cfry@watdcsu.UUCP (10/19/87)
The earlier planned colloquium by Ivan Tavchar has been cancelled
at this time and in its place will be:
Rectangles: A Retrospective
by
Professor Derick Wood
of
Department of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Abstract
We focus on rectangles, the simplest polygons, to present an in-
troduction to computational combinatorial geometry. We consider
some of the questions that have been motivated by problems in
areas such as:
- computer graphics
- VLSI design
- databases
- numerical control
- architecture
- motion planning
- storage allocation and
- sliding block puzzles ...
DATE: October 21, 1987
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
PLACE: MC 5158
Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served.