9th Maryland Theoretical Computer Science Day

Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

The University of Maryland
Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies (UMIACS) is organizing
a theoretical computer science day

Friday, October 8, 1993

PLACE:
University College Conference Center
University of Maryland, College Park


PROGRAM 

9:30 -- 9:50
Refreshments

9:50 -- 10:00
Greetings
Larry S. Davis
Director, UMIACS

10:00 -- 11:00
Speaker: Noga Alon
Princeton University & Tel Aviv University
``Derandomization''

11:10 -- 12:10
Speaker: Jin-yi Cai
Princeton University
``Towards Uncheatable Benchmarks''

12:10 -- 2:00
Lunch Break

2:00 -- 3:00
Speaker: Michael O. Rabin
Harvard University
``A New Method for Asynchronous Fault-Tolerant Computing''

3:10 -- 4:10
Speaker: Vijaya L. Ramachandran
University of Texas at Austin
``The Design and Evaluation of Parallel Algorithms''

4:10 -- 5:00
Reception

LUNCH 

Lunch will be provided to those who respond by e-mail to
cecilia@umiacs.umd.edu by September 24.

DIRECTIONS 

The University of Maryland University College Conference Center is
located on the western edge of the campus at the intersection of
University Boulevard (Md. Route 193), Adelphi Road, and Campus
Drive. To reach the Center from the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495),
take exit 25B to U.S. Route 1 South, then turn west on Md. Route 193.
Make U-turn at the 3rd traffic light and an immediate right into the
garage.  The Conference Center is right across from the garage.

QUESTIONS 

If you have any questions, or would like a map, please contact Cecilia
Kullman at (301) 405-6722 or by e-mail at cecilia@umiacs.umd.edu.