Program

Attendance is by invitation only. All student attendees stay at the Saarbrücken youth hostel:

Europa-Jugendherberge
Meerwiesertalweg 31
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 33040

The schedule for the school is shown below. All lectures, panels and the poster session will take place at: 

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
Campus E1.5
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 9303 9100

Attendees are requested to take the public buses to travel between hostel and MPI-SWS (bus ticket will be provided as part of the registration package). To get to MPI-SWS, walk to the bus stop “Prinzenweiher/DJH” in front of the hostel. Take line 124 in the direction of “Universität Busterminal” or line 101 in the direction of “Dudweiler Dudoplatz”, and get off at “Universität Mensa” (6 stops, 10 minutes). MPI-SWS is in the tall, dark gray building next to the gate.

Monday, August 5

Arrival day. Check-in time at the hostel is 2 pm – 10 pm.
06:00 pm: registration (hostel)
07:00 pm: dinner (hostel)

Tuesday, August 6

07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:15 am: bus to MPI-SWS
08:30 am: registration and brief orientation
08:45 am: opening remarks
09:00 am: Leilani Battle, Lecture 1
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Fred Schneider, Lecture 1
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Rupak Majumdar, Lecture 1
03:30 pm: break
04:00 pm: Adrian Sampson, Lecture 1
05:30 pm: Poster session: graduate students of the hosting institutes present ongoing research to CMMRS participants
07:00 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)

Wednesday, August 7

07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Adish Singla, Lecture 1
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Dave Levin, Lecture 1
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Leilani Battle, Lecture 2
03:30 pm: break
04:00 pm: Rupak Majumdar, Lecture 2
05:30 pm: Panel session: “Why do a Ph.D. in computer science?”
06:45 pm: bus to banquet venue
07:15 pm: banquet with dinner (restaurant Albrechts Casino)

Thursday, August 8

07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Adrian Sampson, Lecture 2
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Fred Schneider, Lecture 2
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: social event
07:00 pm: dinner (hostel)

Friday, August 9

07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Adish Singla, Lecture 2
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Dave Levin, Lecture 2
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Leilani Battle, Lecture 3
03:30 pm: break
04:00 pm: Rupak Majumdar, Lecture 3
05:30 pm: Panel session: “How to apply to graduate school”
06:45 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)

Saturday, August 10

07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Adrian Sampson, Lecture 3
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Fred Schneider, Lecture 3
12:30 pm: lunch (catered, outside the lecture hall)
02:00 pm: Dave Levin, Lecture 3
03:30 pm: break
04:00 pm: Adish Singla, Lecture 3
05:30 pm: Invited talk: Derek Dreyer — “How to write papers and give talks that people can follow”
06:45 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)

Sunday, August 11

08:00 am: breakfast (hostel)
Departure day. Check-out time at the hostel is 9:30 am.