Distinguished Speaker Series 

The ICS Distinguished Speaker Series for 1997-1998 concluded on March 2nd with a SRO audience in attendance for
the talk by Prof. Niklaus Wirth, ETH, Zurich.

Talks are held in the McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium. These talks are open to the public, free of charge,
and students and faculty are particularly encouraged to attend.

A list of previous years Distinguished Speaker Series, complete with abstracts, is available.

10:30 Light Refreshments
11:00 Talk Begins
12:00 Discussion (30 minutes)
Please contact Cathy Kick for questions or information about parking. A map of the ICS buildings at UCI is available.

Mega-monitoring: Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Telecommunications
Daryl Pregibon
AT&T Laboratories
Monday, October 20, 1997
Abstract

Cognitive Computation
Leslie Valiant
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Monday, November 17, 1997
Abstract

Taming technology: Why having the best technology is irrelevant, or Where Edison went wrong.
Donald A. Norman
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Monday, December 1, 1997
Abstract

Digital Lights, Cameras and Materials
Patrick M. Hanrahan
Stanford University
Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Abstract

Forgotten Hints on Programming Language Design
Niklaus Wirth
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Monday, March 2, 1998
Abstract