CLIFF@IBM.COM ("Cliff Pickover") (10/25/90)
For Your Interest - Lecture at New York University Title: "Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty" Speaker: Dr. Cliff Pickover Place: New York University, Meyer Hall, Room 122 (Physics Bldg) Washington Square West Date: Oct 31, Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:00. Topic: Get ready for a roller coaster ride through the unpredictable and exciting universe of computer graphics. Here the emphasis is on creativity. The talk presents novel techniques for displaying complicated data in graphical forms that reveal hidden relationships and highlight important patterns. Sample recipes describe how to detect patterns in phenomena as diverse as animal vocalizations, molecular vibrations, and the DNA sequences of cancer-causing genes. The final part of the talk illustrates methods for visualizing the exotic manifestations of chaotic behavior. Here is a smorgasbord of topics, including chaotic eggs decorated with intricate tilings, plant grown, spirals in sea shells and galaxies, ornamental textures, biological forms spawned by feedback loops, 3-D strange attractors, cellular automata and fractal models of terrain and turbulent processes. 200 computer generated images will be shown.
CLIFF@IBM.COM ("Cliff Pickover") (03/20/91)
For Your Interest Title: "Computers and the Imagination" Speaker: Clifford Pickover Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: March 27, 1991 Place: Stahr auditorium, Stager Hall. Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster PA 17604 Contact: J_ANDERSON@fandm Topics: Scientific visualization, representing information-containing biological sequences, fossil seashell simulation, fractals, chaos, computer art, and related. Excerpts from the book "Computers and the Imagination", (Sept. 1991), St. Martin's Press: NY.