Last week, I delivered the following presentation at the CMU Intelligence Seminar:   I had a great audience, including the department head! Of course that meant fielding tough questions, but that’s what makes it fun to present at my alma mater. Now that it’s been over a decade since my defense, I can handle the [...]

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                Tonight I’m taking a red-eye to Pittsburgh so that I can spend three days at my (doctoral) alma mater, CMU. In addition to spending time with lots of great students and faculty, my goal is to communicate a taste of the hard computer science problems we are [...]

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             I grew up in New York City. On September 11th, 2001, I was in Cambridge, Massachusetts, desperately trying to get through to my parents by all means of communication at my disposal. My dad worked at 40 Worth Street, only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. [...]

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As many of you know, I’m a proud alumnus of the CMU School of Computer Science (yes, I also attended the CMU of Massachusetts). I’m delighted to have the opportunity to spend a few days on campus this month, and I hope that I’ll have a chance to meet with lots of students and faculty while [...]

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