January 15, 2009        
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A warm welcome to Robby Findler, our newest faculty member in Computer Engineering & Systems Division, who arrived this term. Robby's office is Tech L454, so stop by and introduce yourself.

The EECS Distinguished Speaker Series is taking shape, with the following confirmed speakers:
2/18: Lance Williams (Nokia), "The Humanoid Touch"
3/4: Jiawei Han (UIUC)
4/15: Emmanuel Candes (CalTech)
5/6: Andrew M. Weiner (Purdue)
5/20: Joan Feigenbaum (Yale)
Titles are forthcoming, but we know that all talks will be on Wednesdays at 4:00 PM in Ford's ITW Auditorium.

Save the dates for our "Meet the Faculty" lineup:
2/11: Alok Choudhary (unconfirmed)
3/11: Nicole Immorlica
4/8: Robby Findler
4/22: Mike Honig
5/13: Jorge Nocedal
5/27: Alan Sahakian

TUE 1/20: Segal Design Institute Series: Jeremy Gilbert of Medill will speak on the process of newspaper design
4:00 - 5:30 PM, Ford ITW Auditorium
Abstract/Bio: <http://www.segal.northwestern.edu/news/2009/jan/14/jeremy-gilbert-speaks-process-newspaper-design/>

Jason Hartline is awarded the NSF CAREER grant for his project entitled "Mechanism Design"

Ken Forbus gave the keynote address on “AI: Some final frontiers for interactive entertainment” at the Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment in Brisbane, Australia in December.

1/15/2009 - NU Linguistics Dept: P-T web programmer (Part-time, immediate need)
1/12/2009 - Snaphawk: Exciting IT Internship Opportunity (in Evanston) For the Right Student!
Details about these postings are here.

Check out the AfterCollege Job Resource to access alumni contacts and relevant job and
internship opportunities exclusive to EECS.