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Agenda

PhD Summer School 2012
July 2–6, 2012 | Cambridge, UK

Final Agenda

Monday, 2 July 2012

Time	Event/Topic
15:00	Students staying at Selwyn College get the keys to their rooms
16:00	Welcome and tea
16:30	Bus transportation from Selwyn College to the go-karting venue
17:00	Go-karting and dinner (casual clothing; we recommend wearing old shoes) Note: The number of spaces for go-karting is limited, so we'll select drivers on a first-come first-served basis.
22:00	Bus transportation back to Selwyn College

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Time	Event/Topic
09:00	Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30	Registration
10:15	Welcome Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche (Microsoft Research)
10:30	Microsoft Research Cambridge Lab Overview Ken Woodberry (Microsoft Research)
11:00	Functional First Programming in an Information-Rich World Kenji Takeda (Microsoft Research)
12:00	Lunch and poster session 1
14:00	Parallel sessions Realising Touchless Interaction in the Operating Theatre Helena Mentis (Microsoft Research) Planetary Prediction Services for Society Matthew Smith (Microsoft Research) *TRANSFORM Session How do multicore machines actually behave? (Part 1)** Peter Sewell (University of Cambridge)
15:00	Break
15:15	Parallel sessions Machine Learning for Medical Image Analysis Antonio Criminisi (Microsoft Research) Towards Predictable Data Centers- Why Johnny Can't Use the Cloud and What Can We Do About It? Thomas Karagiannis (Microsoft Research) TRANSFORM Session How do multicore machines actually behave? (Part 2) Peter Sewell (University of Cambridge)
16:15	Break
16:45	Parallel sessions Proving that Programs Eventually Do Something Good Byron Cook (Microsoft Research) Human Computing and Crowdsourcing in Search Gabriella Kazai (Microsoft Research) TRANSFORM Session STM in the Small: Trading Generality for Performance in Software Transactional Memory Aleksandar Dragojevic (Microsoft Research)
17:45	Bus transportation to punting location
18:00	Punting on the River Cam
19:30	Dinner at The Riverside Restaurant

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Time	Event/Topic
09:00	Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30	Microsoft Academic Search Alex Wade (Microsoft Research)
10:30	Break
11:00	How to Write a Great Research Paper Simon Peyton-Jones (Microsoft Research)
12:00	Lunch and poster session 2
14:00	How to Give a Great Research Talk Simon Peyton-Jones (Microsoft Research)
15:00	Parallel sessions Microsoft Research Connections and Cloud Computing for Science Fabrizio Gagliardi (Microsoft Research) TRANSFORM Session From Transactions to Data flow and Back Again (Part 1) Mikel Lujan (University of Manchester)
16:00	Break
16:30	Parallel sessions .NET Gadgeteer: A Platform for Custom Devices Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche (Microsoft Research) TRANSFORM Session From Transactions to Data flow and Back Again (Part 2) Mikel Lujan (University of Manchester)
17:00	Parallel sessions Gadgeteer Workshop Steven Johnston (University of Southampton) F# Tutorial Tomas Petricek (Cambridge University)
19:00	Bus transportation to Selwyn College

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Time	Event/Topic
09:00	Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30	Body Part Recognition: Making Kinect Robust Jamie Shotton (Microsoft Research)
10:30	Break
11:00	Rough Guide to Being an Entrepreneur Jack Lang (University of Cambridge)
12:00	Lunch and poster session 3
14:00	Strategic Thinking for Researchers Andy Gordon (Microsoft Research)
14:30	Can Computers Understand Their Own Programs? Tony Hoare (Microsoft Research)
15:00	Break
15:15	The EDSAC Replica Project Andrew Herbert
16:15	DemoFest
17:45	Bus transportation to Jesus College
18:00	Drinks, more drinks, and group photo
19:15	Dinner at Jesus College

Friday, 6 July 2012

Time	Event/Topic
09:00	Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30	Intellectual Property at Microsoft Pablo Tapia (Microsoft Research)
10:30	Break
11:00	How to Present a Poster at an International Conference Sue Duraikan (Duraikan Training)
12:00	BBQ
13:30	End

* TRANSFORM is a Marie-Curie Initial Training Network on Theoretical Foundations of Transactional Memory. There are TRANSFORM training activities co-located with the School and specific TRANSFORM sessions indicated accordingly.

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