[comp.theory] 6th Annual SUNY at Buffalo Graduate-Conference on Computer

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
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                    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