TAPAS - Tel Aviv Ph.D. Annual Symposium

Hi all,
This message is mainly addressed to the CS Ph.D. students.

For a while now, a couple of students of the CS school have been trying to organize an event that will bring together all of the CS Ph.D. students. A way for us to get to know eachother both acadmically and personally. With our head of school, it's been suggested to hold this event right before the European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA) which will take place in Eilat this coming October. Ph.D. students from abroad who intend on attending ESA will also be invited to this conference\get together.

This event will be held in the form of a mini-conference, where some Ph.D. students will presents their work in short talks, followed by some social event.

Any CS Ph.D. student who is interested to attend this event can join a Google group that was set up for this purpose.
http://groups.google.com/group/tau-cs-phd-conference
You may also post comments and questions on this post.

Strike Announcemenet

The Student Union has voted to go along with the National student body decision, and to be on strike starting Tuesday, April 10th.
An important decision that was also taken is the way the strike will be enforced (or more precisely not enforced). After many conflicts at the gates during the last strike, it has been agreed that the gates will not be closed and no activists will block them. However, there will be teams patrolling the campus making sure no class is taking place.

More info about the strike