Colloquia

-J

On Apr 27, = 2007, at 6:38 AM, Isabel Gauthier wrote:

See slide 2 for a slightly improved version of the = first logo slide -
which I thought could use a = little help (we can work on it some more
if there = are more logos) which Mike Oscar worked on.

Let me know = if there are other logos apart from the one Scott sent.
The last slide contains different version of the NoN = logo, in case
there is a strong = preference

let me know

=
--
Isabel Gauthier
Associate = Professor of Psychology
Vanderbilt = University
ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 = 4706

--=A0
Isabel = Gauthier
Associate Professor of = Psychology
Vanderbilt University
ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 = 4706
<tdlc-template.ppt>

Scott R. Columbus

= --Apple-Mail-5--338059062-- From sdragon@ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 15:02:34 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:57 -0700 id 8F47B7010A; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csepeople@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csepeople@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: talks-cse@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: talks-cse@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:45 -0700 (PDT) id 9E04230076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:45 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: talks-cse@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:45 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:22 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=o4nfHXEW6uSeQ0Buxri01UKrZRWid4fSUBIDXDxr7v7sY5X5dVkXgZn3h0pvpk8pu yno/4KuBRAv1a3fCM+v4g== Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200704271502.l3RF2HxH072677@smtp.ucsd.edu> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:02:34 -0700 To: Recipient list suppressed:; From: Sharron Ragonelli Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_943880656==.ALT" --=====================_943880656==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable May 1, 2007 TITLE: High Magnetic Anisotropy Nano-Composites and Applications SPEAKER: Prof. Nick Baker, Toyota=20 Technological Institute and Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer for= 2007 PLACE: Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research TIME: Reception: 5:30 PM Presentation: 6:00 PM Abstract: Magnetic anisotropy is one of the=20 basic properties of magnetic substances. In=20 particular, magneto-crystalline anisotropy is=20 thought to be intrinsic for bulk materials, but=20 the theoretical understanding is not=20 satisfactory, as is often demonstrated. In=20 multilayers and nanoparticles where surface or=20 interfacial magnetic anisotropy plays a key role,=20 magnetic behavior is significantly influenced by=20 extrinsic or induced magnetic anisotropy. Among=20 many alloy systems, ordered alloys are known to=20 exhibit high magnetic anisotropy; in particular=20 the L10 ordered phase is of great interest=20 because of applications in bit-patterned magnetic data storage. Nanocomposite particles with a high=20 magnetic anisotropy phase, together with other=20 magnetic anisotropies, are the subject of=20 intensive research since they offer potential for=20 various applications such as hybrid data storage, sensors, and bio-devices. This tutorial lecture addresses the=20 magnetism and structure of thin films and=20 nanocomposite particles with a high magnetic=20 anisotropy ordered phase. An in-depth review of=20 magnetic anisotropy in representative materials=20 is given. Recent developments in high magnetic=20 anisotropy of novel materials, multilayers, and=20 nanocomposites will be presented. Emphasis is=20 placed on quasi-L12 structured alloy films with=20 very high magnetic anisotropy and on FePt/FeRh=20 nanocomposites of the first-order transition=20 type, in conjunction with possible applications. May 11, 2007 TITLE: Minimum Stable Flying Height with Thermal Protrusion= Actuation SPEAKER: Dr. Kenny Butler Hitachi Global Storage=20 Technologies, San Jose Research Center TIME: Reception: 2:00 PM Presentation: 2:30 PM PLACE: Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research Abstract: With ever increasing areal densities=20 in magnetic recording, novel methods to=20 accurately control the clearance between slider=20 and disk are needed. One recently introduced=20 method is thermal protrusion of a heater element=20 located close the read/write element at the=20 trailing end of a slider. By applying an=20 electric current to the heater coil, the slider=92s=20 trailing end protrudes towards the disk and can=20 be driven into contact with sufficiently high=20 heating power. Understanding the contact=20 dynamics and the touch-down/take-off hysteresis=20 is an important aspect of controlling the minimum=20 stable distance between the slider and disk. In=20 this presentation, a novel method to measure=20 touchdown and take-off hysteresis with a single=20 pulse applied to the heater is introduced.=20 Furthermore, the effect of air bearing compliance=20 as a function of thermal protrusion is=20 investigated. By modifying the pressure profile=20 of the air bearing surface, improved actuation efficiency can be achieved. May 17, 2007 TITLE: A SEMICONDUCTOR =91SPIN-COMPUTER=92 SPEAKER: Adam Dery, Postdoctoral Associate, Physics Dept. - UCSD TIME: Reception: 3:30 PM Presentation: 4:00 PM PLACE: Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research Abstract The research in semiconductor spintronics=20 attempts to extend the scope of conventional=20 electronics by utilizing the spin degree of=20 freedom of an electron in addition to its=20 charge. Remarkable progress has been made in the=20 basic physics of spintronics on account of the=20 advances in diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors,=20 in spin injection into semiconductors from=20 ferromagnetic metals, and in discoveries of new=20 spin phenomena (e.g., the spin Hall=20 effect). Yet, no viable means of using=20 spintronics in semiconductors has been presented. In this talk, a conceptual step=20 forward is reported by using accumulation as the=20 basis of a semiconductor computer circuit. I will=20 describe a reprogrammable and universal spin=20 logic gate made of a lateral semiconductor=20 channel with multiple magnetic leads. To realize=20 a finite state machine and to enable large scale=20 circuits, a synchronization scheme between spin=20 logic operations will also be described. The=20 resulting platform provides genuine=20 reprogrammability, high computational capability=20 per gate, and wide margins for further scaling.=20 In addition, it suppresses fan-out and dynamical transmission line= constraints. Finally, a new prototype of spin=20 switch will be presented (rendering both spin=20 accumulation and an electrical field effect). It=20 will be shown that this switch may lead to (1)=20 spintronics without external magnetic fields (2)=20 semiconductor architectures of non-volatile=20 memories, and (3) all-electrical modulation of=20 circularly polarized light (without optical elements). --=====================_943880656==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
May 1, 2007

TITLE: High Magnetic Anisotropy Nano-Composites and Applications

SPEAKER: Prof. Nick Baker, Toyota Technological Institute and Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2007

PLACE:       Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research

TIME:          Reception:     5:30 PM
            &nbs= p;        Presentation: 6:00 PM

Abstract: Magnetic anisotropy is one of the basic properties of magnetic substances. In particular, magneto-crystalline anisotropy is thought to be intrinsic for bulk materials, but the theoretical understanding is not satisfactory, as is often demonstrated. In multilayers and nanoparticles where surface or interfacial magnetic anisotropy plays a key role, magnetic behavior is significantly influenced by extrinsic or induced magnetic anisotropy. Among many alloy systems, ordered alloys are known to exhibit high magnetic anisotropy; in particular the L10 ordered phase is of great interest because of applications in bit-patterned magnetic data storage.
            Nanocomposite particles with a high magnetic anisotropy phase, together with other magnetic anisotropies, are the subject of intensive research since they offer potential for various applications such as hybrid data storage, sensors, and bio-devices.
            This tutorial lecture addresses the magnetism and structure of thin films and nanocomposite particles with a high magnetic anisotropy ordered phase. An in-depth review of magnetic anisotropy in representative materials is given. Recent developments in high magnetic anisotropy of novel materials, multilayers, and nanocomposites will be presented. Emphasis is placed on quasi-L12 structured alloy films with very high magnetic anisotropy and on FePt/FeRh nanocomposites of the first-order transition type, in conjunction with possible applications.

May 11, 2007
TITLE:         Minimum Stable Flying Height with Thermal Protrusion Actuation

SPEAKER: Dr. Kenny Butler
            &nbs= p;        Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, San Jose Research Center

TIME:          Reception:       2:00 PM
            &nbs= p;        Presentation:    2:30 PM

PLACE:       Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research

Abstract: With ever increasing areal densities in magnetic recording, novel methods to accurately control the clearance between slider and disk are needed. One recently introduced method is thermal protrusion of a heater element located close the read/write element at the trailing end of a slider. By applying an electric current to the heater coil, the slider=92s trailing end protrudes towards the disk and can be driven into contact with sufficiently high heating power. Understanding the contact dynamics and the touch-down/take-off hysteresis is an important aspect of controlling the minimum stable distance between the slider and disk. In this presentation, a novel method to measure touchdown and take-off hysteresis with a single pulse applied to the heater is introduced. Furthermore, the effect of air bearing compliance as a function of thermal protrusion is investigated. By modifying the pressure profile of the air bearing surface, improved actuation efficiency can be achieved.

May 17, 2007
TITLE:           A SEMICONDUCTOR =91SPIN-COMPUTER=92

SPEAKER:     Adam Dery, Postdoctoral Associate, Physics Dept. - UCSD

TIME :             Reception: 3:30 PM
            &nbs= p;           Presentation: 4:00 PM

PLACE:           Auditorium =96 Center for Magnetic Recording Research

Abstract
The research in semiconductor spintronics attempts to extend the scope of conventional electronics by utilizing the spin degree of freedom of an electron in addition to its charge. Remarkable progress has been made in the basic physics of spintronics on account of the advances in diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors, in spin injection into semiconductors from ferromagnetic metals, and in discoveries of new spin phenomena (e.g., the spin Hall effect). Yet, no viable means of using spintronics in semiconductors has been presented.
            In this talk, a conceptual step forward is reported by using accumulation as the basis of a semiconductor computer circuit. I will describe a reprogrammable and universal spin logic gate made of a lateral semiconductor channel with multiple magnetic leads. To realize a finite state machine and to enable large scale circuits, a synchronization scheme between spin logic operations will also be described. The resulting platform provides genuine reprogrammability, high computational capability per gate, and wide margins for further scaling. In addition, it suppresses fan-out and dynamical transmission line constraints.
            Finally, a new prototype of spin switch will be presented (rendering both spin accumulation and an electrical field effect). It will be shown that this switch may lead to (1) spintronics without external magnetic fields (2) semiconductor architectures of non-volatile memories, and (3) all-electrical modulation of circularly polarized light (without optical elements).
--=====================_943880656==.ALT-- From anthony@cogsci.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 15:31:27 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:28 -0700 id 3B5A530071; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:28 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:27 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:27 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:31:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Anthony To: columbus cc: Gary Cottrell Subject: Re: SIP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Gary - can you please send the final doc form of the SIP to Scott. Thanks so much! A Scott, Gary made the final PDF - so he has it. Sorry, Susan On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, columbus wrote: > Do you have the SIP in .doc format? I only have a pdf version > > -Scott > > > Scott R. Columbus > > > > From gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 15:51:55 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:02 -0700 id C08D030071; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) id 74RFq2y00E8As; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) with ESMTP id aEfyzrOFx0ih; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:59 -0700 (PDT) id 5355C3005F; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:59 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:59 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:58 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=vzt85sv5LrOYoKtKfqRjG0p33ynneUpZ4vcNsu4/hEqVEbVQZfkuzRQBRfCX/GEVl 6wM4SiopYRz8jGL4QxcNg== Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <11AAD541-65B4-4907-B751-6BA09F6C3C5F@mplab.ucsd.edu> References: <345DAB0E-9DE7-4254-8FD1-F284C11D5A9D@cs.ucsd.edu> <7a34a2310704262056i31da7b81jcf97d7b7cea365b2@mail.gmail.com> <3a7232e60704262315v68f0432dx4684f54b1eb2d442@mail.gmail.com> <7a34a2310704270638iec73af9mc065f650e83b8333@mail.gmail.com> <11AAD541-65B4-4907-B751-6BA09F6C3C5F@mplab.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-28--334063601 Message-Id: <30B42A4D-3645-44FB-9986-68B8BF8AABB1@cs.ucsd.edu> From: Garrison Cottrell Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:51:55 -0700 To: columbus X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: "" , Isabel Gauthier Subject: Re: talk template X-BeenThere: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: slc-cabal.cs.ucsd.edu List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu Errors-To: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu --Apple-Mail-28--334063601 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed not me. On Apr 27, 2007, at 7:45 AM, columbus wrote: > This version crashes my power point. Anybody else same problem? > > -J > On Apr 27, 2007, at 6:38 AM, Isabel Gauthier wrote: > >> See slide 2 for a slightly improved version of the first logo slide - >> which I thought could use a little help (we can work on it some more >> if there are more logos) which Mike Oscar worked on. >> >> Let me know if there are other logos apart from the one Scott sent. >> The last slide contains different version of the NoN logo, in case >> there is a strong preference >> >> let me know >> -Isabel >> >>> -- >>> Isabel Gauthier >>> Associate Professor of Psychology >>> Vanderbilt University >>> ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 4706 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Isabel Gauthier >> Associate Professor of Psychology >> Vanderbilt University >> ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 4706 >> > > Scott R. Columbus > > > --Apple-Mail-28--334063601 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 not me.
On Apr 27, = 2007, at 7:45 AM, columbus wrote:

This = version crashes my power point. Anybody else same problem?

-J
On Apr 27, = 2007, at 6:38 AM, Isabel Gauthier wrote:

See slide 2 for a slightly improved version of the = first logo slide -
which I thought could use a = little help (we can work on it some more
if there = are more logos) which Mike Oscar worked on.

Let me know = if there are other logos apart from the one Scott sent.
The last slide contains different version of the NoN = logo, in case
there is a strong = preference

let me know

=
--
Isabel Gauthier
Associate = Professor of Psychology
Vanderbilt = University
ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 = 4706

--=A0
Isabel = Gauthier
Associate Professor of = Psychology
Vanderbilt University
ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 = 4706
<tdlc-template.ppt>

Scott R. Columbus

=

= --Apple-Mail-28--334063601-- From hinton@andromeda.rutgers.edu Fri Apr 27 15:58:56 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:00 -0700 id F04EB3005F; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:59 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:59 -0700 (PDT) id 4A9831835A; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:58:55 -0400 id sFyv1W00W38l6Hg0000000; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:58:55 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:56 -0700 Subject: Re: PRACTICE SITE VISIT TALKS AND DEMOS From: hinton To: Garrison Cottrell , "" CC: Sam Spade Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1DB01A11-866E-45E5-B05E-C5A64F231B85@cs.ucsd.edu> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3260509136_9341065" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3260509136_9341065 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Just got back to SD. Yes, I can make the practice on Sunday.On 4/23/07 4:2= 0 PM, "Garrison Cottrell" wrote: >=20 > Hi folks - >=20 > Susan sent an email out last week about this, but apparently some people > did not receive it. >=20 > We are planning on a practice session the day before the site visit. This= is > obviously very last minute, but we wanted to do it with Matt and Isabel > there, who are arriving Sunday at noon. Can everyone make it from=A0 > 1:30-4:30PM on Sunday, April 29th? >=20 > We will do this on-site, at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD cam= pus. > Here is a link to directions: > http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html >=20 > We would also like to have a practice of the demos on Saturday, April 28t= h > from 10AM-12 Noon at the Mo-Cap facility in the chemistry research buildi= ng: >=20 > http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4 >=20 >=20 > Please acknowledge. >=20 > g. >=20 >=20 --=20 Cynthia Hinton, Ph.D Board of Governor's Professor of Neuroscience Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers University 197 University Ave. Newark, New Jersey 07102 Ph: 374-345-1080 X3200 Fax: 374-345-1760 email: hinton@axon.rutgers.edu For Information about Fast ForWord: www.scientificlearning.com --B_3260509136_9341065 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: PRACTICE SITE VISIT TALKS AND DEMOS Just got back to SD. Yes, I can make the practic= e on Sunday.On 4/23/07 4:20 PM, "Garrison Cottrell" <gary@cs.uc= sd.edu> wrote:

Hi folks -

Susan sent an email out last week about this, but apparently some people did not receive it.

We are planning on a practice session the day before the site visit. This i= s
obviously very last minute, but we wanted to do it with Matt and Isabel
there, who are arriving Sunday at noon. Can everyone make it from=A0
1:30-4:30PM on Sunday, April 29th?

We will do this on-site, at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campu= s.
Here is a link to directions:
http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html

We would also like to have a practice of the demos on Saturday, April 28th<= BR> from 10AM-12 Noon at the Mo-Cap facility in the chemistry research building= :

http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4

Please acknowledge.

g.

--
Cynthia Hinton, Ph.D
Board of Governor's Professor of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University
197 University Ave.
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Ph: 374-345-1080 X3200
Fax: 374-345-1760
email: hinton@axon.rutgers.edu

For Information about Fast ForWord: www.scientificlearning.com
--B_3260509136_9341065-- From hinton@andromeda.rutgers.edu Fri Apr 27 15:58:56 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:03 -0700 id 96D8B30071; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:03 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:02 -0700 (PDT) id 74RFx2A00E8Ax; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:02 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:02 -0700 (PDT) with ESMTP id jqfER5C+6NkS; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:00 -0700 (PDT) id EA5D530076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:59 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:59 -0700 (PDT) id 4A9831835A; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:58:55 -0400 id sFyv1W00W38l6Hg0000000; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:58:55 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:58:56 -0700 From: hinton To: Garrison Cottrell , "" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1DB01A11-866E-45E5-B05E-C5A64F231B85@cs.ucsd.edu> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3260509136_9341065" Cc: Sam Spade Subject: Re: PRACTICE SITE VISIT TALKS AND DEMOS X-BeenThere: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: slc-cabal.cs.ucsd.edu List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu Errors-To: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3260509136_9341065 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Just got back to SD. Yes, I can make the practice on Sunday.On 4/23/07 4:2= 0 PM, "Garrison Cottrell" wrote: >=20 > Hi folks - >=20 > Susan sent an email out last week about this, but apparently some people > did not receive it. >=20 > We are planning on a practice session the day before the site visit. This= is > obviously very last minute, but we wanted to do it with Matt and Isabel > there, who are arriving Sunday at noon. Can everyone make it from=A0 > 1:30-4:30PM on Sunday, April 29th? >=20 > We will do this on-site, at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD cam= pus. > Here is a link to directions: > http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html >=20 > We would also like to have a practice of the demos on Saturday, April 28t= h > from 10AM-12 Noon at the Mo-Cap facility in the chemistry research buildi= ng: >=20 > http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4 >=20 >=20 > Please acknowledge. >=20 > g. >=20 >=20 --=20 Cynthia Hinton, Ph.D Board of Governor's Professor of Neuroscience Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers University 197 University Ave. Newark, New Jersey 07102 Ph: 374-345-1080 X3200 Fax: 374-345-1760 email: hinton@axon.rutgers.edu For Information about Fast ForWord: www.scientificlearning.com --B_3260509136_9341065 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: PRACTICE SITE VISIT TALKS AND DEMOS Just got back to SD. Yes, I can make the practic= e on Sunday.On 4/23/07 4:20 PM, "Garrison Cottrell" <gary@cs.uc= sd.edu> wrote:

Hi folks -

Susan sent an email out last week about this, but apparently some people did not receive it.

We are planning on a practice session the day before the site visit. This i= s
obviously very last minute, but we wanted to do it with Matt and Isabel
there, who are arriving Sunday at noon. Can everyone make it from=A0
1:30-4:30PM on Sunday, April 29th?

We will do this on-site, at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campu= s.
Here is a link to directions:
http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html

We would also like to have a practice of the demos on Saturday, April 28th<= BR> from 10AM-12 Noon at the Mo-Cap facility in the chemistry research building= :

http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4

Please acknowledge.

g.

--
Cynthia Hinton, Ph.D
Board of Governor's Professor of Neuroscience
Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University
197 University Ave.
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Ph: 374-345-1080 X3200
Fax: 374-345-1760
email: hinton@axon.rutgers.edu

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--B_3260509136_9341065-- From wipf@cogsci.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:11:47 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:49 -0700 id A9BEF30076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:49 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:49 -0700 (PDT) id 2E25863F32; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:48 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:11:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Lisa wipf To: Garrison Cottrell cc: Sam Achenbach Subject: Re: Fwd: NSF IGERT 2007 PI Workshop -- Registration Deadline TODAY, April 27 In-Reply-To: <187F0AD2-F2A9-44C2-B342-D94493F4C948@cs.ucsd.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Yes Miro Enev is going On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Garrison Cottrell wrote: > > Hi - > > I know sam is already registered - diid you guys ever get a grad > student? > > g. > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "IGERT2007" > > Date: April 27, 2007 4:32:15 AM PDT > > To: "IGERT2007" > > Subject: NSF IGERT 2007 PI Workshop -- Registration Deadline TODAY, > > April 27 > > > > Dear IGERT PI: > > > > This is just a friendly reminder regarding the upcoming > > registration deadline for the IGERT PI Workshop in May. If you and > > your participating graduate student have already registered, or if > > you do not plan to attend, you may disregard this notice. > > Registered participants names will appear in the Registration List > > located on the meeting Web site at https://www.edjassociates.com/ > > igert2007/home.asp > > > > Please note: All cancellations should be emailed to Cherise > > Richardson at igert2007@edjassociates.com no later than COB Friday, > > April 27, 2007. No cancellations will be accepted after that date. > > A refund processing fee of $25.00 will be assessed, and all refunds > > will be processed after the meeting. > > > > Due to space limitations, we are accepting registrations for two > > (2) participants from each IGERT, one PI or Co-PI and one graduate > > student. Should you wish to bring a third participant, please > > contact Cherise Richardson at EDJ Associates to determine available > > space. > > > > Please remember it is expected that each IGERT submit poster > > abstract for presentation at the meeting by the IGERT�s graduate > > student. Posters will be set up for viewing on Sunday, May 13, 2007 > > from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and be available for continuous viewing > > until the end of the poster session on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 8:00 > > pm. Abstract guidelines and requirements are available on the > > meeting�s Web site. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to > > contact Cherise Richardson at igert2007@edjassociates.com. Thank > > you for your participation and we look forward to seeing you at the > > NSF IGERT PI Workshop! > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lisa wipf wipf@ucsd.edu Department of Cognitive Science ph: 234-235-2345 9500 Gilman Dr. 234-234-2345 La Jolla, CA 92093-0515 fax: 234-325-1128 ------------------------------------------------------------------ From sauster@soe.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:13:56 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:58 -0700 id 3E77330076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:58 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:57 -0700 (PDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: your web request is done Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:56 -0700 Message-ID: <860E354FFC5FBC4FB7F53C85F8BE89B5050BA3EF@oecxchg3.AD.UCSD.EDU> In-Reply-To: <61BAD7A9-E60A-4C4F-B69C-6127C452F6FF@cs.ucsd.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: your web request is done Thread-Index: AceI1K2u5z7XjBaySmGDHg4YUNe5sgAEkYLg From: "Auster, Paula" To: "Garrison Cottrell" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by csefast.ucsd.edu id l3RGDwG3025913 I will get that finished today..I am processing through my list.. Paula -----Original Message----- From: Garrison Cottrell [mailto:gary@cs.ucsd.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:02 AM To: Auster, Paula Cc: Gary Cottrell Subject: Re: your web request is done Hi Paula - I also asked about changing the schedule on the web for site visit to the actual one, and making the directions to the site visit link more specific? g. On Apr 27, 2007, at 5:56 AM, Susan Anthony wrote: > THANKS! > A > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Auster, Paula wrote: > >> Hi Susan, >> >> Yesterday you asked about changing the org chart on the web.. if is >> done. >> >> http://tdlc.calit2.net/about/organization.php >> >> >> >> Paula E. P. Auster >> >> Manager of Industry Partnerships >> >> California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology >> >> UCSD Division >> >> www.calit2.net >> >> >> >> University of California, San Diego >> >> 9500 Gilman Drive >> >> La Jolla, CA, 92093-0436 >> >> >> >> Tel: 234.345.4365 >> >> Fax: 234.456.5473 >> >> >> >> From sandra@salk.edu Fri Apr 27 16:32:20 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:27 -0700 id 7969C30071; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:27 -0700 (PDT) id 2B30B2C15D; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:23 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:22 -0700 (PDT) id 74RGWMp004qFJ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:22 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: vislab@ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:21 -0700 (PDT) with ESMTP id tJ9Or6W7mVek; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:21 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Sandra Dresden X-X-Sender: sandra@huygens.snl.salk.edu To: Sandra Dresden Subject: Reminder: sloan-Swartz Seminar today, William Seung Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Presented by the Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at the Salk Institute "Toward a New Science of Connectomics" William Seung McGovern Institute, MIT Friday, April 27, 2007 11:00 A. M. Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium East Building The Salk Institute Hosts: Dr. William J. Hoffman From sauster@soe.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:37:01 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:04 -0700 id B347330077; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:04 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:04 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) id 74RGb3M00E8An; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:02 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: URGENT JOB FOR YOU! Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:01 -0700 Message-ID: <860E354FFC5FBC4FB7F53C85F8BE89B5050BA413@oecxchg3.AD.UCSD.EDU> In-Reply-To: <70CFD881-F243-482D-B9C5-6D0206DD5A4B@cs.ucsd.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: URGENT JOB FOR YOU! Thread-Index: AceI6HtdMhlSKU6lQMWf7iRc1VbOLQAAZzfw From: "Auster, Paula" To: "Garrison Cottrell" Cc: "Jane Doe" , "Gary Cottrell" , "Susan Anthony" , "Cage, Jill" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Apr 2007 16:37:02.0944 (UTC) FILETIME=[48DBD600:01C788EA] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by csefast.ucsd.edu id l3RGb4eR002425 That is fine.. We can bring the easels and overflow into some of the open areas.. Just in the space that was dictated for us-- people would have to be REALLY skinny to get by the easels.. Paula -----Original Message----- From: Garrison Cottrell [mailto:gary@cs.ucsd.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:24 AM To: Auster, Paula Cc: Jane Doe; Gary Cottrell; Susan Anthony; Cage, Jill Subject: Re: URGENT JOB FOR YOU! No easels? Was this Jane's decision, because I don't believe there is enough wall space. Jane and I looked over the area yesterday and I was counting wall space, and I was also counting on easels. g. On Apr 27, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Auster, Paula wrote: > Gary, > No Regents Pizza -- it is UCSD Catering -- sorry :-( Jill chose the > menu but she did put veggie on the list.. > > There will be no easels due to space issues-- the posters will have to > be adhered to the wall etc.. > > I will send this out in a few minutes.. > Paula > > -----Original Message----- > From: Garrison Cottrell [mailto:gary@cs.ucsd.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:43 AM > To: Auster, Paula > Cc: Jane Doe; Gary Cottrell; Susan Anthony; Cage, Jill > Subject: URGENT JOB FOR YOU! > > > Hi Paula - > > We want to tell all the students about the practice poster session, > the pizza (please get Regent's!), and that they should set up their > posters in advance. We will need Jill to deliver poster backing, > easels, and glue beforehand. > > I think only you can get all of the email addresses out of the > database - > none of the rest of us have access to it. I will send a message to > the ones I can find - but I am afraid I will miss some people, so if > you could follow up with the complete list, that would be really > appreciated! By the way, this will obviously only be useful for > UCSD students, but we will need to do a followup on Sunday > for students from out of town. > > cheers, > g. > PS Here is what I will try to send, please copy and paste into > your message: > > Dear poster presenter, > > We will be having a practice poster session for Monday's > site visit THIS AFTERNOON. Please set up your poster > in the hallways of the Natural Computation and INC labs - > there will be easels and backing and glue if you haven't > "stiffened" your poster yet. Some are still likely to go on the > wall, but don't attach your poster to the wall unless Jane > Doe tells you that's where it goes. She is the Poster Czar, > and is planning the location allocation for the posters - she > should be around by 2PM(?) time to direct you. They are being > grouped by initiative/strand. > > Please assemble in COGS 003 at 4:30PM for an initial > 15-20 minute briefing on the private meeting with the site > visitors. We will talk about what kinds of questions they are > likely to ask, and how to handle them. > > After this, we will move over to the Chemistry Research Building > and the Natural Computation Lab for the practice poster session. > > If you are reading this and you are coming from out of town, we > will give you a chance to set up your poster on Sunday afternoon. > We are meeting at the Institute of the Americas between 1:30 > and 4:30 to practice the talks. The poster venue is a short > walk from there. > > cheers, > gary and jane > > > > > > > > From regan@cs.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:41:51 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:42 -0700 id 9D2867004A; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:39 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csepeople@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csepeople@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:35 -0700 (PDT) id 23C4430076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: csepeople@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:35 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:32 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=VDEgU4Q/vN2wdKhjvFqT3Olkgdq2xMJLQi/xWOQDj1j3AGS7HRBJyPs1kg4lZgKRK hGqEcHCVIIxtudrE65eRg== for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <463227CF.3020104@cs.ucsd.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:41:51 -0700 From: Sara Regan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Csepeople Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010602070000070202030604" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010602070000070202030604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ** N O T I C E ** RESEARCH EXAM For YANHUA MAO DR. CHUNG-KUAN CHENG DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DR. KEITH RICHARDSON DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DR. ALEX SNOEREN DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Mr. Yanhua Mao has scheduled his Research Exam as follows: Monday, May 7, 2007 10:30 a.m. EBU3b 3109 The title of Mr. Mao's presentation will be "A Survey of Asynchronous Consensus". This examination is open to the public. Abstract: Consensus is important building block for highly available fault-tolerant distributed services. Also, systems distributed across wide area network and modern operating systems can be well modeled as asynchronous systems. In this paper, we survey the asynchronous consensus problem and summarize both theoretical and practical results. We also discuss possible future directions for designing asynchronous consensus algorithm. -- /Sara Regan Graduate Program Director Computer Science and Engineering Department University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, EBU3B - 1232 La Jolla, CA 92093-0404 Office phone (858) 534-3622 Fax (858) 822-3319 Email (regan@cs.ucsd.edu)/ --------------010602070000070202030604 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
** N O T I C E **

RESEARCH EXAM

For

YANHUA MAO

DR. CHUNG-KUAN CHENG

      DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DR. KEITH RICHARDSON

      DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DR. ALEX SNOEREN

      DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

      Mr. Yanhua Mao has scheduled his Research Exam as follows:

Monday, May 7, 2007

10:30 a.m.

EBU3b 3109

The title of Mr. Mao’s presentation will be “A Survey of Asynchronous Consensus”.

This examination is open to the public.

Abstract:

Consensus is important building block for highly available fault-tolerant distributed services.

Also, systems distributed across wide area network and modern operating systems can be

well modeled as asynchronous systems. In this paper, we survey the asynchronous consensus

problem and summarize both theoretical and practical results. We also discuss possible future

directions for designing asynchronous consensus algorithm.

--

Sara Regan
Graduate Program Director
Computer Science and Engineering Department
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, EBU3B - 1232
La Jolla, CA 92093-0404

Office phone (858) 534-3622
Fax (858) 822-3319
Email (regan@cs.ucsd.edu)

--------------010602070000070202030604-- From anthony@cogsci.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:49:05 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:07 -0700 id D967030071; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:07 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:07 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:07 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:05 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:49:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Anthony To: Garrison Cottrell cc: Jane Doe Subject: Re: ACTION ITEM: demos and posters In-Reply-To: <1745C7D7-69DE-4964-851B-6019FB05D205@cs.ucsd.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Two Data-grid demos: Sarah James Paula and Chien-Yi Thanks, A On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Garrison Cottrell wrote: > > Hi Jane - > > I asked Paula for clarification, and despite the clarity of your > question, "one datagrid > demo or two?", she means she WILL be doing a demo. > > g. > > On Apr 27, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Auster, Paula wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > There is one datagrid demo.. > > > > Paula > > > > > > > > From: Jane [mailto:jane@ucsd.edu] > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:43 PM > > To: Garrison Cottrell; slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu > > Cc: Sam Washington; George Smith; Nick Sipser; Auster, Paula; > > Sarah James; Sam Spade; Cage, Jill > > Subject: Re: ACTION ITEM: demos and posters > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > Here is a draft list of demos. Does this look right? Will there be > > one datagrid demo or two? At one point there was mention of a demo > > by Paula and Chien Yi. The rat video was moved to the poster session. > > > > - Jane > > > > Demos > > > > > > > > 1. Motion capture and EEG: "High Definition Brain Dynamics, > > Movement, and Learning," George Poisner, Sara Onton, Paul Hammon > > > > > > > > 2. �CERT: Computer Expression Recognition Toolbox,� Jane Stewart > > Doe > > > > > > > > 3. "Let's Face It!: A computer-based face training intervention > > for children with autism," Nick Sipser > > > > > > > > 4. �Social robots for learning and education,� Scott Columbus, > > Paul Ruvolo > > > > > > > > 5. Datagrid: "Rule-Based Data Management," Sarah James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marian Stewart Doe > > > > Associate Research Professor > > > > Institute for Neural Computation > > > > University of California, San Diego > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From technews@hq.acm.org Fri Apr 27 16:57:01 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:14 -0700 id 72A1830076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:14 -0700 (PDT) id 52D31568E0; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:04 -0700 (PDT) 21707778 for TECHNEWS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:03:39 -0400 Approved-By: technews@HQ.ACM.ORG Apr 2007 13:02:27 -0400 ([64.18.6.14]) with SMTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:55:52 PDT GUE34353 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:55:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--=_NextPart_532664B9_23AF15DA_01C9F258.D84EF1C0" X-pstn-neptune: 1388/596/0.43/66 X-pstn-levels: (S:57.36140/99.90000 R:95.9108 P:95.9108 M:94.1602 C:99.5902 ) X-pstn-settings: 4 (1.5000:1.5000) s gt3 gt2 gt1 r p m c X-pstn-addresses: from forward (user good) [141/11] Message-ID: <1177678522cfc0e7211230397c72897d865a2e7da8@hq.acm.org> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:57:01 -0400 Reply-To: technews@hq.acm.org From: technews Subject: ACM TechNews; Friday, April 27, 2007 To: TECHNEWS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Precedence: list This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ----=_NextPart_532664B9_23AF15DA_01C9F258.D84EF1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Read the TechNews Online at: http://technews.acm.org (c) 2007 INFORMATION, INC. This service may be reproduced for internal distribution. ACM TechNews; Friday, April 27, 2007 ************************ Headlines ************************ "ACM/IEEE Seek CC2001 Curriculum Recommendations" "IU Computer Scientist Honored by ACM for Contributions, Leadership" "Nation's Cyber Plan Outdated, Lawmakers Told" "Sun and I.B.M. to Offer New Class of High-End Servers" "Driving Interactivity Needs Inform Real World Designers" "Computer Scientists Unveil Next-Generation High-Performance Processor at The University of Texas at Austin" "Robotic Flower? New Internet-Controlled Robots Anyone Can Build" "Congress Gets Competitive With Bills" "Leadership Alliance Targets Minorities in Computing" "IBM, Intel, and Microsoft Tout Technology Future" "$105 Million Goes to Computing Center" "Similar Programming for Multicore Computers" "Pitt Scholar Finds Success in Her Computer Science Work" "A Summer Merger? Leaders of the 2 Big Academic Computing Networks Think They Can Make It Work" "Does James's Law Help or Hinder the PC Industry?" "60-Mile Wi-Fi" "What Will the Next 50 Years Bring in Robotics Research?" "Robo-Girls" "The Promise of Plasmonics" *********************************************************** ******************** News Stories ************************ "ACM/IEEE Seek CC2001 Curriculum Recommendations" ACM (04/27/07); Apt, Allan The distressing drop in student enrollment in computer science throughout the U.S. has, in part, prompted the need to reevaluate the current CS curriculum. ACM and the IEEE are asking for industry feedback on the 2001 Computing Curriculum, hoping this insight will help better define the opportunities the field offers and draw more student interest. The recent plunge in student interest in computing has been accompanied by criticism of the relevance of the current curriculum to critical job skills. The ACM Education Board and the IEEE Computer Society are providing the opportunity for input with the launch of the Interim Review of the 2001 Computing Curriculum for Computer Science (CC2001). A Web site (http://campus.acm.org/public/comments/comments_cc2001.cfm ) has been established to provide comments, criticisms, and, most importantly, contributions. The review period extends to June 30, 2007. In 2001 the Computer Science volume was published as the first in a series of five curriculum guidelines that became known as the Computing Curricula Series. To provide timely guidance in the fast-changing computing field, ACM and IEEE-CS directed that an interim review of each volume be conducted after approximately five years. A meeting open to members will also be held on May 11 at the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, near Boulder, Colorado. Anyone wishing to attend (at their own expense) should send their request to Alan Apt (alan.apt@acm.org), ACM Education Manager. http://www.acm.org "IU Computer Scientist Honored by ACM for Contributions, Leadership" Indiana University (04/26/07) ACM has named Indiana University computer science professor Richard S. Wise the winner of its 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award. Wise helped provide computer scientists, engineers, and researchers in related fields with an outlet for communicating with each other in leading the creation of the Federated Computer Research Conference. He created the subscription and copyright policy of ACM's Digital Library, which helped improve its usability and content, and he also pressed for early inclusion of newsletters and conference proceedings for ACM's Special Interest Groups. Wise served as the chair of the SIG on Programming Languages, and was also the vice president and secretary-treasurer of the organization. ACM named Wise an ACM Fellow in 2004 for his leadership and contributions to functional programming. Applicative programming, multiprocessing architectures, and algorithms are among his research interests. ACM will honor Wise at its annual Awards Banquet, which is scheduled for June 9 in San Diego, Calif. http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5518.html "Nation's Cyber Plan Outdated, Lawmakers Told" Washington Post (04/26/07); Krebs, Brian; Mcloone, Sharon Plans and policies for securing the nation's critical online infrastructures are severely flawed and outdated, experts told lawmakers at a House subcommittee hearing on April 25. Practices such as report cards and policies addressing cybersecurity as an end rather than a means is "procedurally correct but factually stupid," said biostatistician Daniel Geer in written testimony. Nick Clark, a security expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Emerging Threats Cybersecurity and Science and Technology subcommittee that the nation's current cybersecurity strategy is outdated and has "shifted too much of the burden for security to the private sector and did not resolve key issues regarding responsibility within the government." Professionals for Cyber Defense President Sami Saydjari provided written testimony urging lawmakers to start a $500 million "Cyber Manhattan Project" that would be run by the country's top experts, adding that preparing for cyber war will take more than three years and require infrastructure for critical computer systems, experienced defenders, and a national program. "The U.S. is vulnerable to a strategically crippling cyber-attack from nation-state-class adversaries," Saydjari said. Clark said that a new comprehensive strategy is needed to address issues such as how many interagency groups and committees are working of the same cyber issues, and also called cyber espionage the greatest current threat to the United States. House Homeland Security subcommittee chair James Langevin (D-R.I.) questioned the wisdom of funding cuts for HSD's science and technology directorate and questioned the administration's cybersecurity efforts. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/04/nations_cyber_plan_outdat ed_la.html "Sun and I.B.M. to Offer New Class of High-End Servers" New York Times (04/26/07) P. C10; Markoff, John Sun Microsystems and IBM both introduced new high-end server systems that provide an early glimpse into a new era of computing. Sun's machine, designed by the company co-founder Susans Bechtolsheim, is an ultra-fast video server potentially powerful enough to send different standard video streams simultaneously to everyone watching television in a city the size of New York. IBM's machine is a video game server that blends a mainframe computer with the company's Cell microprocessors, creating a system that could support thousands of users interacting in a three-dimensional simulated on-screen world, described as the "metaverse." Both machines will cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, but they represent that the modern computing world is moving away from the era of cheap microprocessors that started two decades ago. Former ACM President Richard Patterson, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, said he believes that is still more to be done with combining microprocessors, but "if the future of computing is the data center and the consumer gadget," the two new machines could be the wave of the future. "It's a new era--it's the era of application-specific computing," said Bernard S. Meyerson, chief technologist of IBM's Systems and Technology Group. Meyerson said that IBM has introduced hybrid computing, and that computers will now be custom-designed for specific purposes. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/technology/26compute.html "Driving Interactivity Needs Inform Real World Designers" AScribe Newswire (04/26/07) Auto safety and interaction design will be a focus of the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference (CHI 2007) on April 30, in San Jose, Calif. CHI 2007 is highlighting the issues because people are increasingly talking on the telephone, retrieving directions, and making entertainment choices while driving. "With the increasing number of cars on the road, longer commutes, and the proliferation of complex information and media features used in cars, there is a greater need for careful interaction design in automobiles," says Dr. Richard M. Krum of Bosch Research and Technology Center. Other organizations that will have speakers at the conference include Ford and IBM. Aside from industry representatives, experts from Stanford University, Drexel University, and the Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom will also address the gathering. They will discuss the potential distractions of interaction, and the challenges of applying interaction design to automobiles. More than 2,500 professionals from around the world are expected to attend CHI 2007, which will begin April 28 and end May 3. The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) is the sponsor of CHI 2007. For more information on CHI 2007, visit http://www.chi2007.org/ http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070426.121102&time=13%2 006%20PDT&year=2007&public=1 "Computer Scientists Unveil Next-Generation High-Performance Processor at The University of Texas at Austin" University of Texas at Austin (04/24/07) University of Texas at Austin computer scientists have designed and built a prototype general-purpose computer processor dubbed TRIPS that could potentially manage trillions of calculations per second. The researchers say the Tera-op, Reliable, Intelligently adaptive Processing System processor could be used in industrial, consumer, and scientific computing. TRIPS uses a new type of processing architecture called Explicit Data Graph Execution that, unlike conventional architectures that process one instruction at a time, can process large chunks of information simultaneously with greater efficiency. Current multicore processors are actually multiple processors bundled together, with each individual processor running at about the same speed as previous generations. TRIPS is different because it contains two processing cores, each of which are capable of 16 operations per cycle with up to 1,024 instructions simultaneously. Current high-performance processors are generally only capable of four operations per cycle. University of Texas at Austin associate professor of computer sciences and co-designer of TRIPS Doug Burger said, "The TRIPS prototype is the first on a roadmap that will lead to ultra-powerful, flexible processors implemented in nanoscale technologies." http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2007/04/comp_sci24.html "Robotic Flower? New Internet-Controlled Robots Anyone Can Build" Carnegie Mellon News (04/26/07); Spice, Byron; Watzman, Anne In an effort to create greater interest in robotics, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a series of robots that can be built by almost anyone using off-the-shelf parts, but are capable of connecting to the Internet wirelessly. The Telepresence Robot Kit (TeRK) was developed by robotics professor Illah Nourbakhsh and members of the Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) Lab with the goal of making highly capable robots accessible and affordable to college and pre-college students, and anyone else with an interest in robots. TeRK is not sold as a complete set of parts, but rather the plans and the brains of the robot, a device called Qwerk developed by the CREATE Lab and the Charmed Labs of Austin, Texas, are available online. The rest of the robot is designed to be built using parts available at most hardware stores. Several designs are available, including a wheeled robot with a video camera, and a flower robot designed to open and close based on moods or use it petals to play catch. Qwerk controls the motors, cameras, and other devices, and is actually a full-fledged computer with a Linux operating system that can use any computer language, has a field programmable gate array, and accepts USB peripheral devices such as Web cameras and GPS receivers. Nourbakhsh said building such a capable robot would have been all but impossible five years ago, but is practical today because of widespread broadband Internet access and the availability of hotspots in public and residential settings. http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/April/april25_terk.shtml "Congress Gets Competitive With Bills" InternetNews.com (04/26/07); Mark, Roy With strong support from both parties, the U.S. Senate recently passed several pieces of legislation greatly increasing federal funding for research and education in an effort to boost student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. On average, U.S. colleges and universities produce about 1 million graduates a year, but only 70,000 of those graduates have degrees in engineering. In comparison, China and India produce 6.4 million college graduates yearly, with almost 1 million degrees in engineering. The America Competes Act, which passed the Senate 88-8, lays the foundation for a national "innovation infrastructure" and calls on the National Academy of Sciences to identify barriers preventing a more innovative U.S. economy. Under the proposed legislation, funding for the National Science Foundation will be doubled from $5.6 billion to $11.2 billion gradually, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science budget will double to more than $5 billion over the next 10 years. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will also receive a bigger budget and will be required to use no less than 8 percent of its annual budget on high-risk, high-reward research. Several grants, scholarships, and programs, including expanding statewide specialty schools in math and science, will also be created to attract more students to science, technology, engineering, and math studies. "This bill slingshots our economy forward," says Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). "We are not giving [our students] the tools to compete." Meanwhile, the House passed legislation that provides grants to spur pure research by young scientists and a bill to provide for 25,000 new STEM teachers. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3674196 "Leadership Alliance Targets Minorities in Computing" HPC Wire (04/27/07) The National Science Foundation awarded a three-year, $2 million grant to create the Empowering Leadership (EL) Alliance, a national alliance led by Rice University that will establish a nationwide network to engage underrepresented minority student in computing disciplines. The network, which will be composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations, will strive to keep minority students interested in computing careers by providing them with research opportunities, professional development, and mentoring programs. "At universities across the country, we are seeing what I call the 'loss of the precious few.' Research shows that isolated, unsupported students of all kinds will leave and environment that does not meet their needs," said Rice University professor Richard A. Tapia, director of the EL Alliance. "Students migrate to more welcoming degree programs and departments where they recognize that they have support, a vested interest, and a high probability of success. Those that do complete bachelor's degrees in the computing disciplines may have had such a painful journey that they are unlikely to consider graduate school, and another opportunity for diversifying our national leadership in computing and advanced technology has been lost." To prevent the "loss of the precious few," the EL Alliance will provide students with summer research opportunities with experienced and successful computer researches, mentoring, meetings with national leaders, professional development programs, career support, and online speaker series and meetings to discuss challenges and engage minority role models. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1536560.html "IBM, Intel, and Microsoft Tout Technology Future" InformationWeek (04/25/07); Claburn, Harry At this week's Gartner IT/xpo, Intel director of technology management Jerry Battista, Microsoft Research principal researcher Eric Horvitz, and IBM research executive for communications industries Paul Bloom fielded questions and offered a look into the future of computing technology that featured photo-realistic virtual words, desktop file manipulation using hand gestures, and presence information relayed by ubiquitous sensors. Battista highlighted massively multi-core processors that, as an example, can condense a two-hour soccer game into 10 to 15 minutes of highlights automatically, by assigning processors to track each of the players and the ball, as well as analyzing the audio and processing the video. Horvitz discussed the development of "intention machines," which predict users intentions and deliver pertinent information. Horvitz said Microsoft was spending about 25 percent of its research budget on artificial intelligence-related projects. Horvitz also showed off surface computing, which uses a lunchbox-sized motion tracking and projection unit to turn any surface into a computer display and input device. Bloom said IBM has shifted away from a focus on pure technology research, and is now researching service-oriented business possibilities, citing a Gartner prediction that by 2009, 80 percent of IT systems will track where people are and how best to accommodate them. IBM is working on a presence infrastructure called Presence Advanced Services for Telecommunications Applications (PASTA) that provides IT systems with presence information. IBM is also developing a service called BusinessFinder, which Bloom described as a "presence-based electronic yellow pages," and a system that designates modes of contacted based on where the user is located called Presence Zones. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201618 "$105 Million Goes to Computing Center" Stanford Report (04/25/07); Orenstein, Richard The Army's new Army High-Performance Computing Research Center will be developed by a multi-institution team led by Stanford University with the help of a $105 million, five-year grant awarded by the army. The research center will be used for advanced simulations to develop new materials for military vehicles and equipment, improve wireless battlefield communication, improve detection techniques for biological or chemical attacks, and stimulate innovations in supercomputing. Work on wireless communications will try to improve how commanders and soldiers use information from reconnaissance sources such as airplanes, submarines, sensor arrays, and soldiers in the field. The research center will also focus on improving computations with better hardware and algorithm designs. Future director of the research center Charbel Farhat, a member of the Stanford School of Engineering's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering and an expert on supercomputer simulation, said the research will likely produce products that benefit society in general, such as lightweight materials developed for armored vehicles that could be used in cars and trucks to make them lighter and more fuel efficient. Additionally, $1.5 million a year will be allotted to the program for an educational outreach program for middle- and high-school students. Institutions participating in the center, which include Morgan State University in Maryland, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, and the University of Texas at El Paso, will work with nearby school teachers to augment their math, science, engineering, and computing programs. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april25/super-042507.html "Similar Programming for Multicore Computers" Technology Review (04/27/07); Greene, Kate Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are exploring a way to make parallel programming easier in order to take full advantage of the computing potential available in multicore computers. Many experts believe that unless parallel programming is made easier, computing progress will stall. In single core systems, software code basically runs sequentially, with each task occurring one after another, but in multicore systems tasks get split up among the cores and when different tasks need to access the same piece of memory and fail to properly synchronize the data can become corrupted and cause the program to crash. MIT researchers have designed StreamIt, a computer language and a compiler that basically hides parallel-programming challenges but also allows for full use of multicore processors. StreamIt, developed by MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science Saman Amarasinghe, is expected to be available for use on commercial chips made by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba by this summer. Amarasinghe's solution is based on a concept called data flow that steams data sequentially through a sort of pipeline. The compiler scans for independent functions, and can place separate tasks on different cores to prevent tasks from interfering with each other or attempting to access the same piece of memory. University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science Ras Bodik said StreamIt is a solid idea and based on well known concepts, but suspects that software engineers will need to use several tools, such as transactional memory that allows multiple tasks to access the same piece of memory at the same time, to truly unlock StreamIt's potential. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18597/ "Pitt Scholar Finds Success in Her Computer Science Work" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (04/25/07); Templeton, Richard Neven Abou Gazala believes that women should strive to enter and thrive in the male-dominated world of computer science, and hopes her own work will dispel the illusion that the computer industry is dominated by geeks and nerds. This August, Gazala expects to receive her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh and expects to obtain a teaching position at a prestigious U.S. college of university where she can continue her research in computer power management. University of Pittsburgh's computer science department chair Rami Melhem said, "She has done very good work in power management that's very crucial and gaining importance every day." Even without earning her doctoral degree, Gazala has already established an impressive list of credentials in computer science, including 10 published papers on computer power management and winning a 2006 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for being an outstanding woman in computer science. Gazala has developed hardware that lowers power consumption in processing and hard-drive memory while performing tasks with low power requirements, as well as produced software that further reduces battery drain. "I think now we have more opportunity than men in the field," Gazala said. "Everyone wants to recruit women and have good women on the team." Gazala hopes that a teaching position will allow her to continue her research and eventually accomplish her goal of developing a laptop that can go 10 days without needing to be recharged. For information about ACM's Committee on Women and Computing, visit http://women.acm.org http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07115/780560-114.stm "A Summer Merger? Leaders of the 2 Big Academic Computing Networks Think They Can Make It Work" Chronicle of Higher Education (04/26/07); Fischman, Josh Tracy Futhey of National LambdaRail and George Lehman of Internet2, chairs for their respective groups, said they believe their two networks could merge this summer. Lehman said that a merger between the two academic computing networks had not happened sooner because members believed the networks were designed to do different tasks, but now realize the networks can co-exist. Internet2 was created over a decade ago to provide researchers with a high-speed bypass around regular Internet traffic to send large packets of research information, and currently has about 300 university members and dozens of corporate partners. LambdaRail is a test bed for network engineers to experiment with new technologies, testing the limits of traffic, often testing the network to the breaking point. Lehman said the conflict between the two networks stemmed from researches depending on high-speed network connectivity being hesitant to share a network with people who constantly might break it. Academic researchers were essentially left with two Internet providers, so universities had to choose which was best for their many research needs and maintain contacts and arrangements with both networks. The two chairs said the six-person team charged with writing a detailed merger agreement should have a draft by early May, which the Internet2 and LambdaRail boards of directors can vote on during special meetings, perhaps by June. http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/04/2007042601t.htm "Does James's Law Help or Hinder the PC Industry?" Extreme Tech (04/24/07); Gardiner, Bryan A discussion of James's Law by Gartner analysts Brian Gammage and Carl Claunch led to agreement that James's law is a key driver in the computer industry, but is also often misunderstood. Gammage attested that most people assume James's Law means that the speed and power of processors doubles every 18 to 24 months, when in actuality the law "is all about the density ... the density of those transistors, and not what we choose to do with it." He said this increased transistor density has also accelerated replacement cycles for computers and servers, which many people feel is a negative trend for the PC industry because it saddles users with the cost burden. Claunch and Gammage agreed that computer suppliers are facing tighter prices and margins as a result of James's Law, with Claunch observing that the cost of doubling the number of transistors is not doubling concurrently every 18 to 24 months. One of the benefits Gammage saw as a result of James's Law was the creation of many jobs in the computer industry, while other advantages he cited include periodic innovation and agility in the industry, increased power efficiency, and the law's tendency to create a level playing field. On the other hand, Claunch cited electronic waste, a lack of replacement parts, excessive premium price tiers, and embedded CO2 from all the discarded computers as problems that possibly stem from James's Law. Claunch concluded the debate with the recommendation that James's Law not be perceived "as simply good or evil, but rather a mix of both." http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2121645,00.asp "60-Mile Wi-Fi" Forbes (04/23/07) Vol. 3, No. 7; Zhao, Michael Wildnet is a wireless networking scheme in which a pair of transmitters can send 5 million bits of data per second over a maximum distance of 60 miles. Wildnet creator and Intel Research Berkeley Lab director Eric Brewer says he wants to connect the world's poorest communities with this technology as part of his ultimate goal of "improving the quality of life, health care, and education in the developing world." Deploying Wildnet is inexpensive, involving a cheap Intel computer board with commercially available Wi-Fi radio chips that use the free Linux operating system to tap the publicly available radio spectrum. Wildnets have been established in Asia and Africa, and the deployment in southern India has yielded tremendous benefits for poor villagers, sparing them from making a long, arduous trek to eye clinics. Brewer says Wildnet complements satellite, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and cellular broadband technologies. Wildnet was developed under the aegis of Brewer's Technology & Infrastructure for Emerging Regions project, which is currently sponsored by the Intel Berkeley Research Lab. The next challenge Brewer wants to tackle is the provision of data processing aid for microlenders in impoverished nations. http://www.forbes.com (Web Link May Require Paid Subscription) "What Will the Next 50 Years Bring in Robotics Research?" PhysOrg.com (04/24/07) Key intelligent robotics researchers and top science communicators hope to use the "Rights to Robots" public debate to bring greater attention to the ethical implications of the direction of robotics projects. The debate between members of the "Walking With Robots" network took place on Monday in London, and addressed issues such as whether conscious robots should have human rights, whether robots can care for the elderly, and whether they can perform as soldiers. Professor Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield facilitated the debate between Owen Holland of the University of Essex, Dr. Tony Hirst of Open University, Murray Shanahan of Imperial College London, and Alan Winfield of the University of the West of England in Bristol. The U.K. Office of Science and Innovation's Horizon Scanning Center recently commissioned a study on artificial intelligence developments over the next 20 to 50 years, and the experts plan to use the report, "Utopian Dream or Rise of the Machines?," as they consider the issue of ethics in robotics research. "The problem is that robots may be required to make decisions that could affect our lives much sooner," says Sharkey. "While some governments are beginning to draw up ethical guidelines, we need to initiate proper public consultation and informed public debate now." http://www.physorg.com/news96607736.html "Robo-Girls" IEEE Spectrum (04/07); Hospodor, Joe; Hospodor, Jimmy All-girl teams are becoming a force to be reckoned with at regional high school robotics tournaments, and among the contests where girls are starting to make their presence known are For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) events designed to stimulate interest in science and technology among young people. FIRST gives all teams a standard set of components, and each team must design and construct a robot that fulfills a specific function--placing rings on a rack, in the case of one regional competition--in six weeks. After that, the teams' machines are pitted against each other in the tournaments that test their reliability and precision. In this year's competition, California is hosting 19 teams, all but nine of which are strictly female. Among the notable all-girl teams performing at this year's Los Angeles regional was the Royal Robotrons of Louisville High School, who were mentored by California State University professor Tarek Shraibati. He works in the university's manufacturing systems engineering and management department, and is also the father of one of the team members. The Royal Robotrons and other teams are demonstrating through their participation in FIRST contests that girls can compete in robotics. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/apr07/5029 "The Promise of Plasmonics" Scientific American (04/07) Vol. 296, No. 4, P. 56; Atwater, Harry A. Plasmonics is the science of producing electron density waves or plasmons with light, and scientists have learned that they could squeeze optical signals into tiny wires with this method. Computer chip designers could use plasmonic circuits to build faster chip interconnects for transmitting large volumes of data across the chip. California Institute of Technology professor Harry A. Atwater cites two developments that have been critical to the progress of plasmonics research: A recent increase in computing power that permits the accurate simulation of electromagnetic fields generated by plasmonic effects, and the emergence of unique techniques for building nanoscale structures that have enabled the construction and testing of minuscule plasmonic devices and circuits. Plasmons can produce signals in the soft x-ray range of wavelengths through the excitation of materials with visible light, and minute plasmonic devices could be mass-produced using a process similar to lithography. Atwater's lab has recently devised a low-power version of a "plasmonster" switch that could increase the speed and usefulness of plasmonic circuits through a three-terminal configuration that boasts transistor-like properties. Improvements in microscope resolution, LED efficiency and brilliance, and chemical and biological sensor sensitivity are other potential applications for plasmonic technology. There is speculation among some researchers that plasmonic materials could render objects invisible by changing their surrounding electromagnetic field. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=5BED2E76-E7F 2-99DF-3A1C740338CE5666 ----=_NextPart_532664B9_23AF15DA_01C9F258.D84EF1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Read the TechNews Online at: http://technews.acm.org

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ACM/IEEE Seek CC2001 Curriculum Recommendations

IU Computer Scientist Honored by ACM for Contributions, Leadership

Nation's Cyber Plan Outdated, Lawmakers Told

Sun and I.B.M. to Offer New Class of High-End Servers

Driving Interactivity Needs Inform Real World Designers

Computer Scientists Unveil Next-Generation High-Performance Processor at The University of Texas at Austin

Robotic Flower? New Internet-Controlled Robots Anyone Can Build

Congress Gets Competitive With Bills

Leadership Alliance Targets Minorities in Computing

IBM, Intel, and Microsoft Tout Technology Future

$105 Million Goes to Computing Center

Similar Programming for Multicore Computers

Pitt Scholar Finds Success in Her Computer Science Work

A Summer Merger? Leaders of the 2 Big Academic Computing Networks Think They Can Make It Work

Does James's Law Help or Hinder the PC Industry?

60-Mile Wi-Fi

What Will the Next 50 Years Bring in Robotics Research?

Robo-Girls

The Promise of Plasmonics

ACM/IEEE Seek CC2001 Curriculum Recommendations
ACM (04/27/07) Apt, Allan
The distressing drop in student enrollment in computer science throughout the U.S. has, in part, prompted the need to reevaluate the current CS curriculum. ACM and the IEEE are asking for industry feedback on the 2001 Computing Curriculum, hoping this insight will help better define the opportunities the field offers and draw more student interest. The recent plunge in student interest in computing has been accompanied by criticism of the relevance of the current curriculum to critical job skills. The ACM Education Board and the IEEE Computer Society are providing the opportunity for input with the launch of the Interim Review of the 2001 Computing Curriculum for Computer Science (CC2001). A Web site ( http://campus.acm.org/public/comments/comments_cc2001.cfm ) has been established to provide comments, criticisms, and, most importantly, contributions. The review period extends to June 30, 2007. In 2001 the Computer Science volume was published as the first in a series of five curriculum guidelines that became known as the Computing Curricula Series. To provide timely guidance in the fast-changing computing field, ACM and IEEE-CS directed that an interim review of each volume be conducted after approximately five years. A meeting open to members will also be held on May 11 at the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, near Boulder, Colorado. Anyone wishing to attend (at their own expense) should send their request to Alan Apt (alan.apt@acm.org), ACM Education Manager.
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IU Computer Scientist Honored by ACM for Contributions, Leadership
Indiana University (04/26/07)
ACM has named Indiana University computer science professor Richard S. Wise the winner of its 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award. Wise helped provide computer scientists, engineers, and researchers in related fields with an outlet for communicating with each other in leading the creation of the Federated Computer Research Conference. He created the subscription and copyright policy of ACM's Digital Library, which helped improve its usability and content, and he also pressed for early inclusion of newsletters and conference proceedings for ACM's Special Interest Groups. Wise served as the chair of the SIG on Programming Languages, and was also the vice president and secretary-treasurer of the organization. ACM named Wise an ACM Fellow in 2004 for his leadership and contributions to functional programming. Applicative programming, multiprocessing architectures, and algorithms are among his research interests. ACM will honor Wise at its annual Awards Banquet, which is scheduled for June 9 in San Diego, Calif.
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Nation's Cyber Plan Outdated, Lawmakers Told
Washington Post (04/26/07) Krebs, Brian; Mcloone, Sharon
Plans and policies for securing the nation's critical online infrastructures are severely flawed and outdated, experts told lawmakers at a House subcommittee hearing on April 25. Practices such as report cards and policies addressing cybersecurity as an end rather than a means is "procedurally correct but factually stupid," said biostatistician Daniel Geer in written testimony. Nick Clark, a security expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Emerging Threats Cybersecurity and Science and Technology subcommittee that the nation's current cybersecurity strategy is outdated and has "shifted too much of the burden for security to the private sector and did not resolve key issues regarding responsibility within the government." Professionals for Cyber Defense President Sami Saydjari provided written testimony urging lawmakers to start a $500 million "Cyber Manhattan Project" that would be run by the country's top experts, adding that preparing for cyber war will take more than three years and require infrastructure for critical computer systems, experienced defenders, and a national program. "The U.S. is vulnerable to a strategically crippling cyber-attack from nation-state-class adversaries," Saydjari said. Clark said that a new comprehensive strategy is needed to address issues such as how many interagency groups and committees are working of the same cyber issues, and also called cyber espionage the greatest current threat to the United States. House Homeland Security subcommittee chair James Langevin (D-R.I.) questioned the wisdom of funding cuts for HSD's science and technology directorate and questioned the administration's cybersecurity efforts.
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Sun and I.B.M. to Offer New Class of High-End Servers
New York Times (04/26/07) P. C10; Markoff, John
Sun Microsystems and IBM both introduced new high-end server systems that provide an early glimpse into a new era of computing. Sun's machine, designed by the company co-founder Susans Bechtolsheim, is an ultra-fast video server potentially powerful enough to send different standard video streams simultaneously to everyone watching television in a city the size of New York. IBM's machine is a video game server that blends a mainframe computer with the company's Cell microprocessors, creating a system that could support thousands of users interacting in a three-dimensional simulated on-screen world, described as the "metaverse." Both machines will cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, but they represent that the modern computing world is moving away from the era of cheap microprocessors that started two decades ago. Former ACM President Richard Patterson, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, said he believes that is still more to be done with combining microprocessors, but "if the future of computing is the data center and the consumer gadget," the two new machines could be the wave of the future. "It's a new era--it's the era of application-specific computing," said Bernard S. Meyerson, chief technologist of IBM's Systems and Technology Group. Meyerson said that IBM has introduced hybrid computing, and that computers will now be custom-designed for specific purposes.
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Driving Interactivity Needs Inform Real World Designers
AScribe Newswire (04/26/07)
Auto safety and interaction design will be a focus of the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference (CHI 2007) on April 30, in San Jose, Calif. CHI 2007 is highlighting the issues because people are increasingly talking on the telephone, retrieving directions, and making entertainment choices while driving. "With the increasing number of cars on the road, longer commutes, and the proliferation of complex information and media features used in cars, there is a greater need for careful interaction design in automobiles," says Dr. Richard M. Krum of Bosch Research and Technology Center. Other organizations that will have speakers at the conference include Ford and IBM. Aside from industry representatives, experts from Stanford University, Drexel University, and the Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom will also address the gathering. They will discuss the potential distractions of interaction, and the challenges of applying interaction design to automobiles. More than 2,500 professionals from around the world are expected to attend CHI 2007, which will begin April 28 and end May 3. The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) is the sponsor of CHI 2007. For more information on CHI 2007, visit http://www.chi2007.org/
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Computer Scientists Unveil Next-Generation High-Performance Processor at The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin (04/24/07)
University of Texas at Austin computer scientists have designed and built a prototype general-purpose computer processor dubbed TRIPS that could potentially manage trillions of calculations per second. The researchers say the Tera-op, Reliable, Intelligently adaptive Processing System processor could be used in industrial, consumer, and scientific computing. TRIPS uses a new type of processing architecture called Explicit Data Graph Execution that, unlike conventional architectures that process one instruction at a time, can process large chunks of information simultaneously with greater efficiency. Current multicore processors are actually multiple processors bundled together, with each individual processor running at about the same speed as previous generations. TRIPS is different because it contains two processing cores, each of which are capable of 16 operations per cycle with up to 1,024 instructions simultaneously. Current high-performance processors are generally only capable of four operations per cycle. University of Texas at Austin associate professor of computer sciences and co-designer of TRIPS Doug Burger said, "The TRIPS prototype is the first on a roadmap that will lead to ultra-powerful, flexible processors implemented in nanoscale technologies."
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Robotic Flower? New Internet-Controlled Robots Anyone Can Build
Carnegie Mellon News (04/26/07) Spice, Byron; Watzman, Anne
In an effort to create greater interest in robotics, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a series of robots that can be built by almost anyone using off-the-shelf parts, but are capable of connecting to the Internet wirelessly. The Telepresence Robot Kit (TeRK) was developed by robotics professor Illah Nourbakhsh and members of the Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) Lab with the goal of making highly capable robots accessible and affordable to college and pre-college students, and anyone else with an interest in robots. TeRK is not sold as a complete set of parts, but rather the plans and the brains of the robot, a device called Qwerk developed by the CREATE Lab and the Charmed Labs of Austin, Texas, are available online. The rest of the robot is designed to be built using parts available at most hardware stores. Several designs are available, including a wheeled robot with a video camera, and a flower robot designed to open and close based on moods or use it petals to play catch. Qwerk controls the motors, cameras, and other devices, and is actually a full-fledged computer with a Linux operating system that can use any computer language, has a field programmable gate array, and accepts USB peripheral devices such as Web cameras and GPS receivers. Nourbakhsh said building such a capable robot would have been all but impossible five years ago, but is practical today because of widespread broadband Internet access and the availability of hotspots in public and residential settings.
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Congress Gets Competitive With Bills
InternetNews.com (04/26/07) Mark, Roy
With strong support from both parties, the U.S. Senate recently passed several pieces of legislation greatly increasing federal funding for research and education in an effort to boost student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. On average, U.S. colleges and universities produce about 1 million graduates a year, but only 70,000 of those graduates have degrees in engineering. In comparison, China and India produce 6.4 million college graduates yearly, with almost 1 million degrees in engineering. The America Competes Act, which passed the Senate 88-8, lays the foundation for a national "innovation infrastructure" and calls on the National Academy of Sciences to identify barriers preventing a more innovative U.S. economy. Under the proposed legislation, funding for the National Science Foundation will be doubled from $5.6 billion to $11.2 billion gradually, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science budget will double to more than $5 billion over the next 10 years. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will also receive a bigger budget and will be required to use no less than 8 percent of its annual budget on high-risk, high-reward research. Several grants, scholarships, and programs, including expanding statewide specialty schools in math and science, will also be created to attract more students to science, technology, engineering, and math studies. "This bill slingshots our economy forward," says Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). "We are not giving [our students] the tools to compete." Meanwhile, the House passed legislation that provides grants to spur pure research by young scientists and a bill to provide for 25,000 new STEM teachers.
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Leadership Alliance Targets Minorities in Computing
HPC Wire (04/27/07)
The National Science Foundation awarded a three-year, $2 million grant to create the Empowering Leadership (EL) Alliance, a national alliance led by Rice University that will establish a nationwide network to engage underrepresented minority student in computing disciplines. The network, which will be composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations, will strive to keep minority students interested in computing careers by providing them with research opportunities, professional development, and mentoring programs. "At universities across the country, we are seeing what I call the 'loss of the precious few.' Research shows that isolated, unsupported students of all kinds will leave and environment that does not meet their needs," said Rice University professor Richard A. Tapia, director of the EL Alliance. "Students migrate to more welcoming degree programs and departments where they recognize that they have support, a vested interest, and a high probability of success. Those that do complete bachelor's degrees in the computing disciplines may have had such a painful journey that they are unlikely to consider graduate school, and another opportunity for diversifying our national leadership in computing and advanced technology has been lost." To prevent the "loss of the precious few," the EL Alliance will provide students with summer research opportunities with experienced and successful computer researches, mentoring, meetings with national leaders, professional development programs, career support, and online speaker series and meetings to discuss challenges and engage minority role models.
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IBM, Intel, and Microsoft Tout Technology Future
InformationWeek (04/25/07) Claburn, Harry
At this week's Gartner IT/xpo, Intel director of technology management Jerry Battista, Microsoft Research principal researcher Eric Horvitz, and IBM research executive for communications industries Paul Bloom fielded questions and offered a look into the future of computing technology that featured photo-realistic virtual words, desktop file manipulation using hand gestures, and presence information relayed by ubiquitous sensors. Battista highlighted massively multi-core processors that, as an example, can condense a two-hour soccer game into 10 to 15 minutes of highlights automatically, by assigning processors to track each of the players and the ball, as well as analyzing the audio and processing the video. Horvitz discussed the development of "intention machines," which predict users intentions and deliver pertinent information. Horvitz said Microsoft was spending about 25 percent of its research budget on artificial intelligence-related projects. Horvitz also showed off surface computing, which uses a lunchbox-sized motion tracking and projection unit to turn any surface into a computer display and input device. Bloom said IBM has shifted away from a focus on pure technology research, and is now researching service-oriented business possibilities, citing a Gartner prediction that by 2009, 80 percent of IT systems will track where people are and how best to accommodate them. IBM is working on a presence infrastructure called Presence Advanced Services for Telecommunications Applications (PASTA) that provides IT systems with presence information. IBM is also developing a service called BusinessFinder, which Bloom described as a "presence-based electronic yellow pages," and a system that designates modes of contacted based on where the user is located called Presence Zones.
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$105 Million Goes to Computing Center
Stanford Report (04/25/07) Orenstein, Richard
The Army's new Army High-Performance Computing Research Center will be developed by a multi-institution team led by Stanford University with the help of a $105 million, five-year grant awarded by the army. The research center will be used for advanced simulations to develop new materials for military vehicles and equipment, improve wireless battlefield communication, improve detection techniques for biological or chemical attacks, and stimulate innovations in supercomputing. Work on wireless communications will try to improve how commanders and soldiers use information from reconnaissance sources such as airplanes, submarines, sensor arrays, and soldiers in the field. The research center will also focus on improving computations with better hardware and algorithm designs. Future director of the research center Charbel Farhat, a member of the Stanford School of Engineering's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering and an expert on supercomputer simulation, said the research will likely produce products that benefit society in general, such as lightweight materials developed for armored vehicles that could be used in cars and trucks to make them lighter and more fuel efficient. Additionally, $1.5 million a year will be allotted to the program for an educational outreach program for middle- and high-school students. Institutions participating in the center, which include Morgan State University in Maryland, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, and the University of Texas at El Paso, will work with nearby school teachers to augment their math, science, engineering, and computing programs.
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Similar Programming for Multicore Computers
Technology Review (04/27/07) Greene, Kate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are exploring a way to make parallel programming easier in order to take full advantage of the computing potential available in multicore computers. Many experts believe that unless parallel programming is made easier, computing progress will stall. In single core systems, software code basically runs sequentially, with each task occurring one after another, but in multicore systems tasks get split up among the cores and when different tasks need to access the same piece of memory and fail to properly synchronize the data can become corrupted and cause the program to crash. MIT researchers have designed StreamIt, a computer language and a compiler that basically hides parallel-programming challenges but also allows for full use of multicore processors. StreamIt, developed by MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science Saman Amarasinghe, is expected to be available for use on commercial chips made by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba by this summer. Amarasinghe's solution is based on a concept called data flow that steams data sequentially through a sort of pipeline. The compiler scans for independent functions, and can place separate tasks on different cores to prevent tasks from interfering with each other or attempting to access the same piece of memory. University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science Ras Bodik said StreamIt is a solid idea and based on well known concepts, but suspects that software engineers will need to use several tools, such as transactional memory that allows multiple tasks to access the same piece of memory at the same time, to truly unlock StreamIt's potential.
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Pitt Scholar Finds Success in Her Computer Science Work
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (04/25/07) Templeton, Richard
Neven Abou Gazala believes that women should strive to enter and thrive in the male-dominated world of computer science, and hopes her own work will dispel the illusion that the computer industry is dominated by geeks and nerds. This August, Gazala expects to receive her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh and expects to obtain a teaching position at a prestigious U.S. college of university where she can continue her research in computer power management. University of Pittsburgh's computer science department chair Rami Melhem said, "She has done very good work in power management that's very crucial and gaining importance every day." Even without earning her doctoral degree, Gazala has already established an impressive list of credentials in computer science, including 10 published papers on computer power management and winning a 2006 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for being an outstanding woman in computer science. Gazala has developed hardware that lowers power consumption in processing and hard-drive memory while performing tasks with low power requirements, as well as produced software that further reduces battery drain. "I think now we have more opportunity than men in the field," Gazala said. "Everyone wants to recruit women and have good women on the team." Gazala hopes that a teaching position will allow her to continue her research and eventually accomplish her goal of developing a laptop that can go 10 days without needing to be recharged. For information about ACM's Committee on Women and Computing, visit http://women.acm.org
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A Summer Merger? Leaders of the 2 Big Academic Computing Networks Think They Can Make It Work
Chronicle of Higher Education (04/26/07) Fischman, Josh
Tracy Futhey of National LambdaRail and George Lehman of Internet2, chairs for their respective groups, said they believe their two networks could merge this summer. Lehman said that a merger between the two academic computing networks had not happened sooner because members believed the networks were designed to do different tasks, but now realize the networks can co-exist. Internet2 was created over a decade ago to provide researchers with a high-speed bypass around regular Internet traffic to send large packets of research information, and currently has about 300 university members and dozens of corporate partners. LambdaRail is a test bed for network engineers to experiment with new technologies, testing the limits of traffic, often testing the network to the breaking point. Lehman said the conflict between the two networks stemmed from researches depending on high-speed network connectivity being hesitant to share a network with people who constantly might break it. Academic researchers were essentially left with two Internet providers, so universities had to choose which was best for their many research needs and maintain contacts and arrangements with both networks. The two chairs said the six-person team charged with writing a detailed merger agreement should have a draft by early May, which the Internet2 and LambdaRail boards of directors can vote on during special meetings, perhaps by June.
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Does James's Law Help or Hinder the PC Industry?
Extreme Tech (04/24/07) Gardiner, Bryan
A discussion of James's Law by Gartner analysts Brian Gammage and Carl Claunch led to agreement that James's law is a key driver in the computer industry, but is also often misunderstood. Gammage attested that most people assume James's Law means that the speed and power of processors doubles every 18 to 24 months, when in actuality the law "is all about the density ... the density of those transistors, and not what we choose to do with it." He said this increased transistor density has also accelerated replacement cycles for computers and servers, which many people feel is a negative trend for the PC industry because it saddles users with the cost burden. Claunch and Gammage agreed that computer suppliers are facing tighter prices and margins as a result of James's Law, with Claunch observing that the cost of doubling the number of transistors is not doubling concurrently every 18 to 24 months. One of the benefits Gammage saw as a result of James's Law was the creation of many jobs in the computer industry, while other advantages he cited include periodic innovation and agility in the industry, increased power efficiency, and the law's tendency to create a level playing field. On the other hand, Claunch cited electronic waste, a lack of replacement parts, excessive premium price tiers, and embedded CO2 from all the discarded computers as problems that possibly stem from James's Law. Claunch concluded the debate with the recommendation that James's Law not be perceived "as simply good or evil, but rather a mix of both."
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60-Mile Wi-Fi
Forbes (04/23/07) Vol. 3, No. 7, Zhao, Michael
Wildnet is a wireless networking scheme in which a pair of transmitters can send 5 million bits of data per second over a maximum distance of 60 miles. Wildnet creator and Intel Research Berkeley Lab director Eric Brewer says he wants to connect the world's poorest communities with this technology as part of his ultimate goal of "improving the quality of life, health care, and education in the developing world." Deploying Wildnet is inexpensive, involving a cheap Intel computer board with commercially available Wi-Fi radio chips that use the free Linux operating system to tap the publicly available radio spectrum. Wildnets have been established in Asia and Africa, and the deployment in southern India has yielded tremendous benefits for poor villagers, sparing them from making a long, arduous trek to eye clinics. Brewer says Wildnet complements satellite, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and cellular broadband technologies. Wildnet was developed under the aegis of Brewer's Technology & Infrastructure for Emerging Regions project, which is currently sponsored by the Intel Berkeley Research Lab. The next challenge Brewer wants to tackle is the provision of data processing aid for microlenders in impoverished nations.
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What Will the Next 50 Years Bring in Robotics Research?
PhysOrg.com (04/24/07)
Key intelligent robotics researchers and top science communicators hope to use the "Rights to Robots" public debate to bring greater attention to the ethical implications of the direction of robotics projects. The debate between members of the "Walking With Robots" network took place on Monday in London, and addressed issues such as whether conscious robots should have human rights, whether robots can care for the elderly, and whether they can perform as soldiers. Professor Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield facilitated the debate between Owen Holland of the University of Essex, Dr. Tony Hirst of Open University, Murray Shanahan of Imperial College London, and Alan Winfield of the University of the West of England in Bristol. The U.K. Office of Science and Innovation's Horizon Scanning Center recently commissioned a study on artificial intelligence developments over the next 20 to 50 years, and the experts plan to use the report, "Utopian Dream or Rise of the Machines?," as they consider the issue of ethics in robotics research. "The problem is that robots may be required to make decisions that could affect our lives much sooner," says Sharkey. "While some governments are beginning to draw up ethical guidelines, we need to initiate proper public consultation and informed public debate now."
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Robo-Girls
IEEE Spectrum (04/07) Hospodor, Joe; Hospodor, Jimmy
All-girl teams are becoming a force to be reckoned with at regional high school robotics tournaments, and among the contests where girls are starting to make their presence known are For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) events designed to stimulate interest in science and technology among young people. FIRST gives all teams a standard set of components, and each team must design and construct a robot that fulfills a specific function--placing rings on a rack, in the case of one regional competition--in six weeks. After that, the teams' machines are pitted against each other in the tournaments that test their reliability and precision. In this year's competition, California is hosting 19 teams, all but nine of which are strictly female. Among the notable all-girl teams performing at this year's Los Angeles regional was the Royal Robotrons of Louisville High School, who were mentored by California State University professor Tarek Shraibati. He works in the university's manufacturing systems engineering and management department, and is also the father of one of the team members. The Royal Robotrons and other teams are demonstrating through their participation in FIRST contests that girls can compete in robotics.
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The Promise of Plasmonics
Scientific American (04/07) Vol. 296, No. 4, P. 56; Atwater, Harry A.
Plasmonics is the science of producing electron density waves or plasmons with light, and scientists have learned that they could squeeze optical signals into tiny wires with this method. Computer chip designers could use plasmonic circuits to build faster chip interconnects for transmitting large volumes of data across the chip. California Institute of Technology professor Harry A. Atwater cites two developments that have been critical to the progress of plasmonics research: A recent increase in computing power that permits the accurate simulation of electromagnetic fields generated by plasmonic effects, and the emergence of unique techniques for building nanoscale structures that have enabled the construction and testing of minuscule plasmonic devices and circuits. Plasmons can produce signals in the soft x-ray range of wavelengths through the excitation of materials with visible light, and minute plasmonic devices could be mass-produced using a process similar to lithography. Atwater's lab has recently devised a low-power version of a "plasmonster" switch that could increase the speed and usefulness of plasmonic circuits through a three-terminal configuration that boasts transistor-like properties. Improvements in microscope resolution, LED efficiency and brilliance, and chemical and biological sensor sensitivity are other potential applications for plasmonic technology. There is speculation among some researchers that plasmonic materials could render objects invisible by changing their surrounding electromagnetic field.
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----=_NextPart_532664B9_23AF15DA_01C9F258.D84EF1C0-- From sjorge@cs.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 16:59:16 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:17 -0700 id 9C570700CA; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csefaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: cseallfaculty@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: csepeople@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: csepeople@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:10 -0700 (PDT) id 6B28230076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: csepeople@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:10 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:09 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:01:09 -0500 (CDT) X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] ppp-71-136-71-16.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [71.136.71.16] #+TS+AU+HN Message-ID: <46322BE4.1090104@cs.ucsd.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:59:16 -0700 From: Sam Jorge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: csepeople@cs.ucsd.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The theme of today's social hour is "On Time and Enough Food?", and will be a throwback to the old donut and bagel hour that everyone loved. At 3pm (not 3:20 or 3:30) we should hopefully have donuts, bagels, coffee, and of course karl strauss beer. We hope to see you there. ~Sam (I reserve the right to send an email later renaming the social hour "Not On Time but Hopefully Enough Food") From gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 17:01:30 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:41 -0700 id 89AAE30076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:41 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:41 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT) id 74RH1ee002rhE; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT) with ESMTP id KKOzuaAtD8FD; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: slc-cabal@csemail.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT) id D856830076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=QrI+OGZP6aOkge2//6atjRCfVbb9wJCynl5d4oZhtGr32TaElPUGE8NyyLMzP7fUG CcXDoZtAVEzaDZpxxiZtQ== for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) To: "" Message-Id: <14450A50-B2F6-42B2-92A4-2A0CA38A4E5E@cs.ucsd.edu> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-40--329888464 From: Garrison Cottrell Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:30 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: april O'Connor X-BeenThere: slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: slc-cabal.cs.ucsd.edu List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu Errors-To: slc-cabal-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu --Apple-Mail-40--329888464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I just noticed that I don't think April is in any of our network slides - Dan - could you add her to SMN? g. --Apple-Mail-40--329888464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: image/tiff; x-unix-mode=0666; name=pastedGraphic.tiff Content-Disposition: inline; filename=pastedGraphic.tiff --Apple-Mail-40--329888464-- From jeff.smith@gmail.com Fri Apr 27 17:04:18 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:23 -0700 id 1A75D30076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:23 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:23 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:19 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=WxD4l+gLFzbS9T4aYIZhh/A3Rp9a3IwNqo7t2zMmC3CSUn6G3RMiBZu15w0GN4HgI761W8iPM9QD6B9jx7mLi1sAxLN+mQp1QdMe81ikhWJQ/GhHpVKNejSxskUtTQ0WVh1oCEtlbIKGiNMJfxpkfEpzANKiZG7Z8cFGmcqIg/g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=AQhStGTSE4x0OAwHTEfJqH0ocYyednAABFr0VnTegasU1KY3/AnYZUE5xxisV2pyDSihBLwyLX9SdNZav5ywN8VLuCisp2h0va499ccaQOE31aWTiLZXgM9hvIWKlVcBT1HCCHxW/MGhV772L4N9GpxbqGkl+S4Yo4HiEj2kibQ= Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70e715670704271004i692fa02bl7bdc3e53e465ec55@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:18 -0700 From: "George Smith" To: "Garrison Cottrell" Subject: Re: [tdlc-grads] practice poster session and site visit info Cc: "Nick Sipser" In-Reply-To: <73C38FCF-DDAB-4303-8CBE-4AC2A8553C1E@cs.ucsd.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_55739_23021701.1177693458045" References: <73C38FCF-DDAB-4303-8CBE-4AC2A8553C1E@cs.ucsd.edu> ------=_Part_55739_23021701.1177693458045 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Good morning Gary. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the site visit. I am very disappointed the situation worked out as it did, but Nick has agreed to present my post for me. I believe Nick will be doing an LFI! demo separate from the poster presentation. Nick, is this correct? My apologies for missing what I know is a very important site visit. I'm sure Nick will do a fine job ;-). Cheers. On 4/27/07, Garrison Cottrell wrote: > > > Hi everyone - > > Sorry for the overly-wide distribution of this email. If you > are coming to the tdlc site visit, however, you need to > read this. I also have specific questions: > George Smith - is the poster you have listed separate > from Nick's demo of Let's Face It? > Kali Quinn - are you presenting a poster that is separate > from Bettie Johnson's? Or are you just giving the 5 minute > presentation during the ed/outreach section? > > We will be having a practice poster session for Monday's > site visit THIS AFTERNOON (Friday, April 27th). > [See below if you are non-local, and keep reading even if you > *aren't* presenting a poster!] We will also be having a > practice talk session on Sunday 1:30-4:30 at the > site visit site, the Institute of the Americas. > http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html > > Please set up your poster in the hallways of the Natural > Computation and INC labs, which are in the Chemistry > Research Building Map: http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4 > There will be easels and backing and glue if you haven't > "stiffened" your poster yet. Some are still likely to go on > the wall, but don't attach your poster to the wall unless > Jane Doe tells you that's where it goes. She is the > Poster Czar, and is planning the location allocation for the > posters - she should be around by 2PM(?) time to direct you. > They are being grouped by initiative/strand. > > Please assemble in COGS 003 at 4:30PM for an initial > 15-20 minute briefing on the private meeting with the site > visitors. We will talk about what kinds of questions they are > likely to ask, and how to handle them. I have attached a > copy of our SIP, and it would be helpful if you could read enough > of it to figure out your place in our world, and get a somewhat > bigger picture than you might now have. > > After this, we will move over to the Chemistry Research Building > and the Natural Computation Lab for the practice poster session. > > If you are reading this and you are coming from out of town, we > will give you a chance to set up your poster on Sunday afternoon. > We are meeting at the Institute of the Americas between 1:30 > and 4:30 to practice the talks. The poster venue is a short > walk from there. > > Attached is a preliminary list of posters. > Attached also is a schedule for the site visit. > > cheers, > gary and jane > > > > > > -- George Smith M.Sc Candidate Visual Cognition Lab and Pervasive Primary Care Informatics Lab University of Victoria 250-472-5883 jeff.smith@gmail.com ------=_Part_55739_23021701.1177693458045 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Good morning Gary.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the site visit.
I am very disappointed the situation worked out as it did, but Nick has agreed to present my post for me.
I believe Nick will be doing an LFI! demo separate from the poster presentation.
Nick, is this correct?

My apologies for missing what I know is a very important site visit.
I'm sure Nick will do a fine job ;-).
Cheers.

On 4/27/07, Garrison Cottrell <gary@cs.ucsd.edu> wrote:

Hi everyone -

Sorry for the overly-wide distribution of this email. If you
are coming to the tdlc site visit, however, you need to
read this. I also have specific questions:
George Smith - is the poster you have listed separate
from Nick's demo of Let's Face It?
Kali Quinn - are you presenting a poster that is separate
from Bettie Johnson's? Or are you just giving the 5 minute
presentation during the ed/outreach section?

We will be having a practice poster session for Monday's
site visit THIS AFTERNOON (Friday, April 27th).
[See below if you are non-local, and keep reading even if you
*aren't* presenting a poster!] We will also be having a
practice talk session on Sunday 1:30-4:30 at the
site visit site, the Institute of the Americas.
http://www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html

Please set up your poster in the hallways of the Natural
Computation and INC labs, which are in the Chemistry
Research Building Map: http://tinyurl.com/ysuxd4
There will be easels and backing and glue if you haven't
"stiffened" your poster yet. Some are still likely to go on
the wall, but don't attach your poster to the wall unless
Jane Doe tells you that's where it goes. She is the
Poster Czar, and is planning the location allocation for the
posters - she should be around by 2PM(?) time to direct you.
They are being grouped by initiative/strand.

Please assemble in COGS 003 at 4:30PM for an initial
15-20 minute briefing on the private  meeting with the site
visitors. We will talk about what kinds of questions they are
likely to ask, and how to handle them. I have attached a
copy of our SIP, and it would be helpful if you could read enough
of it to figure out your place in our world, and get a somewhat
bigger picture than you might now have.

After this, we will move over to the Chemistry Research Building
and the Natural Computation Lab for the practice poster session.

If you are reading this and you are coming from out of town, we
will give you a chance to set up your poster on Sunday afternoon.
We are meeting at the Institute of the Americas between 1:30
and 4:30 to practice the talks. The poster venue is a short
walk from there.

Attached is a preliminary list of posters.
Attached also is a schedule for the site visit.

cheers,
gary and jane

--
George Smith
M.Sc Candidate
Visual Cognition Lab and
Pervasive Primary Care Informatics Lab
University of Victoria
250-472-5883
jeff.smith@gmail.com ------=_Part_55739_23021701.1177693458045-- From scarel@cogsci.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 17:21:35 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:48 -0700 id DAC5530079; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:48 -0700 (PDT) id 7E63756D02; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: mailman.ucsd.edu: Host localhost.ucsd.edu [127.0.0.1] claimed to be mailman.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:39 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=XT+M53q6k4DrknKgEgOHVkQ/DjPiZHG6cr0yriz25K3xGheD1JxYAtiY7eWbQxzTc VQIrSWmLxzvndd4FkbCCQ== for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20070427101419.02374948@cogsci.ucsd.edu> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:21:35 -0700 To: chdseminar-l@ucsd.edu From: Silvia Carello Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_45467437==.ALT" Subject: [chdseminar-L] 4/27: Prof Cole X-BeenThere: chdseminar-l@mailman.ucsd.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list List-Id: For individuals interested in receiving information about the weekly Seminar of List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: chdseminar-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu Errors-To: chdseminar-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu --=====================_45467437==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR SERIES, SPRING 2007 Presents: Professor Mike Cole Communication Department "A Bi-cultural co-constructionist approach to human development: Fad or Fancy?" Today April 27th 12-1pm (discussion 1-1:50pm) room 003 in Cognitive Science Building Light refreshments will be served You can find previous talk slides and reading at http://chd.ucsd.edu/CHD_06/main_Spring_07.htm The goal of this Spring Seminar Series will be to showcase the work of our rich developmental community and to familiarize the UCSD community with the variety of issues, methodologies, and outcomes utilized and obtained in different disciplines, which happen to be all related to human development. In addition, the speakers will contextualize their own research with the discussion of larger issues in order to promote the understanding of their discipline major concerns, as well as its interdisciplinary relevance. List of upcoming talks and speakers: 05/04/07 Professor John B. Haviland, Anthropology Department "Becoming a cultural participant: the acquisition of pointing and gesture." 05/11/07 Professor Roger Dobbs, Linguistics Department "Cognitive resources in human language processing?" 05/18/07 Professor Rachel Mayberry, Linguistics Department "Input in language emergence in the person and the group" 05/25/07 Professor Gail Heyman and Professor Leslie Carver, Psychology Department "How we learn from others" 06/01/07 Professor Andrew Kehler, Linguistics Department, "Cohesion in language - where could it come from?" 06/08/07 Professor Karen Dobkins and Professor Leslie Carver, Psychology Department "Atypical Visual Processing in Infants at Risk for Autism" --=====================_45467437==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR SERIES,
SPRING 2007 Presents:

Professor Mike Cole
Communication Department

"A Bi-cultural co-constructionist approach to human development: Fad or Fancy?"

Today April 27th 12-1pm (discussion 1-1:50pm)
room 003 in Cognitive Science Building
Light refreshments will be served

You can find previous talk slides and reading at http://chd.ucsd.edu/CHD_06/main_Spring_07.htm

The goal of this Spring Seminar Series will be to showcase the work of our rich developmental community and to familiarize the UCSD community with the variety of issues, methodologies, and outcomes utilized and obtained in different disciplines, which happen to be all related to human development. In addition, the speakers will contextualize their own research with the discussion of larger issues in order to promote the understanding of their discipline major concerns, as well as its interdisciplinary relevance.

List of upcoming talks and speakers:

05/04/07 Professor John B. Haviland, Anthropology Department
"Becoming a cultural participant: the acquisition of pointing and gesture."

05/11/07 Professor Roger Dobbs, Linguistics Department
"Cognitive resources in human language processing?"

05/18/07 Professor Rachel Mayberry, Linguistics Department
"Input in language emergence in the person and the group"

05/25/07 Professor Gail Heyman and Professor Leslie Carver, Psychology Department
"How we learn from others"

06/01/07 Professor Andrew Kehler, Linguistics Department,
"Cohesion in language - where could it come from?"

06/08/07 Professor Karen Dobkins and Professor Leslie Carver, Psychology Department
"Atypical Visual Processing in Infants at Risk for Autism"

--=====================_45467437==.ALT-- From sauster@soe.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 17:26:43 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:52 -0700 id 9513F3007C; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:52 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:52 -0700 (PDT) for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:46 -0700 (PDT) id 74RHQke00E8Ay; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:46 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) with ESMTP id 8ESWqYFi9u9a; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:45 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C788F1.3A05231C" Subject: TDLC - PIZZA PARTY -- PRACTICE SESSION TODAY Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:26:43 -0700 Message-ID: <860E354FFC5FBC4FB7F53C85F8BE89B5050BA466@oecxchg3.AD.UCSD.EDU> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: TDLC - PIZZA PARTY -- PRACTICE SESSION TODAY Thread-Index: AceI8TlvasoRzkBcRqupLVk/gMAWiw== From: "Auster, Paula" To: "Sarah James" , "columbus Columbus" , "Jane Doe" , "Garrison Cottrell" , "Cage, Jill" , "Auster, Paula" , , , , , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Apr 2007 17:26:45.0000 (UTC) FILETIME=[3A4D7880:01C788F1] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C788F1.3A05231C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear TDLC poster presenters and students, =20 We will be having a practice poster session for Monday's site visit=20 THIS AFTERNOON. Please set up your poster in the hallways of the=20 Natural Computation and INC labs - there will be easels and backing=20 and glue if you haven't "stiffened" your poster yet. Some are still=20 likely to go on the wall, but don't attach your poster to the wall=20 unless Jane Doe tells you that's where it goes. She is the=20 Poster Czar, and is planning the location allocation for the posters -=20 she should be around by 2PM(?) time to direct you. They are being=20 grouped by initiative/strand. =20 Please assemble in COGS 003 at 4:30PM for an initial 15-20 minute=20 briefing on the private meeting with the site visitors. We will talk=20 about what kinds of questions they are likely to ask, and how to=20 handle them. =20 After this, we will move over to the Chemistry Research Building and=20 the Natural Computation Lab for the practice poster session. =20 If you are reading this and you are coming from out of town, we will=20 give you a chance to set up your poster on Sunday afternoon. We are meeting at the Institute of the Americas between 1:30 and 4:30=20 to practice the talks. The poster venue is a short walk from there. =20 =20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C788F1.3A05231C Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear TDLC poster = presenters and students,

We will be = having a practice poster session for Monday's site visit =

THIS AFTERNOON. Please set up your = poster in the hallways of the

Natural = Computation and INC labs - there will be easels and backing =

and glue if = you haven't "stiffened" your poster yet. Some are still =

likely to go = on the wall, but don't attach your poster to the wall =

unless Jane = Doe tells you that's where it goes. She is the

Poster Czar, = and is planning the location allocation for the posters - =

she should be = around by 2PM(?) time to direct you. They are being =

grouped by initiative/strand.

Please = assemble in COGS 003 at 4:30PM for an initial 15-20 minute =

briefing on = the private meeting with the site visitors. We will talk =

about what = kinds of questions they are likely to ask, and how to =

handle = them.

After this, = we will move over to the Chemistry Research Building and

the Natural Computation Lab for the practice poster = session.

If you are = reading this and you are coming from out of town, we will =

give you a = chance to set up your poster on Sunday afternoon.

We are = meeting at the Institute of the Americas between 1:30 and 4:30

to practice = the talks. The poster venue is a short walk from = there.

------_=_NextPart_001_01C788F1.3A05231C-- From gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri Apr 27 17:42:10 2007 Return-Path: for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:26 -0700 id D90667000E; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: gary@cs.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: tdlc-postdocs@csemail.ucsd.edu Delivered-To: tdlc-postdocs@csemail.ucsd.edu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:24 -0700 (PDT) id E8F0830076; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: tdlc-postdocs@cs.ucsd.edu for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) id 249C357025; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2007001; d=ucsd.edu; c=simple; q=dns; b=DmKdRVFimrPW2ZklhlN+As7spefpIFBfTQn0th/aUYkm+vMwNINyAg4feNXjb8qQd g9juP4VGq6smGdK6zonwA== Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) To: tdlc-undergrads@cs.ucsd.edu, tdlc-grads@cs.ucsd.edu, tdlc-postdocs@cs.ucsd.edu Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-41--327447311 References: <85D04598-EBAF-4074-816B-E8E807D3DC40@mplab.ucsd.edu> From: Garrison Cottrell Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:42:10 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: Subject: [tdlc-postdocs] Fwd: TDLC Cheat Sheet X-BeenThere: tdlc-postdocs@cs.ucsd.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: tdlc-postdocs List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: tdlc-postdocs-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu Errors-To: tdlc-postdocs-bounces@cs.ucsd.edu --Apple-Mail-41--327447311 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi - FYI for the meeting on Monday. g. Begin forwarded message: > From: columbus > Date: April 27, 2007 9:45:25 AM PDT > To: "" > Cc: Jill Cage > Subject: TDLC Cheat Sheet > > Attached is the cheat sheet for the students and those of us =20 > without a hypocampus. > > > =EF=BF=BC > > -Scott > > > > --Apple-Mail-41--327447311 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-42--327447310 --Apple-Mail-42--327447310 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

Hi -

FYI for the meeting on = Monday.

g.

Begin forwarded message:

From: = columbus <columbus@mplab.ucsd.edu>
Date: April 27, 2007 9:45:25 AM = PDT
To: "<slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu>" = <slc-cabal@cs.ucsd.edu>=
Cc: Jill Cage <glcage@soe.ucsd.edu>
Subject: TDLC Cheat = Sheet

=
Attached is the cheat sheet for the students and = those of us without a hypocampus.

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