1.The Importance of Being Earnest
2.VISEN Pioneers Distinguished Lecture Series and Computer Science Colloquium
3.Rice SAC Home Visit Program
Miley Cyrus ?Party in the USA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
- Because Shawn Gurwara loves this song more than life?..and maybe by mentioning this, he'll stop playing it so much
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1. The Importance of Being Earnest
Don't miss the last weekend of the
Rice Players' Fall 2009 production of
Oscar Wilde's classic play
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
Thursday October 8th, Friday October 9th, and Saturday October 10th
8 pm all three evenings
Hamman Hall
Students $5
Faculty, Staff, Alum, Senior Citizens $8
Community $10
For tickets call 713-348-play
or email players@rice.edu
You can also purchase tickets at the Box Office!
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2. VISEN Pioneers Distinguished Lecture Series And Computer Science Colloquium
Frances E. Allen
IBM Fellow Emerita
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 2:30pm
Location: DH 1064
Is Computing at a Tipping Point? A Personal Perspective
Abstract:
Over the last 60+ years computing, communications, and information, originally emerging from disparate disciplines, have evolved into an unimagined set of capabilities influencing, directly or indirectly, nearly every person, every institution, and every endeavor in much of the world. These capabilities form a global infrastructure for a world where time and place are often irrelevant, access to information is instantaneous, and knowledge widely shared.
The talk will address the following question: Will the field continue to evolve from where we are or has it reached a tipping point? I will draw on my experience with languages, compilers, and high performance computing to suggest a few answers.
Biography:
Fran Allen?s specialty is compilers and program optimization for high performance computers. Soon after joining IBM Research as a programmer in 1957 with a University of Michigan masters degree in mathematics, Fran found the technical goal that would drive her career: Enable both programmer productivity and program performance in the development of computer applications. One result of this goal was that Fran was the recipient of ACM?s 2006 Turing Award ?For pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of optimizing compiler techniques that laid the foundation for modern optimizing compilers and automatic parallel execution.?
Fran is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Engineers, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ACM, IEEE, and the Computer History Museum. Fran has several honorary doctorate degrees and has served on numerous national technology boards including CISE at the National Science Foundation and CSTB for the National Research Council. Fran is an active mentor, an advocate for technical women in computing, an environmentalist and an explorer.
Reception following the talk at Martel Hall
Co-sponsored by
The VISEN Center
The Dean of Engineering
Computer Science
Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
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3. Rice Admission Council Home Visit Program
Next time you head home for a break, why not stop by your former high school and spread the good word about Rice University?
The Office of Admission is holding training sessions to prepare you to speak about your Rice experience with prospective students in your high school. If you are interested,please email us at sandrag@rice.edu to sign up for one of the training dates listed below.
What: Home Visit Training
Where: Sewall 301
When: 12:00 noon on EITHER Wed, Oct 14; Thursday Oct 15; or Wed, Nov 11
Incentive: PIZZA! (and your love of Rice, of course)
Thanks,
Rice University Office of Admission
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- Chethlyn
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