From gocke at seas.upenn.edu Mon Sep 1 01:00:03 2008 From: gocke at seas.upenn.edu (SEAS Calendar) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 01:00:03 -0400 Subject: [Events-at-seas] Events at SEAS this week Message-ID: <200809010500.m81503sq013800@stag.seas.upenn.edu> These announcements are culled from the University calendar, so for your event to be listed you must enter them on the University calendar. We hope these announcements will be useful to you in staying in touch with the many events going on throughout the School. Events at SEAS for the week of September 1st: ------ Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CIS Research Seminar Series Presents Rajeev Alur Rajeev Alur Computer & Information Science Dept University of Pennsylvania Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/Alur.shtml From gocke at seas.upenn.edu Mon Sep 8 01:00:03 2008 From: gocke at seas.upenn.edu (SEAS Calendar) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 01:00:03 -0400 Subject: [Events-at-seas] Events at SEAS this week Message-ID: <200809080500.m88503XI003296@stag.seas.upenn.edu> These announcements are culled from the University calendar, so for your event to be listed you must enter them on the University calendar. We hope these announcements will be useful to you in staying in touch with the many events going on throughout the School. Events at SEAS for the week of September 8th: ------ Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM CBE Seminar - Michael A. Bevan, Johns Hopkins Univ. Michael A. Bevan, Assoc Prof of Chemical and Biomolecular Engr, Johns Hopkins Univ, will speak on "Colloidal Interactions, Dynamics, and Assembly on Energy Landscapes" Levine Hall (Wu and Chen Auditorium) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html ------ Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Poker, Game Theory & Trading Lecture by Bill Chen, PhD in Mathematics from UC, Berkeley. and Quantitative Analyst for SIG Levine Hall (Wu & Chen Auditorium) ------ Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CIS Research Seminar Series Presents Milo Martin Milo Martin Computer & Information Science Dept. University of Pennsylvania Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) ------ Friday, September 12, 2008 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM GRASP Seminar Series Presents....Maxim Likhachev Maxim Likhachev Univ of Pennsylvania Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) From gocke at seas.upenn.edu Mon Sep 15 01:00:02 2008 From: gocke at seas.upenn.edu (SEAS Calendar) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:00:02 -0400 Subject: [Events-at-seas] Events at SEAS this week Message-ID: <200809150500.m8F502c0027395@stag.seas.upenn.edu> These announcements are culled from the University calendar, so for your event to be listed you must enter them on the University calendar. We hope these announcements will be useful to you in staying in touch with the many events going on throughout the School. Events at SEAS for the week of September 15th: ------ Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CIS Research Seminar Series Presents Zack Ives Computer & Information Science Dept. University of Pennsylvania Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/ives.shtml ------ Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM IRCS/CCN Brain and Language Series: Corey McMillan Corey McMillan, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, will present his lecture, "Articulation-based constraints for a cognitive model of speech production." 3401 Walnut (400A Conference Room) http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/brainlang/2008/fall/mcmillan.htm ------ Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM CBE Seminar - Jeffrey J. Siirola, Eastman Chemical Co. Dr. Jeffrey J. Siirola, Technology Fellow, Eastern Research Div., Eastman Chemical Co., speaks on "Sustainability and Carbon Management in the Chemical and Energy Industries" Levine Hall (Wu and Chen Auditorium) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html ------ Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM MEAM Seminar: Howard Brenner, Willard H. Dow Professor, MIT "Bi-velocity Hydrodynamics" Towne Building (337) http://www.me.upenn.edu/events/Brenner_abstract.html ------ Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM MEAM Seminar: Howard Brenner, Willard H. Dow Professor, MIT "Bi-velocity Hydrodynamics" Towne Building (337) http://www.me.upenn.edu/events/Brenner_abstract.html ------ Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM GRASP Special Seminar Presents...Amit Roy-Chowdhury Levine (512) http://www.grasp.upenn.edu/seminar/AY-2008/Amit_Roy-Chowdhury.html ------ Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CIS Distinguished Lecture Series presents, Paul Francis Computer Science Dept. Cornell University Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) http://www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/Francis.shtml ------ Friday, September 19, 2008 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM IRCS Noon Colloquium: Fred Karlsson Fred Karlsson, University of Helsinki, presents his lecture, "Constraints on syntactic recursion." 3401 Walnut Street (Suite 400A - Conference Room) http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/colloq/2008/fall/karlsson.htm From gocke at seas.upenn.edu Mon Sep 22 01:00:03 2008 From: gocke at seas.upenn.edu (SEAS Calendar) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:00:03 -0400 Subject: [Events-at-seas] Events at SEAS this week Message-ID: <200809220500.m8M503eV024749@stag.seas.upenn.edu> These announcements are culled from the University calendar, so for your event to be listed you must enter them on the University calendar. We hope these announcements will be useful to you in staying in touch with the many events going on throughout the School. Events at SEAS for the week of September 22nd: ------ Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM CIS and ESE Dept. Seminar, Giacomo Bernardi, Univ. of Edinburgh "Tegola: A Tiered Mesh Network Testbed in Rural Scotland" Levine Hall (307) http://www.ese.upenn.edu/seminars.html ------ Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM CBE Seminar - Costas D. Maranas, Penn State Costas D. Maranas, Broughton Prof. of Chemical Engr, Penn State Univ., will speak on "Systems Engineering Challenges and Opportunities in Metabolic Networks" Levine Hall (Wu and Chen Auditorium) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html ------ Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:40 AM to 12:00 PM MSE SEMINAR Professor Yury Gogotsi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University,"Carbide-Derived Carbons: Porous Network To Noncatalytic Nanotubes" LRSM BLDG., 3231 Walnut Street (Auditorium) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse ------ Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Bioengineering Seminar Victor Barocas, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota. "Multiscale, Image-based Analysis of Bioengineered Tissue Mechanics" Towne (397) ------ Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM MEAM Seminar: Michael Graham, Chair and Harvey D. Spangler Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison "Transport and collective dynamics in suspensions of swimming microorganisms" Towne Building (337) ------ Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CIS Distinguished Lecture Series presents, Valentina Salapura Exploratory Server Systems Group IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Wu & Chen (101 Levine Hall) ------ Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Pixar Animation Studios tech talk Paul Kanyuk of Pixar Animation Studios will give a presentation about the company. Skirkanich Hall (Berger Auditorium) http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/hms/ ------ Friday, September 26, 2008 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM GRASP Seminar Series Presents...Alexander Rakhlin, UC Berkeley and Wharton Wu and Chen Auditorium, (Levine 101) http://www.grasp.upenn.edu/seminar/AY-2008/Alexander_Rakhlin.html ------ Friday, September 26, 2008 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM IRCS/SILC joint lecture: Veronique Bohbot Veronique Bohbot, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, presents her lecture, "Modulating grey matter in the hippocampus and striatum in mice and humans." 3401 Walnut (400A Conference Room) http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/colloq/2008/fall/bohbot.htm ------ Friday, September 26, 2008 5:00 PM to 5:00 PM NBIC Graduate Research Award Deadline The Graduate Research Award recognizes research accomplishments of graduate students in areas related to nanoscale science, the nano-bio interface, nanotechnology and/or interface control. This competition is open to all Penn graduate students. LRSM (112A) http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/downloads/grad_research_award.pdf From gocke at seas.upenn.edu Mon Sep 29 01:00:02 2008 From: gocke at seas.upenn.edu (SEAS Calendar) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:00:02 -0400 Subject: [Events-at-seas] Events at SEAS this week Message-ID: <200809290500.m8T502xc026069@stag.seas.upenn.edu> These announcements are culled from the University calendar, so for your event to be listed you must enter them on the University calendar. We hope these announcements will be useful to you in staying in touch with the many events going on throughout the School. Events at SEAS for the week of September 29th: ------ Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Protecting your Intellectual Property: US Patent Attorney talk Do you think you have a great idea for a business or product? Do you know how to protect your intellectual property? John Calvert of the US Patent and Trademark Office will be addressing the field of patents, copyrights and trademarks. Levine Hall (Wu & Chen) http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/hms/ ------ Wednesday, October 1, 2008 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Nanotech Minor Open House All Penn undergraduates are invited to join an informal discussion with staff from the Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC) and students currently pursuing the Nanotechnology Minor. Come and learn about how a minor in nanotechnology can impact your future. Towne (Raisers Lounge (225)) http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/minor_nanotech.html ------ Wednesday, October 1, 2008 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Nanotechnology Undergraduate Minor Open House Levine Hall (Wu & Chen Auditorium) http://www.nanotech.upenn.edu/minor_nanotech.html ------ Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:40 AM to 12:00 PM MSE SEMINAR Professor Peter Mullner, Department of Materials Scienceand Engineering, Boise State University, "Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Phenomenology and Mechanisms" LRSM Building, 3231 Walnut Street (Auditorium) ------ Friday, October 3, 2008 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM GRASP Seminar Series Presents...Pieter Abbeel, UC Berkeley Wu and Chen Auditorium, (Levine 101) http://www.grasp.upenn.edu/seminar/AY-2008/Pieter_Abbeel.html ------ Friday, October 3, 2008 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM IRCS/SILC joint lecture: David Waller David Waller, Department of Psychology, Miami University of Ohio, presents his lecture, "Two systems of spatial knowledge and their application to virtual environment interfaces." 3401 Walnut (400A Conference Room) http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/colloq/2008/fall/Waller.htm ------ Friday, October 3, 2008 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Electrical and Systems Engineering Dept. Seminar, Dr. Harold Weinstock, AFOSR "Superconductivity and Biomagnetism" Heilmeier Hall http://www.ese.upenn.edu