Attendance is by invitation only. All student attendees stay at the Saarbrücken youth hostel:

Europa-Jugendherberge
Meerwiesertalweg 31
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 33040

The schedule for the school is shown below. All lectures, panels, and the poster session will take place at:

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
Campus E1.5
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 9303 9100

Travel between the hostel and MPI-SWS is by public buses (bus ticket is provided as part of the registration package). To get to MPI-SWS, walk to the bus stop “Prinzenweiher/DJH” in front of the hostel. Take line 124 in the direction of “Universität Busterminal” or line 101 in the direction of “Dudweiler Dudoplatz”, and get off at “Universität Mensa” (6 stops, 10 minutes). MPI-SWS is in the tall, dark gray building next to the gate.

The schedule is subject to change

Sunday, July 28

Arrival day. Check-in time at the hostel is 2pm-10pm.

18:30 Registration (hostel)
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Monday, July 29

8:00 Breakfast (hostel)
9:00 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:30 Registration and brief orientation
10:15 Opening Remarks
10:30 Danupon Nanongkai, MPI-INF (1st lecture)
11:45 Lunch (mensa)
13:30 Adish Singla, MPI-SWS (1st Lecture)
14:45 Break
15:00 Rachee Singh, Cornell (1st Lecture)
16:15 Break with refreshments
16:30 Poster session
18:00 End of day
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Tuesday, July 30

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Milijana Surbatovich, UMD (1st Lecture)
10:15 Break
10:30 Danupon Nanongkai, MPI-INF (2nd Lecture)
11:45 Lunch (mensa)
13:30 Adish Singla, MPI-SWS (2nd Lecture)
14:45 Break
15:00 Rachee Singh, Cornell (2nd Lecture)
16:15 Break with refreshments
16:30 Panel Session 1: “Why do a Ph.D. in computer science?”
Confirmed panelists: TBD
Chairs: TBD
18:00 End of day
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Wednesday, July 31

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Milijana Surbatovich, UMD (2nd Lecture)
10:15 Break
10:30 Giulia Guidi, Cornell (1st Lecture)
11:45 Lunch (mensa)
13:30 Peter Schwabe, MPI-SP (1st Lecture)
14:45 Break
15:00 David Mimno, Cornell (1st Lecture)
16:15 Break with refreshments
16:30 Panel Session 2: “Research in industry vs. academia”
Confirmed panelists: TBD
Chairs: TBD
18:00 End of day
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Thursday, August 1

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Giulia Guidi, Cornell (2nd Lecture)
10:15 Break
10:30 Panel Session 3: “How to apply?”
Confirmed panelists: TBD; Chair: TBD
11:45 Lunch (mensa)
13:30 Peter Schwabe, MPI-SP (2nd Lecture)
14:45 Excursion to TBD
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Friday, August 2

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Alan Liu, UMD (1st Lecture)
10:15 Break
10:30 Ming Lin, UMD (1st Lecture)
11:45 Lunch (mensa)
13:30 Guest Lecture (TBD)
14:45 Break
15:00 David Mimno, Cornell (2nd Lecture)
16:15 Break with refreshments
16:30 Group-Mentoring Session
18:00 End of day
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Saturday, August 3

9:00 Breakfast (hostel)
10:00 Bus to MPI-SWS
10:30 Alan Liu, UMD (2nd Lecture)
11:45 Lunch (at institute)
13:30 Ming Lin, UMD (2nd Lecture)
14:45 Break
15:00 Derek Dreyer: How to write papers and give talks that people can follow
16:15 Closing remarks
16:30 End of day
19:00 Dinner (hostel)

Sunday, August 4

Departure day. Breakfast is provided at 8:00am. Check-out time at the hostel is 9:30am.

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