Computer Science Colloquium

In conjunction with: Contemporary Issues in Computer Science (CS 401/501)

Welcome to the Computer Science Colloquium, held in conjunction with the seminars Contemporary Issues in Computer Science (CS401) and the Research Seminar (CS501). This web site will contain information concerning objectives, materials, schedule as well as other pointers. Links and materials will be added as the class goes on.

• Contact information:
  • Axel Krings (PhD), JEB 320,
  • Phone: 208-885-4078, fax: 208-885-9052.
  • Seminar times: Thursday 3:30pm room EP 122 (this was changed from BEL 205).

• Current Catalog Description:
  Ethical, legal, and intellectual property issues; current research topics; and other issues of importance to the professional computer scientist. Graded P/F.

• Course Goals:
  The course provides students with a greater understanding of computer science through research talks aimed to present state-of-the-art research, discussion of social and ethical issues surrounding the work of a CS professional, as well as the limits and impacts of computing. Students are exposed to a variety of research topics and current research activities in the community and beyond.

• Prerequisites by Topic:
  To take the seminar for credit, senior or graduate standing is required, so that the students will be able to understand the technical aspects of various talks.

• Student Responsibilities:
  You will have to submit an email for each talk that indicates the following: 0) Your name, 1) Title and presenter, 2) One paragraph summarizing the talk, 3) What did you get out of the talk, identify what was useful to you., and 4) Suggestions, critique or questions you may have that may be useful to the presenter as feedback.
  Email this to krings@uidaho.edu and use the exact header: "CS Seminar Report X", where X is the number of the week as shown in the Seminar Schedule below. I will filter for this exact header so please do not change the wording!!!! The CS Seminar Reports are due at the time of the next seminar.

• CS401 Ethics Project:
  You are to investigate a specific topic within Computer Ethics. Specifically, using the references in talk 3 (Information Revolution: What about Ethics), select one topic and investigate the references given in the article that the presentation is based on. Then write a summary, using your own words, quoting the references. Use the IEEE transaction proceedings format and in the abstract state clearly what your specific angle of the topic is. Select your title appropriately! Then discuss in depth your points, based on the references you select. Pay close attention to referencing any materials from the sources properly, since the lack thereof constitutes plagiarism! The page requirement is 3 pages, strictly using the IEEE transaction format available at http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/publications/journmag/transactions/TRANS-JOUR.doc.
  The due date for submission of the project is 12/04/2009, 5:00pm. This deadline is firm! Submission process: submit the .doc file using the naming convention "last-name.doc" and use the email header "CS 401 Ethics Project Submission". In addition, you need to submit one hard-copy with a cover page indicating 1) your name and 2) paper title, followed by your paper without your name, i.e., replace your name with "author name". This anonymous version will be used for a double blind peer review.

• Invitation to all students, staff, faculty and friends:
  I want to invite everybody to come and join the research seminar. Such colloquiums are an important platform to build research culture and community. They are part of every research institution and university. This is where we get exposed to different ideas, find out what other people are working on, find common ground, get inspired, find potential research topics for a thesis or dissertation or a match for advisor, and get so see a bit beyond our own environment. Please take ownership in the building of our research culture by participating.

• Fall 2009 Colloquium Schedule
  

  Talk	Day	Topics/Info	Handouts	Presenter/Comments
  1	08/27	Back to the Future - Design Optimization in Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Applied Computational Engineering		Akira Tokuhiro, UI IF
  2	09/03	There is no CS Colloquium. However, there *will* be the CS401 and CS501 seminars.
  3	09/10	Information Revolution: What about Ethics?	notes.pdf	Axel Krings, UI
  4	09/17	A Social Networked Integrated Development Environment in 3D		Clinton Jeffery, UI
  5	09/24	Periodically Updated Variables: Wide-Area Publish-Subscribe Middleware Supporting Electric Power Monitoring, Control, and Protection		David Bakken, WSU
  6	10/01	Harnessing Evolution: The Application of Artificial Evolution to Practical Problems		Terence Soule, UI
  7	10/08	Lightweight Traffic-Aware Packet Classification for Continuous Operation		Min Sik Kim, WSU
  8	10/15	The Traditional Deterrence Game With Assassins		Raymond Dacey, UI
  9	10/22	Using Monte-Carlo Simulations to Analyze Uncertainty in Computer Security Investments, Mitigations and Vulnerabilities		Jim Conrad, UI
  10	10/29	An Extensible Debugging Architecture Based on a Hybrid Debugging Framework		Ziad Al-Sharif, UI
  11	11/05	Environmental Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing		Paul Gessler, UI
  12	11/12	A Model and Method for the Automated Generation of Special-Purpose Machine Descriptions		Mike Wilder, UI
  13	11/19	Traffic Signals - Past, Current, and Future		Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, UI

• Schedules from previous semesters:

  Spring 2009 Colloquium Schedule
  

  Talk	Day	Topics/Info	Handouts	Presenter/Comments
  1	01/15	Introduction	notes.pdf	Axel Krings, UI
  2	01/22	Computer & Information Ethics		Axel Krings, UI
  3	01/29	A Lawyer's Perspective on Client Confidences/Secrets and Conflicts of Interest	handout.pdf	Myron Schreck, Professor of Law
  4	02/05	A Low Power Reconfigurable Data Processor for Space		Robert Rinker, UI
  5	02/12	Environmental Robustness in Multi-agent Teams		Terrence Soule, UI
  6	02/19	An Information-Based Iterative Monte Carlo Scheme with Relaxation		Bob Hiromoto, UI
  7	02/26	Tools for Non-Invasively Measuring Brain Compliance		Mark Manwaring, UI
  8	03/05	Why Pirates (Still) Won't Behave: Regulating P2P Ten Years after Napster	talk.pdf	Annemarie Bridy, UI College of Law
  9	03/12	Model-Based Synthesis of Adaptive Embedded Software		Tan Li, WSI
  10	03/26	Non-player Characters, Tutorial Quests, and Extensible Multi-user Game Architecture		Clinton Jeffery, UI
  11	04/02	Submarine Stealth Technology in Idaho		Alan Griffitts,
  12	04/09	Resilient Multi-core Systems: A Hierarchical Formal Model for N-variant Executions		Axel Krings, UI
  13	04/23	Borrowing from Ants: Algorithms for Emergency Evacuations		Robert Heckendorn, UI
  14	04/30	Bugs in the arctic, how to get and process vast amounts of genomic data		James Foster, UI
  15	05/07	Computer Bus Monitoring For The Adaptive Control Of Executing Software Processes		John Munson, UI