Faculty Meeting

• Merit raises coming….
• Discussion with the dean
• IRA: "B/c of AI we should only hire experimentalists" What is AI going to be? Is it a fancy complier ? or will it replace theorist? Pro: Con: Did reliable compiler
• Matteo pisses off Tiztiana

• Discussion plan for the retreat

• Admissions: hit targets
• Seth leaving….
• Phsyics hires: "Limited by the number of faculty lines…. "
• Voted to extend offer to #2 in bio search

• AI "discussion leader"
• Filled out the AI poll

• Decent discussion about plans for hires…
• Chat RP and VD

• Teachers program going well
• Bio search

• Strategic Planning: Cross-cutting initiatives

• Discussion about how to deal with 1st year RA positions

• Planning Intro
• Chat HEP and Nukes

• Discussion of Bio Candidate
• UG Lab referbisment
• Admissions: Weak use of AI
• No plan on reinstituting GRE

Departmental discussion with Dean and her team I Gave AI talk … went well https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dy4jwYlzlF7R2qRLD42rm9xcCNZ3lFMExvPCDZhWwh8/edit?slide=id.g39c52f0846c_0_65#slide=id.g39c52f0846c_0_65

Did the AI for science slide

Subatomic Discussion

• Useless so far…
• How much control do we have about fundraising priorities ?

Re-appointments:

• Shubhayu: All good
• Katie: All good

• Grad student presentaitons
• Will have a faculty hire
• 1 of 4 (2 searches that will have significant start up)

• 1st Fall Faculty Meeting
• Rachel is department head… Diana the associate head (Not sure what I think here: both seem very risk adverse)
• More discussion of faculty hires next week
• Some chat on ML

• Discussion re: Rohit Ganti
• Do we kick him out ?
• I vote no… The yeses have it

• Teaching Assignments: in coming
• Dean asked rachel to stay on as department head, she wants to do it
• No merit raises
• Hooding is Friday May 9th
• Sunday is the physics diploma ceremony
• Physics stock room going away

• Roys mail
• Grad program: What is the goal of the core courses ?
• Strong link vs Weak link
• Why only 1st semester ?
• Reasearch in 1st year working ?
• Reinstatement of GRE ?

• Paid Steph
• Main message is the core doesnt work for Astro students
• Discussion of AstroProgram

• Have the students talk to each other on the first day
• Chat Rachel Rosen about having TAs teach the 4th lecture

• MCS annual meeting

• Spend Extra money!
• Sent "MidTerm Grades"
• How to do we advertise to other majors ?
• Dont know if we are running a deficit or not.

• Each read 130 applications
• JA: Idea use LLMs to score the applications
• [>>] Visiting weekend March 14-15th
• Ping Gillian re:HGC Lab
  • Ad for Lab tech
• (Signed Marlo up for Basketball on Thursdays)
• Are we being too passive ?

• TA awards: Why not give all three awards ?
• Diane reappointed but much discussion…

• Chat with the dean: No plan until March
• Think much of our problem is from the partitioning of the departments into MCS

• Long discussion of Astro track

• In person meeting Jan 6th

• Jeff Abels: from CyLab.. seems competent

• Adjuncts for Dianas people

• Chat with Dean: Barbara Shinn-Cunningham
• Gave CMU Particle Physics Overview
• Dean's Main mission is to fix the MCS deficit. 6M / year
• Shilla is leaving!
• [>>] Ping Dean for lab visit

• Not much…chat about new masters programs

• Last of the RPT meetings
• Matteo : Matteo Cremonesi reappointment Letter All 3s
• Vlad: All 3s

• Fenguie and Antonella: all 3s

• Hael Promotion All positive
• Valentina Promotion All good

• Kirean leaving
• Physics being Audited
• Send Rachel good news
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APly04ARGwMxgEJPVwbFSiuZv_0bxIsYxnzmL6VW7MU/edit#heading=h.gapf957x53wz