University of Toronto
Department of Computer Sciences Colloquia

A Series of Distinguished Lectures on Computer Science:
Its Theory, Practice, Applications and Implications


September 1997 to May 1998

All lectures take place on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon, in Sandford Fleming 1105, 10 King's College Road. Refreshments will be served in the area outside of the lecture room from 12 to 12:30.




September 30, 1997
David Blythe, Silicon Graphics
What's the Buzz About 3D Graphics?

October 7, 1997
Gabby Silberman, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Toronto
Deep Blue: IBM's Massively Parallel Chess Machine

October 28, 1997
David Penny, Algorithmics
Commercial Software Development and its relationship to academic computer science

November 11, 1997
Larry Constantine, University of Technology, Sydney
Measuring Usability: Evolving Quality Metrics for User Interface Designs

November 25, 1997
Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto
The World Wide Web as a Database

March 24, 1998
Allan Jepson, University of Toronto
Visual Motion: Estimation and Understanding

May 29, 1998
Nancy Lynch, MIT
The IOA Language and Toolset:
Support for Mathematics-Based Distributed Programming



Updated May 7, 1998. This page is maintained by Michiel van de Panne