DREI'96 Plenary and Evening Talks
- Monday, June 24
- 11:00-12:00 Jeff Weeks
- Plenary talk: The Shape of Space
- 8:00 - 9:00 Michael Cohen, Microsoft Corporation
- Evening Special Talk: Computer Graphics: What Is It Good For?
- Tuesday, June 25
- 11:00-12:00 James King
- Plenary talk: TBA
- Wednesday, June 26
- 11:00-11:30 Chaim Goodman-Strauss, University of Arkansas
- Finite State-Automata and You
- 11:30-12:00 Dennis Roseman, University of Iowa
- Tell Me What It Is That I Am Seeing
- Friday, June 28
- 11:00-12:00 Robert Davis, Rutgers University
- Plenary talk: How Do We Know What We Know?
- Monday, July 1
- 11:00 - 12:00 John Vassberg, Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA
- Plenary talk: Computational Geometry, Grid Generation and Algorithm Developments Related
to omputational Fluid Dynamics Within the Aircraft Industry.
- 8:00 - 9:00 Antony Jameson, Princeton University
- Evening Special Talk: The Future of Fluid Mechanics in Aircraft Design: Re-engineering Engineering
- Tuesday, July 2
- 11:00 - 12:00 Steven Fortune, Bell Laboratories
- Plenary talk: The Wireless System Engineering Design Tool
- Monday, July 8
- 11:15 - 12:15 Nina Amenta, XEROX PARC
- Plenary talk: Real-Life Shadows of 4-D Polytopes
- 8:00 - 9:00 Lillian Schwartz
- Evening Special Talk: In The Dark
- Tuesday, July 9
- 11:00 - 12:00 Owen Astrachan, Duke University
- Plenary talk: The First Computer Science Course and C++:
Paradigm Lost or Regained
- 8:00 - 9:00 Owen Astrachan
- Discussion at Elm Club: Introductory Courses in Computer Science
- Wednesday, July 10
- 11:00 - 12:00 Richard Pollack, Courant Institute
- Plenary talk: 100 Years of Sylvester's Problem
- 7:30 John H. Conway, Princeton University
- An Evening of Mathematics
- Thursday, July 11
- 8:30-10:00 Plenary Session
- 9:00 -10:00 Panel Discussion: Vertical Integration and Its Impact on the Classroom and the
- Academic Community - panelists: Scot Drysdale, David Dobkin, Mary Edwards,
Bro. Pat Carney, Carol Ann Giesing, Ken Steiglitz, Chuck Biehl (moderator)
- 10:30-12:30 "Celebration of Mathematics" (Wolfensohn Hall, IAS)
- Introduction by P. Griffiths, Director, IAS.
Remarks by Gov. Christine T. Whitman and Senator Jake Garn.
Keynote address by Neal Lane, Director, National Science
Foundation, NSF Regional Institutes in the Mathematical
Sciences, John Polking, PCMIA & David Dobkin, DREI
- 2:00 Panel Discussion (Wolfensohn Hall)
- A Cornerstone for the Future: Connecting Mathematics Researchers and
Educators, Hyman Bass (moderator)
Panelists: Joan Ferrini-Mundy,
William C. Harris, Cynthia Hays, Fred S. Roberts, DIMACS, Luther S. Williams,
Judy Brown, DREI
- 4:00 Piano concert at IAS
- Friday, July 12
- 11:00 - 12:00 Michael Goodrich
- Plenary talk: How To Draw Trees, Maps and Webs