Emerging Scholars Program (ESP)Fall 2010

Workshops   Documents   People   Previous Semesters   Links

Date Problems CS Topics Materials Reports
Sep 17/Sep 21 Ice breakers; Sudoku Representing problems abstractly Plan for intro workshop, Some sudoku puzzles (small and large), p 3-6,
More puzzles & solutions
handout
Reports
Oct 5/8 (cancelled due to Grace Hopper) NIM; balancing coins Designing algorithms for problems Workshop 2
(drafts: NIM (from Rutgers),Coins)

handout
Reports
Oct 12/15 (encryption moved later) Discussion about computer translation; NACLO problems: monkeys, luvian, fish, amharic Computational Linguistics notes
slides
handout
(original materials: Monkey and children: problem, solution
Luvian: problem, solution
A Fish Story (same as monkey)
Amharic: problem, solution)
Reports
Oct 19/22 Face Recognition; Handwriting Recognition; Speech Recognition; mid-term survey Biometrics; Spoken Language Processing
slides
notes
handout
Remind students to fill out midterm survey (online)
Reports
Oct 26/Nov 5 (Classes cancelled for fall break) Facebook Graph Algorithms and Social Network Analysis notes
slides
handout
Reports
Nov 9/12 Usability
Human-Computer Interaction; UI Design; Info Viz
notes
slides
handout TODO TED links: siftables, 6th sense - projector interface; skinput
Reports
Nov 16/19 TSP, cliques, vertex cover NP Completeness notes
slides
handout
Reports
Nov 30/Dec 3 Real-world Social Problems (Digital Dilemmas)
(Note: possibly move this earlier)
Ethics of technology; policy-making decisions slides
(other possible cases, for future reference)
No workshop handout, ESP what's next handout.
Reports
Dec 7/10 Encoding; encryption Encoding; encryption

Encoding and compression problems and slides; Cryptographs

NOTE: Consider moving later in semester; see reports.

handout
Reports
Dec 17 ESP Reunion/networking + exit survey

Other materials:
In case you end early, try the logic problems at the end of these packets from Madison:
ages/handshakes, lion, llama, etc; word game (GUI)
Haven't tried this one yet: chocolate game1, game2
we don't like this one: desert island.

Documents

Application / recruiting materials

Handsout for the first day of class

Midterm and exit surveys

Articles / presentations

Media

People

Coordinators email list: esp-coordinators@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Faculty Advisor: Adam Cannon (cannon@cs.columbia.edu)
Grad Coordinators: Joshua Gordon (joshua@cs.columbia.edu), Arthi Ramachandran (arthir@cs.columbia.edu)



Tuesday, 4-5pm section
Monica Ramirez-Santana (mir2115@columbia.edu), Peer Leader
Sam Kohn (sjk2163@columbia.edu), Workshop Assistant

esp-section2@lists.cs.columbia.edu will reach the staff and students in section 2
Etan Zapinskyeez2107@columbia.edu
Darien Nursedon2102@columbia.edu
Joshua Tobinjpt2118@columbia.edu
Nora Wixomnjw2112@barnard.edu
Joseph B. Feiseljbf2135@columbia.edu
Crystal Wangcw2453@columbia.edu
Jemlynn Tatlongharijmt2160@columbia.edu
Max Hartmanmah2223@columbia.edu
Jimmy Nugentjfn2121@columbia.edu
Pravitra Chaikulngamdeepc2489@columbia.edu

  Friday, 2 - 2pm section
Elizabeth Kierstead (epk2104@columbia.edu), Peer Leader
Daniel Weinstein (djw2101@columbia.edu), Workshop Assistant

esp-section1@lists.cs.columbia.edu will reach the staff and students in section 1.
Xin (Cindy) Xuxx2135@columbia.edu
Lily Keanelak2142@barnard.edu
Madhavan Somanathanms3988@columbia.edu
Hana Goldstonehmg2132@columbia.edu
Tara Clunetec2114@columbia.edu
Lucas Kowalczykltk2112@columbia.edu
Audry Padgettap2820@columbia.edu
Nicole von Buelownvv2102@columbia.edu
Khalid Richardskmr2151@columbia.edu
Ananta Pandeyadp2134@barnard.edu

esp-alumni@lists.cs.columbia.edu reaches all previous ESP students and staff. At the end of each semester, move emails from esp-section1 and esp-section2 to esp-alumni. We only use this address once a semester for the pinkberry reunions (and hopefully for follow-up surveys as well). These lists are administered from here.

Previous Semesters

Spring 2008
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2010

Funding Details (for grad coordinators)

Elias takes care of reimbursements for food. Patricia handles the budget from the NCWIT seed fund. The TA Coordinator must be informed at the start of each semester who the leaders are so they can get paid. As of mid-Spring 2010, we have $5,080 left, minus costs from this semester will leave us about $3980 for Fall 2010.

Links to other PTLT materials:

Related links

  • NCWIT - National Center for Women & Information Technology, where we got our 2-year funding.
  • Google RISE awards - Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards, designed to fund, promote and support science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and computer science education.