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Ahmed Helmy
Associate Professor
Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Department
Founder and Director: Mobile Networking Laboratory (NOMADS group)
College of Engineering, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
email: helmy at ufl.edu

Colloquia and Seminar Series Fall 2010

The requirements for passing the seminar credit course include attendance of seven (7) approved seminars [with submission of the attendance sheet], at most two of which can be Ph.D. defenses. Following is the approved list of planned seminars so far:

  1. - Dr. Yorick Wilks, Sep 17th, IHMC (Institute for Human & Machine Recognition), Ocala, FL.
    Location: CSE 404 conf room, time: 3:00-4:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  2. - Prof. Adel Elmaghraby, CS Chair, Oct 1, University of Louiville, Kentuky.
    Location: CSE 404 conf room, time: 2:00-3:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  3. - Prof. HJ Siegel, Oct 11, Colorado State University (Barr Systems distinguished lecture series).
    Location: CSE E119, time: 4:00-5:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf), Seminar flyer (.pdf)].
  4. - Prof. Laxmi Bhuyan, CS Chair, Oct 14, University of California - Riverside.
    Location: 2334 Turlington Hall, time: 4:05-5:15 p.m. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  5. - Prof. Reda Ammar, CS Chair, Nov. 5, University of Connecticut.
    Location: CSE 404 conf room, time: 1:30-2:30pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  6. - Prof. Melba Crawford, Nov. 12, Purdue University.
    Location: CSE 404 conf room, time: 1:00-2:00pm. [Seminar Abstract (.pdf)].
  7. - Prof. Srikanth Krishnamurthy, Nov. 16, University of California, Riverside.
    Location: NEB 409 (ECE Dept), time: 4:00-5:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  8. - Prof. Rong Zheng, Nov. 22, University of Houston.
    Location: CSE 404 conf room, time: 2:00-3:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf)].
  9. - Dec 1 is cancelled. Speaker will not be able to make it.
  10. - Prof. Alok Choudhary, Dec. 3, Northwestern University (Barr Systems distinguished lecture series).
    Location: E121 CSE Bldg, time: 3:00-4:00pm. [Seminar abstract (.pdf), Seminar flyer (.pdf)].

Please check with Joan Chrisman for an updated list of Ph.D. defenses. Also, re-check for updates and more details.


The colloquium committee runs the seminar series and the Barr Systems series (and Ohanian Lecture occasionally). We would like to thank the Barr Systems for sponsoring the Barr Systems distinguished lecture series and Prof. Ohanian for sponsoring the Ohanian distinguished lecture series.

For more about the seminar series and past seminars please check http://www.cise.ufl.edu/seminars/.