Apr 9, 9:30 pm: Women in Science Ice Cream Social, Math Lounge (KINSC H208)
Apr 7, 4:30 pm: Jeannette Wing of CMU and NSF. Computational Thinking. Mendel Hall 154, Villanova University (sponsored by DVLSCS: Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Swarthmore and Haverford CS Departments)
Mar 31: Darren Glass, Gettsburg College, Cryptography, Coding Theory, and Curve Interpolation, Tea at 4:15 p.m.KINSC Hilles 208, Talk at 4:30 p.m.-KINSC Hilles 109
Mar 25, 6:15 pm: Computer Science student-faculty meeting for majors, concentrators, minors and other students interested in computing, KINSC H110, CS Teaching Lab
Innagural Meeting for Women in Science at Haverford College, Wednesday, March 19, 9:00 pm, KINSC Hilles 212
Dec 10, 4:30 pm, Mendel Science Center 115, Villanova University (our neighbor): Bounded-Degree Low-Interference Spanners for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks. Nagesh Javali, Department of Computing Sciences, Villanova University
Sep 10: Ethan Alguire '09, Haverford College, "The Flask on the Hard Drive: How to Be a Chemist and Not Get Your Hands Dirty," Talk at 4:15 p.m.- KINSC H109; Tea at 4:00 p.m. - Math Lounge, KINSC H208 Abstract:
"We are perhaps not far removed from the time when we shall be able to submit the bulk of chemical phenomena to calculation." J. L. Gay-Lussac, 1888
Though computational chemistry has existed in theory since the advent of quantum mechanics, it is only within the last few decades with the rapid progress of computers that the practice has come into its own. A major use of computational chemistry is the geometric optimization of a molecular system, used to map its potential energy surface (PES), the potential energy of a system as a function of the relative position of nuclei. Additionally, natural bond orbital (NBO) theory will be discussed in connection with experimental and theoretical results showing significant stabilization in only one conformation of the CH3OCO radical during C-O bond stretching.
Jul 23: KINSC Summer Rafting Adventure -- faculty and students across the campus (but mostly from the sciences) drove to a very rainy but fun event on the Lehigh River.
Jun 24: CS night at the Phillies, with Jamie Hollowell '08, Stephanie Hilton BMC '08, Stephanie's friend Mary BMC '07, and J.D.
May 4, 2 pm: A Novel Schematic for the Representation and Organization of Abstract Data. Julia Ferraioli (BMC`07), Bryn Mawr College, PSB 232 Abstract:
This presentation will introduce an improved solution to the problem of a typical user navigating through and organizing large data sets of possibly high dimensionality. We look at how to help the user arrive at a correct organization of the data in a shorter amount of time than it would take to classify each data item manually. By combining and modifying several existing machine learning techniques, we can apply them to the problem of data classification when the user has background knowledge that can be applied to complete the task. We combine an intuitive graphical user interface with a classification tool that incorporates user feedback, that aids the user in arriving at the desired goal more quickly than any existing methods. The composite schematic is what we will describe in this presentation as well as the results of experiments testing the effectiveness of the proposed design on data set of varying degrees of difficulty. We will include a live demonstration of how one might typically interact with this program.
May 4, 2:45 pm: Natural Language Interaction with Robots. Alden Walker (HC`07), Bryn Mawr College, PSB 232 Abstract:
Natural language communication with robots has obvious uses in almost all areas of life. Computer-based natural language interaction is an active area of research in Computational Linguistics and AI. While there have been several NL systems built for specific computer applications, NL interaction with robots remains largely unexplored. Our research focuses on implementing a natural language interpreter for commands and queries given to a small mobile robot. Our goal is to implement a complete system for natural language understanding in this domain, and as such consists of two main parts: a system for parsing the subset of English our robot is to understand and a semantic analyzer used to extract meaning from the natural language. By using such a system we will be able to demonstrate that a mobile robot is capable of understanding NL commands and queries and responding to them appropriately.
May 4, 4 pm: CS Picnic at Bryn Mawr College, sunken garden outside PSB
May 8, 2 pm: Concurrency in Multi-Core Processor Design. Patrick Clancy (HC`07), Haverford College, CS Teaching Lab (KINSC H110) Abstract:
It is possible to extend a microprocessor from a single core to a multiple cores by replicating the single core processor, and interfacing them to main memory bus via a bus arbitrator. With a multi-core processor, the possibilities for parallel programs are apparent, but the programmer must overcome those obstacles with lock based programming. Transactional Memory would provide a means for programmers to handle highly concurrent programming in a more forgiving environment. This thesis surveys these topics and discusses possible implementations in terms of HERA.
Mar 27: Edward Farhi,
Professor of Physics, MIT. "What a big quantum computer could do that today's computers could never do." Talk at 4:30 pm, KINSC H109, Tea beforehand.
Mar 5: Alden Walker '07, CS/Math/Linguistics, Haverford College. "Decision Trees and Fundamental Complexity, or Topology: It's Not Just for Topologists." Talk at 4:15 p.m.- KINSC H109; Tea at 4:00 p.m. KINSC H208. Everyone attending the talk is invited to dinner afterwards in the Math Lounge
(take-out pasta from Vinny T's and lactose-free chocolate cake from Lynne Butler).
Feb 19: Janet Rosenbaum, Havard University, "Do Teenagers Always Tell The Truth? Estimating the Prevalence of Adolescent Risk Behaviors from Inconsistent Self-Report" KINSC H109 4:15pm (Tea served at 4pm)
Nov 29 @ BMC: Re-imagining the history of computing: Insights from women's lives. Janet Abbate of Virginia-tech University, 4pm-6pm, Room 300, Dalton Hall, Bryn Mawr
Sat Nov 4: Undergraduate Science Research Symposium, Dickinson College, PA. Don Letts '08 will present work involving the use of Alice and JES for high school education on computing; Michael Jablin '08 will present his work on wireless collaboration using Tablet PCs.
Thu Nov 2: Math/CS Tea, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Math Lounge, KINSC H208 (second floor of Hilles)
Oct 27 - 28: CCSC-Eastern Conference, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA. Accepted presentation to be made by Pfs. Wonnacott and Dougherty on computer science education, that will appear in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Mon Sep 25: Math/CS Tea, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Math Lounge, KINSC H208 (second floor of Hilles)
April 13, 6:00 pm: Beowulf Supercomputer Build Party, Bryn Mawr College, Park Science Building 339
April 10, 4:00 pm: Computer Science & Mathematics Afternoon Tea, Mathematics Lounge, second floor of KINSC Hilles; then a talk by Robin Pemantle (Penn)
April 3, 4:00 pm: Computer Science & Mathematics Afternoon Tea, Mathematics Lounge, second floor of KINSC Hilles
March 31, 2 pm, KINSC H110 (CS Teaching Lab): Demonstration of Speech Recognition Applications, to increase productivity and to address issues of accessible computing
February 23, 4:15 KINSC H109: "Searching for New Physics at the Highest Energy Frontier," B. Nelson, University of Pennsylvania (Tea 4 pm) [computational physics]
