Coordinator: Srijit Kamath
Faculty Advisor: Meera Sitharam
Other Faculty:
Below is a list of general goals of the Algorithms and Theory Club. We will meet once a week (time and place to be decided). The number of meetings devoted to each event (per semester) is included.
1. Discussion of problems of general interest. Anyone can feel free to post good problems. Problems (and solutions) may be emailed to me for inclusion on this page. All distinct, correct solutions will be posted a week or more after a problem is posted. Note that we do not plan to schedule regular meetings to discuss these problems. Rather all interaction will be by email and through this page.
2.
Discussion of Ph. D qualifiers exam problems including questions that have
previously appeared on the exam. Questions from algorithms and theory will be
discussed. There will be 4 meetings and these will be scheduled close to the
exam dates for the semester. Here are some strategies
for working on qualifiers.
3. Discussion of research problems (4 meetings). Will provide an opportunity for students and/or faculty to collaborate on projects. There will be two main presenters who volunteer to describe problems related to their research during each meeting.
4. Talks by faculty (4 meetings) and students (4 meetings) on research problems and special topics.
Note: If you are interested in participating in the activities of the club and wish to receive email about upcoming events please send me an email (srkamath@cise.ufl.edu) and I will add you to the mailing list.
Below I will also cross-list events from other seminars that are of immediate interest to our group.
| Date
| Event
| Description
|
| 01.10.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Sean Hallgren | Topic: Exponential Speedups Using Quantum Computation. Abstract |
| 01.13.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Xiaodong Sun | Topic: Computing Over Streams of Data. Abstract |
| 01.17.03 | Barr Talk: Herbert Edelsbrunner | Topic: Bio-Geometric Modeling. Abstract |
| 02.03.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Richard Brooks | Topic: Sensor Network Applications. Abstract |
| 02.14.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Lisong Xu | Topic: Performance Analysis of an Edge Optical Burst Switching Node. Abstract |
| 02.17.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Ye Xia | Topic: Analysis on Packet Resequencing in Communication Networks. Abstract |
| 02.24.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Prasenjit Mitra | Topic: Resolving Semantic Heterogeneity and Enabling Interoperation Among Information Sources. Abstract |
| 03.18.03 (Time: 2:30-4:00, room 404) | Qualifying Exam Discussion | |
| 03.20.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Anand Srinivasan | Topic: Efficient and Flexible Fair Scheduling of Real-time Tasks on Multiprocessors. Abstract |
| 03.25.03 (Time: 11:00-12:30, room 440) | Qualifying Exam Discussion | |
| 03.31.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Alin Dobra | Topic: Processing Aggregate Queries over Continuous Data Streams. Abstract |
| 04.01.03 (Time: 11:00-12:30, room 440) | Qualifying Exam Discussion | |
| 04.17.03 (Note time: 9.35-10.35 am) | Faculty Candidate Talk: Guang Song | Topic: A Motion Planning Approach to Protein Folding. Abstract |
Note: Default place - Room E305; Variable meeting time, Default time - 12:00 noon.
Request to Speakers: Please (encourage and) allow plenty of time for questions and discussion.