Meeting Agenda

Date:	August 18, 2010
Location:	DC 2314
Time:	2:30
Chair:	Zainab AlMeraj

1. Acceptance of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour last week:: Ed Lank- thanks!
Coffee hour this week:: Matthew Thorne
Coffee hour next week:: Volunteers?

3. Forthcoming

Date:	August 25, 2010	August 31, 2010	September 7, 2010	September 14, 2010
Location:	DC 1331 1:30	DC 1331 1:30	DC 1331 1:30	DC 1331 1:30
Chair:	Bill Cowan	Gabriel Esteves	Elodie Fourquet	Eugene Greene
Technical Presentation:	Matthew Thorne	Zainab AlMeraj	Bill Cowan	Gabriel Esteves

4. Technical Presentation

Mike Terry	Title : Challenges for Computing Research in the Next 5-10 Years Abstract: Last week, I participated in an NSF "research roadmap workshop" to help define future directions for interactive systems research. In this talk, I will present my position paper for the workshop, as well as a summary of the primary research issues others identified at the workshop.

5. Discussion Items

None so far...

6. Action Items

Poster!

7. Conferences and Special Journal Issues

Recent Additions

Upcoming Deadlines

8. Directors' Meeting

9. Seminars and Events

2010, August 20, 2:00pm Master's Thesis Presentation, DC 1304: Matthew Kay, graduate student, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo; "Techniques and heuristics for improving the visual design of software agreements"

2010, August 26, 10:30am Master's Thesis Presentation, DC 1331: Hussein Hirjee, graduate student, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo; "Rhyme, Rhythm, and Rhubarb: Using Probabilistic Methods to Analyze Hip Hop, Poetry, and Misheard Lyrics''

2010, August 26, 01:30pm PhD defence, DC 1331: Ali Taleghani, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo; "Using Software Model Checking for Software Certification''

Also see other Math and CS postings.

10. Lab Cleanup