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 27

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

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

Monday, July 28

8:30 Breakfast (hostel)
9:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
10:00 Registration and brief orientation
10:30 Opening Remarks + Introductions
11:00 Christina Giannoula (Lecture)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Panel Session 1: “Why do a Ph.D. in computer science?”
Chair: Lorenzo Alvisi (Cornell)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Poster session
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Tuesday, July 29

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Mia Cha (Lecture)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Alexandra Silva (1st Lecture)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Justin Hsu (1st Lecture)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Panel Session 2: “Research in industry vs. academia”
Chair: Antoine Kaufmann (MPI-SWS)
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Wednesday, July 30

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Alexandra Silva (2nd Lecture)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Justin Hsu (2nd Lecture)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez (1st Lecture)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Panel Session 3: “How to apply to CS Ph.D. programs?” Chair: Peter Druschel (MPI-SWS)
17:30 Group photo outside MPI-SWS building
17:45 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Thursday, July 31

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez (2nd Lecture)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Derek Dreyer: How to write papers and give talks that people can follow
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Excursion
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Friday, August 1

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:30 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Bahar Asgari (1st lecture)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Abhinav Shrivastava (1st Lecture)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Rediet Abebe (Lecture)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Group Mentoring Session
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Saturday, August 2

9:00 Breakfast (hostel)
10:00 Bus to MPI-SWS
11:00 Bahar Asgari (2nd lecture)
12:30 Lunch (at institute)
14:00 Abhinav Shrivastava (2nd Lecture)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Krishna Gummadi (Lecture)
17:15 Closing remarks
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Sunday, August 3

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

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