tower

Friday, September 7

Last day to apply for all degrees to be awarded in December. 5:00 p.m.

ACADEMIC CONVOCATION
The academic procession will precede the academic convocation and begin at Cushing Library at about 1:00 p.m. The convocation will include a state-of-the-university address by Interim President Eddie J. Davis and recognition of not only new faculty members but also newly tenured and promoted faculty members. A reception will follow immediately in room 201 of the Memorial Student Center. All students, faculty and staff who plan to march in the procession should register so that adequate seating may be provided at the convocation. To register or for more information, go to the Dean of Faculties' website at http://dof.tamu.edu/events/convocation.
Convocation: 1:30 p.m., G. Rollie White Coliseum

PARASOL SEMINAR
Salah Aly
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
TITLE: Fountain Codes based Distributed Storage Algorithms for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
CS Faculty Contact: Dr. Nancy Amato
4:00 p.m., Room 302 HRBB

AGGIE NIGHTS
Grant Edmonds Comedy Variety Game Show: Aggie Nights presents a fully interactive, audience participatory comedy game show where EVERY CONTESTANT WINS CASH! Play 5-10 fun games: Be a comedian, Be a Model, the Dating Game, an acting game, and a dancing game. Spend 60+ minutes making new friends, making money, learning new things about yourself (and others), and laughing all the way!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

CS Events of Week 8/27/2007

Monday, August 27

Glad You're Back to those of you returning; and a Warm Welcome to those of you new to the computer science department!

First day of fall semester classes

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

Tuesday, August 28

THESIS DEFENSE OF
ASWIN D'SOUZA
TITLE: Automated Counting of Cell Bodies Using Nissl Stained Cross-Sectional Images
Adviser: Dr. John Keyser
10:00 a.m., Room 302 HRBB

Wednesday, August 29

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

Thursday, August 30

Friday, August 31

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

FIRST YELL WEEKEND KICKOFF

The Weekend Warm Up will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Rudder Fountain Plaza
Aggie Women's Soccer vs. Dartmouth, 6:00 p.m. at Aggie Soccer Stadium, is free with your ticket to Colin and Brad
An evening with Colin and Brad begins at 8:00 p.m. in Reed Arena
Midnight Yell Practice at Kyle Field

AGGIE NIGHTS
First Aggie Nights of the semester! FREE food, games, bowling, billiards, and prizes! We're bigger and better than ever! Get a Usual Suspects card for your chance to enter a special drawing for $200 gift certificate card on November 30th!
8:00 p.m. to Midnight, MSC

FACULTY OPENINGS

• CSE Senior Faculty

• CSE Lecturers