ICSI Hosts Annual Open House

Michael Ellsworth demonstrating the FrameNet Database

ICSI hosted an Open House on Friday, February 27, 2004. The event opened with a poster session that included posters detailing recent research by the Speech Group and FrameNet, as well as two Cybersecurity posters presented by Nick Weaver of the Networking Group. Dave Gelbart, of the Speech Group, gave demonstrations of the SmartKom Human-Computer Interaction system and the Meeting Browser, and Michael Ellsworth of FrameNet gave a demonstration of the FrameNet database.

Following the poster session, ICSI director Nelson Morgan gave a brief overview of the Institute, and Vern Paxson, a senior researcher in the Networking Group, gave a lecture on Internet Worms. The abstract of Paxson's lecture is available here.

Dave Gelbart demonstrating the Meeting Browser

Vern Paxson, Senior Researcher, presenting his talk, "The Threat of Internet Worms"