DRAFT PROGRAM
Thursday, November 4
4:30 PM | Registration Opens |
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Posters and Reception
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6:30 PM - 6:45 PM | Opening Remarks |
6:45 PM | Dinner |
7:30 PM | Introduction - Tracy Camp/Liz Jessup |
7:45 PM | Industry Keynote - Pam Drew, CU Boulder Alumna and Corporate Officer at TASC Colorado and Cyberspace: Resilient Mission Assurance Then and NowColorado has a unique heritage in the development of computing systems, and in particular the Internet. I had the privilege of witnessing the early days first hand, and benefited from a graduate education at University of Colorado, Boulder against an incredible backdrop of commercial and technological advances as the Internet commercialized. In this talk, I will share my story of how I used my education in a time of such rapid development to pursue wide-ranging opportunities in academia, venture capital start ups, and the advanced uses of information technology in major aerospace systems. Ironically, the same Internet that has transformed social interaction and economic and national security positively has also become the target and an enabler for some of our greatest adversaries. I will summarize with the thought that those of us who have helped to develop and deploy this technology also have the imperative to help protect it and all that use it. |
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Birds of a Feather (BoFs)
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9:30 PM - midnight | Dancing! |
Friday, November 5
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Junior Faculty Showcase Qi Han, CSM: Application-driven Wireless Sensor SystemsContinuing advances in the computational power, radio components, and memory elements have led to the proliferation of portable devices (e.g., intelligent sensors, actuators, RFID readers, PDAs, cell phones). Wireless sensor systems consisting of such devices are now rapidly permeating a variety of applications domains such as monitoring and remediation of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, mine safety, and climate forecasting. My current primary research in wireless sensor systems can be categorized into two areas: i) new applications; and ii) systems including distributed data management algorithms and network protocols. In this talk, I will briefly discuss several highlights of our research, including our award-winning research in building energy management, our first-of-a-kind work in environmental monitoring using wireless sensor systems, and our systems research on developing algorithms and network protocols to support different sensor applications. I will conclude with a sketch of our ongoing endeavors. Katie Siek, CU Boulder: Live, Love, Research: Developing Health Informatics Technologies to Leave the World Better than I Found ItIn this short talk, I will provide a brief overview of how an event in my life inspired me to change research areas and, in turn, help others. Specifically, I will talk about two projects – one that that aided nurses in placing feeding tubes in preterm infants and another that assisted low literacy, chronically ill patients in monitoring their diets. I will conclude with a vision where we use technology for preventative care measures by helping people understand how health is part of their everyday lives. Michelle Strout, CSU: A Speedy Tutorial on High Performance ComputingThe High Performance Computing research area provides computational scientists with high-level abstractions and corresponding implementations that run blazingly fast on existing hardware. Such work is crucial to supporting scientific progress in a multitude of domains that leverage computer simulations to guide experiments and to evaluate and develop theoretical models of physical phenomena. In this talk, I briefly present some high-level abstractions we are developing to support the sparse computations that occur in applications such as molecular dynamics simulations and partial differential equation solvers. I also overview how we are automating the application of performance-improving transformations on such computations. |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Panel 1: The Integration Act – Blending your career, family, and personal life This panel will provide a forum to discuss ways to integrate your career, family, hobbies and other interests. Panelists will offer suggestions on topics such as finding a balance, making tough choices, managing your time, and avoiding burnout. Moderator: Sherri K. Harms, Ph.D., (University of Nebraska at Kearney)Panelists:
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Break |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Track I: Papers & Lightning Talks Session Chair: Irene Polycarpou, Ph.D. (Colorado School of Mines)
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Track II: Papers & Lightning Talks Session Chair: Ken Anderson (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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1:00 PM | Lunch & Career Fair OR Workshop Faculty Workshop: Recruiting Women into Your Computing MajorJoanne Cohoon, NCWIT Senior Research Scientist Even as we witness tremendous growth in computing occupations' size and influence over our lives, women continue to be underrepresented in these fields. Faculty have the opportunity to reverse this trend through both active recruitment and courses that engage and prepare women as well as men for computing careers. This session will present research-based methods for successfully attracting women into your computing major. Materials created by NCWIT (National Center for Women & IT) social scientists and designers will be provided and discussed to clarify methods that have been shown effective. |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Panel 2: Finding your Research Direction Are you struggling with finding a meaningful research topic? Do you wonder how you can find the right advisor or mentor? Do you wonder if your research will interest potential employers in the future? Panelists will discuss the possibilities and provide suggestions. Moderator: Debra Richardson, Ph.D., (University of California, Irvine)Panelists:
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3:30 PM - 3:35 PM | Wrap Up |