Program

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
  • 18:30 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: Florian Suri-Payer (Cornell), Ahana Gosh (MPI-SWS), Danupon Nanongkai (MPI-INF), Milijana Surbatovich (UMD), Annie Dai (UMD)
    Chair: Lorenzo Alvisi (Cornell)
  • 18:00 End of day
  • 18:30 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: Peter Schwabe (MPI-SP), Alan Lui (UMD), Adish Singla (MPI-SWS), David Mimno (Cornell)
    Chair: Yiting Xia (MPI-INF)
  • 18:00 End of day
  • 18:30 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 to CS Ph.D. programs”
    Confirmed panelists: Giulia Guidi (Cornell), Yizheng Chen (UMD), Milijana Surbatovich (UMD), Adish Singla (MPI-SWS), David Mimno (Cornell); Chair: Peter Druschel (MPI-SWS)
  • 11:45 Lunch (mensa)
  • 13:30 Peter Schwabe, MPI-SP (2nd Lecture)
  • 14:45 Excursion to Völklinger Hütte Ironworks (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage  Site)
  • 18:30 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 David Mimno, Cornell (2nd Lecture)
  • 11:45 Lunch (mensa)
  • 13:30 Yizheng Chen, UMD (Guest Lecture)
  • 14:45 Break
  • 15:00 Ming Lin, UMD (1st Lecture)
  • 16:15 Break with refreshments
  • 16:30 Group-Mentoring Session
  • 18:00 End of day
  • 18:30 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
  • 18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Sunday, August 4

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