Faculty Seminar & Keynote Talks
I. Batarseh: “Distance Learning Delivery for Power Electronics,” Technical University of Ilmenua, Ilmenau, Germany, Apr. 26, 2002 and “Power Electronics Research at UCF,” Bodgousch, Poland, Apr. 27, 2002.

N. Deo spent a month in Japan at the invitation of the Information Processing Society of Japan and several Japanese universities. He gave the following colloquia:

  • “The Nature of the Randomness in Digraph of the World Wide Web,” Department of Electrical Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo, July 3, 2002;
  • “Graph as a Modeling Tool in Discrete Optimization,” Hitachi Systems Development Laboratory, Kawasaki, July 8, 2002;
  • “Determining the 3-D Structure of a Biomolecule on a Beowulf Cluster,” Department of Electrical Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo, July 10, 2002;
  • “Prufer-Like Tree Codes: Encoding and Decoding in Parallel,” Mini-conference in IT, Chuo University, Tokyo, July 11, 2002;
  • “Solving the Molecular Conformation Problem in Parallel,” Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, July 18, 2002;
  • “Computing the Tertiary Structure of a Protein Molecule from NMR Data,” Department of Electrical Engineering, Osaka University, July 22, 2002;
  • “Parallel Algorithms for Encoding and Decoding Labeled Trees,” Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Ryukoku University, Ohtsu City, July 23, 2002;
  • “Structural Analysis of the Web Digraph,” Department of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University, July 25, 2002;
  • “Computing the 3-D Structure of a Biomolecule in Parallel,” Department of Information Engineering, Niigata University, July 29, 2002.

    E. Gelenbe: “Cognitive Packet Networks,” Seminar at the DAI-Laboratorium, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2002;

  • “Gelenbe Networks — Queueing Networks with Control Functions,” Invited Plenary Talk, Madrid Conference on Queueing Theory, Complutense University Madrid, July 2, 2002;
  • “Simulation with Augmented Reality,” Invited Plenary Talk, Track on Perspectives on the Future of Modeling and Simulation, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 17, 2002;
  • “Self-Routing Packet Networks,” Seminar, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Aug. 15, 2002;
  • “Cognitive Packet Networks: QoS and Performance,” Opening Keynote Paper, IEEE Computer Society MASCOOTS ’02 Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, Oct. 14, 2002.

    M. Georgiopoulos: “Art Neural Network Architectures,” Institute of Electronics and Institute of Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, Oct. 21 and 23, 2002.

    • K.A. Hua: “Cost-Effective Video Streaming Techniques,” “Broadcast Techniques for Video on Demand,” and “Efficient and Cost-Effective Techniques for Browsing and Indexing Image/Video Databases,” Distinguished Lecturer Series, Thammasat University, Thailand, June 17–18, 2002.

    J.J. Liou and F. Schwierz: “RF/Microwave Transistors: Evolution, Current Status and Future Trend,” IEEE Hong Kong Electron Device Meeting, Hong Kong, June 28-29, 2002.

    J.J. Liou: “Evolution and Current Status of RF Transistors,” IEEE Taiwan Section, Tainan, Taiwan, May 2002;

  • “Modern RF Transistors: An Overview,” IEEE Singapore Section, Singapore, June 2002;
  • “Design and Applications of RF Semiconductor Devices,” IEEE Korea Section, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2002.

    C.L. Lisetti: “Affective Social Computing: From User-Modeling to Emotion-Based Architecture,” Burnett Honors College, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, July 2002;

  • “Social Intelligence for the Next Generation of Robots,” Canadian French Television with Journalist Benoit Michaud, Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 2002;
  • “Emotions in Elderly — How to Truly Care,” Panelist for Panel on Technical Needs and Opportunities, AAAI 2002 Workshop on Automation as Caregiver: The Role of Intelligent Technology in Elder Care, Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 2002.

    G.A. Marin: “Network Monitoring for Computer Intrusion Detection,” Office of Naval Research Principal Investigator’s Meeting on Information Assurance Research, Applied Research Lab, Penn State University, July 24, 2002.

    M. Shah: “Target Detection and Tracking in EO and FLIR Imagery,” Second Automatic Target Recognition Workshop, Lockheed-Martin, Orlando, FL, Oct. 2, 2002;

  • “Computer Vision and Undergraduate Research,” Honors College, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Oct. 14-15, 2002;
  • “Tracking in Uncalibrated Multiple Cameras and View Invariant Representation and Recognition of Human Action,” INRIA Sophia-Antipolis Cede, France, Sept. 6, 2002; University of California, Riverside, Oct. 16, 2002 and University of Southern California, Los Angles, Oct. 18, 2002.

    M.A. Tantaoui: “A Scalable Technique for VCR-Like Interactions in Video-on-Demand Applications,” Invited Talk, International Conference in Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS ’02), Vienna, Austria, July 2-5, 2002.

    A.S. Wu: “Introduction to Genetics,” Invited Tutorial at the 2002 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, New York, NY, July 10, 2002.

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