CS Colloquium for Brian M. Dennis 4/17/03

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University of Colorado at Boulder

Department of Computer Science

ECOT 717 Engineering Center

Campus Box 430

Boulder, Colorado 80309-0430

(303) 492-7514, FAX (303) 492-2844



CS COLLOQUIUM



Building an Ubiquitous, Adaptive Newspaper

Brian M. Dennis

Northwestern University



Thursday, 17 April 2003

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Engineering Center Classroom 265



Refreshments will be served afterwards in ECOT 832



Current trends in wireless connectivity, handheld computing, and =
computational power put "keeping informed" in a new light. Imagine the =
entire editorial staff of The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal =
devoted specifically to you. Further, imagine tapping that staff any =
time, any place, for a custom edition adapted to temporal context, =
physical context, and social context. Two principal challenges will be =
addressed by this talk: giving a computational system editorial judgment =
and sensing social context.=20

To address the first problem an evolutionary framework is used to =
explore the vast space of potential editions will be presented. Physical =
and social context guides survival in a competition to generate the most =
fit custom "newspaper" for an individual. Regarding the second issue, =
capturing social context can be difficult in an open environment. This =
talk will also focus on a Web friendly infrastructure that makes =
newsreading communities visible to computation. The infrastructure, =
focusing on reading behavior, is straightforward to use, low cost to =
join, and supports mechanisms for maintaining security and privacy. =
Working prototype implementations of these ideas will be presented as =
well.=20

Brian M. Dennis is jointly appointed at Northwestern University as an =
Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of the McCormick =
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the New Media Program of =
the Medill School of Journalism. As a graduate student in Computer =
Science at UC Berkeley he caught the newsroom bug working on a =
journalism minor and has been interested in the intersection of media =
and technology ever since.=20

Host:  Clarence (Skip) Ellis

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http://www.cs.colorado.edu/department/events/colloquia/colloquia.html

=20

Sign Language Interpreters Available Upon Request.  Please contact Ruth =
Covington, Department of=20

Computer Science, Engineering  ECOT 717, 303-492-7514, at least five =
days prior to the colloquium.


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size=3D3>Current trends in wireless connectivity, handheld computing, =
and=20
computational power put "keeping informed" in a new light. Imagine the =
entire=20
editorial staff of The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal devoted =

specifically to you. Further, imagine tapping that staff any time, any =
place,=20
for a custom edition adapted to temporal context, physical context, and =
social=20
context. Two principal challenges will be addressed by this talk: giving =
a=20
computational system editorial judgment and sensing social context.=20
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size=3D3>To address the first problem an evolutionary framework is used =
to explore=20
the vast space of potential editions will be presented. Physical and =
social=20
context guides survival in a competition to generate the most fit custom =

"newspaper" for an individual. Regarding the second issue, capturing =
social=20
context can be difficult in an open environment. This talk will also =
focus on a=20
Web friendly infrastructure that makes newsreading communities visible =
to=20
computation. The infrastructure, focusing on reading behavior, is=20
straightforward to use, low cost to join, and supports mechanisms for=20
maintaining security and privacy. Working prototype implementations of =
these=20
ideas will be presented as well. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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M. Dennis is jointly appointed at </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix =3D st1 =
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as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of the =
McCormick=20
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the New Media Program of =
the=20
Medill School of Journalism. As a graduate student in Computer Science =
at UC=20
Berkeley he caught the newsroom bug working on a journalism minor and =
has been=20
interested in the intersection of media and technology ever since.=20
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Covington, Department of </FONT></P>
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