Objective:
Geometry is ubiquitous in modern computer science. Numerous important algorithms have been developed that take advantage of the structure provided by geometry, and have found applications in diverse fields, ranging from pattern recognition, computer graphics, and image processing to operations research, robotics, statistics, data mining and information retrieval.
The Rensselaer Computer Science Day in the Fall of 2006 will bring together four speakers to present foundations of geometric computing, as well as applications of such techniques to various fields of computer science. The presentations will span a cross-section of disciplines, including theoretical computer science, computer vision, computational biology, and data mining.
Registration:
We request from all participants to register using the following form.
Schedule of the Day:
09:20-09:30 : Introductory remarks.
09:30-10:30 : Piotr Indyk. "Algorithms for Geometric Search Problems".
10:30-10:45 : Break
10:45-11:45 : Herbert Edelsbrunner. "Biology and Topology".
11:45-13:30 : Lunch Break.
13:30-14:30 : Jean Ponce. "Geometry and 3D computer vision: What we (kind of) know how to do, what we don't, and why anyone should care".
14:30-14:45 : Break
14:45-15:45 : Ravi Kannan. "Random Sampling in Massive Data Matrices and Tensors".
15:45-16:00 : Break
16:00-16:45 : Panel discussion: open problems.
09:30-10:30 : Piotr Indyk. "Algorithms for Geometric Search Problems".
10:30-10:45 : Break
10:45-11:45 : Herbert Edelsbrunner. "Biology and Topology".
11:45-13:30 : Lunch Break.
13:30-14:30 : Jean Ponce. "Geometry and 3D computer vision: What we (kind of) know how to do, what we don't, and why anyone should care".
14:30-14:45 : Break
14:45-15:45 : Ravi Kannan. "Random Sampling in Massive Data Matrices and Tensors".
15:45-16:00 : Break
16:00-16:45 : Panel discussion: open problems.
Directions and Parking:
Heading away from Hoosick Street on 15th Street, after taking a right on to 15th from Hoosick: Go straight past Sage Street and under the walking bridge. You will pass the Playhouse on your right and the Student Union and Robison Field House on your Left. Continue past these buildings and the Biotech Center is on your right. It is a large L-Shaped brick building with a modern glass ceiling. Inside on the first floor is the Biotech Auditorium.
Location: Biotech Auditorium
Speakers:
Herbert Edelsbrunner Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, Duke University
Piotr Indyk Theory of Computation Group, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT
Ravi Kannan Departments of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Yale University
Jean Ponce Beckman Institute and Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RPI Computer Science Day
Friday, October 20, 2006
