This type of discussions was requested by the students who attended the 2006 Summer School and the students who attended the 2007 Summer School enjoyed them very much. The goal is to make the students think and discuss about a topic or issue of importance and get to know each other.
Each group will be asked to share briefly to the other groups the outcome of their discussion.
Ethics in scientific research
Discussion leader: Andrew Fitzgibbon (Microsoft Research)
Scientific method in computing research
Discussion leader: Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge)
Computer science education
Discussion leader: Kevin Bond (Aylesbury Grammar School, Cambridge)
Impact of research
Discussion leader: Wolfgang Emmerich (University College London)
Being a post-doc – Academia vs. industry
Discussion leader: Andrew Phillips (Microsoft Research)