50th Anniversary Schedule
REGISTRATION
8:30 am | Memorial Hall | Registration, continental breakfast, and poster setup |
WELCOME
10:00 am | Memorial Hall | - Welcome
- State of the Department
- Presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards
- Jon Herlocker
- Panos M. Pardalos
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KEYNOTE
10:30 am | Memorial Hall | Focusing on What Matters
Jaime Teevan, Chief Scientist for Microsoft‘s Experiences and Devices- Introduction of Jamie Teevan
- Keynote address
- Question and answer
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LUNCH
12:00 pm | Memorial Hall | Open lunch seating |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:30 pm | Heritage Gallery | Careers in Academia
Moderator: George Karypis- Yan Huang, Senior Associate Dean, University of North Texas
- Ajitha Rajan, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- Brian Bailey, Professor, University of Illinois
- Getiria Onsongo, Assistant Professor, Macalester College
- Panos M. Pardalos, Professor, University of Florida
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| Ski-U-Mah Room | Careers in Industry/Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Joe Konstan- Jon Herlocker, President and CEO, Tignis, Inc.
- Bonnie Holub, Managing Partner, Practice Lead, Data Science, Americas, Teradata
- Jeffrey Thompson, Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Abbott
- Katie Panciera, Assistant Professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering (former researcher, Google)
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| Johnson Great Room | VR and Robotics Demos- Interactive Robotics and Vision Lab
- Interactive Visualization Lab
- Minnesota Robotics Institute
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DECADE PANEL
3:00 pm | Memorial Hall | 50 Years of CS&E
Join four current and one former CS&E faculty, who collectively joined the department in each decade of its existence. Why did they come? What was it like then? How has it changed? And what's their advice for you?- William (Bill) Franta, Founder (1970s)
- Maria Gini, Professor (1980s)
- Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Professor (1990s)
- Dan Keefe, Associate Professor (2000s)
- Lana Yarosh, Assistant Professor (2010s)
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| TRANSITION/BREAK 4:15 pm |
RECEPTION & POSTER RESEARCH SHOWCASE
4:30 pm | Swain Room | - Wine/beer reception
- Poster/mingle session
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