July 1, 2013 - July 5, 2013

PhD Summer School 2013

Location: Cambridge, UK

Monday, 1 July

Time Session
15:00
Arrival at Selwyn College
16:00
Welcome and Registration Selwyn College
18:00
Free Time

Tuesday, 2 July

Time Session Speaker
08:30
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research
09:00
Welcome to Microsoft Research Cambridge
Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research
09:30
Welcome to PhD Summer School
Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche, Microsoft Research
10:00
Break
11:00
Strategic Thinking for Researchers
Andy Gordon, Microsoft Research
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
Research Parallel Sessions
Proving That Programs Eventually Do Something Good
Byron Cook, Microsoft Research
Human Computing and Crowdsourcing in Search Evaluation
Gabriella Kazai, Microsoft Research
15:00
Break
15:30
Research Parallel Sessions
Transformations in HCI: from Human Factors to Human Values
Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research
Programming Proofs and Proving Programs Nick Benton, Microsoft Research
16:30
Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Red Lodge Karting
17:00
Go-Karting at Red Lodge Karting and BBQ
21:30
Coach Transfer: Red Lodge Karting to Selwyn College

Wednesday, 3 July

Time Session Speaker
08:15
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research
09:30
 Research Parallel Session
The Data Center Hardware is Changing, but do the Applications Care? Ant Rowstron, Microsoft Research
 Modelling All Life on Earth. Yes, Really!
Drew Purves, Microsoft Research
10:30
Break
 11:00
 Research Parallel Session
 Predictable Data Centers
Hitesh Ballani, Microsoft Research
Software for Programming Cells Andrew Phillips, Microsoft Research
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
3D Vision in a Changing World Andrew Fitzgibbon, Microsoft Research
15:00
Break
15:30
Cloud Computing-Big Data and Beyond
Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research
16:15
 Research Parallel Session
 Windows Azure Tutorial
.NET Gadgeteer
17:30
Coach transfer: Microsoft Research to Selwyn College
18:00
.NET Gadgeteer Hackathon

Thursday, 4 July

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research
09:30
Rough Guide to Being an Entrepreneur
 Jack Lang
10:30
Break
11:00
How to Write a Great Research Paper
Simon Peyton Jones,
Microsoft Research
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
How to Give a Great Research Talk

Simon Peyton Jones,
Microsoft Research

15:00
Machine Learning: the Future of Computing?
Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research
16:00
DemoFest (including tea and coffee)
17:30
Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Jesus College
18:00
Drinks and Group Photo
19:30
Formal Dinner at Jesus College
22:00
Coach Transfer: Jesus College to Selwyn College

Friday, 5 July

Time Session Speaker
09:00
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research
09:30
Intellectual Property at Microsoft

Pablo Tapia,
Microsoft Research

10:30
Break
11:00
How to Present a Poster at an International Conference
Sue Duraikan, Duraikan Training
 12:00
 Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Lunch Venue
 12:30
 Lunch
14:30
Coach Transfer: Lunch Venue to Selwyn College