New York Times features efforts by Carnegie Mellon and others to attract women to computer science: Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold. "Moving emphasis away from programming proficiency was a key to the success of programs Dr. Blum and her colleagues at Carnegie Mellon instituted to draw more women into computer science. At one time, she said, admission to the program depended on high overall achievement and programming experience. The criteria now, she said, are high overall achievement and broad interests, diverse perspectives and whether applicants seem to have potential to be future leaders."

New Yahoo! 2007-2008 PhD Student Fellowships Program. Five exceptional PhD students have been selected to receive prestigious Yahoo! fellowships in the program’s inaugural year. Andrew Carlson (left), PhD student Machine Learning Department, and Abhimanyu Lad, PhD student, Language Technologies Institute, have been chosen to receive this very competitive award. More information

Carnegie Mellon P2P System Could Speed Movie, Music Downloads: Technique Uses Similar Data Files, Not Just Identical Files, as Sources News release

Check out the Winners of the 13th Annual MOBOT Races: held Friday, April 20, Race Course in Front of Wean Hall, 12:00 PM and the 15th Gate: Mobot Award Ceremony and Wrap-Up: Friday, April 20, 3:30 p.m., WeH 7500 Award presentations and recaps/discussions by participating teams. All welcome !

Microsoft Research has chosen Luis von Ahn as a 2007 Microsoft New Faculty Fellow. This relatively new program is extremely competitive and highly prestigious.

Attention Teachers! Join us for the CS Unplugged Show at Carnegie Mellon, May 1, 2007. Open to all K-12 teachers in the Pittsburgh metro area. Details

Computational Thinking: By coining the term “computational thinking,” Jeannette Wing, Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon, encapsulated both the answer to the question, “What is computer science?” and a viewpoint on how computer science is revolutionizing not only all the sciences, but impacting every aspect of our lives in the 21st century. To read more

SCS Interview Series: Look Who's Talking! Meet Takeo Kanade, the U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics. Full interview by CSD undergraduates: Alissa Briggs and Yang Shan.

New School of Computer Science Complex: Information and Blog Check out and discuss the design for the new Gates Center for Computer Science. The Gates Center will be located in the Valley between the Purnell Center, Cyert Hall, Doherty Hall and Newell Simon Hall. Watch building developments through the Gates Webcam!

The Puzzle TOAD brings you ...Can Oleg beat Erdös?... the latest puzzle to tickle the grey cells. . . Also, check out the previous puzzles and their solutions, including solution to puzzle 21: Searching for the Truth

SCS Faculty Positions Available

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SCS Seniors Night is on Tuesday April 24 6:00 p.m.

The CS4HS workshop will be held again this summer providing explorations in CS for CS AP teachers! July 13-16, at Carnegie Mellon. CS4HS information

Registration is now open for OurCS: a NEW conference providing research opportunities for undergrad women in CS, Oct. 5-7, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon. OurCS information

You can now request copies of the Women@SCS Computer Science Brochures. Contact: cfrieze AT cs.cmu.edu and indicate the level -- middle/HS level or college level brochure. You can also download a copy of the Computer Science poster which displays many of the diverse and exciting areas of Computer Science. Small version of poster

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CyLab Seminar
Alex Aiken, Stanford University
Towards Statically Proving a Security Property of an Operating System, Abstract
Monday, April 23, 12:00 p.m., Collaborative Innovation Center

Special Seminar
Garth Gibson, Associate Professor CSD
Commercializing Computer Systems Research:
A Great Way to Develop New Research Directions, Abstract
Tuesday, April 24, 3:00 p.m., NSH 3305

Machine Learning Seminar
Faculty Panel: Stephen Fienberg, Carlos Guestrin, Robert Murphy, Tom Mitchell (moderator)
Directions & Thesis Topics in Machine Learning - A Faculty Panel Discussion, Abstract
Tuesday, April 24, 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. , NSH 3305

HCII Seminar Series
Julita Vassileva, MADMUC/ARIES Labs, Computer Science Dept.,
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Wednesday, April 25, 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , NSH 1305

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