MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Department Events, 1994-95

This archive contains events for the academic year 1994-95. See also:

• Events for later years . . 1995-96 . . 1996-97 . . 1997-98 . . 1998-99 . . 1999-00 . . 2000-01 . . Fall 2001 . . Later
• Current events
• 1994 Archive . . 1995 Archive

September 20, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Takashi Nogauchi, Sony Corporation
High Performance TFTs by Solid Phase Crystallization (SPC) and Excimer Laser Annealing (ELA)

September 22, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Anatol Slissenko, University of Paris
On the Complexity of Strategies under Two-Fold Uncertainty

September 26, 1994 . . . Abstract
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 10:30 AM - Noon
Hiroyuki Fukuyama, NTT LSI Laboratories
Resonant Tunneling through Zero-Dimensional Si Impurity States in GaAs/AlAs Single Barrier Structures
Shunji Nakata, NTT LSI Laboratories
Effects of Annealing using Plasma-CVD SiN Film as a Cap on 2DEG Mobility

September 26, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Bonnie Berger, MIT
The Mathematics of Virus Shell Assembly

September 27, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Hans P. Zappe, Scherrer Institute
Sensors based on GaAs Integrated Optical Circuits

October 3, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Alice Chiang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Fast, Low Power Charge-Domain Signal Processing

October 4, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Sophie Verdonckt-Vandebroek, Xerox
Thermal Ink Jet: Mixture of Smart-Power Silicon Microelectronics and Classical Fluid Dynamics

October 5, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Richard M. Osgood, Columbia University
Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits

October 12, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Jay M. Wiesenfeld, A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories
Wavelength Conversion Techniques for Lightwave Systems

October 17, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Srinivas Devadas, MIT
Synthesis for Testability

October 18, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Andres Bryant, IBM
Characteristics of CMOS Device Isolation for the ULSI Age

October 19, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Richard A. Linke, NEC Research Institute
Strong Diffraction from Plasma Gratings in Compound Semiconductors: A New Optical Storage Medium

October 20, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Joe Kilian, Nippon Electric Company, North American Research Lab
Failsafe Key Escrow

October 24, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:45 PM (3:00 refreshments)
Éva Tardos, Cornell University
Approximation Algorithms and Linear Programming

October 24, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Anantha P. Chandrakasan, MIT
Low Power Design Techniques for Portable Wireless Systems

October 25, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Ping Yang, Texas Instruments
Trends and Challenges for Deep Submicron VLSI

October 25, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43 3rd Floor Lounge, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Éva Tardos, Cornell University
The Quickest Transshipment Problem

October 26, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Robert W. Tkach, A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories
Four-Photon Mixing and High Speed WDM Optical Communication Systems

October 27, 1994 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Dr. Rick Rashid, Microsoft Corporation
Making the Future Happen: Things your Advisor Never Told You About

October 31, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
David Gifford, MIT
Resource Discovery in the Internet

November 1, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Tad Yamaguchi, Maxim Integrated Products
Silicon Bipolar Technology for Wireless Applications

November 7, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Stephane Mallat, New York University
Adaptive Signal Representations with Wavelets

November 8, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Fabio Pintchovski, Motorola
Progression of Multilevel Metallization Beyond 0.35 micron Technology

November 9, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
James F. Yardley, AlliedSignal
Polymer Waveguides for Optical Interconnects

November 14, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Ira Gilbert, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
The Mesh SP: A Parallel Digital Signal Processor

November 16, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Julian B. Soole, Bellcore
Integrated InP-based Components for WDM Systems

November 17, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments at 4:00 PM)
Ketan Mulmuley, University of Chicago
Lower Bounds for Parallel Linear Programming and Other Optimization Problems

November 18, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:00 PM (refreshments at 1:45 PM)
Nati Linial, Hebrew University, CA
The Geometry of Graphs and Some of its Algorithmic Applications

November 28, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Seth Teller, MIT
Lighting Simulation for Very Large Environments

November 29, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Mark T. Bohr, Intel
Trends in Integrated Circuit Manufacturing

November 30, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Fred J. Leonberger, United Technologies Photonics
Technology and System Applications of Integrated Optic Devices

December 1, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments at 4:00 PM)
Boaz Patt-Shamir, MIT and Northeastern
A Theory of Clock Synchronization

December 5, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Greg Wornell, MIT
New Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Communications

December 6, 1994 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Joseph D. Schutz, Intel
Leading-Edge Process Technology Enables High-Performance Microprocessors

December 7, 1994.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Bahaa E. Saleh, Boston Univeristy
Coherence and Statistics of Entangled Photons Generated by Parametric Down-Conversion

December 8, 1994 . . . Abstract
MIT TOC Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments at 4:00 PM)
Uzi Vishkin, University of Maryland and Tel Aviv University
The parallel software crisis - "the problem" or just a symptom?

December 12, 1994 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Anant Agarwal, MIT
Software Compilation of Hardware Systems: the Virtual Wires Approach

December 15, 1994 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Prof. Manuel Blum, University of California, Berkeley
Result-Checking: A Theory of Testing Meets a Test of Theory

February 7, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Ghavam Shahidi, IBM, East Fishkill, NY
Is a 0.35 um, 3.3V CMOS the Last Mainstream Bulk Generation?

February 8, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Dr. Juan Rodriguez, Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB
Probing the D-Region of the Lower Ionosphere Using Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Waves

February 13, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Amos Lapidoth, Stanford University
Mismatched Decoding and the Multiple-Access Channel

February 13, 1995.
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Michael W. Geis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Diamond Field-Emission Cathodes

February 14, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Eugene A. Fitzgerald, MIT
Advances and Applications of Mismatched Semiconductor Materials

February 16, 1995 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Prof. Barbara Grosz, Harvard University
Collaborative Systems

February 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Dr. Lydia L. Sohn, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Wave-Vector-Induced Collective Excitations in the Quantum Hall Regime

February 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Randall Davis, MIT and Mitchell Kapor, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Legal Protection for Software: A New Approach

February 28, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Howard Kalter, IBM, Burlington, VT
Low Voltage, Low Power DRAM Design Techniques

March 1, 1995 . . . Abstract (Changed Location)
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Dr. Jelena Kovacevic, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Subband Coding, Multiresolution Signal Processing , and Wavelets

March 2, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Joseph Hellerstein, University of Wisconsin
Optimization and Execution of Queries with Expensive Methods

March 6, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Richard Tabors, MIT
Should Electric Power Utilities Make Electric Power?

March 7, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Richard Hollingsworth, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, MA
Scaling Limits of the Billion Dollar Fab

March 8, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Room 36-261, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Xi-Cheng Zhang, RPI
Generation and Detection of Terahertz Beams from Dielectrics

March 9, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Gregory R. Ganger, University of Michigan
Using System-Level Models to Evaluate Storage Subsystem Performance

March 9, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Sampath Kannan, University of Pennsylvania
A Survey of Tree Consensus Criteria and Methods

March 13, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Keith M. Chugg, University of Southern California
Digital Sequence Estimation in the Presence of Parametric Uncertainty

March 13, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
David Karger, MIT
Scatter/Gather: A Browsing Paradigm for Information Retrieval

March 14, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Denny Tang and Martin Chen, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
Disk Drive Electronics

March 15, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Frank Tong, IBM
A Tunable Receiver for Multiwavelength Networks

March 16, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Ian Horswill, MIT
Visual Architecture and Cognitive Architecture

March 20, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (2:45 refreshments)
Daphne Koller, U. C. Berkeley
Practical Solutions to Game Theoretic Problems

March 20, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Munther Dahleh, MIT
L1 - Robust Control: Theory, Computation and Design

March 21, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Steven H. Voldman, IBM Microelectronics Division, Essex Junction, VT
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection for Advanced DRAMs, Microprocessors and Logic Chips in Shallow Trench Isolation and LOCOS CMOS Technologies

March 22, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Martin Nuss, A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories
Ultrafast Optoelectronics - from Science to Technology

March 22, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Fernando Paganini, California Institute of Technology
Sets and Constraints as a Framework for Modeling and Control

March 23, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Polly Pook, University of Rochester
Teleassistance: Using Gestures to Direct Robots

March 30, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Mihir Bellare, IBM
Free bits and approximation

April 3, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Greg Morrisett, Carnegie Mellon University
Type-Based Implementations of High-Level Programming Languages

April 3, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Ian W. Hunter, MIT
Ophthalmic Microsurgical Robot and Surgical Simulator

April 4, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Mark Rodder, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
Design Considerations and Tradeoffs for High Performance 0.25 um CMOS Technology

April 4, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Yehuda Afek, Tel-Aviv University
Wait-Free Made Fast

April 5, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Curtis Menyuk, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Physical Models of Polarization Mode Dispersion

April 6, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:30 PM (2:15 refreshments)
Ornan Gerstel, Technion
The Layout of Virtual Paths in ATM Networks

April 6, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Sebastian Thrun, University of Bonn, Germany, and Carnegie Mellon University
Learning Inductively and Analytically

April 10, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:00 PM (12:45 refreshments)
Pei Cao, Princeton University
Application-Controlled File Caching and Prefetching

April 10, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 2:45 PM (2:30 refreshments)
Randy A. Freeman, University of California, Santa Barbara
New Directions in Robust Nonlinear Control

April 10, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Steven B. Leeb, MIT
Multirate Digital Control of an Inductively Coupled Battery Charger

April 10, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Leonard Adleman, USC
Molecular Computation

April 11, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Mark Allen, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Design, Fabrication, and Application of Magnetic Microactuators

April 12, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Arto Nurmikko, Brown University
Blue Semiconductor Light at the End of the Tunnel

April 12, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Barry Isenstein, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Overview of the RACE architecture for embedded multicomputing

April 12, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 2:45 PM (2:30 refreshments)
Dennis M. Freeman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Visualizing and Quantifying Sound-Induced Motions of Receptor Cells in the Inner Ear

April 13, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Paul Viola
Alignment by Maximization of Mutual Information

April 14, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
NE43-3rd Floor Lounge, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Mihir Bellare, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Free Bits and Approximation

April 18, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Anita M. Flynn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Micromotors

April 19, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Irl Duling, Naval Research Laboratory
Modelocking of Fiber Lasers

April 19, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Nir Shavit, MIT
Constructing Super-fast Pools and Stacks

April 20, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 9:00 AM (8:45 refreshments)
Dr. Olav Solgaard, University of California, Berkeley
Surface-Micromachines for Accurate and Flexible Alignment in Integrated Optics

April 20, 1995 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Prof. Andries van Dam, Brown University
Escaping Flatland - What Lies Beyond WIMP User Interfaces?

April 21, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:45 PM (1:30 refreshments)
David S. L. Wei, University of Aizu, Japan
Grain-Size Optimization and Task Scheduling for Distributed Memory Architectures.

April 24, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (2:45 refreshments)
Richard Szeliski, Cambridge Research Lab, Digital Equipment Corporation
Representations for Visual Scene Reconstruction

April 24, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Alan Grodzinsky, MIT
Effects of Physical Forces on Cartilage Growth, Damage, and Repair

April 24, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-3rd Floor Lounge, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University
Reductions, Codes, PCPs, and Inapproximability

April 25, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Fritz H. Gaensslen, Independent Consultant
MOS Scaling Limits and Low Temperature Microelectronics

April 26, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 11:00 PM (10:45 refreshments)
Bennet Yee, Carnegie Mellon University
Using Secure Coprocessors

April 26, 1995.
Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Federico Capasso, A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories
Quantum Cascade Lasers

April 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:45 PM (1:30 refreshments)
Nina Amenta, The Geometry Center, Minneapolis, MN
Helly Theorems and LP-type Problems

April 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Serap A. Savari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Variable-to-Fixed Length Codes for Sources with Memory

April 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Michael Luby
Resilient Video Transmission

May 1, 1995 . . . Program . . . Abstracts
EECS Master Works
Rooms 34-301, 34-302, 34-303, and 34-304
4:00 - 5:30 PM (3:45 reception)
EECS Master's degree candidates

May 2, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Shih-Wei Sun, Motorola, Austin, TX
Impact of MOSFET Threshold-Voltage Variation on Supply-Voltage Scaling Limits

May 8, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Eric Grimson, MIT
Image-Guided Surgery

May 9, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Chi Chang, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
An Overview of Flash Memory Technology

May 11, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15pm (4:00pm refreshments)
Dan Spielman, MIT
Linear-Time Encodable and Decodable Error-Correcting Codes

May 15, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Grier Room, 34-401, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Akintunde Akinwande, MIT
Field Emitter Array Flat Panel Displays

May 17, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401A, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
John Ofori-Tenkorang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors and Power Electronics for Direct-Drive Electrical Vehicle Propulsion

May 18, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Amir Herzberg, IBM
Secure Communication and Commerce over the Internet