Tue 3/17: Ilya Wagner, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, "An Effective Verification Solution for Modern Microprocessors"
11:00 a.m. - 12: 30 p.m.
Tech L324 [link]

Tue 3/17: Dr. Xin Chen, Research and Emerging Technologies Department of NAVTEQ Corporation "Next Generation Map Making"
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Tech L324 [link]

Wed 3/18: EECS Distinguished Speaker Series presents Manuela Veloso, Herbert A. Simon Professor, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
"Multi-Robot Teamwork Selection and Learning"
4:00 p.m., Ford ITW Auditorium. [link]

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MS in Information Technology events

Segal Design Institute events

Staff News:
Julie Flowers, program assistant in the CE and CAA Divisions, is leaving the department for a position with the government. Julie's last day is March 27th. Best of luck, Julie.

Student News:
Xiang Huang of Jack Tumblin's lab in the GIM Division has been offered a 3-month internship at Adobe, beginning June 1, on the topic of Image Relighting.

Matt Klenk of QRG and CogSys Division, successfully defended his dissertation today.

Student Job Opportunities:
New this week
3/10 UtopiaCompression Corporation (Los Angeles)
3/6 Want an Internship at Microsoft?
3/6 Summer Internship Grant Program (SIGP) for undergraduates
Contact info is posted at this page in the order it's received, so you might have to search for it.

Bytes:
Construction of a new office partition began yesterday in the NW corner of Ford's third floor. The additional office space will be occupied by postdocs and visitors.

Veloso's teams of robots watch and learn from each other
Manuela Veloso makes robots work together in teams, effectively communicating, assessing and learning in dynamic environments. Prof. Veloso is the Herbert A. Simon Professor in the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University. Her talk, "Multi-Robot Teamwork Selection and Learning" will be presented as the next lecture in the Meet the Faculty Series, Wednesday, March 18th at 4:00 p.m. in the Ford ITW Auditorium. [Abstract/Bio]

Faculty Activities & Accolades

Kumar on six-city lecture tour
Prem Kumar traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4th March 2009 to deliver an IEEE Photonics Society (formerly the Lasers and Electro-Optics Society of the IEEE) sponsored Distinguished Lecture at the Center for High Technology Materials at the University of New Mexico on the topic of “Fiber-Optic Quantum Communications and Information Processing.” This was third of the six lectures he will deliver this year to the various IEEE Photonics Society Chapters around the world on this timely topic.

Center for Quantum Devices
Manijeh Razeghi and her team have published papers that are available on the CQD website

Recent & Upcoming Exams

Matthew Evans Klenk -- Ph.D. Final Defense Thursday, March 12, 2009 / 10:00am / Ford 3-340 Title: "Using Analogy to Overcome Brittleness in AI Systems"
Committee: Prof. Kenneth Forbus, Chairperson; Prof. Christopher K. Riesbeck, EECS; Prof. Tom Hinrichs, EECS; Prof. John E. Laird, U of M

Zhaosheng Zhu
Monday, March 16, 2009
Title: "Using Failure Information Analysis to Detect Enterprise Zombies and Network Anomalies"
Committee: Prof. Yan Chen, Chairperson; Prof. Hai Zhou, EECS; Prof. Vinod Yegneswaran, EECS

Min Ni -- Ph.D. Final Exam
Monday, March 16, 2009 / 9:00am / Tech L324
Title: "Low Power and Thermal issues in VLSI Synthesis"
Committee: Prof. Seda Fatma Memik, Chairperson; Prof. Hai Zhou, EECS; Prof. Gokhan Memik, EECS; Prof. Robert Paul Dick, EECS

Fan Jiang -- Ph.D. Final Prospectus
Thursday, March 19, 2009 / 2:00 pm / Tech L324
Committee: Prof. Aggelos Katsaggelos, Chairperson; Prof. Ying Wu, EECS; Prof. Thasyvoulos N. Pappas, EECS

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