From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Nov 7 11:36:46 2011 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Mon Nov 7 11:36:29 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Philosophy of Information Working Group @BMC In-Reply-To: <4EAAC425.7000407@cs.brynmawr.edu> References: <4EAAC425.7000407@cs.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <4EB8091E.2080609@cs.brynmawr.edu> Colleagues, The Philosophy of Information Working Group will meet again this Wednesday at 9am-10am in Park Science Building at Bryn Mawr College, room 230. This week members will discuss "what is information?" and how the term is used in various fields. Last week we had our first meeting, and began to explore the topic of "information" among 13 participants from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore Colleges. Participants came from varied areas, including English, Economics, History, Biology, and Computer Science. Coffee, muffins, and scones are provided, and arrive about 8:45am. Please pass this note on to any possible interested parties (especially students!) Hope you can make it! -Doug, with members of the Center for Science of Information http://soihub.org/ "Our mission is to advance science and technology through a new quantitative understanding of the representation, communication, and processing of information in biological, physical, social, and engineered systems." Members: Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Purdue University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Funded by the National Science Foundation, CCF-0939370. -- Douglas S. Blank, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From mkuperb1 at swarthmore.edu Mon Nov 7 11:54:01 2011 From: mkuperb1 at swarthmore.edu (Mark Kuperberg) Date: Mon Nov 7 13:04:47 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Re: Philosophy of Information Working Group @BMC In-Reply-To: <4EB8091E.2080609@cs.brynmawr.edu> References: <4EAAC425.7000407@cs.brynmawr.edu> <4EB8091E.2080609@cs.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: <4EB80D29.3090705@swarthmore.edu> Maybe a more fruitful discussion would be "what isn't information?"(it seems like a much shorter list) -- Mark Kuperberg Dept. of Economics Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pa. 19081 Ofc: 610 328-8123 Fax: 610 328-7352 From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Wed Nov 9 13:48:28 2011 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Wed Nov 9 13:47:58 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Looking for TAs! Message-ID: <4EBACAFC.3030704@cs.brynmawr.edu> Students, We are hiring now for student TAs, especially for Introduction to Computing, and Data Structures. If you are interested, please contact me. Thanks! -Doug -- Douglas S. Blank, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From eeaton at cs.brynmawr.edu Fri Nov 11 12:38:00 2011 From: eeaton at cs.brynmawr.edu (Eric Eaton) Date: Fri Nov 11 13:27:10 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Invited Talk on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by Matt Taylor: Thurs., Nov 17, 4pm in Park 243 Message-ID: <000EA29D-32FB-4D81-8582-D943B4F7E4A1@cs.brynmawr.edu> The Computer Science Department at Bryn Mawr College invites you to a special event: A Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Part of the Fantastic Lectures in Computer Science (FLICS) series "Help an Agent Out: Learning From the Environment and Humans" Matthew E. Taylor Lafayette College Thursday, November 17th, 2011 from 4:00-5:00pm in Park 243 (Physics Lecture Hall) Abstract --------------------------- Significant advances have been made in autonomous learning, from game playing to training a robot to walk to autonomous helicopter flight. However, we have little understanding about how to best teach such agents. This talk will first present background on reinforcement learning, a paradigm where virtual and robotic agents can autonomously learn to act in complex environments. We will then discuss a selection of recent work towards integrating autonomous learning with advice from other agents or even humans. Speaker Biography --------------------------- Matthew E. Taylor graduated magna cum laude with a double major in computer science and physics from Amherst College in 2001. After working for two years as a software developer, he began his Ph.D. with a MCD fellowship from the College of Natural Sciences. He received his doctorate from the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin in the summer of 2008, supervised by Peter Stone. Matt recently completed a two year postdoctoral research position at the University of Southern California with Milind Tambe and is now an assistant professor at Lafayette College in the computer science department. His current research interests include intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning. From kimberly at kimberlyblessing.com Sun Nov 13 13:50:22 2011 From: kimberly at kimberlyblessing.com (Kimberly Blessing) Date: Sun Nov 13 13:50:27 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Mailing address for Bethany Message-ID: <002c01cca235$19a5bb80$4cf13280$@com> Hi everyone, I hope the GHC attendees have all made it home safely! I have tee shirts for Bethany. Bethany, can you send me your mailing address? (I'm assuming she's still on this list, but if not, can someone send me her email address?) Thanks, Kimberly From kbstuff at kimmiecorp.com Thu Nov 17 11:50:18 2011 From: kbstuff at kimmiecorp.com (Kimberly Blessing) Date: Thu Nov 17 13:28:29 2011 Subject: [Compsci] FW: New Meetup: Advanced HTML + CSS (4 class series) Message-ID: <02c401cca548$fd6ae050$f840a0f0$@com> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 823 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20111117/feb208df/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 335 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20111117/feb208df/attachment-0001.jpg From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Nov 21 10:03:33 2011 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Mon Nov 21 10:03:00 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Fwd: NSF and NASA Resources for Students - PLEASE Announce/Forward In-Reply-To: <4EC91E12.30802@ibparticipation.org> References: <4EC91E12.30802@ibparticipation.org> Message-ID: <4ECA6845.2000402@cs.brynmawr.edu> [FYI, -Doug] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NSF and NASA Resources for Students - PLEASE Announce/Forward Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:34:42 -0500 From: Sandy Thomas To: Douglas: Once again, we are enlisting your help in getting information from the NSF and NASA to your colleagues and/or students you know who may be considering undergrad summer research and/or applying to graduate school. Please announce these opportunities in any classes or at presentations you may be making, and forward or print/ post the flyer on the link below in this email --as you deem appropriate. Here are links to specific portals for students: For Undergraduates: Paid Summer 2012 Undergrad Research Placements: Over 800 programs ? REU and other summer research opportunities for undergrads For Financial Support in Graduate School Opportunities: Bridge to the Doctorate, IGERT and NSF Grad Research Fellowship programs provide generous stipend and tuition support for students through the National Science Foundation: For Postdoc opportunities For NASA-supported internships, fellowships and scholarships Finally, here is a link to a flyer (pdf) which can be printed to post if you so choose . If you find any errors in the listing of your programs (or others) please let us know! We?d be happy to answer any questions you have and to provide your students with assistance in applying to these programs. Thanks and best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving, Sandy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sandra Thomas Senior Administrator, Executive Director Emeritus Institute for Broadening Participation http://www.pathwaystoscience.org sthomas@ibparticipation.org /As a member of our mailing list, you receive occasional notifications of student fellowship and other funding opportunities, program deadlines, and information on graduate programs. If you wish to unsubscribe from future notifications, please send a reply to this email and ask to be removed from our mailing list./ From dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Nov 21 16:46:34 2011 From: dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu (Deepak kumar) Date: Mon Nov 21 16:46:36 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Fwd: [talks] Penn CIS Colloquium: Eitan Grinspun, "From Sorcery to Science: how Hollywood Physics impacts the Sciences" References: <20111121193725.GE16291@mawode.com> Message-ID: <01F83D46-6C04-494D-ADBC-E723890F20C4@cs.brynmawr.edu> Fyi... Deepak Kumar Professor of Computer Science Bryn Mawr College dkumar@cs.brynmawr.edu Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Walt Mankowski > Date: November 21, 2011 2:37:25 PM EST > To: talks@cs.drexel.edu > Subject: [talks] Penn CIS Colloquium: Eitan Grinspun, "From Sorcery to Science: how Hollywood Physics impacts the Sciences" > > Thanks! This does indeed sound like a very cool talk. For more > information on Eitan's talk, please see > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/Grinspun.shtml > > Walt > > ----- Forwarded message from david@cs.drexel.edu ----- > > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:40 -0500 > From: david@cs.drexel.edu > To: walt@cs.drexel.edu > Cc: gao25@drexel.edu, david@cs.drexel.edu > Subject: talk @ Penn > X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v2.08 > > Walt- > > I know that you sometimes (usually?) send out e-mails about > talks at Penn. Can I suggest that you do that for the talk > below? Eitan is a good speaker and I think his talk will be > very interesting. > > thanks, > -Dave > > > "From Sorcery to Science: how Hollywood Physics impacts the Sciences" > Tuesday, November 22 > 3 to 4:15 p.m. > Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut Street > University of Pennsylvania's Computer and Information Science Department > is hosting Eitan Grinspun from Columbia University. Grinspun will be > discussing the process of deriving and computing models of physics, and > show actual examples of resulting technologies in film, consumer products, > physics, and medicine. > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > _______________________________________________ > Talks@mail.cs.drexel.edu > https://mail.cs.drexel.edu/mailman/listinfo/talks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20111121/fdd64a64/attachment.htm From ctakemoto at brynmawr.edu Tue Nov 22 21:18:21 2011 From: ctakemoto at brynmawr.edu (Cara Takemoto) Date: Tue Nov 22 21:18:24 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Major Board and Movie Tea In-Reply-To: <5a6ed4ba-49a5-4633-987e-83491d58a8c7@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Message-ID: Hey Everyone, The Wednesday after Thanksgiving break, CS Department is having a Movie Night and Major Board Tea. There will be snacks and we'll be watching a movie, current suggestions include Source Code, and making our pictures for the 2011-2012 year Major Board. So, if you're a Computer Science Major or Minor please bring a picture of yourself to room 232 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 11/30. If you cannot make it, you can send a picture to one of us and we'll make sure you make it on the board. Thanks! Cara From ctakemoto at brynmawr.edu Tue Nov 22 21:34:28 2011 From: ctakemoto at brynmawr.edu (Cara Takemoto) Date: Tue Nov 22 21:34:30 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Major Board and Movie Tea In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ECC5BB4.8010909@brynmawr.edu> Sorry, forgot to include the emails you can reach us at. Thanks! ctakemoto@bmc mshafer@bmc cclabaugh@bmc On 11/22/11 9:18 PM, Cara Takemoto wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > The Wednesday after Thanksgiving break, CS Department is having a > Movie Night and Major Board Tea. There will be snacks and we'll be > watching a movie, current suggestions include Source Code, and making > our pictures for the 2011-2012 year Major Board. So, if you're a > Computer Science Major or Minor please bring a picture of yourself to > room 232 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 11/30. If you cannot > make it, you can send a picture to one of us and we'll make sure you > make it on the board. > > Thanks! > > Cara > _______________________________________________ > CompSci mailing list > CompSci@emergent.brynmawr.edu > http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/mailman/listinfo/compsci From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Tue Nov 29 13:13:24 2011 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Tue Nov 29 13:16:42 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Fwd: Computing Sciences Colloquium: Special CSEd Week Event, Monday Dec. 5, 2011 In-Reply-To: <4ED51E7B.3050005@villanova.edu> References: <4ED51E7B.3050005@villanova.edu> Message-ID: <4ED520C4.7010503@cs.brynmawr.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Computing Sciences Colloquium: Special CSEd Week Event, Monday Dec. 5, 2011 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:03:39 -0500 From: Tom Way To: Thomas Way /Villanova University/ Department of Computing Sciences & The ACM Student Chapter present a special two-part CSEd Week event A Video Presentation: Steve Jobs 60 Minutes Interview* Mon. Dec. 5, 2011 @ 4pm Mendel Science Center 101* Door Prizes for Lucky Attendees A Colloquium by Greg Doerfler, Tom Carpenter, Anthony Dovelle, John Truit & Dr. Tom Way /Student Research Presentations from the 2011 Worldcomp Conference/ *Mon. Dec. 5, 2011 @ 4:30pm** Mendel Science Center 101* *Abstract:* Dr. Tom Way and his undergraduate students will present their research papers that were presented in July 2011 at the 2011 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing. ?Worldcomp,? as it is known, is a multi-conference consisting of 22 separate conferences co-located at the same venue, bringing together 2,000+ researchers from all over the world. While at Worldcomp, Dr. Way and his students presented the results of collaborative undergraduate and faculty research as reported in two accepted research papers. Notably, Dr. Dan Joyce also attended Worldcomp to present his paper ?Probability and Statistics for Computer Science - Who Should Teach It??The available authors will present the results of their research efforts as reported in these two papers. Refreshments and conversation will be shared immediately after the colloquium in MSC 159. 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If you cannot make it, you can send a picture to one of us and we'll make sure you make it on the board. Thanks! Cara, Mel, and Caitlyn ctakemoto@bmc mshafer@bmc cclabaugh@bmc From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Wed Nov 30 10:43:37 2011 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Wed Nov 30 10:44:24 2011 Subject: [Compsci] Philosophy of Information: Meeting at Swarthmore next week Message-ID: <4ED64F29.6020000@cs.brynmawr.edu> Inforgs, The Philosophy of Information Working Group will meet again next Wednesday, December 7th, at 9am-10am at Swarthmore College, room TBA. Rich Wicentowski will continue this week's discussion on information, frequencies, and textual/musical corpuses. Questions discussed this week: * What makes something information? Does it matter? * Why do natural systems have the property that some tokens are more common than others? Are there natural systems that don't have this property? * What is white noise? pink noise? Is there any information in there? * Can you detect forged documents by looking at the distribution of made-up numbers? * How do you play the Shannon Game? * What does a fake eye doctor have to do with information theory? Coffee will be available in the coffee shop. BMC students and faculty can contact me to coordinate carpooling. Please pass this note on to any possible interested parties (especially students!) Hope you can make it! -Doug, with members of the Center for Science of Information http://cs.brynmawr.edu/content/soi "Our mission is to advance science and technology through a new quantitative understanding of the representation, communication, and processing of information in biological, physical, social, and engineered systems." Members: Bryn Mawr College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Purdue University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Funded by the National Science Foundation, CCF-0939370. -- Douglas S. Blank, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501