From neilbert at brynmawr.edu Thu Apr 3 16:16:05 2008 From: neilbert at brynmawr.edu (Natasha Eilbert) Date: Thu Apr 3 16:16:20 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Want to be a tutor? Message-ID: <1572.165.106.10.174.1207253765.squirrel@webmail.brynmawr.edu> Hi guys, If any of you are interested, there's a student taking a CS class who would love to be tutored. All she needs is someone to review some of the basic Python concepts -- if loops, for loops, stuff like that. She's friendly and a willing learner. You would be paid as would a normal BMC tutor. Please let me know if you're interested and I'll pass you along her email. Thanks! Natasha From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Fri Apr 4 12:14:57 2008 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Fri Apr 4 12:15:09 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Jeannette Wing speaking at Villanova, April 7 4:30pm Message-ID: <47F65401.8070305@cs.brynmawr.edu> When: Monday, April 7 4:30 PM Where: MSC 154, Villanova University This presentation is part of the Delaware Valley Distinguished Lectureship Series in Computer Science, which is jointly hosted by the computing departments at Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College and Villanova University. Everyone is invited to attend. Title: Computational Thinking Dr. Jeannette Wing Abstract: My vision for the 21st Century: Computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world. To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child's analystical ability. Computational thinking involves solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior by drawing on the concepts fundamental to computer science. Thinking like a computer scientist means more than being able to program a computer. It requires thinking at multiple levels of abstraction. In this talk I will give many examples of computational thinking, argue that it has already influenced other disciplines, and promote the idea that teaching computational thinking can inspire future generations to enter the field of computer science. Speaker Bio: Dr. Jeannette M. Wing is the President's Professor of Computer Science in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1979 and her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 1983, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2004-2007, she was Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon. Currently on leave from CMU, she is the Assistant Director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation. Professor Wing's general research interests are in the areas of specification and verification, concurrent and distributed systems, and programming languages. Her current focus is on the foundations of trustworthy computing. Professor Wing was or is on the editorial board of eleven journals. She has been a member of many advisory boards, including: the Networking and Information Technology (NITRD) Technical Advisory Group to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Tecbnology (PCAST), the National Academies of Sciences's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, ACM Council, the DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Board, NSF's CISE Advisory Committee, Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board, and the Intel Research Pittsburgh's Advisory Board. She is a member of the Sloan Research Fellowships Program Committee. She is a member of AAAS, ACM, IEEE, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. Professor Wing is an AAAS Fellow, ACM Fellow, and IEEE Fellow. Refreshments will be served in MSC 159 after the talk. From dblank at brynmawr.edu Mon Apr 7 12:39:22 2008 From: dblank at brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Mon Apr 7 12:39:37 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Jeannette Wing speaking at Villanova, April 7 4:30pm Message-ID: <47FA4E3A.7070101@brynmawr.edu> When: Monday, April 7 4:30 PM Where: MSC 154, Villanova University This presentation is part of the Delaware Valley Distinguished Lectureship Series in Computer Science, which is jointly hosted by the computing departments at Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College and Villanova University. Everyone is invited to attend. Title: Computational Thinking Dr. Jeannette Wing Abstract: My vision for the 21st Century: Computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world. To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child's analystical ability. Computational thinking involves solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior by drawing on the concepts fundamental to computer science. Thinking like a computer scientist means more than being able to program a computer. It requires thinking at multiple levels of abstraction. In this talk I will give many examples of computational thinking, argue that it has already influenced other disciplines, and promote the idea that teaching computational thinking can inspire future generations to enter the field of computer science. Speaker Bio: Dr. Jeannette M. Wing is the President's Professor of Computer Science in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1979 and her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 1983, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2004-2007, she was Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon. Currently on leave from CMU, she is the Assistant Director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation. Professor Wing's general research interests are in the areas of specification and verification, concurrent and distributed systems, and programming languages. Her current focus is on the foundations of trustworthy computing. Professor Wing was or is on the editorial board of eleven journals. She has been a member of many advisory boards, including: the Networking and Information Technology (NITRD) Technical Advisory Group to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Tecbnology (PCAST), the National Academies of Sciences's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, ACM Council, the DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Board, NSF's CISE Advisory Committee, Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board, and the Intel Research Pittsburgh's Advisory Board. She is a member of the Sloan Research Fellowships Program Committee. She is a member of AAAS, ACM, IEEE, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. Professor Wing is an AAAS Fellow, ACM Fellow, and IEEE Fellow. Refreshments will be served in MSC 159 after the talk. _______________________________________________ CompSci mailing list CompSci@emergent.brynmawr.edu http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/mailman/listinfo/compsci From lmaksym at brynmawr.edu Fri Apr 11 12:42:55 2008 From: lmaksym at brynmawr.edu (Lauren Maksym) Date: Fri Apr 11 12:42:20 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Computer Science Majors Tea Message-ID: <47FF950F.4010906@brynmawr.edu> Mark your calendars! The Computer Science Department will be hosting a majors tea *this Monday, April 14th* from 4:00-5:30pm in Park 231. We will be watching "The Thirteenth Floor" - a movie about building simulated worlds (with /Tenure/ actress Gretchen Mol!). This is a great opportunity to learn more about the major/minor and socialize with the computer science faculty, majors/minors, and other prospective students. Refreshments will be served :-) Please stop by for as long as you can. We look forward to seeing you there! Best, Lauren Maksym & Leslie McTavish Your CS Major Reps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20080411/aadd02e4/attachment.htm From dblank at brynmawr.edu Tue Apr 15 10:33:01 2008 From: dblank at brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Apr 15 10:33:19 2008 Subject: [Compsci] [Fwd: Women In Games Conference 2008] Message-ID: <51425.165.106.241.151.1208269981.squirrel@webmail.brynmawr.edu> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Women In Games Conference 2008 From: "Nicola Bhalerao" Date: Tue, April 15, 2008 10:28 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women in Games Conference University of Warwick, UK 10-12th September 2008 Call for papers and participation The Women In Games conference encourages research and seeks to promote careers for women within the games industry. If games are to become a true sibling medium to music and cinema, the industry needs greater balance in its audience and its workforce. The Women In Games conference welcomes participants from both industry and academia, providing a forum for presentation and discussion of issues relating to all aspects of women's involvement in games, including game development, game playing and women as portrayed within games. Although this conference is concerned with women and games please note that men are also very welcome to participate! The industry needs a meaningful dialogue between the sexes as it moves forward. Further details of the conference and this year's themes are available at the conference website: www.womeningames.com You are invited to participate in the conference in the following ways - Attending the conference (registration is now open at www.womeningames.com). - Speaking or presenting a panel - see below. - Exploring options within your organisation for sponsoring the conference. Sponsorship ideas which support the conference and provide publicity for your organisation can be found on the website: www.womeningames.com. Please draw this to the attention of the relevant contact in your organisation. Presenting at the conference ============================We welcome proposals for presentations, panels, posters and workshops from both industrial and academic participants. The main conference themes are detailed on the website and submissions related to these and other relevant issues are invited. Industrial participation ------------------------ Industrial participants who do not wish to write a paper are invited to submit a 250 word abstract outlining your proposed contribution. Academic papers --------------- Full paper: (abstract 1200 words max) Short papers: (abstract 600 words max) Other types of submission: see website. Student forum ------------- Student paper: (abstract 1000 words) Important dates for all categories: Submission of abstracts 31st May 2008 Notification of acceptance 15th July 2008 Women in Games 2008 10-12th September 2008 Submission procedure -------------------- All submissions should be sent to nicola@womeningames.com and will be anonymously peer-reviewed by the Women in Games steering committee. For further details see www.womeningames.com or contact nicola@womeningames.com Nicola Bhalerao Senior Software Engineer Rare Limited Registered Office: Beaufort House, Tenth Floor, 15 St Botolph St, London, EC3A 7EE, UK Registered in England & Wales, No: 1905690 Organiser of Women In Games 2008 [cid:image001.jpg@01C89F0D.6C6CCCC0] -- Douglas S. Blank Associate Professor, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank/ Office: 610 526 6501 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can also talk to her about CS stuff here, life in graduate school, etc. Deepak. -- Deepak Kumar Professor of Computer Science Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 dkumar@cs.brynmawr.edu, dkumar@acm.org http://www.cs.brynmawr.edu/~dkumar From dblank at brynmawr.edu Tue Apr 22 11:02:50 2008 From: dblank at brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Apr 22 11:03:32 2008 Subject: [Compsci] CS Talk Wed 4/23/08, noon Message-ID: <480DFE1A.8020608@brynmawr.edu> The BMC Computer Science Department presents a talk on: Adventures in Robot Architecture: Locality Principles, Scaling Laws, and Amdahl's Rule of Thumb for Robots by Keith O'Hara Day: Wednesday April 23, 2008 Time: noon Room: Park Science, room 230 Just as special purpose computers and mainframes grew into general purpose personal computers, special purpose industrial robots are evolving into more general purpose personal robots. As robots become more capable and universal, their exact applications are less well-defined at design time. Like desktop computers and cell-phones, we will have to design robots for classes of tasks rather than specific applications. In computer architecture, Amdahl's rule of thumb tells us how to build a balanced computer system. It states that for every instruction per second of processing, a balanced computer should have one byte of memory, and one bit per second of input/output. Yet, the architectural design of robots is more of an art than a science. We present a preliminary empirical study on exploring the underlying space of robot architectures. We are developing a data mining system to uncover scaling laws in terms of computing, sensing, and actuation resources for different classes of robots. The scaling laws will inform robot designers on how to build "balanced" robots for classes of tasks rather than for point applications. Another important robot architecture decision is how to provide the robot system access to the environment. If we are designing a surveillance system, should we use one mobile patrolling robot or a distributed camera network? Or perhaps we should build a heterogeneous system with both mobile and pervasive components? We have developed and analyzed various systems to explore this mobility/pervasiveness trade-off. We will also discuss how to adapt the principle of "locality of reference" from computer architecture to this robot architecture problem. From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Tue Apr 29 15:56:57 2008 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Apr 29 15:57:11 2008 Subject: [Compsci] CS Party! Message-ID: <48177D89.6000806@cs.brynmawr.edu> The Computer Science department will hold its end of year picnic this Friday, May 2 from 5-7 PM in the courtyard in the center of Park. We'll have food, drink, Frisbees, and boccie ball. Good time of year to celebrate! Hope you can make it! -Doug, Deepak, and Dianna From dblank at brynmawr.edu Tue Apr 29 17:14:06 2008 From: dblank at brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Apr 29 17:14:21 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Athena's Techies Message-ID: <48178F9E.1090107@brynmawr.edu> This just in: http://athenatech.brynmawr.edu/ Ask them what their tag line means... I'm not sure if that's normal or not... Leave them a note and say "hello, world!" -Doug