From awd at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 1 11:48:42 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 11:48:42 -0400 Subject: [Research] Auton Lab's Pride List In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1146498522.21764.19.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> I strongly support Karen's initiative and I ask everyone to please contribute to it. We've done so many wonderful things, but in terms of their PR life, sadly, they die too quickly if the only trace left is in the form of high quality research papers. Without accessible, user-level descriptions they surely miss a vast part of their potentially interesting audience. Now, with the AdWords opportunity, we finally have a very good excuse to put together a sort of a success stories binder. I am certain it will help bring many interesting research topics our way, if we do it right. Please do not hesitate to help Karen (and the Lab) make that happen. Thanks! Artur On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 20:34, Karen Chen wrote: > Let's compile a pride list of Auton Lab! > > At Auton Lab, we're proud of doing things that are cool, great, with > high-impact and eventually will benefit the world. In the past more than > one decade, this implicit value system has motivated our lab members to do > excellent project one after another and create numerous successful stories > where we demonstrated to the world our true value. Now, let's take some > time to reflect our greatest achievement at Auton Lab that you're mostly > proud of. The result from this exercise will be compiled into a "success > stories" webpage on our Auton website, this would provide an efficient > overview of lab's capability to outsider visitor who is looking into our > lab for solutions. In the Adwords program soon to be launched, this > webpage would serve as the landing page for the visitors directed from > Adwords search. (P.S. Google Adwords is a free advertisement program > recently awarded through Google Grant). > > Please list THREE greatest things that you and/or your colleagues have > done that we should be so proud to tell people outside the lab. Here are > some guidelines: > > *the work should have real world impact or have potential real impact, > substantiated with concrete application example are especially desirable; > > *start from your own work, but you could also cite other lab member's > work; > > *take perspective of user: what's the significance of your work? What > they could benefit from your work? Why they should care? > > *describe in a snappy way so that even a busy people you meet in the > elevator would chase you for more information after your 30 second preach; > > *describe in plain language so that even your grandma has no problem to > understand; > > Lab Alumni are also encouraged to contribute. If you feel like to list > more than three, feel free to extend the list. Please submit your answer > to me by noon next Thursday (May 4). The list would be compiled and shared > among all lab members. We will discuss more details about the "success > stories" webpage and Adwords campaign design in the upcoming lab meeting, > so it's imperative that you finish this "homework" by then. > > Please direct your questions to Artur or me. > > Thanks, > > > **************************** > Karen Chen > Research Analyst - Auton Lab > e-mail: lujiec at cs.cmu.edu > **************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 1 12:48:04 2006 From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek) Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 12:48:04 -0400 Subject: [Research] Machine Room Shutdown Friday In-Reply-To: <44524C0E.3020001@cs.cmu.edu> References: <4450E04F.4030405@cs.cmu.edu> <445139A5.80901@cs.cmu.edu> <445139F4.9080308@cs.cmu.edu> <4452494A.9010308@cs.cmu.edu> <44524C0E.3020001@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <44563BC4.8070806@cs.cmu.edu> Hi Everyone, Our compute machines are back up and running. For now, however, please refrain from starting jobs on LOP1 or LOR2. Once the jobs that are running on those machines are finished, I will be shutting them down and moving them back to the machine room as well. -Mike Michael J. Baysek wrote: > Also > > Be sure to use the .autonlab.org DNS suffix when connecting to the servers. > > Do not try to use .cs.cmu.edu suffix (ex lop1.auton.cs.cmu.edu), as this > will not work during the temporary move. > > > > > > Michael J. Baysek wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> The following machines are available from now through this weekend: >> >> LOP1.AUTONLAB.ORG >> LOR1.AUTONLAB.ORG >> LOR2.AUTONLAB.ORG >> LOQ1.AUTONLAB.ORG >> >> The rest of the compute machines will be shut down tomorrow night at >> around 9:30 PM due to the SCS Machine Room Shutdown. >> >> Be aware that the above listed machines will be shut down again on >> Monday morning, so that they can be moved back to the machine room. >> >> Happy computing! >> >> -Mike >> >> >> >> Michael J. Baysek wrote: >>> Correction to following statement: >>> > >>> >>> After Friday @ 11:30 AM, if you start a job, remember to use LOP1, >>> LOR1, or LOR2. Any jobs running *on other machines* at 9:30 PM will >>> be terminated when I shut down the rest of the machines. >>> > >>> >>> >>> Michael J. Baysek wrote: >>>> Hi again, >>>> >>>> I have updated information about tomorrow's outages. >>>> >>>> At Friday @ 10:00 AM I will be shutting down LOP1, LOR1, LOR2 and >>>> relocating them out of the machine room. I have to setup a VPN and >>>> change the static NAT on the firewall. The machines should be >>>> available no later than 11:30. >>>> >>>> After Friday @ 11:30 AM, if you start a job, remember to use LOP1, >>>> LOR1, or LOR2. Any jobs running at 9:30 PM will be terminated when >>>> I shut down the rest of the machines. >>>> >>>> Through the weekend, be sure to check the machine status page to >>>> find out what machines are available. If a machine shows no >>>> statistics under it's name, it is not available. >>>> >>>> By Monday everything should be back to normal. >>>> >>>> -Mike >>>> >>>> Michael J. Baysek wrote: >>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>> >>>>> As some of you may know, SCS is shutting down non-essential >>>>> hardware in the machine room on Friday at 11:00 PM. >>>>> >>>>> They have agreed to keep our core infrastructure (web and file >>>>> servers, etc) machines up, but we will be shutting down most of the >>>>> LOP, LOQ, LOR, and LOS machines. >>>>> >>>>> I am trying to avoid having to shut down the machines (LOP1, LOS1) >>>>> which have long running jobs, but I cannot promise it, so if you >>>>> are planning on starting a long running job, please refrain until >>>>> Monday. >>>>> >>>>> I will send more information as it becomes available. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > -- Michael J. Baysek Systems Analyst Carnegie Mellon University, Auton Lab http://www.autonlab.org mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 3 15:20:44 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 15:20:44 -0400 Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <1146684044.26830.113.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> We will be getting two for the price of one: Karen will lead a brainstorm about Google AdWords opportunity. Then Brigham will review our current work for FDA. Same place and time. Artur From lujiec at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 3 16:04:16 2006 From: lujiec at cs.cmu.edu (Karen Chen) Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:04:16 -0400 Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow In-Reply-To: <1146684044.26830.113.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <000101c66eec$c1da8a60$f2bd0280@auton.cs.cmu.edu> A bonus of tomorrow's lab meeting is that you would have a chance to learn in 30 minutes the elegant design of Google advertising machine which make it such a profitable company... Me, the half-baked Google advertising professional would walk you through the essential details to understand and make best use of this amazing tool! You should come no matter you're a Google fan or not! Thanks, Karen -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:21 PM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow We will be getting two for the price of one: Karen will lead a brainstorm about Google AdWords opportunity. Then Brigham will review our current work for FDA. Same place and time. Artur _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research From lujiec at cs.cmu.edu Thu May 4 18:01:42 2006 From: lujiec at cs.cmu.edu (Karen Chen) Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 18:01:42 -0400 Subject: [Research] FW: lab meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <000001c66fc6$53dd7d30$f2bd0280@auton.cs.cmu.edu> Slides for today's talk on adwords and handout is to be posted on internal website. The action items and timeline are included in the hand out. Please check. Test your key words in the adwords account, the adwords account username/pw for Auton Lab is "autonlab"/"auton1234", please do not share. Login adwords at: https://adwords.google.com/select/ Thanks, Karen -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Karen Chen Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:04 PM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: Re: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow A bonus of tomorrow's lab meeting is that you would have a chance to learn in 30 minutes the elegant design of Google advertising machine which make it such a profitable company... Me, the half-baked Google advertising professional would walk you through the essential details to understand and make best use of this amazing tool! You should come no matter you're a Google fan or not! Thanks, Karen -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:21 PM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow We will be getting two for the price of one: Karen will lead a brainstorm about Google AdWords opportunity. Then Brigham will review our current work for FDA. Same place and time. Artur _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu Fri May 5 09:56:39 2006 From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek) Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 09:56:39 -0400 Subject: [Research] FW: lab meeting tomorrow In-Reply-To: <000001c66fc6$53dd7d30$f2bd0280@auton.cs.cmu.edu> References: <000001c66fc6$53dd7d30$f2bd0280@auton.cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <445B5997.4090709@cs.cmu.edu> Hi Lab, The information on the Google Grant is now available under Past Weeks on the Lab Meeting page. http://www.autonlab.org/auton_intranet/ Enjoy! -Mike Karen Chen wrote: > Slides for today's talk on adwords and handout is to be posted on internal > website. The action items and timeline are included in the hand out. Please > check. > > Test your key words in the adwords account, the adwords account username/pw > for Auton Lab is "autonlab"/"auton1234", please do not share. > > Login adwords at: https://adwords.google.com/select/ > > > > Thanks, > > Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] > On Behalf Of Karen Chen > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:04 PM > To: research at autonlab.org > Subject: Re: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow > > A bonus of tomorrow's lab meeting is that you would have a chance to learn > in 30 minutes the elegant design of Google advertising machine which make it > such a profitable company... Me, the half-baked Google advertising > professional would walk you through the essential details to understand and > make best use of this amazing tool! > > You should come no matter you're a Google fan or not! > > Thanks, > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] > On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:21 PM > To: research at autonlab.org > Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow > > We will be getting two for the price of one: > > Karen will lead a brainstorm about Google AdWords opportunity. > > Then Brigham will review our current work for FDA. > > > Same place and time. > > Artur > > > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > > > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > > > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > -- Michael J. Baysek Systems Analyst Carnegie Mellon University, Auton Lab http://www.autonlab.org mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu From awm at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 8 21:42:03 2006 From: awm at cs.cmu.edu (awm at cs.cmu.edu) Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 21:42:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Research] Difficult request from a friend of Mary's Message-ID: <3748.128.2.216.51.1147138923.squirrel@webmail.cs.cmu.edu> Folks, I'm pretty pessimistic about whether anything can be done to help, but a friend of Mary's is asking if anyone can help in a kind of computer forensics problem. Tom Byers is a science-fiction writer who used to attend a writers group that Mary ran. His daughter (16 years old) ran away from their home on Thursday and has since been communicating with Tom via a MySpace account. Tom's concerned about her safety. He is wondering whether its possible to figure out anything about where she is via these messages. He's also pursuing via the police, who are investigating, trying to get help from myspace, and hiring a PI and a lawyer. I told him I'd pass on this message in case someone has any ideas or thinks they might be able to figure anything out. Andrew From awm at cs.cmu.edu Tue May 9 07:28:56 2006 From: awm at cs.cmu.edu (awm at cs.cmu.edu) Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 07:28:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Research] Mary's friend's daughter update Message-ID: <2924.205.201.57.114.1147174136.squirrel@webmail.cs.cmu.edu> I had a message this morning that she's been found and is safe. From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue May 9 12:56:26 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 12:56:26 -0400 Subject: [Research] ICML volunteers Message-ID: <1147193786.32487.24.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Hello, Could all of the Autonians who applied to become a volunteer at the ICML let me know about that? Thanks Artur From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 10 20:49:17 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:49:17 -0400 Subject: [Research] no lab meeting tomorrow (Thu) Message-ID: <000e01c67494$bbb76ce0$0200000a@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> From awd at cs.cmu.edu Fri May 12 18:13:33 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:13:33 -0400 Subject: [Research] early warning about an upcoming lab meeting Message-ID: <1147472013.7397.327.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Please be advised that on Tuesday, May 23rd, we will have a lab meeting (at noon in NSH 1507), in which Sajid will be talking about fast model selection and learning in Hidden Markov Models. Artur From awd at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 15 11:47:25 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 11:47:25 -0400 Subject: [Research] Auton Lab in the news Message-ID: <000001c67836$dd46ce50$edefed80@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> In papers: http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/06133/689823-84.stm http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_453738.html And on the radio: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5403317 From sabhnani+ at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 15 13:16:14 2006 From: sabhnani+ at cs.cmu.edu (Robin Sabhnani) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 13:16:14 -0400 Subject: [Research] Auton Lab in the news In-Reply-To: <000001c67836$dd46ce50$edefed80@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> References: <000001c67836$dd46ce50$edefed80@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <4468B75E.1020408@cs.cmu.edu> I would like to congratulate everyone for the big success.. Robin Artur Dubrawski wrote: >In papers: > >http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/06133/689823-84.stm > >http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_453738.html > >And on the radio: > >http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5403317 > >_______________________________________________ >Research mailing list >Research at autonlab.org >https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > > > From kristens at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 15 15:38:47 2006 From: kristens at cs.cmu.edu (Kristen Schrauder) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 15:38:47 -0400 Subject: [Research] early warning about an upcoming lab meeting In-Reply-To: <1147472013.7397.327.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <018601c67857$2f43acd0$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> We have been bumped from NSH 1507 on 5/23 so the meeting will instead be held the same day and time (noon on 5/23) in Wean 4623. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 6:14 PM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] early warning about an upcoming lab meeting Please be advised that on Tuesday, May 23rd, we will have a lab meeting (at noon in NSH 1507), in which Sajid will be talking about fast model selection and learning in Hidden Markov Models. Artur _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research From awd at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 15 16:12:20 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:12:20 -0400 Subject: [Research] no lab meetings this week Message-ID: <1147723940.21441.57.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> But there is one coming on Tuesday May 23rd. Please not that we'll be meeting at a non-standard place that day (WeH 4623). Artur From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu Tue May 16 10:06:31 2006 From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:06:31 -0400 Subject: [Research] Pictures Message-ID: <4469DC67.9070406@cs.cmu.edu> Hi Lab, If you visit http://www.autonlab.org/autonweb/people.html you might not see your picture! If not, it's because we don't have one! If you would like your picture to be on the website, please send me jpeg, or stop by my office for a FREE professional cellphone camera portrait! [ Free portrait for a limited time only. Some conditions apply. Only valid in planet Earth. ] -- Michael J. Baysek Systems Analyst Carnegie Mellon University, Auton Lab http://www.autonlab.org mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sabhnani at cs.cmu.edu Tue May 16 12:39:33 2006 From: sabhnani at cs.cmu.edu (sabhnani at cs.cmu.edu) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:39:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Research] correlation code .. Message-ID: <60941.24.131.238.240.1147797573.squirrel@webmail.cs.cmu.edu> Hi, I have moved correlation code (by Artur) from 'correl' module to 'extra' module. Let me know if there are any concerns with doing this. Thanks, Robin From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue May 16 20:25:48 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:48 -0400 Subject: [Research] GDA becomes popular Message-ID: <000001c67948$740fb330$0200000a@artur> For good or for worse, it has made (twice :) the "500 intelligence tools" list assembled by a Washington Post journalist: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/ From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 17 11:18:25 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:18:25 -0400 Subject: [Research] GDA becomes popular In-Reply-To: <982f89350605170810x332abc10i63842eadfde3f786@mail.google.com> Message-ID: <001c01c679c5$24e9fb30$edefed80@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> Indeed, the pointer was incomplete. Sorry about that! http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/05/telephone_records_are_ju st_the.html -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Moore [mailto:awm at google.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:11 AM To: Artur Dubrawski Subject: Re: [Research] GDA becomes popular That's amazing! But I can't find the list on that page! On 5/16/06, Artur Dubrawski wrote: For good or for worse, it has made (twice :) the "500 intelligence tools" list assembled by a Washington Post journalist: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/ _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 17 14:52:41 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:52:41 -0400 Subject: [Research] interesting news for those of us who work on biosurveillance Message-ID: <1147891961.4186.10.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Can we benefit from this? Or is it a problem for us? Let me know your thoughts... Artur --- Open-Source Initiative Targets Bird Flu Health organizations, universities and IBM are trying to figure out how computer technology can contribute to the effort to respond to disease outbreaks. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3696-16-87-206477-433743-0-0-0-1 From awd at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 22 15:13:39 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 15:13:39 -0400 Subject: [Research] lab meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <1148325219.21237.91.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> Hello, Tomorrow's lab meeting (12noon, WeH 4623) will take more time than usual. We will not only have a Grand Talk, but also Grand Visitors and we will witness one Grand Departure. Artur PS Please let Kristen know if you cannot to be there. From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 24 14:19:06 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:19:06 -0400 Subject: [Research] no lab meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <1148494746.32309.29.camel@logo.auton.cs.cmu.edu> From jkomarek at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 31 14:23:00 2006 From: jkomarek at cs.cmu.edu (Jeanie Komarek) Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:23:00 -0700 Subject: [Research] Goodbye party for Adam Message-ID: <447DDF04.2040608@cs.cmu.edu> Adam Goode, one of our research programmers, is moving on to a new job that will be a great opportunity for him. This is his last week with the Auton Lab. Please join us in wishing him the best of luck on Friday at 3:00pm in NSH 1507. -Jeanie -- Jeanie Komarek Principal Research Programmer, Auton Lab http://www.autonlab.org Carnegie Mellon University From neill+ at cs.cmu.edu Mon May 29 17:02:00 2006 From: neill+ at cs.cmu.edu (Daniel B. Neill) Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:02:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Research] thesis proposal In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear friends, You are all cordially invited to my thesis defense next Monday, June 5, at 10:30am in Wean 5409. I've attached an abstract below; please feel free to forward this to anyone else who may be interested. All the best, Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detection of Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Clusters Daniel B. Neill Monday June 5, 10:30am, Wean 5409 Thesis committee: Andrew Moore (chair), CMU/Google Tom Mitchell, CMU Jeff Schneider, CMU Gregory Cooper, University of Pittsburgh Andrew Lawson, University of South Carolina Abstract: This thesis develops a general and powerful statistical framework for the automatic detection of spatial and space-time clusters. Our "generalized spatial scan" framework is a flexible, model-based framework for accurate and computationally efficient cluster detection in diverse application domains. Through the development of the "fast spatial scan" algorithm and new Bayesian cluster detection methods, we can detect clusters hundreds or thousands of times faster than previous approaches. More timely detection of emerging clusters (with high detection power and low false positive rates) was made possible by the development of "expectation-based" scan statistics, which learn baseline models from past data then detect regions that are anomalous given these expectations. These cluster detection methods were applied to two real-world problem domains: the early detection of emerging disease epidemics, and the detection of clusters of brain activity using fMRI brain imaging data. One major contribution of this work is the development of the SSS system for nationwide disease surveillance, currently used in daily practice by several state and local health departments. This system receives data (including emergency department records and medication sales) from over 20,000 stores and hospitals nationwide, automatically detects emerging clusters of disease, and reports these results to public health officials. Through retrospective case studies and semi-synthetic testing, we have shown that our system can detect outbreaks significantly faster than previous disease surveillance methods. From alicez at cs.cmu.edu Wed May 31 15:19:21 2006 From: alicez at cs.cmu.edu (Alice Zheng) Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:19:21 -0400 Subject: [Research] ICML poster session Message-ID: <961BAA95-73FE-467D-BDF4-8867383046F6@cs.cmu.edu> Hi everyone, There may be a chance at the ICML banquet or reception for the Auton Lab to show case its students and research. Just to get an idea of what people would like, if there is a chance to organize a special Auton Lab poster area at the ICML banquet or reception, would people be interested in presenting their work? This would involve making the posters, and standing by them for a couple of hours before/after the banquet to explain the research. If you're interested, please email me and let me know. We will not be doing this unless there is enough interest. Thanks, Alice