W&M Computer Science Symposium for Graduate Studies

November 4, 2023 -- Williamsburg, Virginia

The symposium will be livestreamed on YouTube starting at 9:15 AM EDT: https://tinyurl.com/wmcsymp23

About the Symposium

The Computer Science Department at William & Mary (W&M) is hosting its second Graduate Studies Symposium! The symposium will consist of faculty and graduate student panels, research talks, poster session, social events, and more!

Learn everything you wanted to know about getting a CS PhD or MS degree at W&M:

Funded PhD and MS/PhD degrees
Cutting edge CS Research
Job Opportunities after an MS or PhD in CS
Life as a Graduate student at W&M
MS pathways for non-CS Majors

Travel Grants

We are offering partial travel grants to help students attend the symposium. If you would like to apply for a travel grant to attend, please register for the symposium, and indicate (on the registration form) your intent to apply for the travel grant, by the deadline below.

Important Dates

~~5th October 2023~~ November 3rd, 5PM EST: Deadline to request a student travel grant

Symposium Program

Saturday, November 4, 2023 (all times are EST)

Breakfast, Check-in, and Meet & Greet

8:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Location: ISC 1111

Welcome from Provost

Peggy Agouris, Provost

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Location: ISC 1221

Brief Remarks

Christopher Carone, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM
Location: ISC 1221

Welcome from CS Chair

Evgenia Smirni, CS Department Chair

9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Location: ISC 1221

Overview of the CS Graduate Program

Denys Poshyvanyk, CS Graduate Program Director

10:05 AM - 10:40 AM
Location: ISC 1221

Break

10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Location: ISC 1111 and Hallway

Lightning Research Talks I

CS Faculty

10:55 AM - 11:35 AM
Location: ISC 1221

Break

11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Location: ISC 1111 and Hallway

Lightning Research Talks II

CS Faculty

11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: ISC 1221

Lunch and Networking

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Location: ISC Hallway and Atrium

Faculty Panel

Pradeep Kumar (Moderator), Janice Zhang, Andreas Stathopoulos, Huajie Shao, and Adwait Nadkarni

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Location: ISC 1221

Student/Alumni Panel

Collin MacDonald (Moderator), Trevor Stalnaker, Amit Seal Ami, Ying Li, Amanda Watson, and Carlos Bernal

02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
Location: ISC 1221

Break

03:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Location: ISC 1111 and Hallway

Posters, Awards, and Reception

CS Grad Students

03:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Location: ISC Hallway and Attrium

Organization

General Chair

Oscar Chaparro (oscarch@wm.edu)

Sponsorship Chairs

Evgenia Smirni (esmirni@cs.wm.edu)

Jacqulyn Johnson (jrjoh3@wm.edu)

Registration Chair

Vanessa Godwin (vrlync@wm.edu)

Program Chairs

Pradeep Kumar (pkumar@wm.edu)

Yifan Sun (ysun25@wm.edu)

Local Arrangements

Dale Hayes (dhhayes@wm.edu)

Huajie Shao (hshao@wm.edu)

Stephen Herwig (smherwig@wm.edu)

Hybrid/Virtual Chairs

James Deverick (jwdeve@cs.wm.edu)

Joe Hause (jchause@wm.edu)

Student Volunteers Chairs

Sidi Lu (sidi@wm.edu)

Ashley Gao (ygao18@wm.edu)

Publicity Chair

Vanessa Godwin (vrlync@wm.edu)

Adwait Nadkarni (apnadkarni@wm.edu)

Web Chair

Antu Saha (asaha02@wm.edu)

Venue

The W&M CS Symposium will take place at the College of William & Mary, in the Integrated Sciences Center (ISC) - (Auditorium ISC 1221)

Address: 540 Landrum Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185

On Saturday, guests can park for free anywhere on campus, except for "Reserved" spots.

However, there will be reserved parking spots for the symposium at the parking lot located at the corner Landrum Dr and Ukrop Way. See this google maps link for the exact location of the lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/b7hfJWJuA2tHYcyB7