Inaugural Activities

November 15, 2002: Celebration of Alumni Day brings together graduates of the Computer Science Department during our 35 years in existence. The activities for this day include:

  • Celebration of Alumni Workshop The workshop will include presentations and panels by Alumni of the Computer Science Department, who have attained leadership roles in Academia.
  • Sennott Square Open House A tour of the new Computer Science facilities.
  • Alumni Dinner All Computer Science Alumni are welcome to attend a reception and dinner to celebrate the inauguration of our new building. RSVP with Nancy Kreuzer (412-624-8422).

PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2002
(all activities are in the Seminar Room - 5317 SENNOTT SQUARE)

1:00 - 1:15 DR. RAMI MELHEM, CSD CHAIR: INTRODUCTION
1:15 - 1:35 DR. BRIAN MALLOY: "WEAVING ASPECTS INTO C++ APPLICATIONS FOR VALIDATION OF TEMPORAL INVARIANTS"
1:35 - 1:55 DR. MARY JEAN HARROLD: "PROGRAM-ANALYSIS-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING"
1:55 - 2:15 DR. MADALENE SPEZIALETTI: "BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: LIFE AT A TEACHING VERSUS A RESEARCH SCHOOL"

2:15 - 2:30 Coffee Break

2:30 - 2:50 DR. YI DENG: "AN APPROACH FOR MODELING & ANALYSIS OF SECURITY SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES"
2:50 - 3:10 DR. FOSTER PROVOST: "TOWARD DATA-MINING FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM"
3:10 - 3:30 DR. YI PAN: "BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED APPROACHES FOR ROUTING IN OPTICAL MULTISTAGE INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS"

3:30 - 4:30 Tour of the new Computer Science facilities

4:30 - 4:50 DR. BRIAN FIELD: "BUILDING A BROADBAND NETWORK"
4:50 - 5:10 DR. ROBERT SIMON: "SCALABILITY & SECURITY IN LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS"
5:10 - 5:30 DR. SUBBARAYAN VENKATESAN: "SURVIVABLE TELECOM NETWORKS"

7:00pm Alumni Dinner