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SECOND ANNUAL MEETING

STANFORD COMPUTER FORUM

Stanford University

14, 15 May 1970 Room ?70Tresidder Union

Opening Session - 9:00 - 10:1$ a.m., Thursday, 14 May

Conference

Chairman;

Professor Gene H. Golub

9:00 a.m. Welcome Professor William F. MillerVice President for ResearchStanford University

Professor George Forsythe, ChairmanComputer Science Department

Opening Remarks:

Professor John G. Linvill, ChairmanElectrical Engineering Department

Opening Remarks:

9:30 A Perspective onOperating Systems: Dr. Richard L. Shuey, Manager

Information Studies BranchGeneral Electric Research &

Development Center,Schenectady, New York

10:15 Coffee Break

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12:00 n, Thursday, lk MayTechnical Session I ~ 10:30 a.m.

Chairman: Prof. Gene H. Golub Commentator: Prof. George Forsythe

MPL: A Lnnguage for Mathematical Programming (a progress report)Dr. Christiane Riedl"x

Error Analysis of Some New Algorithmsand for Solving Linear Equations

for Matrix Multiplication

Richard P. Brent*Professor George Forsythe

An Imbedding Approach to the SolutionArbitrary Bounded Region

of Poisson's Equation on an

J. Alan George'Professor Gene Golub

Large Lounge, Tresidder Union12:00 n Luncheon

Technical Session II - 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., Thursday, 14 May

Chairman: Prof. Thomas H. Bredt Commentator: Prof. Edward Davidson

Transformation of Combinational NAND Networks

Professor Edward Davidson

A Functional Approach to Structured Combinational Logic DesignGerald N. Shapiro*Professor Edward McCluskey

A New Approach to the Design of Test Sequences for Logic NetsContaining Memory Elements -x-

Donald J. ChesarekProfessor Edward McCluskey

3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

speaker

H. P. (Sherman) Lee

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Technical Session 111 3:15 4:45 P.m., Thursday, 14 May

Chairman: Prof. Jerome Feldman Commentator: Kenneth Colby, M

Getting a Computer to See Simple Scenes

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Professor Jerome Feldman*A Computer with Hands, Eyes, Ears, and Wheels

Professor John McCarthy

Computer Models of Scientific Thinking-Professor Edward Feigenbaum*

Evening Activities, Thursday, 14 May

Garden Room(no host) Rickey's Hyatt House

7:00 p.m. Dinner Garden RoomRickey's Hyatt House

Toastmaster Dr. Arthur Samuel

Speaker: Kenneth Colby, M. D.Artificial Intelligence Project

"Computer as Catalyst in the Treatment of Non-Speaking Autistic Children"

speaker

6:00 p.m. Cocktail Party

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Technical Session IV - 9:00 - 10:15 a.m., Friday, 15 May

Chairman: Prof. Donald E. Knuth Commentator: Prof. Zohar Manna

Recent Research in the Mathematical Theory of ComputationStephen NessProfessor Zohar Manna

System Aids to Analysis and Debugging of ProgramsEdward Satterthwaite*Professor Donald Knuth

Hashing AlgorithmsGary KnottProfessor Donald Knuth

10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

Chairman: Prof. Harold S. Stone Commentator: Prof. Allen Peterson

Hardware Integration for General Purpose ComputersEckhard SchulzProfessor Allen Peterson

Logic Simulation Algorithms for an Orthogonal Processor■*J. Anthony Lukes

Professor Harold Stone

Research in Motion GraphicsSteven LevineProfessor William Miller

12:15 p.m. Luncheon Large Lounge, Tresidder Union

speaker

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Technical Session V - 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 n, Friday, 15 May

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Scheduled Individual Conferences 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., Friday, 15 May

FORUM members will be encouraged on Thursday to sign up for

on-site, small-group or individual conferences with faculty and

students from the Computer Science Department, the Digital Systems

Laboratory, the Artificial Intelligence Project, and the Computing

Group of the Linear Accelerator Center, which will take place

Friday afternoon.

The Closing Session of the COMPUTER FORUM will take place on

the patio of Polya Hall.

Stanford COMPUTER FORUM Committee

Harold S. Stone, Associate Professor of Computer Science &Electrical Engineering

Gene H. Golub, Professor of Computer Science

Edward J. McCluskey, Chairman, Professor of Computer Science &Electrical Engineering

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Closing Session - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Friday, 15 May

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FACULTY DIRECTORY

Name Location Phone

Forsythe, G. E. , Prof., Chairman, Comp. Sci. Dept, Polya 102 2274

McCluskey, E. J., Prof., Director, Dig. Sys. Lab., ERL 401 (73)451

Bredt, T. H. , Asst. Prof, Elec. Eng., DSL ERL 403 (73)448

Colby, X, M. D. Sr. Res. Assoc, Comp. Sci. A. I. 4116

Dantzig, G. 8. , Prof, of Comp. Sci & Op. Res. on leave

Davidson, E. S., Asst. Prof., Elec. Eng, DSL ERL 420 (73)263

Feigenbaum, E. A., Professor, Comp. Sci. Polya 108 4879Feldman, J. A., Assoc. Prof, of Comp. Sci. Polya 253 4532Floyd, R. W., Assoc. Prof, of Comp. Sci. Polya 256 4269Golub, G. 11. , Professor, Comp. Sci. Serra 12 4368Herriot, J. G. , Professor, Comp. Sci. on leave

Knuth, D. E. , Professor, Comp. Sci. Polya 252 4367Manna, Z. Asst. Prof, of Comp. Sci. Polya 258 4365McCarthy, J. Professor, Comp. Sci. A. I. 4430Miller, W. F. Prof., CS; Vice-Pres /Research Bldg. 1 3763Peterson, A. M. Professor, Elec. Eng., DSL Durand 227 3594Samuel, A. L. Sr. Res. Assoc, Comp. Sci. A. I. 333°

Stone,

H. S. Assoc. Prof., CS & EE, DSL ERL 416 (73)469

Legend:

A. I. = Artificial Intelligence Project, 1600 Arastradero Rd.

DSL = Digital Systems Laboratory, Stanford Electronics labs