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WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 4960 -- Fall 2015
WEEK #1: Thursday, August 27
- CS 4960 meets in P-113 on Thursday, August 27.
- Overview of Course Documents and Organization
WEEK #2: Thursday, September 3
- Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation
WEEK #3: Thursday, September 10
- Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation
WEEK #4: Thursday, September 17
- Deadline for all preliminary
topic proposals: Thursday, September 17.
Quoting from the Course Description:
Propose the topic to the instructor (e-mail forms). The proposal
must include:
- full citations, in proper form, of multiple reliable sources (at
least two) from which you intend to draw.
- an abstract of between 80 and 120 words, which describes the
nature of the scholarly content that you will include in your
presentation.
Consult the Course Description for the rest of the details. Penalty
for noncompliance will be significant.
- Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation
WEEK #5: Thursday, September 24
- Discussion of Topic Selection, Presentation Preparation, and Evaluation
WEEK #6: Thursday, October 01
- DEADLINE
for approval
of all topic proposals: Thursday, October 01.
You must meet this deadline to pass the course.
WEEK #7: Thursday, October 08
- October 08 distribution of copies of the next written report:
- Speaker #01: Hector Figueroa
WEEK #8: Thursday, October 15
- Speaker #01, October 15: Hector Figueroa
- Topic: Understanding the Importance of Cache-Scheduling Techniques in Improving Resource Management in Multi-Threaded Architectures
- October 15 distribution of copies of the next written report:
WEEK #9: Thursday, October 22
- Speaker #02, October 22: Zoe Fultz
- Topic: Pathfinding Algorithms for Modern Applications
- October 22 distribution of copies of the next written report:
- Speaker #03: Eric Noellert
WEEK #10: Thursday, October 29
- Speaker #03, October 29: Eric Noellert
- Topic: A Reality in the Making
- October 29 distribution of copies of the next written report:
WEEK #11: Thursday, November 5
- Speaker #04, November 5: Alex Samo
- Topic: The Dawn of Brain-Computer Interaction
- November 5 distribution of copies of the next written report:
- Speaker #05: Gurleen Heerey
WEEK #12: Thursday, November 12
- Speaker #05, November 12: Gurleen Heerey
- Topic: An Introduction to Big-Data, and its Associated Security/Privacy Concerns
- November 12 distribution of copies of the next written report:
WEEK #13: Thursday, November 19
- Speaker #06, November 19: Alex Reyes
- Topic: Exascale Computing and Big Data
- November 19 distribution of copies of the next written report:
- Speaker #07: Michael Crosby
WEEK #14: Thursday, November 26
- ♥ No class on Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving
WEEK #15: Thursday, December 3
- Speaker #07, December 3: Michael Crosby
- Topic: Computer Vision
- December 3 distribution of copies of the next written reports:
- Speaker #08: Bryan Garza
- Speaker #09: Wesley Williams
WEEK #16: Thursday, December 10
- Speaker #08, December 10: Bryan Garza
- Topic: Lambda Calculus And Its Applications
- Speaker #09, December 10: Wesley Williams
- Topic: Computations for Composing Music