Help us celebrate 12 years of HCI Institute progress by attending a one-day seminar with distinguished speakers from the HCI community followed by the 50th Anniversary of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon! You are welcome to join all events, including the Spring Carnival festivities! This is just before CHI, on Thursday, April 20, 2006, continuing with the SCS 50th Anniversary on Friday and Saturday. Attendance is FREE for the HCII 12th Anniversary, but you have to register. Full information at: http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/HCII_Anniversary/ Here is the tentative Schedule of Events April 20, 2006 Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Opening comments by Daniel P. Siewiorek Buhl University Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Computer Engineering, Director, Human-Computer Interaction Institute HCII's Da Vinci Effect: A video showcasing how the Human Computer Interaction Institute exemplifies Carnegie Mellon's culture of interdisciplinary collaboration. Stuart K. Card Senior Research Fellow and Manager, User Interface Research, Palo Alto Research Center Dan R. Olsen, Jr. Professor of Computer Science Brigham Young University "The Challenge of Knowing too Much" C. Suzanne Iacono Division Director (Acting), Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS), National Science Foundation Randy Pausch Professor, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science and Design, Co-founder, Entertainment Technology Center "Alice: Making it Fun to Learn Computer Programming" April 20, 2006 Thursday 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel Presentation - Future of the Field of HCI This panel of distinguished leaders of university departments and industrial research groups will discuss the important challenges for the future of HCI research and education. Brad Myers, Moderator Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University Ben Bederson Associate Professor of Computer Science, Director of Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Adjunct Chair of SIGCHI US Public Policy Committee Dan Boyarski Professor, Head of the School of Design Carnegie Mellon University Mary Czerwinski Senior Researcher and Manager VIBE (Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment) James A. Landay Laboratory Director, Intel Research Seattle Associate Professor, University of Washington Elizabeth Mynatt Director, GVU Center Associate Professor, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology Judith Olson Richard W. Pew Professor of Human Computer Interaction, with appointments in the School of Information, Ross School of Business, and the Psychology Department; Director of the Ph.D. programs at SI, and the Business Information Technology department at the Business School. 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. HCII and CS50 Luncheon (included) HCII Poster Session Newell-Simon Hall Atrium and Newell-Simon Hall 3305 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. HCII Demo Session and Tours Newell-Simon Hall 3305 and HCII research labs 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. CS 50 Years of Computer Science Innovation Randy Pausch, Professor, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science and Design, Co-founder, Entertainment Technology Center 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. CS50 Gala Reception, Robotics Engineering Center (requires separate SCS 50th registration and fee) April 21, Friday CS50: Half a Century of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon (requires separate SCS 50th registration and fee) --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------