From mgupta at brynmawr.edu Wed Mar 4 17:20:48 2009 From: mgupta at brynmawr.edu (Mansi Gupta) Date: Wed Mar 4 13:22:30 2009 Subject: [Compsci] CS Juniors: Technology Associate Position - Career Opportunities with SIG Message-ID: <20d41a980903041420j4674f7a6s84d8c14d5bafc17c@mail.gmail.com> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20090304/51ced3e8/3-4-2009_44657_PM-668441-16005.html From dxu at cs.brynmawr.edu Thu Mar 5 14:19:18 2009 From: dxu at cs.brynmawr.edu (Dianna Xu) Date: Thu Mar 5 10:20:55 2009 Subject: [Compsci] FLICS lecture by Jennifer Goldbeck on 3/18 in Haverford Message-ID: Fantastic Lectures in Computer Science (FLICS) Fantasticlecturesincomputerscience.com presents Jennifer Goldbeck Assistant Professor College of Information Studies University of Maryland Computing with Social Trust: Web Algorithms, Social Networks, and Recommendations Abstract: Web-based social networks provide a wealth of publicly accessible information about people and their relationships. The trust between people in these is particularly interesting because it can be used to improve the way users access and interact with information, especially user-generated content on the web. In this talk, I will present research on the two most important problems in this space. First, I will discuss methods for computing trust between people online, relying on graph algorithms and statistical analysis of user behavior and interaction. Then, I will show how these results can be used in applications where users interact with web-based information. In particular, we will look at recommender systems and see when and how trust can improve the quality of the results. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Talk @ 4:30 p.m. (Tea at 4:00 p.m.) Haverford College KINSC H109 Dianna -- Dianna Xu Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Bryn Mawr College 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (610) 526-6502 www.cs.brynmawr.edu/~dxu From dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu Fri Mar 20 09:46:14 2009 From: dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu (Deepak Kumar) Date: Fri Mar 20 09:46:09 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Possible long term job opportunity Message-ID: <49C39E26.607@cs.brynmawr.edu> Hello CS students: There is a wonderful job opportunity for continuing students at The Quadrangle. The Q is a community for Seniors in Haverford Township which is primarily populated with retired academics (think of me in 30 years!) and other professionals (I was told that the great grand daughter of Charles Darwin is living there!). They would like to set up a co-op or just a one-on-one arrangement for "tech support" which would range from simple trouble shooting (how do I turn my computer on) to tutorials on learning to use programs like MS Word/Office etc. perhaps even getting on FaceBook and how to pay your bills online, etc. Ideally, it would be great to set up a co-op (using the Department as a base) where anyone available could go over to help. All services rendered will be paid directly to the student. I would suggest you all talk about this and let me know how to proceed. There is a bit of a transportation issue, but if we did it as a Co-op we could schedule a blue-bus run or have one of their shuttles provide transport. This is a great opportunity in that there is income, community service, and a whole lot of goodwill and friendship with some very interesting folks. 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 kblessing at brynmawr.edu Tue Mar 24 09:34:17 2009 From: kblessing at brynmawr.edu (Kimberly Blessing) Date: Tue Mar 24 09:33:56 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Ada Lovelace Day In-Reply-To: <1253917155.3254141237901363007.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <1800577013.3256711237901657940.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Hi everyone, Did you know that today is Ada Lovelace Day? Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Learn more at http://findingada.com/ If you have a blog, you can participate by writing about the women in technology that you know and those who inspire you! I've written about two Bryn Mawr alums who were important influencers in my early career: http://www.kimberlyblessing.com/archive/2009/03/24/honoring-ada-inspiring-women Best, Kimberly From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Tue Mar 24 11:43:53 2009 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Mar 24 11:43:30 2009 Subject: [Compsci] [Fwd: Computer Science Colloquium on Monday, March 30, 4:30 PM] Message-ID: <49C8FFB9.4050900@cs.brynmawr.edu> -- Douglas S. Blank Director, Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) http://www.roboteducation.org Chair, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Don Goelman Subject: Computer Science Colloquium on Monday, March 30, 4:30 PM Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:11:13 -0400 Size: 8923 Url: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20090324/70a83141/30PM.eml From kblessing at brynmawr.edu Wed Mar 25 16:40:32 2009 From: kblessing at brynmawr.edu (Kimberly Blessing) Date: Wed Mar 25 16:40:05 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Apply for a scholarship to attend GHC! In-Reply-To: <991588657.3944241238013532059.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <1416942659.3945041238013632680.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Hi everyone, You've heard all of the great stories about the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, and I know you want to attend the next conference (October '09 in Tuscon, AZ). Well, *NOW* is the time to apply for a scholarship! GHC scholarships cover a combination of conference registration (which includes most meals), lodging, and fixed amount of travel reimbursement funds. The deadline for application submissions is May 27, 2009 (Midnight CDT). You will be asked to submit an essay, r?sum?/CV, GPA and class rank and letter of reference. Full information is at http://www.gracehopper.org/2009/participate/student-scholarships/ I would strongly suggest that the major reps help anyone wanting to attend by crafting a letter which could be sent to all CS major/minor alums, asking for financial contributions -- demonstrating that you can raise some of the money will go a long way to getting more Mawrters to GHC! I'd love to see an even larger group from Bryn Mawr and Haverford at GHC in October! (Here's a photos of most of us from last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyblessing/2910748949/in/set-72157607680354559/) Best, Kimberly From kblessing at brynmawr.edu Mon Mar 30 08:04:48 2009 From: kblessing at brynmawr.edu (Kimberly Blessing) Date: Mon Mar 30 08:04:03 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Barbara Liskov wins the 2008 Turing Award! In-Reply-To: <776344536.5059701238414638221.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <514233106.5059911238414688258.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> I don't know if you've all covered this in the classroom already, but here's the news on our second female Turing Award winner! --- Award Citation For contributions to practical and theoretical foundations of programming language and system design, especially related to data abstraction, fault tolerance, and distributed computing. Barbara Liskov has led important developments in computing by creating and implementing programming languages, operating systems, and innovative systems designs that have advanced the state of the art of data abstraction, modularity, fault tolerance, persistence, and distributed computing systems. The Venus operating system was an early example of principled operating system design. The CLU programming language was one of the earliest and most complete programming languages based on modules formed from abstract data types and incorporating unique intertwining of both early and late binding mechanisms. ARGUS extended many of the CLU ideas to distributed programming, and incorporated the first versions of nested transactions to maintain predictable consistencies. Other advances include solutions elegantly combining theory and pragmatics in the areas of decentralized information flow, replicated storage and caching of persistent objects, and modular upgrading of distributed systems. Her contributions have been incorporated into the practice of programming, thereby influencing many of the most important systems used today: for programming, specification, systems design, and distributed architectures. More info and links: http://www.acm.org/membership/turing-award2008