Peter Lee @ May 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
This past weekend was incredibly busy, not only with the launch of the CIFellows Project, but also with a full slate of CMU commencement activities. Jeffrey Baker did a nice job taking a GigaPan photo of the event. I made some attempts to get the faculty members sitting around me to ham it up when […]
Peter Lee @ May 15, 2009 # 16 Comments
An important opportunity for new computing-related PhDs has just been announced by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). To apply, go to http://cifellows.org. Note that the application deadline is very soon — June 9, 2009.
The nation’s universities and industrial research labs are facing unprecedented budget pressure. The result: there are considerably fewer openings for computing research […]
Peter Lee @ May 10, 2009 # 6 Comments
In a week it will be commencement weekend at Carnegie Mellon. The ceremony will hold special interest for the School of Computer Science, since Google CEO Eric Schmidt will be the keynote speaker. But in fact, we’ve already had a bevy of rousing commencement events last week, at our campus in Doha, Qatar. Graduating there […]
Peter Lee @ May 5, 2009 # 3 Comments
In his Last Lecture, Randy Pausch explained that one of his childhood dreams was to be Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk. Well, J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Trek movie coming out this week, was impressed enough with this wish that he invited Randy to make an appearance in the movie. Randy […]
Peter Lee @ May 3, 2009 # One Comment
I am truly pleased to announce that Venkatesan Guruswami will be joining the faculty of the Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Department, effective July 1, 2009. One of the most important researchers in theoretical computer science today, Venkat’s work connects with a large number of people here, including core theorists (such as Manuel Blum, Steven Rudich, […]