University of Houston Computer Science Department

Today's Date:

Graduate Advising:

Director of Graduate Studies: Dr. Ernst Leiss

Days	Times
Mon, Wed	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Tue, Thu	11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Advisor	Days	Times
Yvette Elder	Mon-Thu	9AM-12PM
Elizabeth Faig	Mon-Thu	10AM-12PM

Undergraduate Office:

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Dr. Olin Johnson

Days	Times
Tuesday	2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Thursday	2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Director of Undergraduate Recruiting: Dr. Victoria Hilford

Days	Times
Monday	1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Wednesday	1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Program Coordinator:
Leah McAlister-Shields

Days	Times
Tue,Thu	9AM-10AM & 2PM-3PM
Wed	By Appointment (9AM-4PM)
Fri	Walk-ins (9AM-4PM)

CougarCS Student Organization:

Office:	546 PGH
E-mail:	CougarCS@gmail.com
Website:	www.CougarCS.com
Faculty Liaison:	Dr. Victoria Hilford

The Amazing Journey of CS@UH: Algorithms, Computers, and Design

The Department of Computer Science and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics announce a symposium on

The Amazing Journey of CS@UH:
Algorithms, Computers, and Design

Friday, January 27, 2006
Hilton University of Houston, Plaza-247

The symposium will honor three of the department’s pioneering professors and former chairmen:

Professor Olin Johnson, Chair 1974 - 1979
Professor Willis King, Chair 1979 - 1992
Professor J.C. Huang, Chair 1992 - 1996

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Program

9:30 – 9:45	Registration
9:45 – 10:00	Welcome and Introductions Marc Garbey, Chair, Dept. of Computer Science
10:00 – 11:45	Session I - Computational Mathematics Marc Garbey, Moderator Beresford Parlett, Professor Emeritus University of California at Berkeley “The Making of the Handbook and the Discovery of the LR Algorithm” Roland Glowinski, Professor Department of Mathematics, University of Houston “On the Numerical Solution of a Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problem” B. Montgomery Pettitt, Professor Department of Chemistry, University of Houston "Multiscale Simulations in Biomaterials Science"
11:45 – 1:00	LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 2:45	Session II - Houston’s Software Industry Olin Johnson, Moderator Olivier Lhemann, President Interactive Network Technologies, Inc. “Challenges and Opportunities for the Software Entrepreneur” John Sherman, Chief Technology Officer Energy Solutions International “Software Breakthroughs and Frontiers for Intelligent Oil and Gas Field Development” Tim Leite, Director of Education Visual Numerics, Inc. “How a Scientific Software Company has Evolved over the Past 35 Years"
2:45 – 3:45	Session III – Research Frontiers Willis King, Moderator Maciej Brodowicz, Staff Scientist Center for Computation and Technology Louisiana State University “MIND: Building a Petaflops Computer” Marc Garbey, Chair Department of Computer Science, University of Houston "The Way Computers Reshape Science”
3:45 – 4:15	AFTERNOON BREAK
4:15 – 5:15	Session IV – The Amazing Journey of CS@UH J. C. Huang, Moderator Ruijian Zhang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Purdue University Calumet “My Learning Experience at University of Houston” Ernst Leiss, Professor Department of Computer Science University of Houston “Impossibilities”
5:15	Closing Remarks Marc Garbey