October 28, 2018 -
October 30, 2018
Microsoft PhD Summit
Location: Redmond, Washington, USA
Sunday, October 28, 2018
| Time (PDT) | Session | Location |
| 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Evening Reception | Westin Hotel – Bellevue |
Monday, October 29, 2018
| Time (PDT) | Session | Location |
| 8:30 AM-9:00 AM | Transportation from Hotel | |
| 9:00 AM-9:25 AM | Breakfast | Room 1919 |
| 9:25 AM-9:30 AM | Welcome – Meredith Ringel Morris | Room 1919 |
| 9:30 AM-10:15 AM | Keynote – Eric Horvitz | Room 1919 |
| 10:15 AM-10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM-11:15 AM | Keynote – Peter Lee | Room 1919 |
| 11:15 AM-12:00 PM | Panel: Building Your Brand –A.J. Brush (Moderator) –James Mickens -Becky Tucker –Ece Kamar |
Room 1919 |
| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | Room 1919 |
| 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | Panel: Collaborating with Academia and Industry –James Mickens (Moderator) –Meredith Ringel Morris –Donald Kossmann –Kate Crawford |
Room 1919 |
| 2:00 PM-3:00 PM | Panel: The Road Less Traveled – Government, Academia, Industry and Everywhere In Between –Sandy Blyth (Moderator) –René Bastón –Lea Shanley –Renata Rawlings-Goss –Meredith Lee –Melissa Cragin |
Room 1919 |
| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM | Break | |
| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM | Poster Session | Atrium |
| 5:30 PM-6:00 PM | Transportation to Evening Activity | |
| 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | Evening Activity | Lucky Strike – Bellevue |
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | FLIP Fellows | UW Schedule
| Time (PDT) | Session | Location |
| 8:30 AM-9:00 AM | Transportation from Hotel | |
| 9:00 AM-9:15 AM | Light breakfast available | CSE 691 Gates Commons |
| 9:15 AM-9:30 AM | Intro & Welcome, Ed Lazowska | CSE 691 Gates Commons |
| 9:30 AM-10:30 AM | Academic Job Market Preparation, Allen School Director Hank Levy & Panel | CSE 691 Gates Commons |
| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM | Highlighting Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Academia & the Seattle Area | CSE 691 Gates Commons |
| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Allen School Lab Tours | Leave from CSE 691 Gates Commons |
| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Lunch with Presenters | CSE 691 Gates Commons |
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | PhD Fellows, Dissertation Grant Recipients, and AI Summer School Winners | MSR Schedule
| Time (PDT) | Session | Location |
| 8:30 AM-9:00 AM | Transportation from Hotel | |
| 9:00 AM-9:30 AM | Breakfast | Room 1919 |
| 9:30 AM-11:00 AM | Student Elevator Pitches Reviewers: –Meredith Ringel Morris –Neel Joshi –Gonzalo Ramos |
Room 1919 |
| 11:00 AM-11:15 AM | Break | |
| 11:15 AM-12:00 PM | Panel: Failing Fast –Neel Joshi (Moderator) –Dan Morris –Galen Hunt |
Room 1919 |
| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | Room 1919 |
| 1:00 PM-2:00 PM | Researcher Meetings Each student will have up to two 25-minute meetings with researchers. Students and researchers will receive meeting requests with the time and location included just prior to the meetings. |
Room 1919 |
| 2:00 PM-2:30 PM | Transportation to Hotel (if needed) |
*Agenda subject to change without notice