[comp.theory] DIMACS Workshop on On-Line Algorithms

lyle@DICKENS.RUTGERS.EDU (01/04/91)

DIMACS is sponsoring a workshop on on-line algorithms, to be held at
Rutgers University during February 11-13, 1991.  Topics to be
discussed at the workshop include:

	--- on-line algorithms for combinatorial optimization
	--- maintenance of dynamic data structures
	--- on-line algorithms for server and other traversal problems

For further information, contact Lyle McGeoch (lyle@dimacs.rutgers.edu)
or Daniel Sleator (sleator@cs.cmu.edu).  The schedule will be distributed
in mid-January.

lyle@DICKENS.RUTGERS.EDU (Lyle McGeoch) (01/17/91)

		    DIMACS WORKSHOP ON ON-LINE ALGORITHMS

		      Rutgers University, February 1991

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  Monday, February 11, 1991
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   9:00 - 9:30		Coffee, juice, pastries, etc.

   9:30 - 9:35		Annoucements
   9:35 -10:35		Richard Karp, "A graph-theoretic game with
			    application to the k-server problem"

  10:55 -11:55		Marek Chrobak and Lawrence Larmore,
			    title to be announced

  11:55 - 1:30		Lunch

   1:30 - 2:15		Eddie Grove, "The Harmonic k-server algorithm
			    is competitive"
   2:15 - 3:00		Neal Young, "Linear programming duality yields
			    a competitive analysis"

   3:00 - 5:15		unscheduled


  Tuesday, February 12, 1991
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   9:00 - 9:30		Coffee, juice, pastries, etc.

   9:30 -10:25		David Johnson, "On-line algorithms for bin
			    packing and scheduling: 1966 to the present"

  10:45 -11:40		Hal Kierstead and Tom Trotter,
			    "On-line graph coloring"
  11:45 -12:15		Kirk Pruhs, "Online weighted matching"

  12:15 - 3:00		Lunch and unscheduled time

   3:00 - 3:30		Joan Lucas, "On the competitiveness of splay
			    trees---relations to the union-find problem"
   4:00 - 4:30		Ding-Zhu Du, "Competitive group testing"
   4:30 - 5:00		Jeffrey Westbrook, "Randomized algorithms for
			    the migration problem"

   5:30 - 7:30		Reception


  Wednesday, February 13, 1991
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   9:00 - 9:30		Coffee, juice, pastries, etc.

   9:30 -10:00		Baruch Schieber, "Navigating in unfamiliar
			    geometric terrain"
  10:20 -10:50		Bala Kalyan, "Visual searching and mapping"
  10:50 -11:20		Joel Wein, "On-line scheduling of parallel
			    machines"

  11:20 -12:15		unscheduled

  12:15 - 2:00		Lunch

   2:00 - 2:30		Sandy Irani, "Competitive paging with locality
			    of reference"
   2:30 - 3:00		Prabhakar Raghavan, "A statistical adversary
			    for on-line algorithms"

   3:30 - 5:15		unscheduled

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The unscheduled time is intended for informal meetings between
participants.  Additional talks, problem sessions and other
discussions may also be organized.

All sessions will be held at the DIMACS building on the Busch campus
of Rutgers University.

Abstracts for the talks will be available by late January.  Please
write to Lyle McGeoch (lyle@dimacs.rutgers.edu) or Daniel Sleator
(sleator@cs.cmu.edu) if you would like to receive abstracts.  Also
write for directions and other local information.

Please let us know if you plan to attend.