CS/ECE AFFILIATES MEETING

October 18 - 19, 2004
Rice University
Duncan Hall
McMurtry Auditorium and Martel Hall
Hosted by the Computer Science Department
and the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (agenda)
 

 

NOTE:
Both lunches are open to all invitees, but you must make your reservation on the event registration website.
The cocktail reception and dinner are open to Affiliate Members and faculty only and you must make your reservation on the event registration website to attend.

OCTOBER 18
Computer Science Agenda
OCTOBER 19
Electrical and Computer Engineering Agenda

8:30 A.M.
Registration
Continental Breakfast

 Martel Hall   8:30 A.M.
Registration
Continental Breakfast		 Martel Hall
9:00
CS Departmental Overview		 Keith Cooper   9:00
Opening Remarks		 Rich Baraniuk
9:15
Welcome
 Tony Elam   9:05
Welcome 		C. Sidney Burrus
9:30
Presentation
"Software Engineering for a New Millennium"		 Robert "Corky" Cartwright   9:15
ECE Department Overview		 Behnaam Aazhang
10:30
Coffee Break		 Martel Hall  
Morning Session
Focus on Computer Engineering, Systems, and DSP
11:00
Presentation
"A 3D Database for Gene Expressions Over the Mouse Brain"		 Joe Warren   9:30
Presentation
Rice Research Projects in Sensor Networks 		William Mantzel
12:00
Presentation
Student Poster Abstracts		 **   10:00
Presentation
"Compressing Images with Twirling Things"		 Mike Orchard
12:45
Lunch
RESERVATION REQUIRED
 Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center   10:30
Coffee Break		 Martel Hall
2:15
Presentation
"Peer-to-Peer Computing: Fiction, Fad or Future?"		 Peter Druschel   11:00
Presentation
TAPs: An Architecture and Protocols for a High-Performance Multi-hop Wireless Infrastructure 		Ed Knightly
3:15
Student Poster Competition
Martel Hall
(refreshments served)		   11:30
Presentation
 Joe Cavallaro
4:15
Affiliate Member Meetings with Students and Faculty		 text   12:00
Lunch
RESERVATION REQUIRED		 Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
6:00
CS/ECE Cocktail Reception
INVITED AFFILIATES AND FACULTY MEMBERS ONLY - RESERVATION REQUIRED 		Cohen House  
Afternoon Session
Focus on Electrical Engineering in Biomedicine
6:30
CS/ECE Dinner
INVITED AFFILIATES AND FACULTY MEMBERS ONLY - RESERVATION REQUIRED 		textCohen House   1:30
Presentation
Recent Advances of Trace Gas Sensors based on Infrared
Semiconductor Lasers: Opportunities and Challenges 		Frank Tittel
8:00
CS/ECE After-Dinner Talk
"Information Technology and Behavior"
INVITED AFFILIATES AND FACULTY MEMBERS ONLY		 Tony Gorry   2:00
Presentation
Medical Applications of Nanoshells 		Jennifer West
  2:30
Presentation - Career Services
"Recruiting at Rice"		 Cheryl Matherly
    2:45
Presentation
"Innovation in International Engineering Education"		 Patrick Frantz
    3:00
Student Poster Session

Martel Hall
(refreshments served)