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2016年7月4日 - 2016年7月8日

PhD Summer School 2016

地点: Cambridge, UK

Monday, 4 July

Time Session Speaker Location
16:00
Arrival and check in at Selwyn College
16:00
Registration and High Tea at Selwyn College
18:00
Free Time

Tuesday, 5 July

Time Session Speaker Location
08:30
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research and Sign In of All Attendees
09:15
Welcome to Microsoft Research Cambridge
Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
09:30
How to Give a Great Research Talk
Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
10:30
Morning Break
11:00
The Evolution of Innovation
Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital Partners
Main Auditorium
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
Research Parallel Sessions
Innovation, Invention & Design Thinking
Haiyan Zhang, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
Improving Reliability of Compilers
Nuno Lopes, Microsoft Research
Flexible Meeting Room
15:00
Afternoon Break
15:30
Research Parallel Sessions
No Compromises: Distributed Transactions with Consistency, Availability, and Performance
Aleksandar Dragojevic, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
When Distortion is Good and Fidelity is Bad: Lessons from Video-mediated Communication Research in the Wild
Sean Rintel, Microsoft Research
Flexible Meeting Room
16:30
Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to WildTracks, Go Karting
17:15
Go-Karting at WildTracks Karting and BBQ
21:30
Coach Transfer: WildTracks to Selwyn College

Wednesday, 6 July

Time Session Speaker Location
08:15
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research and Sign In of All Attendees
09:00
Delivering a Fabulous Research Talk; How to Tell More Stories, Use Less PowerPoint and Get to the Point When Presenting
Dave Yewman, Elevator Speech Inc.
Main Auditorium
10:30
Morning Break
11:00
Delivering a Fabulous Research Talk; How to Tell More Stories, Use Less PowerPoint and Get to the Point When Presenting
Dave Yewman, Elevator Speech Inc.
Main Auditorium
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
Ultra Sound Innovations
Alison Noble, University of Oxford
Main Auditorium
15:00
Afternoon Break
15:30
The Road to General Artificial Intelligence
Christopher Bishop, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
16:30
Accelerate Your Research with Microsoft Azure
Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
17:30
Coach transfer: Microsoft Research to Selwyn College (for those not participating in Evening Activity)
17:30-19:30
Code Hunt Contest (optional attendance)   Note: there will be no transportation available to Selwyn College at the end of this Evening Activity
Led by Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research Main Auditorium

Thursday, 7 July

Time Session Speaker Location
08:45
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research and Sign In of All Attendees
09:30
Research Parallel Sessions
Project Malmo – a Platform for Fundamental AI Research
Katja Hofmann, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
Towards Trusted Cloud
Olya Ohrimenko, Microsoft Research
Flexible Meeting Room
10:30
Morning Break
11:00
Research Parallel Sessions
Proving Programs Correct
Nick Benton, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
Reprogramming Cells: How can we edit Biological Programs
Sara-Jane Dunn, Microsoft Research
Flexible Meeting Room
12:00
Lunch/Poster Session
14:00
Strategic Thinking for Researchers
Andy Gordon, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
15:00
The Future of Interaction in Augmented and Virtual Reality
Jamie Shotton, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
16:00
DemoFest (including Afternoon Break)
17:45
Walk to Downing College for Evening Dinner
18:15
Drinks and Group Photo
19:30
Formal Dinner at Downing College
22:00
Coach Transfer: Downing College to Selwyn College

Friday, 8 July

Time Session Speaker Location
08:45
Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research and Sign In of All Attendees
09:30
How to Present a Poster at an International Conference
Sue Duraikan, Duraikan Training
Main Auditorium
10:30
Morning Break
11:00
How to Write a Great Research Paper
Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research
Main Auditorium
12:00
PhD Summer School Closes | Grab-and-Go Lunch