Computer Science, Rutgers University: Past Events

Note: many of these lectures, and others, are also available via ITunes U@Rutgers DCS site (here's a catalog.) MP4's are intended for video podcast. Many are also available on Youtube.

Dr. Dan Garcia of UC Berkeley presents The Beauty and Joy of Computing (bjc), Advanced-Placement CS Principles, and the CS 10K Effort, a follow-on to his earlier talk on the High School Computing Landscape
- Handouts, from three different pdfs [1], [2], [3]
- Dr. Garcia's talk, audio-only (mp3)
- Dr. Garcia's talk, slides synchronized with audio, 640x480, or 320x240.
- Questions and Answers after Dr. Garcia's talk 640x480, or 320x240.
Dr. Daniel A. Spielman presents Algorithms, Graph Theory, and the Solution of Laplacian Linear Equations
- Slides (pdf)
- The Lecture (audio with synchronized slides), introduced by Dr. Allender 640x480 (mp4), 320x240 (mp4), audio-only (mp3)
- Questions and Answers 640x480 (mp4), 320x240 (mp4), audio-only (mp3).
Dr. David J. Farber presents The Technical and Political Evolution of the Internet -- A Personal Perspective
- Slides (pdf)
- The Lecture (audio with synchronized slides), introduced by Dr.Wright 640x480 (mp4), 320x240 (mp4), audio-only (mp3)
- Questions and Answers 640x480 (mp4), 320x240 (mp4), audio-only (mp3).
Dr. Mark Guzdial of Georgia Tech presents Technology for Teaching the Majority about Computer Science (October 18, 2011)
- Slides (pdf)
- The Lecture (audio with synchronized slides), introduced by Dr. Littman 640x480, 320x240
- The Lecture (audio only) listen
- Questions and Answers 640x480, 320x240, audio-only
DCS Graduation 2011 - A quick little movie of the event.
DCS Graduation 2012 - Speeches, and introduction of graduates.
DCS at Rutgers Day 2011! Here's a little bit of a flavor of this very successful showing-off of departmental research to the public.
The DCS Hackerspace is OPEN!
What is it?
Makerbot: Cam of the Gods, Mongo only pawn in game of life, The King Lives, The Rutgers Coaster, Ebony and Ivory....
Yahoo! Colloquium Series - a series of lectures sponsored by Yahoo!
- Dr. Deepak Agarwal, Yahoo Research, presents Recommender Systems: The Art and Science of Matching Items to Users
  - Slides (pdf)
  - Audio (mp3)
  - Slides and audio synchronized (640x480, mp4)
  - Slides and audio synchronized (320x240, mp4)
- Dr. Branden Fitelson, Rutgers University, presents Some Remarks on the Model Selection Problem
  - Slides(pdf)
  - Audio(mp3)
  - Slides with audio synchronized(640x480 mp4)
  - Slides with audio synchronized(320x240 mp4)
- Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf of the University of Illinois at Chicago presented Computational Insights into Population Biology
  - Slides (pdf)
  - Audio only(mp3)
  - Large (1200x900 mp4)
  - Medium (640x480 mp4)
  - Small (320x240 mp4)
- Dr. Lise Getoor, University of Maryland, presented Collective Graph Identification
  - slides(pdf)
  - audio only(mp3)
  - slides with synchronized audio (640x480 mp4)
  - slides with synchronized audio (320x240 mp4)
- Dr. Norman Badler of UPenn presents Simulating a Functional Populace
- Dr. Haym Hirsh, Rutgers University presents Socially Intelligent Machine Learning
  - Audio (mp3)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(640x480, mp4)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(320x240, mp4)
- Dr. Jake Hofman, Yahoo! Research, presented Inferring the Structure and Scale of Modular Networks
  - Audio(mp3)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(1024x768, mp4)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(640x480, mp4)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(320x240, mp4)
- Dr. Yann LeCun, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Neural Science, New York University, presented Learning Feature Hierarchies for Vision
  - Slides(pdf)
  - Audio(mp3)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(640x480, mp4)
  - Slides with synchronized audio(320x240, mp4)
- Dr. Claire Monteleoni of the Center for Computational Learning Systems, Columbia University, presented Machine Learning Algorithms for Real Data Sources (23 February, 2011)
  - Slides (pdf)
  - Audio only (mp3)
  - Audio with synchronized slides (640x480 mp4)
  - Audio with synchronized slides (320x240 mp4)
Sponsorship of this series by Yahoo! is gratefully acknowledged.
Drs. Alfred Vendi and Reinhold Fragner of the University of Applied Arts, in Vienna presented Science Visualization in TV for the Public's Understanding of Science (ironically we can provide audio only, since there were copyright issues with their visuals.)
NSF Discoveries - Dr. Liviu Iftode and Dr. Vinod Ganapathy are interviewed as part of the National Science Foundation webcast series. Drs. Iftode and Ganapathy discussed their research into effects of rootkitting smart phones.
The 1984 Complexity Convergence - Dr. Ron Brachman of Yahoo Labs discusses the Convergence of Knowledge Representation ideas in 1984; where it came from, what it meant.
An Update on the High School Computing Landscape - Dr. Dan Garcia of UC Berkeley presents a way to increase interest in computing as a discipline in high-school students.
- Slides (pdf)
- audio (mp3 - presentation)
- slides+audio (mp4 - large format)
- slides+audio (mp4 - small format)
- audio (mp3 - demo and questions)
- demonstration and questions (mp4 - large format)
- demonstration and questions (mp4 - small format)
Academic Lectures - podcasts from classes, and about teaching
- Audio, video, and handouts from CS533: Natural Language Processing by Dr. L. Thorne McCarty. (Spring, 2010)
- CS110: Introduction to Computers from non-majors
  - Audio and synchronized video podcasts from Fall 2011 (33 lectures)
- CS105: Great Ideas in Computer Science
  - The final-exam review from Spring 2011, concerning Scratch, the programming language taught in it. Audio, picturs, and video presentations.
  - Audio from Fall 2010 (26 lectures) plus the introductory lecture as synchronized slides and audio (class web page, which includes slides)
  - Audio and synchronized video podcasts from Fall 2006 (26 lectures)
  (Current classes will be available after the semester ends in the RU DCS ITunes-U site.)
- Dr. Carl Wieman: Using a scientific approach to teach physics.
  On April 7, 2006, Dr. Carl Wieman (Nobel prize, Physics 2001) talked on using scientific methods to teach physics more effectively. You can view any of the talks in a variety of formats, including lecture123 and podcasts. (These presentations produced by LCSR).
- DCS Lecture Series
  - Dr. Smaranda Muresan's Learnable Constraint-based Grammars for Deep Language Understanding(640x480 mp4) from April 13, 2010. (320x240 mp4). (mp3).
  - Dr. Paul Hudak from Yale presented Euterpea: From Signals to Symphonies
  - Dr. Yehuda Koren from Yahoo presented The Netflix Prize: Quest for $1,000,000 audio(mp3), slides synchronized with audio (mp4).
  - Dr. Vinod Ganapathy from Rutgers on Advanced Techniques To Detect Kernel-level Rootkits.
  - Dr. Avi Wigderson, from the Institude for Advanced Study, presented "The art of reduction (or, Depth through Breadth)". audio (mp3), slides synchronized with audio (mp4), and slides (pdf) (December 4, 2008), introduced by Dr. Eric Allender, department chair.
  - Dr. Virgil Gligor, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Melon and Cylab, presented "On the Fragility of Adversary Definitions in Cryptographic Protocols" audio (mp3), slides synchronized with audio (mp4), slides (pdf) (November 6, 2008).
  - Dr. Andre Chien, VP and Director of Intel Research Corporate Technology Group, presented "Essential Computing: Simplifying and Enriching All Aspects of Work and Daily Life" audio (mp3), slides synchronized with audio (mp4), slides (pdf) (April 30, 2008).
  - Dr. Michael I. Jordan on "Machine Learning from a Nonparametric Bayesian Point of View". (March 27, 2008) slides in pdf , audio (mp3), or audio and video (mp4)
  - Dr. Michael Kearns on "Behavioral Games on Networks". (February 18, 2008) slides in pdf , audio (mp3), or audio and video (mp4)
  - The Leonid G. Khachiyan Memorial Lecture: Christos Papadimitriou lectures (March 2, 2006) on Computing Equilibria. Here are the slides, and as an mp3
  - Sebastian Thrun's lecture (November 15, 2005) Winning the DARPA Grand Challenge, also available as an mp3.
  - Michael Cohen's lecture Capturing the Moment (November 7, 2005.) Here are the slides.
  - Dr. Christopher Codella, Deputy CTO of IBM Federal, Software group - "Information Technology Challenges in Defense and Intelligence". (October 19, 2005.) video and audio, audio only.
  - Dr. Madhu Sudan's lecture "Modelling errors and recovery in communication", October 6, 2005 -- these are Dr. Sudan's slides. Also, here's the talk as an mp3
    These lectures are available via podcast, use
    http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/cs/Events/distinguished/podcast.rss
    as your podcast directory.
- Rutgers Hosted the Greater NY Regional ACM Programming Contest in October of 2010. The event was a great success, with 48 student teams trying to solve computing problems as quickly as possible (in the five hours of the contest) -- the winner going on to the Internationals in March.
- On March 26, 2011, over 100 programmers turned up at Rutgers' Hill Center for a 24-hour programming frenzy in search of actualizations of clever ideas and data manipulation. More info on HackRU can be found here.
- Technical Lectures
  - Internet2: Internet Technology for Instruction
    On March 21, 2007, a symposium on how technology is becoming a more pervasive and critical component within the arts, humanities, and social sciences was held in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden You can view the agenda and slides here, and download and view video and audio podcasts in itunes-u
  - Spam and Email in Computer Science
    A December 5, 2006 presentation by Hanz Makmur of LCSR describing our response to the tsunami of spam. You can view any of the talks in a variety of formats, including podcasts. (These presentations produced by LCSR).
  - Internet2: Internet Technology for Research
    On April 4, 2006, a symposium on the impact of national directions in cyberinfrastructure was held in New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, and Washington DC. You can view any of the talks in a variety of formats, including lecture123 and podcasts. (These presentations produced by LCSR).
- Other Lectures
  - Dr. Kalantari sponsored the DIMACS Workshop on Algorithmic Mathematical Art: Special Cases and their Applications. The link will provide you with video and audio from the presentations, you may also connect to the Rutgers ITunes-U site to view these.
  - Dr. Nima Arkani-Hamed spoke on March 1, 2008 for the Irons Lecture on New Dimensions in Space and Time. Slides, and audio podcast and an audio-and-synchronized-to-slides video podcast are available at the link.
  - Richard Stallman gave a talk at Rutgers on March 26, 2007 titled Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks
    - Audio only
    - Video and audio
    - Video and audio (different camera, different microphone than the above).
    I recommend you right-click (or option-click for macs) and download the presentation before viewing. Note that these are presented in Vorbis (audio) and Theora (video) formats at the speaker's request. See the xiph.org download site to obtain viewers or plugins to display them.
  - Dr. Reinhard Genzel, Max-Planck Institute, on Black Holes in Galaxies (2007)
  - Dr. Craig Nevill-Manning, Director of Engineering, Google New York on finding information the Google way (2004).
  - Celebration of Dr. Saul Amarel, December 2002
  - Dr. Kulikowski speaks in 1998 on Dr. Amarel's career
  - Russell Hammer from Sun on Java security (1997)
  - Dr. Imielinski's "State of the Department" talk to the grad students in 1998
  Open Houses - lectures from DCS Open Houses
  2004
        Open House 2004
  2000
  
  1998
  Division of Computer and Information Sciences Open House: Schedule, audio and pictures
  1996
  1996 Open House (with Audio)
  Other Events
- Presentation of honors to graduating seniors, May 2010.
- Presentation of honors to graduating seniors, May 2009.
- Presentation of honors to graduating seniors, May 2008.
- Presentation of honors to graduating seniors, May 2007.
- In 2003, the Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists hosted a panel discussion on Academic Integrity.
Demos
- A demonstration of Aldebaran's Nao robot humanoid in May of 2011.

Events available via podcasts, or realmedia presentations. Pages engineered by Charles McGrew