Schedule of Events

Friday, February 26, 2016

   5:00 p.m.    Registration, lobby area outside Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library (LIB)

   5:30 p.m.    Doors open, Shambaugh Auditorium, LIB

   6:00 p.m.    Welcome by Tom Werner, President of the UI ACM Student Chapter, and Professor

                       Alberto Segre, Chair of UI Computer Science; Shambaugh Auditorium, LIB

                       Keynote Address by Steven LaValle, University of Illinois @ Champaign-Urbana:

"Virtual Reality: What's It Good For?” Shambaugh Auditorium, LIB

   7:30 p.m.    Reception, Rotunda of Adler Journalism Building (AJB)

   8:30 p.m.     Puzzle Competition, rules by Tom Werner/Ryan Wedoff, Rotunda, AJB

 

Saturday, February 27, 2016

    8:30 a.m.    Continental breakfast and late registration Rotunda, AJB

   9:30 a.m.     Carrick Detweiler, University of Nebraska, Lincoln:

“Bringing Aerial Robots Closer to the Water: Sensing, Sampling, and Safety,” 101 BCSB (Becker Communications Studies Building)

  10:45 a.m.    Bilge Mutlu, University of Wisconsin, Madison: 

“Human-Centered Principles and Methods for Designing Robotic Technologies” 101 BCSB

  12 noon        No-Tie Job Fair  http://acm.org.uiowa.edu/article/job-fair

  12 noon        Lunch break

   2:00 p.m.     Zubair Shafiq, University of Iowa:

“Spying on Spammers: Tracking Reputation Fraud on Facebook” 101 BCSB

   3:15 p.m.     Industry panel moderated by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, University of Iowa:

“Solving for XX:  Perspectives on Women’s Roles in Technology” 101 BCSB

   4:30 p.m.     Door prize drawings, Tom Werner, Rotunda, AJB

   5:30 p.m.    Pizza, subs and socializing with board games, card games and a GameCube, Rotunda, AJB

Department of Computer Science

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Department of Computer Science in advance at (319) 335-0746.