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.

Sunday, August 2

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

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

Monday, August 3

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:15 Bus to MPI-SWS
8:40 Opening Remarks
9:00 Rupak Majumdar (Lecture 1)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Jon Kleinberg (Lecture 1)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Panel Session 1: “Why do a Ph.D. in computer science?”
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Poster session
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Tuesday, August 4

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:15 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 David Van Horn (Lecture 1)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Jon Kleinberg (Lecture 2)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Abhilasha Ravichander (Lecture 1)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Panel Session 2: “Research in industry vs. academia”
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Wednesday, August 5

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:15 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 David Van Horn (Lecture 2)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Jon Kleinberg (Lecture 3)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Abhilasha Ravichander (Lecture 2)
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Panel Session 3: “How to apply to CS Ph.D. programs?”
17:30 Group photo outside MPI-SWS building
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Thursday, August 6

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:15 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Ramani Duraiswami (Lecture 1)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Lillian Lee (Lecture 1)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Excursion
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Friday, August 7

7:30 Breakfast (hostel)
8:15 Bus to MPI-SWS
9:00 Ramani Duraiswami (Lecture 2)
10:30 Break with refreshments
11:00 Wei-Chiu Ma (Lecture 1)
12:30 Lunch (mensa)
14:00 Group-Mentoring Session
15:30 Break with refreshments
16:00 Derek Dreyer: How to write papers and give talks that people can follow
17:30 Closing remarks
17:45 End of day
18:30 Dinner (hostel)

Saturday, August 8

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

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