FQ00 ICS 229 Softalks Schedule

What's New

• [9/26] For those of you unfamiliar with this class (most of you): ICS 229 is a seminar in which YOU make all the presentations.
  
  Students in past years have presented a wide variety of things: some students use the class as a forum in which to give a "dry run" of a presentation they'll be making at a conference. Some have used it as a way of getting ready for their Phase II oral exam by presenting their survey paper. First year grad students are usually in the most difficult spot: you're just starting your graduate student career, so what do you present? Probably a best answer is: present a technical paper that you believe to be both interesting and significant --- something you think everyone else would be interested in. If you need help in identifying an appropriate paper I can make several suggestions. A great place to start is the Phase II reading list: http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/software/phaseII_reading_list.html
  
  Attendance in the seminar is mandatory (I will take attendance) and you MUST make a presentation sometime during the quarter.
  
  The purpose of the first meeting (tomorrow's) is simply to set up the schedule for the rest of the quarter. The class will be over by 2:25. So --- think about what you'd like to present, or at a minimum, WHEN you would like to make a presentation. We'll put names to dates and then we'll be done. You do not have to commit to a specific topic tomorrow, just a specific date.
  
• [9/25] Web site opened.

Schedule

Softalks meets Wednesdays, from 2:00 to 3:50 in CS 243.

1, 2, or even 3 speakers may be scheduled for each date, depending on the nature of the talks to be given.

This quarters' speakers and topics (subject, as usual, to change):