#Open Houses
David Karger and Julie Shah
##Idea
Improve Faculty/Student Interaction and Awareness
* encourage collaboration
* build social ties
##Hour session
* 4-6 presenters
* 5 minute talk by each
* slides or poster overview
* followed by “poster session”
* and food!
Finished results unimportant
* ideas in progress can get feedback or collaborators
Location
* hardware labs in place for demos
* others may prefer R&D pub or Kiva
##Which 4-6?
Deep
* One faculty member and their students
* start hour with faculty overview
* see relations between projects
* downside: may be too narrow to attract audience
Broad
* random sample from whole lab
* or from an area (robotics, algorithms)
* something for everyone
* but no overview/theme?
##Food
Lab funded?
Or let host group compete to outdo?
##Timing
Fall, during faculty search slots?
Lunch various days?
4PM various days?
5PM various days?
Fixed slot or rotating?