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.