Hello, the CSC is hosting a talk entitled "Mathematics and
aesthetics in maze design" on 2010-11-17 at 04:30 PM in MC4061.
It will be presented by Craig S. Kaplan.
Abstract:
For thousands of years, mazes and labyrinths have played
an important role in human culture and myth. Today, solving
mazes is a popular pastime, whether with pencil on paper
or by navigating through a cornfield.
The construction of compelling mazes encompasses a variety of
challenges in mathematics, algorithm design, and aesthetics.
The maze should be visually attractive, but it should also be
an engaging puzzle. Master designers balance these two goals
with wonderful results.
In this talk, I discuss the role of the computer in the process
of designing mazes. I present some well known algorithms for
maze construction, and more recent research that attempts to
novel mazes with non-trivial mathematical or aesthetic properties.
Hope to see you there.
If you have any questions about the event e-mail the executive or check http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
In case you're interested in grad school:
Graduate Opportunities at the University of Toronto
Speaker: C.C. Gotlieb, University of Toronto
Date: Wednesday Nov 17
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: DC 1304
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Bio.:
Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb has been called the "Father of Computing" in
Canada. He received his MA in 1944 and his PhD in 1947 from the
University of Toronto. In 1948, he was part of the first team in Canada
assembled to design and construct digital computers and to provide
computing services. In that year, he co-founded the original Computation
Centre at the University of Toronto. He established the first university
credit course on computing in Canada in 1950, and offered the first
Canadian graduate courses in computing in 1951. In 1964, he founded the
first graduate department of Computer Science in Canada, at the
University of Toronto.
Professor Gotlieb has over a hundred publications in many areas of
Computer Science and Information Processing, and has co-authored four
books: "High Speed Data Processing", "Social Issues in Computing", "Data
Types and Structures", and "The Economics of Computers".
Professor Gotlieb has dedicated much of his professional work to the
promotion of information science and technology and the advancement of
national and international cooperation in this field. He has been a
consultant to the United Nations on Computer Technology and Development,
and to the Privacy and Computers Task Force of the Canadian Federal
Department of Communications and Justice. He was a founding member of
the Canadian Information Processing Society in 1958, and served as
Canada's representative at the founding meeting of the International
Federation of Information Processing Societies in 1959, and from
1960-1966. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the
Association of Computing Machinery, and a member of the Editorial
Advisory Board of Encyclopaedia Britannica and of the Annals of the
History of Computing.
Professor Gotlieb is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the
British Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery. He
received honorary DMath and DEng degrees from the University of Waterloo
and the Technical University of Nova Scotia respectively. In 1994, he
was awarded the Isaac L. Auerbach Medal by the International Federation
of Information Processing Societies, and in 1996 the Order of Canada
award. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the
Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto.
Hello everyone,
This is a reminder that we are going to Toronto on Nov. 13. We will be
meeting UofT's CSSU and going to the pub with them to discuss computer
science and other things after touring some subset of their facilities.
The bus leaves from in front of DC at 1pm, and we will leave Toronto at
11pm.
Space is limited so please sign up in advance. The price for the bus is $2
per member. To sign up come to the office in MC3036.
--
Edgar Bering, Vice President ebering at uwaterloo dot ca
Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering
Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1
Hello, the CSC is hosting a Hackathon on 2010-11-05 at 07:00 PM in C&D Lounge (MC3002).
Come join the CSC for a night of code, music with only 8 bits, and comradarie. We will be
in the C&D Lounge from 7pm until 7am working on personal projects, open source projects, and
whatever else comes to mind. If you're interested in getting involved in free/open source development,
some members will be on hand to guide you through the process.
Hope to see you there.
If you have any questions about the event e-mail the executive or check http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
Hello everyone,
In case you weren't aware, our friends across the hall at MathSoc have
cordially invited us to their Charity Ball, on Saturday Nov. 20th starting
at 6pm. The event will include a three course dinner and a charity
auction as well as a dance DJ'd by DJ Phat Albert.
The CSC has reserved two tables for our members, if you are interested in
attending with our group please contact either Gwynneth Leece
(gnleece(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca) or the executive as soon as possible before
Friday morning to reserve a place. Tickets are $20 per person, and we only
have a limited number reserved.
Thanks,
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Edgar Bering, Vice President ebering at uwaterloo dot ca
Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering
Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1
