Calendar - October 2007

Paul Strassmann 2007-2008 Public Lecture Series (PDF)
Monday, October 1, 2007
Bull Run Hall, Room 130, George Mason University Manassas Campus
Reception 6:30PM; Lecture 7:30PM
The Economics of “Thin Clients”

The objective of this lecture is to describe the current implementation of “thin client” configuration by a number of vendors, to demonstrate the economic advantages of centrally managed computing and to explain how “thin computing” offers safeguards against security compromises. Read more (PDF)...

Career Fair Breakfast for IT&E Students & IT Companies
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
9:00am - 10:30am
Location TBD

Toward Lower Bounds on Embedding Distortion in Information Hiding
Thursday, October 4, 2007
12:00pm
Science & Technology II Bldg, Room 430A
Presenter - Younhee Kim

2007 - 2008 Department of Statistics Seminar Series
The Interface Among Statistics, IT, and the Life Sciences
Friday, October 5, 2007
1:00pm - 2:00pm
JC, 3rd floor, Meeting Room A
Speaker: Andrew Zhou, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington

Seventh Annual Statistics Department Picnic
Saturday, October 6, 2007
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The Ponds Community Center
9837 Burke Pond Lane
Burke, VA
Contact: Liz Quigley

Static and Motion Based Approaches to Biometric Gait Recognition
Thursday, October 11, 2007
12:00pm
Science & Technology II Bldg, Room 430A
Presenter - Ed Lawson, PhD student, Computer Science

Limiting Imperviousness to Maintain Ecological Quality: Are Threshold-Based Policies a Good Idea?
Thursday, October 11, 2007
12:00 - 1:00pm
Student Union Building II, Room 3

Sustainable Infrastructure: The Case of Water and Wastewater Security
Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:20 -10:00pm
Enterprise Hall, room 278

The Volgenau School Fall Faculty Meeting
Friday, October 12, 2007
2:00 to 3:30pm
Science and Technology 2, Room 7
Reception to follow in Science and Technology 2, Room 100

2007 - 2008 Department of Statistics Seminar Series
The Interface Among Statistics, IT, and the Life Sciences
Friday, October 12, 2007
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Research Building 1, Room 301
Speaker: Lynn Gerber, George Mason University

Fast Track and Accelerated Master’s Information Session for current Mason Undergraduate students
October 17, 2007

Battle Management: Interoperability for C2, Simulation & Geospatial Services
Tuesday, October 16 - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Presenters - ESRI, ERDC/TEC, C4I Center, JFCOM, NGIT, Systematic, Mitre, MAK
Announcement - http://c4i.gmu.edu/events/pdfs/BMI_p1.pdf
Registration - (registration required, no fee to attend)
http://events2.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=10900

Multi-Robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Thursday, October 18, 2007
12:00pm
Science & Technology II Bldg, Room 430A
Presenter - Keith Sullivan, PhD student, Computer Science

Emergency Management for Wastewater
Thursday, October 18, 2007
7:20 -10:00pm
Enterprise Hall, room 278
Ms. Laurel Shultzaberger

The Evolution and Future of the Profession of Systems Engineering and Management
Friday, October 19, 2007
2:00pm
Science & Technology II Bldg, Room 320
Presenter - Dr. Andrew Sage, University Professor, First American Bank Professor, Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research

E-learning in Civil Engineering
Future of Civil Engineering Education: Various Perspectives
Friday, October 19, 2007
11:00 a.m.
Location: Robinson A246
Speakers: “European Practice,” Martin Ebner, Ph.D., IT Center for Teaching Technologies and Civil Engineering Department, Graz Technical University, Austria; “US Practice,” Sivand Lakmazaheri, Ph.D., President, Educative Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA

2007 - 2008 Department of Statistics Seminar Series
The Interface Among Statistics, IT, and the Life Sciences
Friday, October 19, 2007
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Research Building 1, Room 301
Speaker: Chengqing Wu, National Insitute of Health

Prospective Graduate Student Information Session
Date: Saturday, October 20, 2007
Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Location: Science and Tech 2, Room 7
RSVP: http://ite.gmu.edu/graduateresearch/responseform/

GRAND Seminar: Flexible Metrics in Machine Learning
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Noon
STII Room 430A
Carlotta Domeniconi, Assistant Professor
Information and Software Engineering Department
George Mason University