A Series of Lectures on Computer Science: Its Theory, Practice, Applications and Implications

The lectures are free and open to all. Below is the list of already scheduled presenters. Unless otherwise indicated, all lectures are from 1:10 p.m to 2:10 p.m in room ENG288 (2nd Floor, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, "245, Church Street"). For more information, please send an email to the Organizer, Isaac Woungang, at iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca

Day		Presenter	Title & Abstract
2008
	Jul 10, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Simone Ludwig University of Saskatchewan	Semantic Service Discovery and Trust-based Selection Framework
	Jul 9, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Ali Miri School of Information Technology and Engineering and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa	Accelerating Scalar Multiplication on Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems
	Jul 7, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Robert Sim Braintech, Inc.	Vision-based robotics: Building a curious autonomous explorer
	Jul 4, 11:00-12:00	Dr Sajid Hussain Acadia University	Energy Efficient Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks
	Jul 3, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Periklis Andritsos University of Trento	Using Categorical Clustering to Analyze Structured and Unstructured Data
	jun 26, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Vojislav Misic University of Manitoba	Performance of Cooperative Sensing at the MAC Level
	jun 25, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Jelena Misic University of Manitoba	Cost of Secure Sensing in 802.15.4 Networks
	jun 24, 11:00-12:00	Dr. Mark Fiala National Research Council of Canada	Computer Vision for Robotics and Augmented Reality
	jan 22	Rashid Fatema Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Inverse Biometrics
	jan 22	Salah Sharieh Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Mobile Functional Optical Brain Spectroscopy Using Near Infrared Light
	jan 22	Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Opportunistic Networks: Specialized Ad Hoc Networks for Emergency Applications
	jan 15	Marcus Santos Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Parallel Hybrid Evolutionary Computation: Automatic Tuning of Parameters for Parallel Gene Expression Programming
2007
	Nov 6	Katrin Rohlf Department of Mathematics, Ryerson University	Biomathematics, Fluid Dynamics, and Reaction-Diffusion Equations, with Applications
	Oct 9	Peter Danziger Department of Mathematics, Ryerson University	From Kirkman to Covering Arrays
	Sep 30	Cristina Ribeiro Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Search and Rescue Canine
	Sep 23	Dave Mason Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Computer Science meets the real world: Integral calculus and Jello
	Sep 18	Elliott Coleshill Department of Computing and Information Science, University of Guelph	Feature Extraction Through Time (FETT)
	Apr 5	Abdul Shaikh, Arthur Lui, Charles Pan Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	The Next step in Computer Science Departmental Website
	Mar 29	Abdul Shaikh, Arthur Lui, Charles Pan Computer Science, Ryerson University	The Next step in Computer Science Departmental Website
	Mar 1	Jack Cao Computer Science, Ryerson University	Software Tool for Breast Cancer Brachytherapy using Visual Tool kit
	Feb 8	Toufik Taibi College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University	Formal Specification of Design Patterns Using the Temporal Logic of Actions (TLA)
2006	Feb 9	Sophie Quigley Computer Science, Ryerson University	Tour and Demo of the Department of Computer Science Usability Lab
	Apr 6	Huy Pham Student, MASc program Electrical and Computer Engineering department	Probabilistic Planning in Real-world Domains
	Apr 6	Abdul Naeem Shaikh Computer Science, Ryerson University	CS Website: We Need it, We build it!
	Apr 27	Abdul Naeem Shaikh Computer Science, Ryerson University	Managing the chaotic Software Development with Technology that Supports
	Jun 29	Hossein Rahnama Computer Science, Ryerson University	Fuzzy Bayesian Inference models in Medical Classifications and Diagnoses
	Nov. 23	Désiré N. Mbamou	Computer Aided Orthopedic Rehabilitation Engineering: Review of CAD/CAM/CIM Technology in Prostheses and Orthoses Engineering
2005	Nov 3	Marcus Santos Computer Science, Ryerson University	Denotational Semantics using Horn Concurrent Transaction Logic
	Nov 24	Alex Ferworn Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	CAT and dogs -- Remote Control Search and Rescue
	Dec 8	Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University	Coding Theory: Central Goals and Current State-Of-the-Art Research