[comp.theory] Talks by C.L.Liu in NY Metro Area

grigoria@zeno.rutgers.EDU (Mike Grigoriadis) (12/10/90)

     Professor C. L. Liu of the Computer Science Dept, University of
     Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will give three talks in the New
     York Metropolitan Area next week.  You are cordially invited to attend
     any and all of them.  Titles, abstracts, time and location of these
     talks follow.
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                       A Special Lecture Co-Sponsored by
  The New York Academy of Sciences, Computer & Information Sciences Section
                                  &
    The City University of New York Seminar in Combinatorial Computing

                SCHEDULING PROBLEMS IN REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

                               C. L. Liu

     In a hard-real-time computing environment, tasks are specified by their
     arrival times, execution times, and deadlines.  Execution of a task
     cannot commence before its arrival and must be completed at or prior to
     its deadline.  Examples of applications supported by real-time computing
     systems include intelligent manufacturing, avionics and navigation, air
     traffic control, robotics, and autonomous vehicular control.

     There are many problems concerning task scheduling for real-time
     computing systems.  The tasks can be periodic or sporadic.  The
     initiation times of the tasks can all be equal or arbitrary.  The
     computing system can be a uni-processor or a multi-processor system.  In
     this talk, we shall present results for some of these scheduling
     problems.

Time:         Lecture at 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 10, 1990
Place:        Room 207, CUNY Graduate Center, 33 West 42nd Street, NYC
Reception:    Wine and cheese reception, followed by a self-serve dinner.
              Meet at the cafeteria, 18th floor, 6:30 p.m.
Further info: Contact Gary Bloom (GSBCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU) or
                      Mike Grigoriadis (grigoriadis@cs.rutgers.edu)

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              DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

     ALGORITHMIC ASPECTS OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

                               C. L. Liu

     Many problems encountered in the area of computer-aided design of
     large scale integrated circuits are known to be ``computationally
     difficult.''  Algorithmic methodologies for solving some of these
     problems will be discussed. In particular, we shall demonstrate how
     problems in the physical design area such as floorplan design, module
     orientation, pin assignment, and channel routing are handled.

Time:            December 11, 1990 at 3:30 p.m.
Place:           Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
                 Mc Ginley Center - Music Room
Directions:      From NYC - At 66th Street (Lincoln Center Campus) - Take
                 the FU RAM VAN, which leaves that campus at 12:30; 1:30; 2:30
 p.m.
                 The trip takes about 35-40 minutes.
                 OR
                 METRO NORTH - Take train to the Fordham Road Station.  From
 that
                 point Mc Ginley Center is a short walk.
                 OR
                 By car: GW Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway North,
                 exit at Van Cortland Park Exit.  Take right, continue
                 through light, uphill onto the Mosholu Extension,
                 go as far as you can go, make right at last light;
                 Proceed for two more lights to reach Fordham Univ.
                 Botanical Gardens will be on your left and Fordham
                 University on your right.
Further info:    Call Computer and Inf. Science Department: (212) 579-2589.

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                          JOINT COLLOQUIUM

      CENTER FOR DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
                                 &
            DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER  SCIENCE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY


              MATCHING, (0,1)-MATRICES AND FAULT COVERAGE

                               C. L. Liu

     The theory of matching and related results for (0,1)-matrices
     are applied to solve several fault coverage problems for
     rectangular memory arrays. Extension to fault coverage problems
     for a more general class of reconfigurable architectures will
     also be discussed.

Time:         Thursday, December 13, 1990, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Place:        Hill Center for Mathematical Sciences - Room 705, 7th Floor
              Busch Campus- Rutgers University.  (Off Route 18 in Piscataway:
              take Metlar's Lane to Brett Road, proceed to its end to parking
              lot.)
Coffee:       2:30 p.m., Room 705, Hill Center.
Further info: M. D. Grigoriadis  (grigoriadis@cs.rutgers.edu  201-932-2898)
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