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General Motors, Carnegie Mellon Commit To Develop Driverless Vehicles: General Motors Corp. and Carnegie Mellon University announced a new Collaborative Research Lab (CRL) and a renewed commitment to work jointly on technologies that will accelerate the emerging field of autonomous driving — a family of electronics and software technologies that could influence the way drivers and their vehicles interact in the future. News release IT Services Qualification Center (ITSqc) Announces Collaboration with International Association of Outsourcing Professionals: As the newest IAOP™ Academic Alliance Partner, ITSqc will work closely with the association to educate professionals about the latest trends, best practices and innovation impacting outsourcing. IAOP Press Release James Hays, graduate student CSD, and Alexei A. Efros, assistant professor of computer science and robotics have devised the first computerized method, the IM2GPS algorithm, that can analyze a single photograph and determine where in the world the image likely was taken. News release Jimeng SUN (Ph.D. CSD 2007) attracted the runner-up award for the best SIGKDD dissertation! ACM SIGKDD is the premier community for data mining research. The School of Computer Science's CMDragons'08 took first place at the RoboCup Federation's US Open RoboSoccer competition at the Carnegie Science Center. The school's AIBO team, CMDash'08, was third in a five-team field behind Bowdoin College and the University of Texas at Austin. News Release Tartan Racing team and its Boss vehicle will be featured in the new TV series, “Robocars,” which premieres at 10 p.m. July 14 on the Discovery Science channel. News release Carnegie Mellon Open Source Audio Editor makes top-100 product list! "Audacity", the open source audio editor, originally designed and implemented by Associate Research Professor Roger Dannenberg, and Dominic Mazzoni, made PC World's 100 best products of 2008. More News in: Carnegie Mellon News Carnegie Mellon Today The Link magazine Front Page Archive	Robot 250 Coming July 11-27--watch for more information! InformationWeek's John Foley interviews Manuela Veloso, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science, to talk about the new Gates Hillman Complex for computer science. Youtube Interview Randy Pausch, professor CSD, HCII, and Design, has been included in TIME Magazine's 2008 list of the world's 100 most influential people. And his book, "The Last Lecture," co-written by Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal and based on Pausch's now-famous talk "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," is now a New York Times #1 bestseller. News release Hold the date! Sunday, August 17th, 2008: "Picking Up The Pace: Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research" in honor of Randy Pausch. More information and registration Check HERE to see videos of Jeff Bezos and Randy Pausch, Keynote Speakers at the School of Computer Science Commencement! Watch Randy at the 2008 graduation ceremony on ABC's Good Morning America. Pancreatic Cancer Group Names Research Grant for Randy. News release Wall Street Journal feature on Randy. Look HERE for more information on Randy Pausch. Click image on left to see aeriel view of the new School of Computer Science Gates Hillman Complex. Check out current information for the new complex and take the Gates Hillman test! View Webcam of the Gates Hillman Complex SCS Interview Series: We present the interview we've all been waiting for!! Mark Stehlik, Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education, CSD, talks to undergraduate interviewers Alissa Briggs (junior) and Linda Cai (sophomore). Full interview The Puzzle TOAD brings you ... Rational Creatures! .... the latest puzzle to tickle the grey cells. . . Also, check out the previous puzzles and their solutions, including solution to puzzle 24: Fair Shares SCS Faculty Positions Available
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Dave Touretzky, Research Professor, CSD, featured in Tribune-Review online story: Pilots find satisfaction in donating their time. Carnegie Mellon Announces New Degree Fusing the Arts With Computer Science News release See some of our undergraduates and their posters as they present at Meeting of the Minds 2008 Photos and winners from the 14TH ANNUAL MOBOT RACES: (MObile roBOT Races)	Distinguished Lecture Series Distinguished Lecture Series Archive Intel Research Pittsburgh Seminar Darryl Veitch, Principal Research Fellow Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Melbourne Probing Convex Networks, Abstract Thursday, July 10, 2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. , Suite 410 Collaborative Innovation Center Fourth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security SOUPS 2008 Carnegie Mellon Campus July 23 through July 25 Full SCS Calendar Submit an event! Seminar Series CMU Calendar Academic Calendar
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