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SCS Distinguished Lecture Series presents the Hank Suz-Chi Wan Memorial Lecture given by Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Palm Computing and Handspring Founder, Redwood Neuroscience Institute Founder, Numenta and Author of On Intelligence. Talk title: "Hierarchical Temporal Memory: How a New Theory of Neocortex May Lead to Truly Intelligent Machines". Thursday, Nov 15, 4:00 pm- Wean Hall 7500 Abstract Yahoo! Launches New Program to Advance Open-Source Software for Internet Computing: Carnegie Mellon University First to Take Advantage of Yahoo!'s Large-Scale Hardware and Software Investments for the Open Source Community News release Congratulations to the winners of the fall 2007 Boeing Leadership Scholarships! * Luis Ballesteros, Sophomore * Karen Liu, Sophomore * Eugene Marinelli III, Junior * Danielle Millett, Junior The Boeing Leadership Scholarships were established in 2002 to recognize student initiative and leadership, teamwork, academic excellence and quality, and perseverance. More News in: Carnegie Mellon News Carnegie Mellon Today The Link magazine Front Page Archive	Don't miss the Special Lecture to be given by Tartan Racing Team leader Red Whittaker, professor RI: "Boss, winner of the 2007 DARPA Urban Grand Challenge" Wednesday, November 14, 4:30pm (refreshments at 4:15) in Wean Hall 7500 1st Place In the Grand Challenge! Congratulations to "Boss" and the Tartan Racing Team, winners of the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. Watch YouTube Videos! News release Look HERE for more information on Randy Pausch, professor CSD, HCII, and Design, including his talk: REALLY ACHIEVING YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS. Randy appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Just announced: The 2008 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education has been awarded to Randy Pausch. New School of Computer Science Complex: Information and Blog Check out and discuss the design for the new Gates Center for Computer Science. Gates Webcam! SCS Interview Series: Look Who's Talking! The Puzzle TOAD brings you ...Celebrity Problem!... the latest puzzle to tickle the grey cells. . . Also, check out the previous puzzles and their solutions, including solution to puzzle 22: Can Oleg beat Erdös? SCS Faculty Positions Available
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Thanksgiving Recess Wed. Nov. 21-23 No classes The SCS Graduate Online Application is now available. The application deadline is December 15, 2007. New Courses for Spring 2008 16-421: Vision Sensors 11-411 Natural Language Processing Special Topics and Related Courses of Interest page	Distinguished Lecture Series Distinguished Lecture Series Archive Computational Thinking Seminar David Yaron, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department Carnegie Mellon Electronic Structure of Chemical Systems: A Playground for Computational Thinking, Abstract Tuesday, Nov. 13, 4:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall HCII Seminar Series Jeffrey Heer, Visualization Lab and Berkeley Institute of Design Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Asynchronous Collaborative Information Visualization, Abstract Wed. Nov. 14, 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. , 1305 Newell-Simon Hall Robotics Seminar Vytas Sunspiral, ArmLab, NASA's Intelligent Robotics Group, NASA Ames Research Center Athletic Walking, Abstract Friday, Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m., 1305 University Center Full SCS Calendar Submit an event! Seminar Series CMU Calendar Academic Calendar
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