- Colloquia 2007 - 2008
Colloquia 2007 - 2008
The Computer Science Department sponsors a colloquium series during the Fall and Winter semesters on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. in 1170 TMCB. Please check the calendar below for specific dates and speakers and also note when there are no colloquiums.
Recordings and slides are often provided for the benefit of those who cannot attend, requested by members of the CS Alumni Association.
| Date | Title | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2007 | Robust and Learning Control for Complex Systems | Peter Young, PhD, Colorado State University |    |
| 20 Sep 2007 | Elements of a BYU Education that are Fundamental to the Rewarding Career in the Sciences--As Seen through the Rearview Mirror | Honored Alumnus: Steven B. Church, General Manager of Exploration and Production, Sinclair Oil Corp. |  |
| 27 Sep 2007 | Seminar: Venture Startup HOWTO | Josh Coates, CEO of Mozy.com | |
| 11 Oct 2007 | The Power of Bayes: An Old Idea Revisited | Shane Reese, Associate Professor, BYU Statistics Department | |
| 18 Oct 2007 | Bioinformatics Scale Challenges in Biodefense | Tom Slezak, Associate Program Leader for Informatics and Assays for the ChemBio National Security Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories | |
| 1 Nov 2007 | Why Grad School | Jonathan Dinerstein, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Lockheed Martin | |
| 8 Nov 2007 | Hydraulic Erosion in Computer Graphics | Bedrich Benes, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University | |
| 15 Nov 2007 | Taking a Crack at the Hard Problem of Machine Intelligence: A General Learning Machine Based on the Brain | Brandon Rohrer, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories | |
| 29 Nov 2007 | Data Analysis and Information Systems: Critical Aspects to 1-800 CONTACTS' Retail Business Success | Brian Bethers of 1-800-Contacts | |
| 6 Dec 2007 | Unambiguous + Unlimited = Unsupervised | Marti Hearst, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley | |
| 13 Dec 2007 | Applying Cognitive Engineering to Human-Robot Interaction | Julie Adams, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University | |
| 10 Jan 2008 | New Graduate Student Orientation | Graduate Coordinator & Assistant | |
| 17 Jan 2008 | Designing Pervasive Computing | Scott Klemmer, Assistant Professor, Stanford University | |
| 24 Jan 2008 | Deploying Cryptographic Protocols in the Real World | Jay McCarthy, PhD Candidate, Brown University | |
| 31 Jan 2008 | Move to Improve: Promoting Physical Navigation to Increase user Performance with Large Displays | Robert Ball, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin | |
| 7 Feb 2008 | Efficient Modeling and Verification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits | Scott Little, SRC Fellow/PhD Candidate, University of Utah | |
| 14 Feb 2008 | Software Testing: An Evolution-Centric Perspective | Gregg Rothermel, Professor & Jensen Chair of Software Engineering, University of Nebraska | |
| 21 Feb 2008 | Understanding and Improving Wireless Networks | ||
| 27 Feb 2008 | Information Technology Seminar, 250 CTB | Wes Dyer, Microsoft | |
| 6 Mar 2008 | Behavioral Imaging: How a Computer Scientist Can Impact the World of Autism. | Gregory Abowd, Distinguished Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 13 Mar 2008 | Design of Cooperative Systems | Gürdal Arslan, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Hawaii, Manoa | |
| 20 Mar 2008 | Microsoft Seminar: Localization Tools and Automation | Duane Dougal, International Program Manager, Microsoft Developer Division International | |
| 27 Mar 2008 | What Goes Wrong Behind Blockbuster Movies | Ed Catmull, President of Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios | |
| 3 Apr 2008 | Using Structured Representations in Nonparametric Bayesian Models | Tom Griffiths, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley | |
| 10 Apr 2008 | Capstone Demo Day | Capstone Demo Day |