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Department Events, 1998-99

This archive contains events for the academic year 1998-99. See also:


Monday, September 14, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Manpreet Khaira, Intel, Strategic CAD Laboratories
A High-Performance Micro-Processor in 2010: is Micro-2010 a Myth or Reality?

Tuesday, September 15, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Bryan Ackland, Lucent Technologies
Single Chip CMOS Cameras


Monday, September 21, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Charles E. Leiserson, M.I.T., EECS and LCS
Programming Shared-Memory Multiprocessors Using Cilk Multithreaded Language

Tuesday, September 22, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Scott Thompson, Intel Corporation
MOS Scaling: Transistor Challenges for the 21st Century


Monday, September 28, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
John V. Guttag, M.I.T., EECS and LCS
Active Networking and Virtual Radios

Tuesday, September 29, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Rolfe Anderson, Affymetrix, Inc
Integrated Miniature Laboratory for GeneChip Analysis


Monday, October 5, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Radia Perlman, SUN Microsystems
How to Misuse Good Crytography and Create Insecure Network Protocols

Tuesday, October 6, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Phillip Restle, I.B.M. T.J. Watson Research Center
Designing the Best Clock Distribution Network

Wednesday, October 7, 1998 . . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Robert M. Randolph, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, MIT
Present at the Creation: Religious Life at MIT

Thursday, October 8, 1998
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Donald A. Norman, Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego
The Invisible Computer: Why the Computer Industry Doesn't Work the Way You Think It Should


Wednesday, October 14, 1998 . . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Steven Pinker, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Director, McDonnell-Pew Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, MIT
The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion: Does the Brain Have a "God Module"?


Monday, October 19, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Jagdish N. Sheth, Emory University
Competitive Evolution of the Communications Industry

Tuesday, October 20, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Den Shaw, Texas Instruments
Materials Challenges in ULSI Technology


Monday, October 26, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Martin A. Schmidt, M.I.T., EECS and MTL
Fabrication Techniques for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

Wednesday, October 28, 1998 . . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Academic Head, Media Laboratory; Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Inner Light, Community, and the Future of Computers


Monday, November 2, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Alan C. Kay, Disney Imagineering R&D Inc.
The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet


Monday, November 9, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Sander Weinreb, UMASS Amherst
The Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence: The Ultimate Wireless Communication

Tuesday, November 10, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Jose Melendez, Texas Instruments
Trends in Commercialization of New Technologies


Monday, November 16, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Caroline A. Ross, M.I.T. Materials Science and Engineering and CMSE
High-Density Magnetic Storage Media: Beyond 100 Gigabits per Square Inch

Tuesday, November 17, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Cees Wouda, Philips Research Laboratories
IC Design for Consumer Applications: The Real Challenge

Wednesday, November 18, 1998 . . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Brian Cantwell-Smith, Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science, University of Indiana
God, Approximately


Monday, November 23, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Bernard C. Lesieutre, M.I.T., EECS and LEES
Keeping the Lights On: Technical Challenges in Modern Power Systems

Tuesday, November 24, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
George Whitesides, Harvard University
Soft Lithography


Monday, November 30, 1998 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Gerald J. Sussman, M.I.T., EECS, LCS and AIL
Amorphous Computation

Tuesday, December 1, 1998 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Dennis Yost, Applied Materials
Semiconductor Equipment Industry: Migration from Equipment to Entire Process Module Solutions, Case Example Advanced Copper Interconnect


Wednesday, December 9, 1998 . . . Abstract
God and Computers Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Joel Moses, Jackson Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, MIT
Organizational Structures in the Pentateuch: Implications for AI and CS


Monday, February 8, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Franz X. Kärtner, ETH, Zurich, and Visiting Professor, EECS
Recent Advances in Femtosecond Optics and Their Applications

Tuesday, February 9, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Kathryn Wilcox, Compaq Computer Corporation
Implementation of a 600 MHz Superscalar RISC Microprocessor


Monday, February 22, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Brown University
Learning Models for Robot Navigation

Monday, February 22, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Alan V. Oppenheim, EECS and RLE
Digital Signal Processing: How Did We Get Where We're Going?

Tuesday, February 23, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Luc Bousse, Caliper Technologies
Complexity in Integrated Fluidic Circuits

Wednesday, February 24, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401A, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Mari Ostendorf, Boston University
Computational Modeling of Prosody for Automatic Speech Synthesis and Understanding

Thursday, February 25, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Jason Hickey, Cornell University
A Programming Environment for Building Reliable High Performance Systems


Monday, March 1, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Muriel Medard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Time-Varying Channels with Side Information

Monday, March 1, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM
Rafael Reif, MIT, EECS and MTL
Integrated Circuit Interconnects: Two New Research Activities

Tuesday, March 2, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Fred Weber, Advanced MicroDevices
Development of the AMD-K7 Mulitmedia x86 Processor


Monday, March 8, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Trevor Darrell, Interval Research
Image as Input: Robust Image Analysis for Perceptual User Interfaces

Monday, March 8, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Touch lab, Mech. Eng. Dept. and RLE, MIT
Hands and Brains: Haptics in the Real and Virtual Worlds

Tuesday, March 9, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
David Greenhill, Sun Microsystems
The Impact of Technology Scaling on Microprocessor Design


Monday, March 15, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Grier Room, Room 34-401B, 3:00 PM (refreshments 2:45)
Christopher A. Fuchs, Caltech
Quantum Information, Quantum Channels

Monday, March 15, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Colloquium
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
James G. Fujimoto, MIT, EECS and RLE
Biomedical Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Monday, March 15, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Martin Abadi, Compaq
Protection in Programming-Language Translations

Tuesday, March 16, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
James Ryan, IBM Microelectronics
Technology Challenges for Advanced Interconnects

Thursday, March 18, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Mor Harchol-Balter, MIT Lab for Computer Science
The Effect of Heavy-Tailed Job Size Distributions on System Design


Monday, March 29, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Robert Morris, Harvard University
Scalable Internet Network Engineering

Tuesday, March 30, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Sadasivan Shankar, Intel Corporation
Discrete to Continuum - The Art of Modeling in Semiconductor Processing

Tuesday, March 30, 1999
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
John Doyle, Professor, Caltech
Complexity and Robustness


Monday, April 5, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Micah Adler, University of Toronto
New Compression Techniques for Utilizing Existing Resources

Tuesday, April 6, 1999 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Room 26-100, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Computer Company
The Power of Vertical Integration

Tuesday, April 6, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Tom Lee, Stanford University
The Design of Low Phase Noise Oscillators

Tuesday, April 6, 1999
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Tamer Basar, Professor, University of Illinois
Risk-Sensitive Stochastic Designs and Relationship with Nonlinear H-infinity Control

Thursday, April 8, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Amy Greenwald, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Learning To Play Network Games


Tuesday, April 13, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Phillip Barth, Hewlett Packard
MEMS and Microfluidics at HP Laboratories

Tuesday, April 13, 1999
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Andrew Viterbi, Vice Chairman, Qualcomm
The End of Coding History or the Start of a New Era? Turbo Decoding and Related Codes.

Thursday, April 15, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Narayanan ("Shiva") Shivakumar, Stanford University
Large-Scale Copy Detection


Wednesday, April 21, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-941, 4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00)
Deb Roy, MIT Media Laboratory
Sensory-Grounded Language Learning


Monday, April 26, 1999 . . . Abstracts
Masterworks 99
Building 34, 3rd floor, 3:00 PM
This annual presentation of thesis research features 29 talks by MIT EECS Master's students.

Tuesday, April 27, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 2:00 PM (refreshments 1:45)
Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, U.C. Berkeley
Performance Availability in Cluster I/O

Tuesday, April 27, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Lalita Manchandra, Lucent Technologies
High K Dielectrics for Gigascale CMOS and Flash Memories

Tuesday, April 27, 1999
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Joseph F. Traub, Prof, Columbia University
Why Does Quasi-Monte Carlo Beat Monte Carlo for Mathematical Finance?

Thursday, April 29, 1999 . . . Abstract
LCS Distinguished Lecture
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 3:30 PM (refreshments 3:15)
Burton J. Smith, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Tera Computer Company
The Evolution of Multithreaded Architecture

Thursday, April 29, 1999 . . . Abstract
EECS Special Seminar
Room NE43-518, 4:30 PM (refreshments 4:15)
Andrew A. Berlin, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Computational Matter: A New Frontier for Engineering Design


Tuesday, May 4, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Noel MacDonald, DARPA/ETO

Tuesday, May 4, 1999 . . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
David Mindell, MIT
Early history of servomechanisms and control theory at MIT


Tuesday, May 11, 1999 . . . Abstract
MTL VLSI Seminar
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:30)
Paul Carey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Poly-Si Thin Film Transistors on Low Temperature Plastic Substrates

Tuesday, May 11, 1999 . . . Abstract
LIDS Colloquium
Room 35-225, 4:00 PM (reception following)
Prof. P.S. Krishnaprasad, University of Maryland
Geometry in Model Reduction


Tuesday, June 1, 1999
EECS Special Seminar
56-114, 4:00 PM (refreshments 3:45)
Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Engineering and Control Analysis of Cellular Networks: Analysis of Prokaryotic Genetic Switching Circuits


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