Angel Jordan, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics, Emeritus, has been named acting director of the Software Engineering Institute, replacing Stephen E. Cross, who will be leaving to become a vice president at Georgia Tech and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Press Release

In the featured "Dinner with..." series, Astrobiology Magazine looks at the possibilities for computers to emulate complex human patterns. The father of artificial intelligence and Nobel Laureate, Herbert Simon, gives a short course in life.

I, robot It's much easier to dream up robots that act like us than to actually create them. Reid Simmons, Robotics Institute, said that intellectually and emotionally the technology is not even close to humans. Boston Globe article

Computerworld features Computer Science department's Captchas: Computer tests can defeat spam also see Captcha Project

Andrew's Leap Through special classes and independent projects, students will be exposed to the frontiers of computer science. Andrew’s Leap has been run every summer since 1991. Program starts Monday June 30th. more information

Fortune Magazine and salon.com feature Robocup and Manuela! If RoboCup is the first word you come up with when you think, 'Manuela Veloso', then you're not alone but there's much more!! Full Interview by Undergraduate Web Team Member Shilpa Desai

Video Clips Meet Professors and Students from the School of Computer Science Get the Flash 6 plugin

Count the Candy and solve the LATEST PUZZLE to tickle the grey cells. . . Also, check out the previous puzzles and their solutions, including the solution to Empty the Bucket.

SCS Interviews Look Who's Talking!

"Who Stole My Internet?" is the latest in Tales of Technology from the Post-Gazette column by James Morris, Dean, School of Computer Science. . Submit your own piece for Bits to Bots ...email webteam @ cs.cmu.edu

SCS Faculty Positions Available

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Nominations for this year's Andy Awards are due July 18. (This is a correction of the earlier announced date.) The university-wide staff recognition program honors staff for innovation, enthusiasm, citizenship, dedication and "culture," a new category. More info and nomination forms

ISRI Welcomes 11 Women from South Africa to Complete their Masters Degrees!! Having initiated their program in Cape Town, the women will continue their graduate studies on campus for the next six months read more!

You can now Submit Photos and Post Captions to the ugrad Photo Album!! Check out the latest pics of the SCS 2003 Undergraduate Picnic!!
. . . have you seen the Undergrad student site run by and for cs undergraduates? . . . take a look!:
Find out what Professors really mean when they say . . . . ."The test scores were a little below my expectations"

Spring 2003 Distinguished Lecture Series
Seminar Series

UM'03: 9th International Conference on User Modeling
Abstract
Conference Center of the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA
Saturday, June 21, runs through to June 25.

College Workshop, info and schedule
June 26-28, all sessions in NSH 3002

Special Presentation
Malcolm Slaney , IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford CCRMA
Semantic-Audio Retrieval, Abstract
Thursday, June 26, 3:30 p.m., WeH 4623

IGERT Research Symposium: Keynote Address
Terrence Sejnowski , Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
Cortical Dynamics: From Spike Timing to Attention, Abstract
Friday, June 27, 7:30 p.m., Singleton Room Roberts Hall

IGERT Research Symposium: Featured Talk
Roy E. Ritzmann and Roger D. Quinn , Case Western Reserve University
Control of Legged Locomotion Over Complex Terrain by Cockroaches and Robots, Abstract
Saturday, June 28, 7:30 p.m., Singleton Room Roberts Hall

Andrew's Leap starts Monday June 30th
For more info contact Charlotte at yano @ cs.cmu.edu
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. , NSH 3002
Program runs from June 30th through August 8th.

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