From awd at cs.cmu.edu Sun Nov 5 17:56:01 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 17:56:01 -0500 Subject: [Research] no lab meeting this week Message-ID: <000901c7012d$91a25700$0200000a@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> From kristens at cs.cmu.edu Wed Nov 8 10:13:17 2006 From: kristens at cs.cmu.edu (Kristen Schrauder) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:13:17 -0500 Subject: [Research] Tue Nov 28 lab meeting: special place, time & topic :-) In-Reply-To: <1161877012.5512.64.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <006c01c70348$6b790390$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> Hi folks, just touching base about the hockey outing. If you are interested in going (details below) and haven't responded yet please do so by Sunday, November 12th. Please be sure to also specify if you will be bringing any guests. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:37 AM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] Tue Nov 28 lab meeting: special place, time & topic :-) Dear Autonians, The Auton Lab is going to a hockey game! The Lab is sponsoring an outing to the Pittsburgh Penguins game on November 28th (vs. New York Islanders) at 7pm, at Mellon Arena. Please let Kristen know if you wish to join and if you plan to bring significant others so that we could get a head count and buy the tickets in advance. In case you were not following this hockey season, the Penguins have been doing quite well so far. They are loaded with young and exceptionally talented players who are capable of playing a very entertaining style of ice hockey. They are fun to watch! Artur _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research at autonlab.org https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research From kristens at cs.cmu.edu Thu Nov 9 15:15:30 2006 From: kristens at cs.cmu.edu (Kristen Schrauder) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:15:30 -0500 Subject: [Research] Benefits Election Message-ID: <014201c7043b$ced90860$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> Just a reminder, open enrollment ends tomorrow (11/10) at 5pm. To change your benefit elections, go to the link below which will direct you to the open enrollment module through HR Connection. http://hr.web.cmu.edu/current/benefits/oe/ Thanks! Kristen Schrauder, Administrative Coordinator Carnegie Mellon University - Robotics Institute Newell-Simon Hall, Room 3128 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412.268.7551 Fax: 412.268.7350 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awd at cs.cmu.edu Fri Nov 10 10:17:31 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:17:31 -0500 Subject: [Research] FW: John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award Message-ID: <001001c704db$5838e0e0$0200000a@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> fyi -----Original Message----- From: Bell, Ryan [mailto:Ryan at amstat.org] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:09 AM To: STATISTICAL COMPUTING (Members); STATISTICAL GRAPHICS (Members) Subject: John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award Statistical Computing Section American Statistical Association The Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association announces the competition for the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award. In 1998 the Association for Computing Machinery presented its Software System Award to John Chambers for the design and development of S. Dr. Chambers generously donated his award to the Statistical Computing Section to endow an annual prize for statistical software written by an undergraduate or graduate student. The prize carries with it a cash award of $1000, plus a substantial allowance for travel to the annual Joint Statistical Meetings where the award will be presented. Teams of up to 3 people can participate in the competition, with the cash award being split among team members. The travel allowance will be given to just one individual in the team, who will be presented the award at JSM. To be eligible, the team must have designed and implemented a piece of statistical software. The individual within the team indicated to receive the travel allowance must have begun the development while a student, and must either currently be a student, or have completed all requirements for her/his last degree after January 1, 2004. To apply for the award, teams must provide the following materials: Current CV's of all team members. A letter from a faculty mentor at the academic institution of the individual indicated to receive the travel award. The letter should confirm that the individual had substantial participation in the development of the software, certify her/his student status when the software began to be developed (and either the current student status or the date of degree completion), and briefly discuss the importance of the software to statistical practice. A brief, one to two page description of the software, summarizing what it does, how it does it, and why it is an important contribution. If the team member competing for the travel allowance has continued developing the software after finishing her/his studies, the description should indicate what was developed when the individual was a student and what has been added since. Access to the software by the award committee for their use on inputs of their choosing. Access to the software can consist of an executable file, Web-based access, macro code, or other appropriate form. Access should be accompanied by enough information to allow the judges to effectively use and evaluate the software (including its design considerations.) This information can be provided in a variety of ways, including but not limited to a user manual (paper or electronic), a paper, a URL, online help to the system, and source code. In particular, the entrant must be prepared to provide complete source code for inspection by the committee if requested. All materials must be in English. We prefer that electronic text be submitted in Postscript or PDF. The entries will be judged on a variety of dimensions, including the importance and relevance for statistical practice of the tasks performed by the software, ease of use, clarity of description, elegance and availability for use by the statistical community. Preference will be given to those entries that are grounded in software design rather than calculation. The decision of the award committee is final. All application materials must be received by 5:00pm EST, Monday, February 26, 2007 at the address below. The winner will be announced in May and the award will be given at the 2007 Joint Statistical Meetings. Information on the competition can also be accessed on the website of the Statistical Computing Section (www.statcomputing.org or see the ASA website, www.amstat.org for a pointer), including the names and contributions of previous winners. Inquiries and application materials should be emailed or mailed to: Chambers Software Award c/o J.R. 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Kangyi in Chinese means "Health and Strong or maybe bit of stubborn" Thanks, Karen and Xin Li From kristens at cs.cmu.edu Sun Nov 12 15:02:03 2006 From: kristens at cs.cmu.edu (Kristen Schrauder) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:02:03 -0500 Subject: [Research] Tue Nov 28 lab meeting: special place, time & topic :-) In-Reply-To: <006c01c70348$6b790390$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <002b01c70695$6c5f7f00$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> Just a reminder, I'll be placing the ticket order for the hockey game on Monday. If you'd like to join us please let me know ASAP. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Kristen Schrauder Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:13 AM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: Re: [Research] Tue Nov 28 lab meeting: special place,time & topic :-) Hi folks, just touching base about the hockey outing. If you are interested in going (details below) and haven't responded yet please do so by Sunday, November 12th. Please be sure to also specify if you will be bringing any guests. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: research-bounces at autonlab.org [mailto:research-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:37 AM To: research at autonlab.org Subject: [Research] Tue Nov 28 lab meeting: special place, time & topic :-) Dear Autonians, The Auton Lab is going to a hockey game! The Lab is sponsoring an outing to the Pittsburgh Penguins game on November 28th (vs. New York Islanders) at 7pm, at Mellon Arena. Please let Kristen know if you wish to join and if you plan to bring significant others so that we could get a head count and buy the tickets in advance. In case you were not following this hockey season, the Penguins have been doing quite well so far. They are loaded with young and exceptionally talented players who are capable of playing a very entertaining style of ice hockey. They are fun to watch! 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 awd at cs.cmu.edu Sun Nov 12 23:59:19 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:59:19 -0500 Subject: [Research] no lab meeting this week Message-ID: <001301c706e0$7a911d40$0200000a@scs.ad.cs.cmu.edu> From awm at google.com Mon Nov 13 09:01:12 2006 From: awm at google.com (Andrew W. Moore) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:01:12 -0500 Subject: [Research] Fwd: CS faculty position at UR In-Reply-To: <200611130009.kAD09b5e003467@cycle1.cs.rochester.edu> References: <200611130009.kAD09b5e003467@cycle1.cs.rochester.edu> Message-ID: <982f89350611130601wc39a6ajb7067c565603ed27@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Henry Kautz Date: Nov 12, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: CS faculty position at UR To: Andrew Moore I am writing to ask to you to encourage your students and postdocs who will be looking for a faculty position this year to apply to the University of Rochester. The computer science department has a tenure track slot for machine learning, computational vision, and/or graphics. The ad is here: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/dept/jobad.shtml This would be an exciting time to join UR. We expect steady growth in computer science (I just joined UR this year, having been on the faculty at University of Washington), and Brain and Cognitive Science is continuing to expand as well. (Your more biologically-minded students should apply to BCS as well; they have several faculty openings, and we will be coordinating our interviews.) Please pass this information on to your colleagues, and I'd be happy to answer any question you or potential applicants have. Best regards, Henry Kautz http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/kautz/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awm at google.com Fri Nov 17 12:25:45 2006 From: awm at google.com (Andrew Moore) Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:25:45 -0800 Subject: [Research] Google pittsburgh opening celebration Message-ID: We're having the offiicial google pittsburgh opening ceremony at one today (reception starts at twelve thirty) and anyone who's interested is wamly invited. Andrew -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue Nov 28 10:42:18 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:42:18 -0500 Subject: [Research] TWO lab meetings this week! Message-ID: <1164728538.5582.52.camel@localhost> Meeting One: 7pm tonight at Mellon Arena (Kristen will shortly announce how we can collect our tickets) Meeting Two: Thursday 11/30, 12 noon, WeH 4625 (please note the unusual time and place!) Speaker: Mr. K. ElArini Topic: Autonomous Visualization and Joys of Deploying Your Software Via ASL From kristens at cs.cmu.edu Tue Nov 28 10:47:43 2006 From: kristens at cs.cmu.edu (Kristen Schrauder) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:47:43 -0500 Subject: [Research] Extra Hockey Tickets Message-ID: <00c301c71304$8ae5c760$fadc0280@adm.ri.cmu.edu> We have two extra tickets for tonight's special lab meeting at the Mellon Arena. Feel free to stop by my office if you'd like these two hockey tickets, they'll be available on a first come, first serve basis. Thanks! Kristen Schrauder, Administrative Coordinator Carnegie Mellon University - Robotics Institute Newell-Simon Hall, Room 3128 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412.268.7551 Fax: 412.268.7350 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awd at cs.cmu.edu Wed Nov 29 10:50:57 2006 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:50:57 -0500 Subject: [Research] summary of the yesterday's lab meeting Message-ID: <1164815457.5596.48.camel@localhost> If you were there, you have seen it all. Otherwise, you may want to hear the stories as there are a few! NY Islanders 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (in terms of goals scored) Marc-Andre Fleury was insane in the goal on his 22nd birthday. Colby Armstrong scoring two goals in one game while he had not scored any during the first 20+ into the season was remarkable too. And how about that totally sick game-winning goal by Chris Thorburn? It was 100% Lemieux-esque: a shot from way behind the goal line ricochets off the goalie's skate and goes in. For a moment I thought it was Mario himself dressed up to look like #22. More importantly, we had "Auton Lab" acknowledged by voice and displayed on the jumbotron in front of 17,000 people in the arena! I do not know if the Pens would have won without us being there for them behind their goal in the third period. That puck stopped on the goal line would have surely gotten in if not for the massive collective blow of air from the depths of our lungs (accompanied with a tremendous yell "Noooo!!!") which stopped it right when and where neecessary. In a related faceoff that night: AutonLab Gallant Warriors 1 Fred's Bar Troglodites 0 (in terms of stray pucks retained) What is a chance to be hit by a stray puck if you're sitting safely behind a protective plexiglass and several feet of protective netting!? I guess one could try to set up a randomization test to figure out a p-value of such an event when it actually happens. Or just call it a destiny. Kudos to Mike and Daniel for fighting fiercely and keeping that puck in the Auton Lab's possession despite multiple attempts to take it away from them by the fellows sitting behind. Some pro hockey players could learn something about the puck protection from you gentlemen! Huge thanks go to Kristen for making all the arrangements! Artur From neill+ at cs.cmu.edu Wed Nov 29 11:31:05 2006 From: neill+ at cs.cmu.edu (Daniel B. Neill) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:31:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Research] summary of the yesterday's lab meeting In-Reply-To: <1164815457.5596.48.camel@localhost> Message-ID: I should also add to this that we learned a valuable lesson about covering one's head for protection from hockey pucks. It really works, and is less expensive than a visit to the hospital (hand wound = less morbidity and mortality than head wound). Perhaps there is a moral here about detecting and responding to rare but catastrophic events? :) Best, Daniel On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Artur Dubrawski wrote: > If you were there, you have seen it all. > Otherwise, you may want to hear the stories > as there are a few! > > NY Islanders 2 > Pittsburgh Penguins 3 > (in terms of goals scored) > > Marc-Andre Fleury was insane in the goal on his 22nd birthday. > Colby Armstrong scoring two goals in one game while he had not > scored any during the first 20+ into the season was remarkable too. > And how about that totally sick game-winning goal by Chris Thorburn? > It was 100% Lemieux-esque: a shot from way behind the goal line > ricochets off the goalie's skate and goes in. For a moment I thought > it was Mario himself dressed up to look like #22. More importantly, > we had "Auton Lab" acknowledged by voice and displayed on the jumbotron > in front of 17,000 people in the arena! I do not know if the Pens would > have won without us being there for them behind their goal in the > third period. That puck stopped on the goal line would have > surely gotten in if not for the massive collective blow of air > from the depths of our lungs (accompanied with a tremendous yell > "Noooo!!!") which stopped it right when and where neecessary. > > In a related faceoff that night: > > AutonLab Gallant Warriors 1 > Fred's Bar Troglodites 0 > (in terms of stray pucks retained) > > What is a chance to be hit by a stray puck if you're sitting safely > behind a protective plexiglass and several feet of protective netting!? > I guess one could try to set up a randomization test to figure out > a p-value of such an event when it actually happens. Or just call > it a destiny. Kudos to Mike and Daniel for fighting fiercely and > keeping that puck in the Auton Lab's possession despite multiple > attempts to take it away from them by the fellows sitting behind. > Some pro hockey players could learn something about the puck > protection from you gentlemen! > > Huge thanks go to Kristen for making all the arrangements! > > Artur > > _______________________________________________ > Research mailing list > Research at autonlab.org > https://www.autonlab.org/mailman/listinfo/research > > From jroure at cs.cmu.edu Wed Nov 29 16:05:04 2006 From: jroure at cs.cmu.edu (Josep Roure) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:05:04 -0500 Subject: [Research] summary of the yesterday's lab meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1164834304.2008.17.camel@localhost> Here it goes a graphical report of the meeting... Josep and Anna On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 11:31 -0500, Daniel B. Neill wrote: > I should also add to this that we learned a valuable lesson about covering > one's head for protection from hockey pucks. It really works, and is less > expensive than a visit to the hospital (hand wound = less morbidity and > mortality than head wound). Perhaps there is a moral here about detecting > and responding to rare but catastrophic events? :) > > Best, > Daniel > > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Artur Dubrawski wrote: > > > If you were there, you have seen it all. > > Otherwise, you may want to hear the stories > > as there are a few! > > > > NY Islanders 2 > > Pittsburgh Penguins 3 > > (in terms of goals scored) > > > > Marc-Andre Fleury was insane in the goal on his 22nd birthday. > > Colby Armstrong scoring two goals in one game while he had not > > scored any during the first 20+ into the season was remarkable too. > > And how about that totally sick game-winning goal by Chris Thorburn? > > It was 100% Lemieux-esque: a shot from way behind the goal line > > ricochets off the goalie's skate and goes in. For a moment I thought > > it was Mario himself dressed up to look like #22. More importantly, > > we had "Auton Lab" acknowledged by voice and displayed on the jumbotron > > in front of 17,000 people in the arena! I do not know if the Pens would > > have won without us being there for them behind their goal in the > > third period. That puck stopped on the goal line would have > > surely gotten in if not for the massive collective blow of air > > from the depths of our lungs (accompanied with a tremendous yell > > "Noooo!!!") which stopped it right when and where neecessary. > > > > In a related faceoff that night: > > > > AutonLab Gallant Warriors 1 > > Fred's Bar Troglodites 0 > > (in terms of stray pucks retained) > > > > What is a chance to be hit by a stray puck if you're sitting safely > > behind a protective plexiglass and several feet of protective netting!? > > I guess one could try to set up a randomization test to figure out > > a p-value of such an event when it actually happens. Or just call > > it a destiny. 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