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Event List
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Attracting and Retaining Under-Represented Groups at Northwestern
Monday May 12, 2008 at 12:00 PM — Tech Institute, Room L324, 2145 Sheridan Road
Female Researchers in EECS [FREECS] host a day with Jane Margolis and Allan FisherThis first event of the day features Allan Fisher (Carnegie Mellon), Jane Margolis (UCLA), Larry Henschen (NU, EECS), Bryna Kra (NU,Math), Penny Warren(NU, Associate Dean, The Graduate School). Panel discussion about the steps that Northwestern is taking and can take to increase participation by all under-represented groups in science and engineering. Jane and Allan will participate along with leaders from across Northwestern. If you would like to attend the panel, please rsvp to Kate Lockwood by Monday, May 5 so that we can plan for the catered lunch. Allan Fisher, then Associate Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science and Jane Margolis, a social Scientist who won the Nico Habermann award in 2005, are the coauthors of the celebrated volume “Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing” which describes the steps they took to turn around the enrollment of undergraduate women in the computing fields at CMU (increasing enrollment of undergraduate women from 7% in 1995 to 42% in 2000) – steps which have become the basis for programs around the country in computing and other fields.
Jane is also the author of the brand new volume “Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing” which describes her work with high school students in the LA public school system. Allan and Jane are both board members of the National Center for Women in Technology.Other events are at 4:00 p.m. in Francis Searle, room 1-4210 and at 7:30 p.m. in Cohen Commons (4th floor, L-wing of the Tech Institute). Look for details in the Calendar.
Event URL: http://articulab.northwestern.edu/freecs/events.html
For more information, contact:
Kate Lockwood
kate@cs.northwestern.edu
847-727-9594
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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FASTFORWARD FOR EFFICIENT PIPELINE PARALLELISM
Monday May 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM — Ford Engineering Center Room 3-340
The industry wide shift to parallel architectures is a serious problem for sequential applications. This is because, application developers could rely on increases in transistor count and fabrication technology to increase performance without the need for parallel algorithm designs. The question today is, "how do we continue to increase the performance of sequential applications on parallel platforms?" We believe that fine-grain thread level parallelism (TLP) is a viable approach for many applications on general-purpose multicore/multiprocessor machines given: 1) a low overhead software-only core-to-core communication primitive, and 2) the ability to control timing jitter between threads.
For more information, contact:
lianna wright
lianna-w@northwestern.edu
847-491-7132
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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FASTFORWARD FOR EFFICIENT PIPELINE PARALLELISM
Monday May 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM — Ford Engineering Center Room 3-340
The industry wide shift to parallel architectures is a serious problem for sequential applications. This is because, application developers could rely on increases in transistor count and fabrication technology to increase performance without the need for parallel algorithm designs. The question today is, "how do we continue to increase the performance of sequential applications on parallel platforms?" We believe that fine-grain thread level parallelism (TLP) is a viable approach for many applications on general-purpose multicore/multiprocessor machines given: 1) a low overhead software-only core-to-core communication primitive, and 2) the ability to control timing jitter between threads.
For more information, contact:
lianna wright
lianna-w@northwestern.edu
847-491-7132
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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What in the World is Going on at the STB" - Wm. Sippel of Fletcher & Sippel LLC
Monday May 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM — Jacobs Center, Room G40 - 2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL
Attorney Bill Sippel will discuss the different approaches that the Surface Transportation Board seems to be taking in relation to the regulation of the nation's railraods - which many believe is more pro-regulatory than previously. Over the past several years, the Board has revised how it calculates the railroads’ cost of capital, prescribed new requirements for how railroads calculate fuel surcharges, looked at “paper barriers” (“rail interchange commitments” as the Board refers to them), looked at just what constitutes a rail transportation “contract”, and will shortly hold a 2-day public hearing to examine issues related to the railroads’ common carrier obligation. The Board also recently turned down a shortline transaction with a Class I. Does this mean that the era of creating new shortlines is coming to an end?”
The questions the Board is asking and the direction the Board may be going will have a profound effect on the rail industry, shippers and rail labor. Are we looking at a new way of doing things? Or, does your view of where we may be headed depend on whether you are a railroad, a shipper, or a rail employee?
BIO: Bill Sippel has over 31 years of experience advising and representing clients in a wide range of railroad regulatory matters before federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Surface Transportation Board, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Illinois Commerce Commission. He specializes in dealing with issues relating to rail line sales and acquisitions, line abandonments, line constructions, rail mergers and consolidations, and issues relating to competition and common carriage. He has been involved in virtually every major rail merger over the past 25 years.
Event URL: http://transportation.northwestern.edu/sandhouse/
For more information, contact:
Diana Marek
d-marek@northwestern.edu
847-491-2280
Transportation Center - Sandhouse Gang
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Unlocking the clubhouse: Women in Computing
Monday May 12, 2008 at 4:00 PM — Francis Searle 1-421
Female Researchers in EECS [FREECS] host a day with Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. This is the second event featuring Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. Reception following the talk.
Event URL: http://articulab.northwestern.edu/freecs/events.html
For more information, contact:
Kate Lockwood
kate@cs.northwestern.edu
847-727-9594
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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Dinner and discussion with Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher, and graduate students across McCormick
Monday May 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM — Tech Institute Cohen Commons (4th Flr, L-Wing), 2145 Sheridan Road
In case you haven’t heard about Jane and Allan, Allan Fisher, then Associate Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science and Jane Margolis, a social Scientist who won the Nico Habermann award in 2005, are the coauthors of the celebrated volume “Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing” which describes the steps they took to turn around the enrollment of undergraduate women in the computing fields at CMU (increasing enrollment of undergraduate women from 7% in 1995 to 42% in 2000) – steps which have become the basis for programs around the country in computing and other fields.
Jane is also the author of the brand new volume “Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing” which describes her work with high school students in the LA public school system. Allan and Jane are both board members of the National Center for Women in Technology.
Event URL: http://articulab.northwestern.edu/freecs/events.html
For more information, contact:
Kate Lockwood
kate@cs.northwestern.edu
847-727-9594
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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