How to Invite a Colloquium Speaker

            Instructions for CS Faculty:

1)  Find an open date.  

    --Look on the 'CS Seminars' Website ( 'CS Seminars'  link on the Dept's main page) to find empty timeslots that might be suitable for your guest.
    --All Colloquia are 3-4pm Fridays.  We really want to keep this date and time consistent and predictable. Any exceptions must be extreme hardship cases that have prior approval from Ming Kao.

2) Get approval for that date. 

    --Send e-mail to Caryn Tomasiewicz giving the prospective speaker's name, talk topic and e-mail.  
    --She will get Ming's approval, and enter you on the website, and send you a confirmation e-mail; then that date is 'locked' for your exclusive use.  If you change your mind, you can cancel at any time, but only you can cancel or 'unlock' that date; it is yours.

3) Finalize Details with Speaker.  That's it!  You're done!

    --Be sure your speaker can come on the approved date.  Then ask them to send the talk title, the talk abstract, website (if any) and a one-paragraph biography to Caryn.  She will post the details to the website, to Plan-It Purple (the Northwestern Univ. Calendar), and with Olga's help will print and post flyers around campus 2 weeks before. She will also ensure that travel arrangements and  reimbursement paperwork is properly done for you.  

                       
Questions? Contact:
Jack Tumblin
CS Dept. Colloquium Dir.
jet@cs.northwestern.edu
www.cs.northwestern.edu/~jet/

Page last updated:   01/24/2003 11:34:59 AM