Blog Release: Olympus "Show and Tell" 7

From Lenore Blum:

Dear Friends,

HOLD THE DATE!
Another fun and stimulating program in store, chock full of exciting
talent and ideas, showcasing university research, new initiatives: and
community perspectives:

Olympus "Show and Tell" 7
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. 3:30-5pm
Lecture Hall, Collaborative Innovation Center
Reception to follow in the Newell-Simon Hall Atrium
Carnegie Mellon
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POSTER:
http://olympus.cs.cmu.edu/events/ST_Jan2109/ShowTell7.pdf

REGISTRATION is advised and requested:
http://olympus.cs.cmu.edu/events/registration012109/
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PROGRAM (http://olympus.cs.cmu.edu/events/ )

"Welcome to OLYMPUS!"
. Lenore Blum, Director, Project Olympus

A FOCUS on RESEARCH from the MELLON COLLEGE of SCIENCE (MCS)
. Prof. Tiziana DiMatteo, Physics and the Bruce and Astrid McWilliams
Center for Cosmology
"Computational Cosmology: Simulating the Universe"

START-UPS AND SPIN-OFFS
. Prof. Jose' Moura, Electrical and Computer Engineering (CIT)
"Spiral: Teaching Computers to Write Fast Libraries"

. Prof. Lorrie Cranor, Institute for Software Research (SCS),
Engineering and Public Policy (CIT)
"Wombat Security Technologies: How to Foil 'Phishing' Scams?"
(see, Scientific American, Dec 2008)

. Marek Michalowski , PhD candidate, Robotics Institute (SCS)
"BeatBots/Keepon: Rhythm in Human-Robot Social Interaction"

OLYMPUS CONNECTS
. Harold D. Miller, President of Future Strategies, LLC and Adjunct
Professor, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management
"What Do All the Numbers Mean (for Pittsburgh)?"
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