| CS Colloquium — Spring 2008 |
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All seminars are open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, seminars will held on
Thursdays 2:50 - 4:00 (refreshments at 2:50, talk starts at 3:00) in Halligan 111.
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| 1/10 |
SLIC: A System for Semantically Linked Instructional Content |
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Quanfu Fan, University of Arizona
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Host: Roni Khardon |
| 1/16 |
Research Talk: Automatic Programming by Example |
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Ben Rubinger, Tufts University
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Host: Samuel Guyer |
| 1/16 |
Research Talk: Using Real World Knowledge in Computer Interaction |
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Larissa Supnik, Tufts University
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Host: Robert Jacob |
| 1/17 |
Defect Tolerance of Molecular Crossbar Architectures |
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Mehdi Tahoori, Northeastern University
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Host: Soha Hassoun |
| 1/23 |
Carbon Nanotubes Power Grid: Electrical and Thermal Analysis |
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Nauman Khan, Tufts University
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Host: Soha Hassoun |
| 1/24 |
System-Level Verification of Register-Transfer-Level Designs |
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Pete Manolios, Northeastern University
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Host: Soha Hassoun |
| 1/31 |
Dynamics of Multistage Circadian System and Applications to JetLag |
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Hava Siegelmann, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Host: Diane Souvaine |
| 2/7 |
Special Joint CS and Physics Colloquium NOTE TIME AND ROOM: The IIC Time Series Center: How Astronomers, Computer Scientists and Statisticians are working together to tackle hard problems in astronomy |
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Pavlos Protopapas, Harvard University
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Host: Carla Brodley |
| 2/8 |
The Developmental Organization of Dexterous Robot Behavior |
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Rod Grupen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Host: Carla Brodley |
| 2/14 |
Social Robots and Human Social Development |
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Brian Scassellati, Yale University
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Host: Carla Brodley |
| 2/21 |
NO COLLOQUIUM-- TUFTS ON A MONDAY SCHEDULE |
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Host: - |
| 2/28 |
A (research) consumer's view of data integration research |
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Arnon Rosenthal, Mitre Corporation and
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Host: Diane Souvaine |
| 3/6 |
Developments in Holographic Algorithms |
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Jin-Yi Cai, University of Wisconsin and Radcliffe Institute
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Host: Ben Hescott |
| 3/10 |
Research Talk: Multiscale Shape Priors for 3D Branching Structures in Vasculature Segmentation |
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Amelio Vazquez-Reina, Tufts University
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Host: Eric Miller and Sarah Frisken |
| 3/13 |
Comparative Modeling for Protein Structure Prediction |
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Lenore Cowen, Tufts University
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Host: - |
| 3/27 |
On building a multilingual Parallel Computing Environment for Python, R, and MATLAB(r) |
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Alan Edelman, MIT
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Host: Lenore Cowen |
| 4/2 |
Master's Thesis Defense, A Multiple Target Tracker for Nonlinear Rotational Object Motion Using Range and Range-Rate Measurements |
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Leah Uftring, Tufts University
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Host: - |
| 4/3 |
Recent Progress in Coevolutionary Learning |
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Jordan Pollack, Brandeis University
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Host: Soha Hassoun |
| 4/3 |
PhD Thesis Defense - High Resolution Spectroscopy of Environmentally Hazardous Gases at |
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Nawaf Almoayed, Tufts University, PhD student
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Host: Prof Afsar |
| 4/9 |
Dean's Spring Lecture: Supporting U.S. Innovation and Prosperity in the 21st Century |
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Dr. William A. Wulf, President Emeritus, National Academy of Engineering and AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
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Host: - |
| 4/10 |
Comparative Genomics: Sequence, Structure, Networks |
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Bonnie Berger, MIT Applied Math and MIT CSAIL
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Host: Lenore Cowen |
| 4/14 |
Research Talk: An Intersection of Software Engineering and Complexity Theory |
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Chuck Connell, Tufts University
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Host: - |
| 4/15 |
Research Talk - The Hidden Genius of Caterpillars: The Role of Material Properties in the Control of Soft-bodied Organisms / Robots |
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Jesse Craig, Tufts University
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Host: Hassoun |
| 4/17 |
Scientific Volume and Flow Illustration |
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Penny Rheingans, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Host: Diane L. Souvaine |
| 4/17 |
Succinter |
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Mihai Patrascu, MIT
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Host: Lenore Cowen |
| 4/17 |
Distributed Processing in Sensor Networks |
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Dr. Jose Moura, Carnegie Mellon Univ
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Host: Prof. Eric Miller |
| 4/24 |
A Design Language for Interactive Systems |
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Alexandre R.J. Francois, Radcliffe Institute & University of Southern California
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Host: Lenore Cowen |
| 4/29 |
Refining Security: Process Control System Proetction, Misuse Detection and Attack Response |
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Robert Cunningham, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Host: Carla Brodley |
| 5/1 |
Scheduling to Minimize Total Response Time |
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Cliff Stein, Columbia University
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Host: Lenore Cowen |
