University of Rochester
Computer Science Department
25th Anniversary Celebration

Schedule Highlights


Friday, October 13, 2000

The focus for Friday is on public talks (open to all Sesqui attendees) by CS faculty and a reception and dinner in the evening.

1:00--6:00 Open House and Lab Demonstrations
3:30-5:30, Lander Auditorium Current Research Talks:
Sandhya Dwarkadas (CS) and Dave Albonesi (ECE/CS) on ``Computation and Coordination on the Information Super-Highway,''
Dana Ballard (CS) on ``Brain Computation.''
6:30-7:30, Kornberg Atrium Get (re-)acquainted reception at the Atrium of the brand new Kornberg Research Building, across Elmwood Drive from the River Campus in the Medical Center. CS Professor and Dean of The College Tom LeBlanc will welcome the assembly.
7:30-8:30, Kornberg Atrium Buffet-style dinner with jazz/dance band accompaniment by Al Biles and the Virtual Quintet . After dinner, there will be some reminiscences and remarks by those involved in the early days of the department. The list of speakers includes: Dana Ballard, Jerry Feldman, Rick Rashid, Robert Sproull, and Herb Voelcker.


Saturday, October 14, 2000

Saturday is the main day for Sesquicentennial events, including two keynote talks sponsored by the Computer Science Department and additional public talks describing exciting current research in CS.

11:00--5:30 Open House and Lab Demonstrations
12:45--1:45, Lower Strong Sponsored Talks:
``The Future of Computing,'' featuring Richard Rashid '77 (Mas), '80 (PhD), VP, Advanced Technology and Research at Microsoft
Title TBA, Henry Fuchs, Federico Gil Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina.
3:00-5:00, Hoyt Hall Current Research Talks:
Lane Hemaspaandra (CS) on ``Complexity of Voting Schemes''
George Ferguson (CS) on ``Interactive Intelligent Assistants''
Kiriakos Kutulakos (CS/Dermatology) on ``Multi-camera Reconstruction''


Last change: 11 Oct 2000 by ferguson