selman@CS.BUFFALO.EDU (Alan Selman) (02/21/91)
This annual conference is organized by graduate in computer science at SUNY
at Buffalo. All speakers other than the keynote speakers are graduate
students. Conference proceedings will be available. There is no registration
fee and all are welcome to attend.
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T h e S i x t h A n n u a l
U N I V E R S I T Y a t B U F F A L O
G r a d u a t e - C o n f e r e n c e
o n
C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e
M o n d a y, M a r c h 1 8 t h, 1 9 9 1
C e n t e r F o r T o m o r r o w
Schedule of Presentations
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome Address - Thomas George, Dean of the Faculty of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics, SUNY at Buffalo
A I S e s s i o n
8:35 Keynote Address - Dana Ballard, University of Rochester
9:15 Richard Fenrich, SUNY at Buffalo
``Segmentation of Diverse Quality Handwritten Digit Strings''
9:40 Juergen Haas, SUNY at Buffalo
``Automatic Synthesis of Semantics for Context-Free Grammars:
An Incremental Approach''
10:05 Geetha Srikantan, SUNY at Buffalo
``Multigrid Estimation of Motion in Artificial and
Echocardiographic Imagery''
10:30 Break
10:45 Jonas Karlsson, University of Rochester
``A Motion Planner for Checkers''
11:10 Stephen Lam, SUNY at Buffalo
``A Model-Based System for Form Layout Analysis''
11:35 David Traum, University of Rochester
``The Discourse Reasoner of the TRAINS Conversation System''
12:00 Peter Heeman, University of Toronto
``Collaborative Referring Expressions''
12:25 Lunch
S y s t e m s / T h e o r y S e s s i o n
1:30 Introduction - Alan Selman, Chairman, Department of Computer Science,
SUNY at Buffalo
1:35 Keynote Address - Alan Borodin, University of Toronto
2:15 Luke O'Connor, University of Waterloo
``Nondegenerate Permutations''
2:40 Mark Crovella, University of Rochester
``Scheduling for Synchronization Intensive Parallel
Applications''
3:05 Alex Lopez-Ortiz, University of Waterloo
``Guessing vs. Coin Tossing: Probabilities as an Aid to
Solve Problems''
3:30 Break
3:45 David Penny, University of Toronto
`Formal Methods For Guaranteeing Operating Systems Portability''
4:10 Andrew Rau-Chaplin, Carleton University
``A Parallel Frame-Based Knowledge Representation System''
4:35 Naji Mouawad, University of Waterloo
``On the Nature of Visibility Graphs''
5:00 Pamela Thuman, SUNY at Buffalo
``Parallel Minimization Techniques for the Phase Problem
in X-Ray Crystallography''
5:25 Reception
LOCATION: Center for Tomorrow, Amherst Campus
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
REGISTRATION: Free
LUNCH: optional, $5 (US)
Payment may be made at the door but advance
payment is preferred - make checks payable
to: UB Graduate Student Association
Send registration, lunch requests (advance payment also) to
UBG-CCS '91
Department of Computer Science
226 Bell Hall
Buffalo, NY 14226
or email registration, lunch (no payment) requests to:
millerkj@cs.buffalo.edu (subject: UBG-CCS '91)
SPONSORS:
Computer Science Graduate Student Association, SUNY at Buffalo
University at Buffalo Center for Cognitive Science
Department of Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo
Graduate Student Association, SUNY at Buffalo
Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, NY
Computer Task Group, Buffalo, NY