UMBC Computer Science Department 
                presents the  
  8th Maryland Theoretical Computer Science Day  

   Engineering and Computer Science Building  
    University of Maryland Baltimore County  
     9:15am-5:45pm,  Friday, March 19, 1993

Five research talks by Stephen Altschul (National Institutes of
Health), Michael Fellows (University of Victoria), Bernard Chazelle
(Princeton University), Michael Kearns (AT&T Bell Laboratories), and
Miles E. Smid (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

To reserve a place for the luncheon, please send e-mail to
mtd_lunch@cs.umbc.edu (or call one of the organizers) by March 12.  
A modest fee will be charged to attend the luncheon.

For abstracts of talks and directions to UMBC, send e-mail to
md_theory_day@cs.umbc.edu

   Professor Richard Chang   	Professor Alan T. Sherman  
     chang@cs.umbc.edu            sherman@cs.umbc.edu 

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                8th Maryland Theoretical Computer Science Day  

                  Engineering and Computer Science Building  
                   University of Maryland Baltimore County  
                         Friday, March 19, 1993 



9:15am--9:30am      Opening remarks, Lecture Hall V   

9:30am--10:30am     Approaches to Multiple Biological Sequence Alignment 
		    Stephen Altschul, National Institutes of Health  

10:30am--11:00am    Morning reception, Atrium   

11:00am--12:00pm    Parameterized Computational Complexity   
		    Michael Fellows, University of Victoria  

12:00pm--2:00pm     Buffet luncheon, University Center Ballroom 
	            (see note)
		     
2:00pm--3:00pm	    Geometric Discrepancy and Derandomization   
		    Bernard Chazelle, Princeton University  

3:00pm--3:15pm	    Break   

3:15pm--4:15pm	    Efficient Noise-Tolerant Learning from 
		      Statistical Queries   
		    Michael Kearns, AT&T  Bell Laboratories  

4:15pm--4:45pm	    Afternoon reception, Atrium   

4:45pm--5:45pm	    A Status Report on the Proposed Digital Signature Standard  
		    Miles E. Smid, National Institute of Standards and Technology  

        5:45pm      Adjourn 


*  To reserve a place for the luncheon, please send e-mail to
   mtd_lunch@cs.umbc.edu (or call one of the organizers) by
   March 12.  A modest fee will be charged to attend the luncheon.

*  Send e-mail to md_theory_day@cs.umbc.edu for abstracts of the talks 
   and directions to UMBC.  Or contact one of the organizers:

	Professor Richard Chang   	Professor Alan T. Sherman  
	    (410) 455-3093		    (410) 455-2666  
	   chang@cs.umbc.edu       	   sherman@cs.umbc.edu 
   
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Maryland Theory Day is a biannual meeting of researchers and graduate
students from the greater Baltimore--Washington, DC area.   Its goals
are to present current research in theoretical computer science and to
promote interaction among participants from local universities,
industries, and government agencies.  The next three Maryland Theory
Days are scheduled as follows: University of Maryland College Park
(fall 1993), The Johns Hopkins University (spring 94), and the
Supercomputing Research Center (fall 1994).
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