ICS 90: New Student Seminar

Fall 2012

Instructors

David G. Kay (kay@uci.edu)
Rich Pattis (pattis@ics.uci.edu)

Course Goals and Plans

The three main goals of ICS 90 are to help new students make a successful
transition to UCI, to build a sense of community in ICS, and to introduce
new undergrads to the school, tsome of the faculty, the majors we offer,
and the work we do.

In a typical class session, a faculty member will speak for an hour about
his or her work and background and, either before or after, Rich and David
will address more general issues about college life, the field of computing,
and strategies for success.

Student Expectations

ICS 90 is a one-unit course graded P/NP (either Pass or Not Pass). We have
designed it not to require much attention outside of the class meetings, but
we do expect every student to attend every class (and if an emergency comes
up, send email to Rich Pattis soon as possible). It's in class where the learning
happens, so you should be present.

For issues that come up between class meetings, we have set up a forum at
piazza.com. Sign yourself up and then participate by posting questions or
supplying answers.

Tentative Schedule of Faculty Speakers

Date	Speaker	Topic
Th: 9/27	David and Rich	Overview of ICS-90: Rich's Talk, Kay's HS vs. College, Kay's College Advice,
Tu: 10/2	Wayne Hayes	Scientific and Numerical Computing
Th: 10/4	Paul Dourish	Social Computing
Tu: 10/9	Michael Franz	Compiler Research at UCI: Making Firefox faster and safer for everyone...
Th: 10/11	Alex Ihler	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Tu: 10/16	No Class
Th: 10/18	Walt Scacchi	Recent Advances in Computer Games and Virtual Worlds for Scientific and Technology R&D
Tu: 10/23	Andre Van der Hoek (Informatics Department Chair) Rich/David: 2:50-3:20	Design, Collaboration, and Education - Research of the SDCL Academic Integrity at UCI
Th: 10/25	Sandy Irani	Quantum Computing
Tu: 10/30	Stanislaw Jarecki	Cryptography
Th: 11/1	Bill Tomlinson Rich/David: 2:50-3:20	Collapse Informatics Balancing Your Life
Tu: 11/6	Nalini Venkatasubramanian	Pervasive Computing
Th: 11/8	Chen Li	Powerful Instant Search: psearch, ipubmed, srch2
Tu: 11/13	Aditi Majumder Rich/David: 2:50-3:20	Introduction to Computational Cameras and Displays Grades
Th: 11/15	Mike Carey	Database Systems : Vertical Slice of Computer Science
Tu: 11/20	Sharad Mehrotra	Security in Cloud Computing
Th: 11/22	No Class (Thanksgiving Holiday)
Tu: 11/27	Tony Givargis (Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Student Affairs Office)	Introduction to Embedded Systems
Th: 11/29	Deva Ramanan Rich/David: 2:50-3:20	Introduction to Computer Vision ICS Majors
Tu: 12/4	Gary/Judy Olson	Collaboration in Google Docs/Robotic Telemedicine
Th: 12/6	Question Answering/Discussion. Everyone is welcome... Required attendance for students who missed any class meeting. Optional attendance for students who have attended every class meeting.