Computer Science Seminar, Fall 1998
Robust Computing and Optimized Libraries

TIME: Every Wed 4:00pm
PLACE: Room 402 (Conference Room), Warren Weaver Hall
WEBSITE: http://cs.nyu.edu/~yap/core/seminar.html
NOTE: the first talk (on Sep 23) will held in 715-719 Broadway, 7th Floor Conference Room, at 12:00-1:00.

Goals of Seminar

The phenomenon of numerical non-robustness is well-known in various scientific and engineering applications. This is a serious issue that has not been successfully dealt with in practice. In principle, a large part of this nonrobustness can be eliminated. The main impediment boils down to (a) efficiency and (b) ease-of-use. To achieve these goals, it is necessary to bring together experts in several areas, from algorithms and numerical computation to compilers and programming languages.

The contents seminar is broadly construed to fit participants' interest, and to encourage exchange of ideas. Students are especially welcome!

Schedule

  1. Sep 17: Organization meeting
  2. Sep 23: Krishna Palem and Ben Goldberg (The TRIMARAN System)
    NOTE: the talk on Sep 23 will NOT be at the regular time and room. Instead, it will be in 715-719 Broadway, 7th Floor Conference Room, at 12:00-1:00.
  3. Sep 30: No meeting (Yom Kippur)
  4. Oct 7: No meeting
  5. Oct 14: Chee Yap (Exact Geometric Computation)
  6. Oct 21: Chee Yap (Contd)
  7. Oct 28: Meeting postponed (Congratulations to Igor, a proud new father!)
  8. Nov 4: Igor Pechtchanski (Core Implementation)
  9. Nov 11: Vijay Karamcheti (Efficient Compiler Techniques)
  10. Nov 18: Marsha Berger (Robustness Issues in Mesh Generation)
  11. Nov 25: No meeting
  12. Dec 2: No meeting
  13. Dec 9: Vijay Karamcheti (contd. Efficient Compiler Techniques)

If you would like to speak, have any questions or have any suggestions, please send email to yap@cs.nyu.edu or Chee