MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Department Events, 1995-96

This archive contains events for the academic year 1995-96. See also:

• Events for earlier year . . 1994-95
• Events for later years . . 1996-97 . . 1997-98 . . 1998-99 . . 1999-00 . . 2000-01 . . Fall 2001 . . Later
• Current events
• 1995 Archive . . 1996 Archive

Thursday, July 6, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:45 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Mikkel Thorup, University of Copenhagen
An O(log log n) Priority Queue

Thursday, August 31, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Avishai Wool, The Weizmann Institute
Crumbling Walls: A Class of Practical and Efficient Quorum Systems

Tuesday, September 12, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
James Hayden, Motorola Advanced Products R&D Lab
0.25 micron SRAM Technology Development at Motorola

Thursday, September 14, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Phillip Rogaway, University of California
Provably Secure Session Key Distribution -- The Three Party Case

Monday, September 18, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-308, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Amotz Bar-Noy, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Tel Aviv University
Guaranteeing Fair Service to Persistent Dependent Tasks

Monday, September 18, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Mark Lucente, IBM Watson Research Center
Computational Bandwidth Reduction for Interactive 3-D Holography

Tuesday, September 19, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Ashok Kapoor, LSI Logic
Innovation in Semiconductor Research and the Road Map (NTRS)

Thursday, September 21, 1995 . . . Abstract
BAMS Seminar
Room 36-428 (RLE Conference Room), 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Kevin Ulmer, seQ, Ltd.
A Fab Facility for DNA Sequencing

Thursday, September 28, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Ran Canetti, MIT
On the Power of Preemption in Resource Allocation

Monday, October 2, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Thomas L. Magnanti, MIT, Sloan School and EECS
The Right Choice: Designing Optimal Telecommunication Networks

Monday, October 2, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-308, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Amos Beimel, Computer Science Dept, Technion, Israel
Secret Sharing with Public Reconstruction

Monday, October 2, 1995 . . . Announcement
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 5:00 PM
Reception to honor Professor Hermann A. Haus, who has been chosen to receive the Medal of Science in 1995

Tuesday, October 3, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Raouf Halim, Rockwell International
A Highly-Integrated 3.3V Low-Power Device-Set for 900 MHz Spread- Spectrum Digital Cordless Telephones

Thursday, October 12 and Friday, October 13, 1995 . . . Program
Attendance at this symposium is by invitation.
A fee will be charged . . . Information and Invitation
Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT Student Center
"As We May Think" --
A Celebration of Vannevar Bush's 1945 Vision,
An Examination of What Has Been Accomplished,
and What Remains to Be Done.

Monday, October 16, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Henry I. Smith, MIT, EECS
100 Years of X-rays: Impact on Micro- and Nanofabrication

Tuesday, October 17, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Gary Bronner, IBM
A Full Planarized 0.25 micron CMOS Technology for 256 MB DRAM and Beyond

Thursday, October 19, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Omer Reingold, Weizmann Institute of Science
Pseudo-Random Synthesizers

Friday, October 20, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Michael Luby, ICSI, Berkeley
An Optimal Algorithm for Monte Carlo Estimation

Monday, October 23, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Morris Halle, Institute Professor, MIT
On the Representation of Words in Memory

Tuesday, October 24, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Mike Putty, GM
A Micromachined Vibrating Ring Gyroscope

Thursday, October 26, 1995 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
John Ousterhout, Sun Microsystems Labs and University of California, Berkeley
Tcl: A Universal Scripting Language

Friday, October 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Guy Even, Saarbruecken, Germany
A Simple Approximation Algorithm for Multiway Separators

Monday, October 30, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
David L. Tennenhouse, Sloan School and LCS, MIT
Putting Information Infrastructure on The Technology Curve

Tuesday, October 31, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Pierre Fazan, Micron Technology, Inc.
Trends in ULSI DRAM Technology

Thursday, November 2, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Dan Boneh, Princeton Unviversity
Quantum Cryptoanalysis of Hidden Linear Forms

Monday, November 6, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
John Kassakian, MIT, EECS and LEES
Engineering Challenges of Modern Automobile Electric Systems

Tuesday, November 7, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Mark Bohr, Intel Corporation
Interconnect Scaling - The Real Limiter to High Performance ULSI

Monday, November 13, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Julie Dorsey, LCS and Department of Architecture, MIT
Computer Graphics Techniques for Opera Lighting Design and Simulation

Wednesday, November 15, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
NE43-2nd Floor Lounge, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
David S. Johnson, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Asymptotic Experimental Analysis for the Held-Karp Traveling Salesman Bound

Monday, November 20, 1995 . . . Call for Papers
Third Floor, Building 36, 3:00 PM
EECS Master Works:
a showcase for oral thesis presentations

Tuesday, November 21, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Ashok K. Sinha, Applied Materials, Inc.
Achieving Business Success through Product Excellence in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Industry

Tuesday, November 21, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
NE43-3rd Floor Lounge, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Madhu Sudan, IBM T. J. Watson Laboratory
The Optimization Complexity of Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Monday, November 27, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Clifton G. Fonstad, Jr., MIT, EECS
Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits: Building on Commercial GaAs ICs

Tuesday, November 28, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Alan W. Swanson, Lockheed Martin Electronics Laboratory
HEMT Technology: Status and Future Trends

Monday, December 4, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Richard C. Larson, MIT, EECS; Director, CAES
The MIT Center for Advanced Educational Services: From ChalkTalk to the WWW

Tuesday, December 5, 1995 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 reception)
Jue-Hsien Chern, Technology Modeling Associates
Perspective on TCAD Development for Semiconductor Design, Development and Manufacturing

Thursday, December 7, 1995 . . . Abstract
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 1:45 PM (1:30 refreshments)
David Chaiken, Digital SRC
A Status Report on Reading Appliances

Thursday, December 7, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
S. Ravi Kumar, Cornell University
Efficient Self-Testing of Linear Recurrences

Monday, December 11, 1995 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Edmund C. Reiter, Aware, Inc.
Wavelet Compression of Seismic Data

Thursday, December 14, 1995 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Moni Naor, Weizmann Institute
Digital Signets - Self-Enforcing Protection of Digital Content

Wednesday, January 10, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Ray Strong, IBM, Almaden
Consistent Failure Detection in Parallel Computing

Thursday, January 11, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Eli Gafni, UCLA
Read-Write Protocols with Scheduling Constraints

Tuesday, January 16, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Benny Chor, Technion
Private Information Retrieval

Thursday, January 25, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Joe Kilian, NEC, Princeton
Zero Knowledge and the Chromatic Number

Wednesday, January 31, 1996 . . . Abstract
CAES/ILP Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM
Michael Hawley, MIT
Bits of Life: Reflections on the Digital Renaissance (and what comes next)

Tuesday, February 6, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Barrie Gilbert, Analog Devices
Utilization of SiGe HBTs in ICs for Communications: The Promise, the Perils and the Prospects

Wednesday, February 7, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Vijaya Ramachandran, University of Texas at Austin
Design and Evaluation of Parallel Algorithms

Thursday, February 8, 1996 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Andrew J. Viterbi, Qualcomm, Inc.
A Fresh Look at the Terrestrial Mobile Multiple Access Networks

Monday, February 12, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Eric A. Swanson, Optical Communication Technology Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles, Instrumentation and Applications

Tuesday, February 13, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Bob Colwell, Intel Corporation
The Pentium Pro Processor

Tuesday, February 13, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Jacques Stern, Icole Normale Supirieure, Laboratoire d'informatique
Security Proofs for Signature Schemes

Thursday, February 22, 1996 . . . Abstract
Joint Theory of Computation / AI Seminar
NE43-8th floor lounge, 3:45 PM
Joel Wein, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
New Techniques for Designing Scheduling Algorithms: Polyhedral Formulations and On-line Algorithms
and Mark Boddy, Honeywell Technology Center
Constraint-Based Scheduling in the Real World: What Works and What Doesn't

Monday, February 26, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:00 PM (12:45 refreshments)
Shumeet Baluja, Carnegie Mellon University
Novel Machine Learning Approaches for Computer Vision

Monday, February 26, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Dr. John Alfred Trezza, Stanford University
Creation of Optimized Quantum Well Optoelectronic Switches

Monday, February 26, 1996 . . Abstract . . Presentation (PowerPoint/Macintosh file, 2629 kb)
EECS Colloquium
CAES Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Burks Oakley II, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Virtual Classroom: At the Cutting Edge of Higher Education

Tuesday, February 27, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Harold Hosack and P. K. Mozumder, Texas Instruments
Process Synthesis for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Wednesday, February 28, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Isaac Saias, Los Alamos National Laboratories
Optimal Randomized Scheduling by Replacement

Thursday, February 29, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Anna R. Karlin, University of Washington
On the Integration of Prefetching and Caching

Monday, March 4, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Douglas Lauffenburger, Center for Biomedical Engineering, MIT
Biotechnology In Biomedical Engineering

Tuesday, March 5, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Mehran Mehregany, Case Western Reserve University
MEMS-Based Smart Systems

Thursday, March 7, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room A, 34-401A, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Dr. Steven T. Cundiff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
The Limits of Kerr-Lens-Modelocking of Ultrafast Lasers and Applications in Semiconductor Physics

Monday, March 11, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
John Chapin, Stanford University
Hive: Fault Containment For Shared-Memory Multiprocessors

Monday, March 11, 1996 . . . Abstract
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Meir Feder, Tel Aviv University and MIT
Adding Noise to Improve High Fi Audio Compression

Tuesday, March 12, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Paul Gronowski, Digital Semiconductor
A 433 MHz 64 bit Quad-Issue RISC Microprocessor

Thursday, March 14, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Mike Dahlin, University of California, Berkeley
Serverless Network File Systems

Thursday, March 14, 1996 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Room 26-100, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
James Clark, Netscape Communications Corp.
The Internet and Electronic Commerce

Monday, March 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:45 PM (1:30 refreshments)
Eric Schwabe, Northwestern University
Design and Analysis of Parity-Declustered Data Layouts for Disk Arrays

Monday, March 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Rajeev J. Ram, University of California, Santa Barbara
Microcavity Polariton Laser: Coherent Matter and Light

Monday, March 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Seth Goldstein, University of California, Berkeley
Lazy Threads: Compiler and Runtime Foundations for Multi-Threading

Monday, March 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Stephen Forrest, Princeton University, Visiting EECS MIT
Thin Films of Small Organic Molecules for Photonics:
Displays, Optical Switches and Other Devices

Tuesday, March 19, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Bob Hewes, Texas Instruments
Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Signal Processing

Thursday, March 21, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Norman Ramsey, Dept of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
Retargetting Techniques for Extended Programming Environment

Monday, April 1, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Hong Z. Tan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Information Transmission with a Multi-Finger Tactual Display

Monday, April 1, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:15 PM (3:00 refreshments)
Lewis Stiller, Johns Hopkins University
Symmetry in High-Performance Computing

Monday, April 1, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Dimitri P. Bertsekas, MIT, EECS and LIDS
Neuro-Dynamic Programming

Tuesday, April 2, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Khalid Ismail, IBM
Si/SiGe Heterostructures: Can They Extend the Life of Silicon Devices?

Thursday, April 4, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM
Steven McCanne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley
Scalable Multicast Video Transmission for the Internet

Thursday, April 4, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401A, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Dr. Lieven Vandenberghe, Stanford University
Optimization over Linear Matrix Inequalities

Monday, April 8, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 1:30 PM (1:15 refreshments)
Partha Niyogi, MIT AI Lab and CBCL
Perspectives from the Informational Complexity of Learning

Monday, April 8, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Matthew Wilson, MIT, Center for Learning and Memory
Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biology
Neuronal Monitoring of Behaving Animals by Microelectrode Arrays: Spatial Navigation and the Formation of Memories

Tuesday, April 9, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Jon Kleinberg, MIT
Geometric Optimization and Molecular Structure Problems

Tuesday, April 9, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Hsing-Huang Tseng, Motorola, Inc
Impact of Process-Induced Damage and Oxidation Process Modification on Gate Oxide Reliability

Thursday, April 11, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (2:45 refreshments)
Saman Amarasinghe, Stanford University
Automatic Compilation for Multiprocessors

Thursday, April 11, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401B, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Andrew C. Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Signal Processing and Communication with Soliton Signals

Tuesday, April 16, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room B, 34-401B, 2:00 PM (1:45 refreshments)
Dr. Michael S. Branicky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Hybrid Systems

Tuesday, April 16, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Carl de Marcken, MIT AI Laboratory
Unsupervised Language Acquisition

Thursday, April 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, 34-401A, 9:00 AM (8:45 refreshments)
Dr. Mani B. Srivastava, Bell Laboratories
Architecture and Design of Mobile Multimedia Systems

Thursday, April 18, 1996 . . . Abstract
Building NE43, 8th floor playroom, 11:00 AM (10:45 refreshments)
Trevor Darrell, MIT Media Laboratory
Perceptive Agents with Attentive Interfaces:
Learning and Vision for Man-machine Systems

Thursday, April 18, 1996 . . . Information and Abstract
Harry C. Gatos Distinguished Lecture
Informal Open Discussion with Graduate Students, Chipman Room, 8-314, 2:00 PM
Lecture, Room 54-100, 3:30 PM (3:00 refreshments)
Craig R. Barrett, Intel Corporation
Industrial R&D on Electronic Materials in the United States

Monday, April 22, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 2:15 PM (2:00 refreshments)
Babak Hassibi, Stanford University
Topics in Robust Estimation and Adaptive Filtering

Monday, April 22, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Michael J. Cima, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Advanced Materials by 3D Printing: Concepts, Prototypes, and Manufacturing

Monday, April 22, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
Adam Finkelstein, University of Washington
Curve Editing, Image Querying, and Video Clip Art:
Multiresolution Methods in Computer Graphics

Tuesday, April 23, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:00 PM (3:45 refreshments)
David Cliff, University of Sussex, UK
Little Eyes, Little Brains

Tuesday, April 23, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Edward Roberts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Strategic Management of Technology: Learning from Global Benchmarking of Leading European, Japanese and American Corporations

Thursday, April 25, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
RLE Conference Room, 36-428, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Prof. Alexandre Megretski, Iowa State University
Nonlinear Analysis: A Robust Control Approach

Thursday, April 25, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Shang-Hua Teng, University of Minnesota
Spectral Partitioning Works: Planar graphs and finite element meshes

Friday, April 26, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:30 PM (2:15 refreshments)
Sanjeev Khanna, Stanford University
A Structural View of Approximation

Monday, April 29, 1996 . . . Call for Papers . . . Program
Third Floor, Building 36, 3:00 PM
EECS Master Works:
a showcase for oral thesis presentations

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Building NE43, 8th floor AI Playroom, 11:00 AM (10:45 refreshments)
Leonard McMillan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Plenoptic Modeling and Image-based Computer Graphics

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Laurie Beu, Motorola, Inc
Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations of Semiconductor Research and Development

Thursday, May 2, 1996 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Arati Prabhakar, NIST
Technology Trends Driving Our 21st Century Economy

Monday, May 6, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
James Chung and Duane Boning, MIT EECS and MTL
Variations in Chip Manufacture: Modeling for Control and Design

Tuesday, May 7, 1996 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Chang Soo Kim, Lucky-Goldstar
The Korean Semiconductor Industry: What Challenges Lie Ahead?

Thursday, May 9, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University
Polynomial Time Approximation Schemes for Euclidean TSP and other Geometric Problems

Monday, May 13, 1996 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Lynn Andrea Stein, MIT, EECS and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Rethinking CS101:
How Robots Revolutionize Introductory Computer Programming

Tuesday, May 14, 1996 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (3:15 refreshments)
Robert Metcalfe, Executive Correspondent, InfoWorld and Vice President/Technology, International Data Group
Packet Communication

Thursday, May 16, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
Dalia Malki, AT&T Labs
High Performance Secure Reliable Group Communication

Friday, May 17, 1996
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:00 PM
Sandy Irani, UC Irvine
Scheduling with Conflicts, and Applictions to Traffic Signal Control

Wednesday, May 29, 1996 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Kresge Auditorium, 2:30 PM (2:15 refreshments)
Mr. Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft Corporation
The Internet: Today and Tomorrow

Thursday, June 20, 1996 . . . Abstract
Theory of Computation Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (4:00 refreshments)
David Zuckerman, University of Texas at Austin
Randomness-Optimal Sampling, Extractors, and Constructive Leader Election