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CS Colloq: Dr. Michal Pechoucek
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2:00:00 PM on 10/21/2009
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VKC 154
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Title: AGENTFLY: Multi-agent UAV collision avoidance
Abstract:
Free-flight concept is a modern approach to flexible collision free air traffic control investigated mainly in the context of unmanned aerial assets. Agent Technology Center (ATG) at the Czech Technical University designed and developed AGENTFLY, a multi-agent simulation environment used for a variety of coordinated UAA scenarios. Several collision avoidance methods (e.g. based on visual flight rules, based on peer-to-peer ne...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?date=10/21/2009&Event_ID=906
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CS DLS: Dr. Tony Derose
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4:00:00 PM on 10/22/2009
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SSL 150
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Talk title: Math in the Movies
Speaker: Dr. Tony DeRose (Pixar Animation Studios)
Host: Prof. Jernej Barbic
Abstract:
Film making is undergoing a digital revolution brought on by advances in areas such as computer technology, computational physics, geometry, and approximation theory. Using numerous examples drawn from Pixar's feature films, this talk will provide a behind the scenes look at the role that math plays in the revolution.
Bio:
Tony DeRose is currently a Senior Scientis...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?date=10/22/2009&Event_ID=867
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CS Colloq: Dr. David Lomet
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4:00:00 PM on 10/27/2009
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SSL 150
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Title: Deuteronomy - Rethinking Database Kernel Architectures
Speaker: Dr. David Lomet
Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh
Abstract: Traditionally, a DBMS kernel has recovery, concurrency control and access method code tightly bound together. In the Deuteronomy project we factor the kernel into
a transactional component (TC) that knows about transactions and their "logical" concurrency control and undo/redo recovery, and a data component (DC) that knows about the access methods and ...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?date=10/27/2009&Event_ID=902
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CS DLS: Prof. Fan Chung Graham
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4:00:00 PM on 10/29/2009
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SSL 150
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Talk title: Graph theory in the information age
Speaker: Prof. Fan Chung Graham (UCSD)
Host: Prof. David Kempe
Abstract:
Nowadays we are surrounded by numerous large information networks, such as the WWW graph, the telephone graph and various social networks. Many new questions arise. How are these graphs formed? What are basic structures of such large networks? How do they evolve? What are the underlying principles that dicatate their behavior? How are subgraphs related to the large ...read more at event URL-
http://www.cs.usc.edu/calendar/csevent.asp?date=10/29/2009&Event_ID=885