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Thursday, December 13, 2007, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Colloquium 		Friend Center 013
Host: Xiaojuan Ma
Network Data Streaming - A Computer Scientist's Journey in Signal Processing
Jim Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology
[view abstract].

Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: David Walker
Taming Concurrency: A Program Verification Perspective
Shaz Qadeer, Microsoft Research
[view abstract].

Thursday, November 29, 2007, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Edward Felten
Understanding the Networked Audience
Nancy Baym
[view abstract].

Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Kai Li
Taming Wild Concurrent Programs
Yuanyuan Zhou
[view abstract].

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Bernard Chazelle
Grand Challenges in Complexity Theory
Alexander Razborov, IAS
[view abstract].

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Brian Kernighan
Three Beautiful Quicksorts
Jon Bentley, Avaya Labs Research
[view abstract].


Please see this link for more information.


Thursday, October 11, 2007, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Industrial Affiliates Day
Thursday, Oct 11 is Industrial Affiliates Day in the Princeton Computer Science Department. This is a once-a-year event in which companies affiliated with our department visit to meet with students and learn about recent research results.

As part of this event, there will be a full day of talks by Princeton students and faculty, highlighting some of the most exciting computational research projects on campus. A complete schedule can be found at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/general/affday/program.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Olga Troyanskaya
Probabilistic Graphical Models and Algorithms for Integrative Bioinformatics
Eric Xing, CMU
[view abstract].

Monday, October 8, 2007, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Edward Felten
The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
Daniel Solove, George Washington University

Abstract:

Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Kenneth Steiglitz
Policing Online Games -- Defining A Strong, Mutually Verifiable Reality in Virtual Games
Peter C. Wayner
[view abstract].


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Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Larry Peterson
Lessons Learned from the Internet Project
Doug Comer, VP of Research, Cisco Systems
[view abstract].

Friday, September 14, 2007, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Event 		Computer Science CS/Friend Quad
Welcome Back Picnic
The department's welcome back picnic will be Friday September 14, Noon, on the lawn behind the CS building.

Computer Science Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Post-Docs, Visitors and their families are invited to attend.

Help kick off the new academic year before classes begin on Monday 17th!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Event 		Computer Science Tea Room
Freshman Orientation
Freshman Orientation will be held in the tea room on Tuesday, September 11th from 4:00 to 5:00pm.

Refreshments will be served.

Monday, September 10, 2007, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Event 		Computer Science 402
First-Year Grad Student Orientation
Orientation for first year grad students will be held on Monday September 10 from 2 - 3 PM in room 402 of Computer Science.

Sunday, September 2, 2007, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Steve Elgersma
Title currently unavailable.
TBD

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Jennifer Rexford
Improving the Performance of Highly Reliable Software Systems
Ed Nightingale, University of Michigan
[view abstract].

Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Perry Cook
Designing Appropriate Computing Technologies for the Rural Developing World
Tapan Parikh, University of Washington
[view abstract].

Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: David Walker
EXPLODE: a lightweight, General System for Finding Serious Storage System Errors
Junfeng Yang, Stanford
[view abstract].

Thursday, April 12, 2007, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Event 		Computer Science Tea Room
Department Open House---April 12
The CS Department & The Program In Applications of Computing Welcomes the Class of 2009 and 2010

Thursday, April 12, 2007
4:00-5:00pm
2nd Floor--TEA ROOM
CS Building

Refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Edward Felten
Buffer Overflows and Group Signatures: Recent Results in Security and Cryptography
Hovav Shacham, Weizmann Institute
[view abstract].

Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Olga Troyanskaya
Deciphering Information Encoded in the Dark Matter of the Human Genome
Xiaohui Xie, MIT
[view abstract].

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Bernard Chazelle
Stochastic Models on Networks: Reconstruction and Optimization
Elchanan Mossel, UC Berkeley
[view abstract].

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Vivek Pai
Democratizing content distribution
Michael J Freedman, Stanford / NYU
[view abstract].


Please see this link for more information.


Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Mona Singh
Evolutionary Escape on Fitness Landscapes
Niko Beerenwinkel, Harvard
[view abstract].

Thursday, March 15, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Large Auditorium (Room 104)
Host: Fei-fei Li
Object Recognition and Feedforward models of the Ventral Stream in Visual Cortex: What is Next?
Tomaso Poggio, MIT
[view abstract].

Thursday, March 8, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Boaz Barak
The Limits of Quantum Computers
Scott Aaronson, University of Waterloo
[view abstract].

Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Robert Schapire
Learning Predictive Models of Gene Regulation
Christina Leslie, Columbia University
[view abstract].


Please see this link for more information.


Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Colloquium 		Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Host: Fei-fei Li
Looking at People
David Forsyth, UIUC
[view abstract].