MEETING-DATE:September 22, 2011
MEETING-LOCATION:DC 1331
MEETING-TIME:11:30
MEETING-CHAIR:Matthew Thorne
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COFFEE-HOUR-LAST-WEEK:CS Picnic
COFFEE-HOUR-THIS-WEEK:Steve
COFFEE-HOUR-NEXT-WEEK:Grace
FORTH-DATE1:September 29, 2011
FORTH-DATE2:October, 6, 2011
FORTH-DATE3:October 13, 2011
FORTH-DATE4:October 20, 2011
FORTH-LOCATION1:DC 1331 11:30
FORTH-LOCATION2:DC 1331 11:30
FORTH-LOCATION3:DC 1331 11:30
FORTH-LOCATION4:DC 1331 11:30
FORTH-CHAIR1:Dan Vogel
FORTH-CHAIR2:Zainab AlMeraj
FORTH-CHAIR3:Edgar Bering
FORTH-CHAIR4:Bill Cowan
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FORTH-CHAIRPIC2:zainab.jpg
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FORTH-TP1:Mike Terry
FORTH-TP2:Matthew Thorne
FORTH-TP3:Dan Vogel
FORTH-TP4:Zainab AlMeraj
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FORTH-TPPIC2:thorne.jpg
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TPNAME:Joe Istead
TPTITLE:Testing For Intersection Between Cylinders
TPABSTRACT:I will discuss an algorithm for detecting collisions between cylinders in R^3.  While other algorithms take an iterative approach or parametrize the intersection set, exploiting an intuitive concept yields an efficient algorithm that is better suited for most applications.  The algorithm is built up to sketch its correctness.
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DIONE:Mathematica coming for a visit September 23. "Mathematica in Education and Research" 2-4pm, including Q&A CPH 3679 for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
DITWO:Use your steel umbrella outside for the next few days.
DITHREE:Machine room alarm.
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AIONE:Send PDF of recent posters to Steve.
AITWO:Coffee Hour at 4:30 in the fall?  (Did we decide yet?)
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SEMINARS:<dl><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1354">2011 Sep 22</a>, 14:00 - Database Research Group Master's Thesis Presentation<br><nl>Alexey Karyakin, graduate student, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo<br>Dynamic Scale-out Mechanisms for Partitioned Shared-Nothing Databases</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1357">2011 Sep 22</a>, 15:30 - Scientific Computation Group PhD Seminar<br> Somayeh Moazeni, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sc., Univ. Waterloo<br><nl>Regularized Robust Optimization for Optimal Portfolio Execution</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1340">2011 Sep 23</a>, 08:30 - Software Engineering Research Group PhD Thesis Defence<br><nl>Vahid Karimi, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo<br>Access Control Models and Policies for Pattern-based Business Processes</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1361">2011 Sep 26</a>, 14:30 - Algorithms and Complexity Group Master's Thesis Presentation<br><nl>Kamran Tirdad, graduate student, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo<br>Exploiting the Computational Power of Ternary Content Addressable Memory</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1358">2011 Sep 27</a>, 11:00 - Institute for Computer Research Seminar<br><nl>Prof. Ron Baecker, Technologies for Aging Gracefully lab (TAGlab), University of Toronto<br>Technologies for Aging Gracefully</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1359">2011 Sep 27</a>, 14:30 - Bioinformatics Group PhD Seminar<br><nl>Daniel Holtby, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo<br>LoopWeaver - Loop Modeling by the Weighted Scaling of Verified Proteins</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1360">2011 Sep 28</a>, 10:30 - Software Engineering Research Group Seminar<br><nl>Luisa Mich, Department of Computer and Management Sciences, University of Trento<nl><br>Requirements for a web reputation monitoring system</dt><nl><dt> </dt><nl><dt><a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/odyssey/event/1356">2011 Sep 28</a>, 14:30 - Database Research Group Seminar<br><nl>Jonathan Goldstein, Microsoft<br><nl>Temporal Analytics on Big Data for Web Advertising</dt><nl></dl>