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    Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2006 Colloquia

  • August 23, 2006 (Wednesday) 1500-1600, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Andras Lorincz, Faculty of Informatics, Eotvos University, "Goal-Oriented Self-Organizing Distributed Systems: A Study with Internet Crawlers." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • August 25, 2006 (Friday) 1000-1100, Swearingen 2A22. Andras Lorincz, Faculty of Informatics, Eotvos University, "Accountable Surveillance for a Safe Brave New World." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • August 25, 2006 (Friday) 2:30-3:45pm, Lecture Hall B213 in 300 Main Street. Seven-Minute Madness. Presentation by departmental faculty: Michael Huhns (Multiagent Systems), Caroline Eastman (Effective Web Searching), Larry Stephens (Ontology Reconciliation for Security in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks), Marco Valtorta (Bayesian Networks), Srihari Nelakuditi (Computer Networks), Song Wang (Computer Vision and Medical Imaging), Tiecheng Liu (Video Analysis and Information Retrieval), Chin-Tser Huang (Secure Protocol Implementation & Development), and Homayoun Valafar (Computational Protein Folding).
  • September 8, 2006 (Friday) 2:30-3:45pm, Lecture Hall B213 in 300 Main Street. Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: Duncan Buell (Reconfigurable Computing), Jason Bakos (Special-Purpose Parallel Architectures), Gang Quan (Real-time and Embedded System Design), John Rose (Viruses: The Real Deal), Jijun Tang (Phylogenetic Reconstruction for Complex Genome Arrangement Events), Jose Vidal (Automated Negotiation Networks), Steve Fenner (Theoretical Computer Science), Csilla Farkas (Information Assurance on the Web), and Manton Matthews (Natural Language Processing).

    • USC Times site, with Link to Calendar of Colloquia, Lectures, Etc.

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Past Spring 2006 Colloquia

  • April 19, 2006 (Thursday) 1600-1700, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). UPE Induction Lecture : James Clark, Next Up Ventures, Title TBA.
  • April 14, 2006 (Friday) 1600-1700, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). Juan Gilbert, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University. "Application Quest: Computing Diversity." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 23, 2006 (Thursday) 1100-1200, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Orhan Camoglu, Department of Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara. "Discovering Functional Relationships among Proteins Using Computational Techniques." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 16, 2006 (Thursday) 1100-1200, Faculty Lounge (Swaeringen 1A03). Wenrui Gong, Department of Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara. "Synthesizing DSP Applications onto Reconfigurable Computing Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 1, 2006 (Wednesday) 1600-1700, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). Ananth Kalyanaraman, Department of Computer Engineering, Iowa State University. "Parallel Methods in Computational Genomics." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 24, 2006 (Friday) 1430-1530, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). David Penry, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University. "Exploiting Structure and Parallelism to Accelerate Microarchitectural Simulation." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 20, 2006 (Monday) 1325-1425, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Lesley Shannon, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto. "Leveraging Configurability in the System Design Process." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 17, 2006 (Friday) 1430-1530, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). Romit Roy Choudhury, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois. "Utilizing Beanforming Antennas for Wireless Multihop Networks." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • January 13, 2006 (Friday) 1530-1630, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Stefan Andrei, Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore. "Verification and Debugging of Real-Time Specifications." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • USC Times site, with Link to Calendar of Colloquia, Lectures, Etc.

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Past Fall 2005 Colloquia

  • November 18, 2005 (Friday) 4pm-5pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Subramhmanyam Bulusu, Marine Science Program, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, "Satellite Oceanography and Ocean Models." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Past Spring 2005 Colloquia

  • April 1, 2005 (Friday) 2:30-4pm, Moore School of Business Close/Hipp Building Room BA 005. UPE Induction Lecture : Alan Cooper, "Ending the Death March." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 25, 2005 (Friday) 3:30pm-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Yang Cao, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Multiscale Stochastic Simulation of Biochemical Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 28, 2005 (Monday) 1pm-2pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Partha Pratim Pande, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia. "Network on Chip: A New Direction in System on Chip Design." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 18, 2005 (Friday) 3:30pm-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Jason Bakos, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh. "Lightweight Hierarchical Error Control Codes for Multi-Bit Differential Channels." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 4, 2005 (Friday) 3:30pm-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Xiong Hui, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota. "Association Pattern Discovery: Algorithms and Applications in Bioinformatics." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 28, 2005 (Monday) 1pm-2pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Naren Kodali, Department of Information and Software Engineering, George Mason University. "Enforcing Semantics Aware Security in Multimedia Documents." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 25, 2005 (Friday) 3:30pm-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Fei Dai, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University. "Local Construction of Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless ad Hoc Networks." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 21, 2005 (Monday) 1pm-2pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Anurag Tiwari, Sun Microsystems. "Low Power FPGA Design Techniques for Embedded Systems." Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati. "Low Power FPGA Design Techniques for Embedded Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 18, 2005 (Friday) 2:30-4pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Distinguished Lecture Series: Kang C. Shin, Kevin and Nancy O'Connor Professor of Computer Science, University of Michigan. "Management and Applications of Sensor Networks." Contents of Trifold Brochure (MS-Word format). Announcement (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 7, 2005 (Monday) 1pm-2pm, Faculty Lounge (1A03). Bo Hong, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California. "Adaptive Allocation of Independent Tasks in Distributed Computing Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 4, 2005 (Friday) 2:30-4pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Distinguished Lecture Series: Jack Dongarra, University Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee. "Supercomputers and Clusters and Grids, Oh, My!" Contents of Trifold Brochure (MS-Word format). Announcement (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • January 14, 2005 (Friday) 2:30-4pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Postponed: to be rescheduled. Distinguished Lecture Series: Dan Reed, Chancellor's Eminent Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Computing Challenges: Scalability and Interdisciplinary Applications." Contents of Trifold Brochure (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2004 Colloquia

  • November 19, 2004 (Friday) 2:30-4pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Distinguished Lecture Series: Kim Boyer, Professor and Director, Signal Analysis and Machine Perception Laboratory, Ohio State University. "Automatic Measurement of Retinal Thickness and Optic Nervehead Geometry in Optical Coherence Tomography." Contents of Trifold Brochure (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • November 12, 2004 (Friday) 2:30-4pm Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Distinguished Lecture Series: Jeffrey L. Thorne, Associate Professor of Genetics and Statistics, North Carolina State University. "Combining Protein Evolution and Protein Structure." Contents of Trifold Brochure (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 29, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). Kirk Cameron, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina. "High-performance, Power-aware Distributed Computing." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • September 10, 2004 (Friday) 2:30-3:45pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: Caroline Eastman, Michael Huhns, Chin-Tser Huang, Homayoun Valafar, Marco Valtorta, Jijun Tang, Steve Fenner, Song Wang, Jose Vidal, Manton Matthews.
  • August 27, 2004 (Friday) 2:30-3:45pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: John Bowles, Srihari Nelakuditi, Kirk Cameron, Jim Davis, and Duncan Buell.
  • August 19, 2004 (Thursday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Carrie Gates, CERT Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University, and Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University. "Network Connectivity: Solving a Mystery." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • August 20, 2004 (Friday) 3:00-4:00pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). John McHugh, CERT Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University. "Pyrite or Gold: It takes more than a pick or shovel." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk (pdf format, local copy, courtesy of Dr. McHugh). Slides used in the talk (ppt format, local copy, courtesy if Dr. McHugh).
  • August 27, 2004 (Friday) 2:30-3:45pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: John Bowles, Tiecheng Liu, Csilla Farkas, Srihari Nelakuditi, Kirk Cameron, Jim Davis, Duncan Buell.
  • September 27, 2004 (Monday) 1-2:30pm Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Victor A. Skormin, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Binghamton University. "Modeling Active Immune Response with Computer Network Considerations." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • September 28, 2004 (Tuesday) 1-2:30pm Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Victor A. Skormin, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Binghamton University. "Detecting Malicious Software by the Presence of the Gene of Self-Replication." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • September 29, 2004 (Wednesday) 1-2:30pm Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Victor A. Skormin, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Binghamton University. "Singular Value Decomposition as a Tool for Anomaly Detection.." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Summer 2004 Colloquia

  • July 9, 2004 (Friday) 10:00-11:00am, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Paul Segars, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University. "Medical Imaging Simulation of Mice and Men." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • August 6, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). David Lowenthal, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia. "Client-Centered Energy Savings for TCP Downloads." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Spring 2004 Colloquia

  • January 23, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Eva Czabarka, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Comparing the Efficiency of Database Retrieval Methods." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 6, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Christine Julien, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University. "A Software Engineering Perspective on Context-Awareness in Ad Hoc Mobile Networks." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 16, 2004 (Monday) 10:00-11:00am, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Yuhua Chen, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University. "Advanced Digital Designs in Optical Burst Switching Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 20, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Jennifer M.C. Vendemia and Michael J. Schillaci, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina. "Neuroscientific Modeling of Deception with HD-ERPs and fMRI: Experimental and Computational Problems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). PowerPoint Presentation, by permission of Drs. Vendemia and Schillaci.
  • February 23, 2004 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Jijun Tang, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico. "Large-scale Phylogeny Reconstruction from Arbitrary Gene-order Data." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 27, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Dieter Haemmerich, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin at Madison. "Computer Modeling of Radiofrequency Ablation." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 5, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). James A. Bednar, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin. "Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 15, 2004 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Qun Li, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College. "Mobility and Communication in Sensor Networks." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 19, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Songqing Chen, Department of Computer Science, College of William and Mary. "Design and Implementation of the Hyper-Proxy System for High Quality Streaming Media Delivery on the Internet." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 22, 2004 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Lonnie Welch, Stuckey Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University. "Adaptive Resource Management for Dynamic, Distributed Real-time Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 26, 2004 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Homayoun Valafar, Department of Computer Science and Department of Biochemistry, University of Georgia. "Computational Methods in Structural Genomics: High Throughput Protein Structural Determination from NMR Spectra." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 29, 2004 (Monday) 2:00-4:00pm, Law School Auditorium. Bret Michael, Department of Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, and Tom Wingfield, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "Domestic and International Aspects of Homeland Security Law." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 5, 2004 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Shoudan Liang, Advanced Supercomputing Group, NASA Ames Research Center. "Simple Math is Enough: Two Examples of Inferring Functional Association from Genomic Data." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2003 Colloquia

  • September 18, 2003 (Thursday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Ron Sass, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Clemson University. "Online Architectures: Run-Time Reconfiguration and Module Specialization Research at Clemson University." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • September 23, 2003 (Tuesday) 3:30-5:00pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: Duncan Buell, Steve Fenner, Tiecheng Liu, Kirk Cameron, Jim Davis, Srihari Nelakuditi, Gang Quan, Song Wang.
  • October 3, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Stephen Fenner, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University. of South Carolina. "Gödel for Geeks: The Incompleteness Theorem in a Nutshell." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 7, 2003 (Tuesday) 3:30-5:00pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Seven-Minute Madness. Presentations by Departmental Faculty: John Zachary, Caroline Eastman, Csilla Farkas, John Bowles, Marco Valtorta, Juan Vargas, Larry Stevens, Michael Huhns, Manton Matthews.
  • October 17, 2003 (Thursday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Jianping Fan, Department of Computer Science, UNC Charlotte. "Semantic Video Classification and Indexing for Medical Education Applications." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 24, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). David M. Piscitello, Core Competence, Inc. "Wireless System Security." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 31, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Salvatore Profeta, Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina. "Addressing Molecular Design and Related Informatics Challenges in Ag and Pharma." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk, PowerPoint format, local copy.

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Summer 2003 Colloquia

  • June 24, 2003 (Friday) 2:00-3:00pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Michael Stiber, Computer and Software Systems Program, University of Washington, Bothell. "Information Coding in Nervous Systems: Responses to Regular and Irregular Discharges." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk (pdf format, local copy).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Spring 2003 Colloquia

  • February 7, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Yunja Choi, University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "Automated Abstraction for Model Checking Software Specifications with Interrelated Numeric Constraints." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 10, 2003 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Xiadong Zhang, National Science Foundation and College of William and Mary, Department of Computer Science. "Software and Hardware Support for Effective Locality-Aware Computing." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 17, 2003 (Monday) 1100-noon, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Katherine Compton, Northwestern University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Title: "Architecture Generation of Customized Reconfigurable Hardware." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 25, 2003 (Tuesday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Yu Li, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida. "High Field MR Technology Development." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk (pps format, local copy).
  • Informal Talk: Monday, March 3, 2003, 1115am, Swearingen 1C01 (Amoco Hall). Mr. Douglas Fears, Solutions Architect, NCR and Teradata. "Why Should I be Normal? Data Warehousing Concepts." USC contact: Dr. Greg Dobbins, dobbinjg@engr.sc.edu.
  • March 3, 2003 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Tiecheng Liu, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University. "Summarization and Semantic Compression of Videos." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • Informal Talk: Thursday, March 6, 2pm, Swearingen 1A03 (Faculty Lounge). Terry Stowers, Academic Developer Evangelist, Microsoft. "Introduction to the Microsoft Academic Developer Initiative: Better Access to Microsoft Technical Resources." USC contact: Dr. Juan Vargas, vargasje@engr.sc.edu.
  • March 7, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Jun Xu, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Defeating Security Attacks Through Runtime Mechanisms." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 4, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Haining Wang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan. "Hop-Count Filtering: An Effective Defense Against IP Spoofing." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 7, 2003 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Chin-Tser Huang, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin. "Hop Integrity in Computer Networks." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 25, 2003 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Faculty Lounge (Swearingen 1A03). Nancy Glenn, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina. "Statistical Learning Techniques for Intelligent Memory Management." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Fall 2002 Colloquia

  • August 23, 2002 (Friday) 2:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Ten-Minute Madness. Presentations by Ron Bonnell, Duncan Buell, Kirk Cameron, Jim Davis, Michael Huhns, Toshiro Kubota, Gang Quan, Larry Stephens, and Jose Vidal.
  • August 30, 2002 (Friday) 2:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Ten-Minute Madness. Presentations by Duncan Clarke, Greg Dobbins, Caroline Eastman, Csilla Farkas, Stephen Fenner, Manton Matthews, Srihari Nelakuditi, John Rose, Marco Valtorta, Juan Vargas, and John Zachary.
  • September 13, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). David A. Ramsey, The South Carolina Research Authority and University of South Carolina, Department of Computer Computer Science. "Computing Issues Brought about by Magnetic Resonance Image Processing." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • September 20, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). Duncan A. Buell, University of South Carolina Department of Computer Computer Science. "Optimal Implementation of UPGMA and Neighbor-Joining Algorithms." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 4, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University Department of Information and Software Engineering. "Recent Advances in Flexible Authorization Models." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 7, 2002 (Monday) 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). Katherine Compton, Northwestern University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Architecture Generation for the Totem Project." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • October 11, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Xizhou Feng, University of South Carolina Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "Parallel Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk (pdf format, local copy).
  • October 18, 2002 (Friday) 2:30-3:30pm, Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Michael Filaseta, University of South Carolina Department of Mathematics. "Primality Testing in Polynomial Time." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). Slides used in the talk (pdf format, local copy). Slides used in the talk (pdf format, author's site). This colloquium was followed by refreshments and by a departmental faculty meeting on advisement issues in Amoco Hall, led by Caroline Eastman.
  • October 25, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen 2A31. John Skvoretz, University of South Carolina Department of Sociology. "Connecting the Dots: Applications of Exponential Random Graph Models to the Prediction of Tie/Arc/Edge Locations in Networks/Digraphs/Graph." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • November 8, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen 2A31. Srihari Nelakuditi, University of South Carolina Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "An Introduction to the Network Simulator NS2." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • November 22, 2002 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Amoco Hall (Swearingen 1C01). Toshiro Kubota, University of South Carolina Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "Robust Feature Analysis: from Algorithm to Biology." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).

    • Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Spring 2002 Colloquia

  • February 8, 2002 (Friday), 3:30-4:30PM, Swearingen 2A27. Zhiling Lan, Northwestern University. "Dynamic Load Balancing for Parallel and Distributed Systems." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 15, 2002 (Friday), 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). James Davis, University of South Carolina, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "VLSI Systems Engineering at USC: Challenges and Opportunities." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 18, 2002 (Monday), 3:30-4:30pm, 300 Main B103. Ruth Cheng, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "Parallel Particle Tracking Methods for Scientific Computing." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • February 22, 2002 (Friday), 3:30-4:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). John Haskins, University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science. "Minimal Subset Evaluation: Rapid Warm-up for Simulated Hardware State." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 1, 2002 (Friday), 3:45-4:45pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). Natalia Pakhomkina, University of South Carolina, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "Introduction to the Teradata RDMS: Research and Development Opportunities at USC." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text). There will be a related talk to Prof. Fenner's CSCE 520 class on February 20 (Wednesday) in room 2A19 from 2:30-3:45pm. Interested persons should contact Dr. Stephen Fenner (fenner@cse.sc.edu) directly.
  • March 7, 2002 (Thursday) 3:30-4:30pm, 300 Main B110. Yongdae Kim, University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science. "Group Key agreement: Theory and Practice." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • March 8, 2002 (Friday) 4:00-5:00pm (note time change!), 300 Main B110. Kai Shen, University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Computer Science. "Replication, Load-balancing, and QoS Support for Cluster-based Network Services." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 11, 2002 (Thursday) 3:00-4:00pm, 300 Main B201. Johann Gasteiger, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Computer-Chemie-Centrum and Institute for Organic Chemistry. "Neural Networks in Chemistry." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • April 12, 2002 (Friday) 9:00-10:00am (note morning time!), Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). Song Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Image Segmentation by Boundary Detection: A Graph-Theoretic Approach." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • May 16, 2002 (Thursday) 10:30-11:30am, Swearingen Amoco Hall (SWGN 1C01). Regis Vincent, SRI International. Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).
  • June 3, 2002 (Monday) 1:30-2:30pm, Swearingen Faculty Lounge (SWGN 1A03). Srihari Nelakuditi, University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science. "Localized Approach to Providing Quality of Service." Abstract (MS-Word format). Abstract (text).