Friday, February 28, 2020
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Check-In and Continental Breakfast | Union South
Varsity 3 |
| 8:25 am – 8:30 am | Department Overview
Welcome from our department chair, Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau. |
Union South
Varsity 3 |
| 8:30 am – 12:00 pm | Faculty Research Presentations
Research presentations from faculty in computer architecture, databases, graphics, human computer interaction, artificial intelligence, networks, numerical analysis, optimization, programming languages and software engineering, robotics, security, systems, and theory. |
Union South
Varsity 3 |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch – prospective students and faculty | Union South
Varsity 3 |
| 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Meetings with Professors
Student meeting schedules will be available Friday. Each student’s schedule will be determined by faculty availability. Meetings run concurrently with other afternoon activities. |
Professors’ Offices |
| 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm | TGIF
Enjoy some afternoon snacks and mingle with current grad students in between meetings with professors and area open houses. |
Computer Sciences
2310 |
| 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
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Meet the Research Groups/Lab Tours Research group open houses. Locations and specific times to be determined.
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Computer Sciences
Locations TBD |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Graduate Assistantship Info Session
Info on TA placement process and graduate assistantship opportunities. |
Computer Sciences
1240 |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Happy Hour with Faculty
Conversation, hors d’oeuvres and beverages |
University Club
803 State St. |
| 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Dinner with Faculty
Department Chair Remarks – Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau Guest Speaker – Michael Marty |
University Club
803 State St. |
Saturday, February 29, 2020
| SACM & WACM Activities | ||
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Women in Computer Science Breakfast
The female grad students in W-ACM welcome all visiting women prospectives to join us for breakfast on The Shelf (in the Computer Sciences building above the Orchard Street entrance). |
Computer Sciences
The Shelf |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Breakfast
If you are not attending the Women in Computer Science Breakfast, join us at CS 1240 for some bagels and cream cheese. Current grad students will be there to chat. |
Computer Sciences
1240 |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Q & A Session
A panel of current grad students will field questions from prospectives. A great opportunity to discover what life is like for CS grad students at UW-Madison. |
Computer Sciences
1240 |
| 11:45 am – 1:00 pm | Campus Tour
We will tour the campus and city of Madison on our way towards lunch. |
Depart from CS Lobby |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Lunch in Downtown Madison | Cooper’s Tavern
20 W Mifflin St. |
| 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Explore Madison
There’s a lot to see in Downtown Madison and along State Street, which connects the capitol to the UW Madison campus including hundreds of retail stores and restaurants. |
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| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Sett, Pizza and Board Games
We have reserved bowling lanes and pool tables. We’ll provide pizza, drinks and games. |
The Sett
Union South |