School of Information Sciences - Archived Events 2003


	September 2006

	Friday, September 15, 2006 9:30 am to 11:30 am SIS Council Meeting Large Commons Room, Fifth Floor, IS Building
	August 2006

	Friday, August 25, 2006 Various Times New Student Orientation Bellefield Hall and IS Building www.sis.pitt.edu Wednesday, August 9, 2006 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dissertation Defense Chatree Sangpachatanaruk, "AN OVERLAY ARCHITECTURE FOR PERSONALIZED OBJECT ACCESS AND SHARING IN A PEER-TO-PEER ENVIRONMENT" Room 522 IS Building Contact: Mary Stewart, 4-9402, mstewart@mail.sis.pitt.edu
	July 2006

	Friday, July 28, 2006, 5:30 p.m. SIS Recognition Ceremony William Pitt Union, Lower Lounge Contact: Molly Murphy, 412-624-2746, mmurphy@mail.sis.pitt.edu
	June 2006

	June 16-17, 2006 FastTrack students on-campus June 12, 2006 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Information Session 5th Floor Large Commons Room, IS Building www.sis.pitt.edu
	May 2006

	May 8, 2006 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Information Session 5th Floor Large Commons Room, IS Building May 9, 2006 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm ViPIS Journal Club Room 522, IS Building May 19, 2006 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Albert Jacob Meijer, Associate Professor, Utrecht School of Governance, The Netherlands "Technological, Organizational and Institutional Safeguards for Authentic Electronic Records" Room 501, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org/events.asp May 29, 2006 Memorial Day (University Closed)
	April 2006

	April 3 – 4, 2006 ALA COA on-site visit April 5, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon LIS Faculty Meeting Room 501 IS Building April 6, 2006 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Thomas Blanton, Director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University “Is Government Still Accountable?” Frick Fine Arts Building , Auditorium http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/policySeries.html April 7, 2006 11:00 – 12:00 noon Department of Information Science and Telecommunications Peter Gray Topic: To Be Announced Room 404, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ April 7, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar Sean V. Smith , Dartmouth College Topic: To Be Announced Room 404, SIS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ April 7, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon School-wide faculty meeting April 8, 2006 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. LIS Professional Development Day Room 501, IS Building http://www.sis.pitt.edu/people/alumni/SAS.html April 10, 2006 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Information Session 5th Floor Large Commons Room, IS Building www.sis.pitt.edu April 13, 2006-03-24 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Center for National Preparedness Seminar Dr. Joe Suyama, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine “The Evolving Discipline of Emergency Medicine” Fifth Floor Alumni Hall April 14, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar Wenliang [Kevin] Du, Syracuse University Topic: To Be Announced Room 404, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ April 14, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon IST faculty meeting April 20, 2006 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Michele Cloonan, Dean and Professor of the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information “The Paradox of Preservation” Frick Fine Arts Building , Auditorium http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/policySeries.html April 30, 2006 SIS Recognition Ceremony for Graduates 9:30 am Auditorium, Seventh Floor, Alumni Hall April 30, 2006 University’s Annual Commencement 1:00 pm Petersen Events Center
	March 2006

	March 1, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon LIS faculty meeting (Room 501 IS Building) March 1, 2006 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm Digital Libraries Colloquium Series Lowry Burgess, Professor of Art, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University “Muses in the Library” Rangos 3, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/DL.html March 3, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon School-wide faculty meeting March 5-March 12, 2006 Spring Recess for students (no classes) March 10, 2006 University Closed (Spring Holiday) March 13, 2006 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Information Session 5th Floor Large Commons Room, IS Building www.sis.pitt.edu March 16, 2006 Fall Registration Begins March 17, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar Peng Ning, Assistant Professor, Computer Science-Engineering, North Carolina State University “Attack-Resistant Location Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks” Room 404, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ March 17, 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon IST faculty meeting March 23, 2006 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Verne Harris, Project Manager, Centre of Memory, Nelson Mandela Foundation “Reaching for Hospitality: Politics and Ethics in Recordmaking” Frick Fine Arts Auditorium http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/policySeries.html March 24, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar Michel Cukier, Assistant Professor of Reliability Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland “An Experimental Analysis of Scans and Their Impact on Attacks” Room 404, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ March 24 – 26, 2006 FastTrack weekend March 31, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar Indrakshi Ray , Colorado State University Topic: To Be Announced Room 404, IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/
	February 2006

	February 17, 2006 11:00 am to 12:00 noon Department of Information Science and Telecommunications Colloquia Satis Iyengar “Models for Integrate-and-Fire Neurons” Room 404 IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ February 20, 2006 Summer Registration Begins February 22, 2006 12:00 noon Digital Libraries Colloquium Series Gloriana St. Clair, Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University “Progress Toward the Digital Future” Newell-Simon Hall 1305, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/DL.html February 23, 2006 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Laura Jensen, Professor, Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Public Ethics, Legal Accountability, and New Governance” Bigelow Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association http://www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/colloquia/policySeries.html February 24, 2006 University’s Honors Convocation February 24, 2006 11:00 am to 12:00 noon Department of Information Science and Telecommunications Colloquia Heung-No Lee Topic: To Be Announced Room 404 IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ February 24, 2006 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar You Tao Zhang Topic: To Be Announced Room 404 IS Building, University of Pittsburgh http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/
	January 2006

	January 3 , 2006 University re-opens, AFTERNOON will be SIS Orientation for new students January 4, 2006 Last day for new students to register without a late fee and Spring Term classes begin 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon LIS faculty meeting (Room 501 IS Building) January 6 , 2006 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon School-wide faculty meeting January 9, 2006 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Center for National Preparedness Seminar. Sam Stebbins discusses “Perspectives on the Avian Flu Pandemic and Public Health Preparedness” (Alumni Hall, 5th floor). Reception following more... January 13, 2006 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon IST faculty meeting January 16, 2006 University is Closed for Martin Luther King Day January 17, 2006 Add drop ends January 18, 2006 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. SIS Pizza Party (1stFloor Conference Room) January 19, 2006 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Meet the speaker welcome coffee (5th Floor Large Commons Room, IS Building) January 19, 2006 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Digital Library Colloquium Series. Hsinchun Chen discusses “Medical Informatics and Security Informatics in Digital Library” (Room 501, IS Building) more... January 19, 2006 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Ethics and Accountability Lecture Series. Alasdair Roberts discusses “Government Secrecy in the Information Age” (Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Bigelow Room) with refreshments following January 20, 2006 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Meet the speaker Coffee (Large Commons Area, 5th Floor IS Building) January 20, 2006 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon DIST Colloquium. David Tipper (Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications) will discuss “Two Recent Talks on Network Survivability* 1. Topological Design of 3G Wireless Backhaul Networks for Service Assurance 2. Spare Capacity Allocation in Multi-Layer Networks” (Room 404 IS Building) more... January 20, 2006 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Meet the LERSAIS speaker coffee (Room 404 IS Building) January 20, 2006 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. LERSAIS Seminar Speaker, Mohamed Eltoweissy (Virginia Tech), discusses “Enabling Secure Communications in Sensor Networks” (Room 404 IS Building) more... January 26, 2006 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Policy, Ethics and Accountability Lecture Series. Rick Prelinger discusses “Are the Archives Doomed?” (Frick Fine Arts Building) with refreshments following January 27, 2006 April 2006 Graduation Deadline (without a late fee)