Events
2007-2008 Distinguished Lecture Series
Seminars and events are an important part of any academic institution. They are both a way for researchers to promote their research, and a way for researchers to keep abreast of recent developments. They also play an important role in establishing the level of intellectual activity at an organization: research is more likely to be productive in an active environment with significant interaction between researchers.
Many of the seminars in the table are given by speakers from other universities and research institutions. Numerous speakers are part of research reading groups, people presenting papers that are of interest to a particular group, such as the theory group or the machine learning group. A third kind of seminar is the "show and tell" seminars. Each faculty member at TTI-C is expected to present about two show and tell seminars a year. These are advertised outside of TTI-C (unlike reading group seminars) and are intended to be for a broad audience in computer science. The show and tell seminars are used by faculty to present some aspect of their own current research. In the spring quarter there is also a large number of recruiting seminars, talks by candidates for faculty positions at TTI-C. During the academic year TTI-C averages at least two seminars a week.