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View all Seminars | Download ICal for this eventThe Story of Arjun Guha, or: the Arc of a Research Project
Series: Department Seminar
Speaker: Shriram KrishnamurthiVice President for Programming LanguagesBrown UniversityProvidence, RI, USA
Date/Time: Aug 21 17:30:00
Location: Online on Zoom: https://brown.zoom.us/j/94769764745 Meeting ID: 947 6976 4745 at 5:30pm IST
Faculty Advisor:
Abstract:
There are many ways to do research successfully, so you should take
all advice with a pinch of salt. That said, I will try to describe
some of the attributes that have worked well for my students and
me. To make it concrete, I will use my former student, Arjun Guha, as
a case study. I will strip away most of the technical detail while
trying to retain the essential ideas, so people from any area of
computer science will be able to follow almost all of it. Questions
are welcome at any time. The talk will be followed by plenty of time
for Q&A.
Speaker Bio:
Shriram is the Vice President for Programming Languages at Brown
University in Providence, RI, USA. He is not, really, but thats what
it says on his business card. At heart, he is a person of ill-repute: a
Schemer, Racketeer, and Pyreteer. He believes tropical fruit are
superior to all other kinds. He is terrified of success, because he
may be forced to buy a suit. He is known to interrogate his audiences
to ensure they are paying attention. So, be alert. You can read email
later.
On a more serious note: Shriram Krishnamurthi is a Professor in the
Computer Science at Brown University. Shrirams research has cut
across multiple disciplines ranging from Security, Networking, Formal
Methods, and HCI, but always rooted firmly in programming language
theory. Shriram has also made significant contributions to Computer
Science education and outreach. Shriram is a recipient of SIGPLANs
Robin Milner Young Researcher Award (2012), SIGSOFTs Influential
Educator Award (2018), SIGPLANs Software Award (jointly in 2018), and
Brown Universitys Wriston Fellowship.
COMMUNICATIONS
https://brown.zoom.us/j/94769764745
Meeting ID: 947 6976 4745
A few Zoom protocol recommendations:
You are welcome to share video; the more people that do, the more it
feels like we have a group of people rather than a sterile set of
boxes. On the other hand, you are welcome to not share video for
whatever reason (privacy, poor connection, etc.), which you dont have
to explain or justify.
Questions are WELCOME! However, I want to make sure everyone gets a
fair chance to ask them. Therefore, to ask questions, please use the
Raise Hand feature, and I will call on you.
Please keep yourself muted, especially if you are in a noisy
environment, unless you are asking a question. If you cant use audio,
you are welcome to type questions.
I will NOT be looking at the chat. Therefore, if you ask questions
unbidden in chat, I wont see them. Please only type questions into
chat once you ave been called on to ask (at which point I will look to
see if there is one in chat). You can always type your questions
offline and keep them handy to paste into chat.
Host Faculty: Prof. Deepak DSouza