June 27, 2011 - July 1, 2011

PhD Summer School 2011

Location: Cambridge UK

Monday, 27 June 2011

Time Session
15:00
Students staying at Jesus College (opens in new tab)and Westcott House get the keys to their rooms
16:00
Welcome and tea
16:30
Bus transportation from Jesus College to the go-karting venue
17:00
Go-karting* and dinner (casual clothing; we recommend wearing old shoes)
22:00
Bus transportation back to Jesus College

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30
Registration
10:15
Overview of Microsoft Research and the Summer School

Ken Wood
(Microsoft Research)

11:00
How to write a great research paper
Simon Peyton-Jones (opens in new tab)(Microsoft Research)
12:00
Lunch and poster session 1 [see posters guidelines]
14:00
How to give a great research talk
Simon Peyton-Jones (opens in new tab)(Microsoft Research)
 15:00
Break
15:15
Parallel Session
InnerEye: automatic visual recognition in the hospital 
Antonio Criminisi (opens in new tab)
(Microsoft Research)
Cores, cores, everywhere 
Tim Harris
(Microsoft Research)
16:15
Break
16:45
Parallel Session
Social Computing – Where the Human Intelligence and Computing Technologies Meet
Natasa Milic-Frayling (Microsoft Research)
Proving that programs eventually do something good
Byron Cook
(Microsoft Research)
17:45
Bus transportation to Jesus College
18:30
Drinks, more drinks, and group photo
19:30
Dinner at Jesus College

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research and Sign In of All Attendees
09:30
Making the most of your PhD; now and in your career
Tennie Videler (Vitae (opens in new tab))
10:30
Break
11:00
The work of Microsoft Research Connections in the region
Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche (opens in new tab) (Microsoft Research)
12:00
Lunch and poster session 2 [see posters guidelines]
14:00
Computer science as applied philosophy
Tony Hoare
(Microsoft Research)
15:00
Break
15:15
Parallel session
Can we use computer programmes to treat cancer?
Joaquin Quiñonero Candela (Microsoft Research)
Halo, Kinect, Bing: The Magic of Research in Microsoft Products
16:15
Break
16:45
Parallel session
Computational Ecology: Enabling intelligent management of the environment
Drew Purves
(Microsoft Research)
Local cues and global constraints in image understanding
Olga Barinova
(Moscow State University)
17:45
Bus transportation to Jesus College

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Bus to Microsoft Research
 09:30
Blue skies to ground truth: Machine learning for Kinect human motion capture
Andrew Fitzgibbon (opens in new tab)
(Microsoft Research)
10:30
Break
11:00
Gadgeteer Nicolas Villar (opens in new tab)
(Microsoft Research)
12:00 Lunch and posters session 3 [see posters guidelines]
14:00
Rough guide to being an entrepreneur Jack Lang (University of Cambridge)
15:00
Break
15:15
F# today, F# tomorrow – data-rich programming meets functional programming super-drug Don Syme (opens in new tab)
(Microsoft Research)
16:15
Break
16:45
Cloud computing for research
Kenji Takeda (opens in new tab)
(Microsoft Research)
17:45
Bus transportation to punting location
18:00
Punting on the river Cam
19:30

Friday, 1 July 2011

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Bus to Microsoft Research
09:30
Introduction to intellectual property
Carole Boelitz (Microsoft)
10:30
Break
11:00
How to Present a Poster at an International Conference

Sue Duraikan
(Duraikan Training)

12:00
BBQ
 13:30
End and bus transportation to Jesus College