A Symposium to Honor the Scientific Career of Jacob T. Schwartz

October 29, 2004

Warren Weaver Hall, Room 109

9:30-10:00 am	Breakfast
10:00-10:15 am	Opening Remarks David McLaughlin (Provost, New York University) Charles Newman (Director, Courant Institute) Margaret Wright (Chair, Computer Science Department)
10:15-10:55 am	From Functional Analysis to Mathematical Economics Martin Davis (NYU, Emeritus) Courant Lecturer
11:00-11:40 am	Languages, Compilers, and Global Optimization Fran Allen (IBM Research)
11:40-11:50 am	Coffee break
11:50-12:30 pm	SETL, Very-High Level Languages, and Software Prototyping Robert Dewar (New York University)
12:30-2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00-2:40 pm	Computable Set Theory Domenico Cantone (University of Catania) Courant Lecturer
2:45-3:25 pm	From Piano Movers to Arrangements: The Saga of Motion Planning Micha Sharir (Tel Aviv University) Courant Lecturer
3:25-3:35 pm	Coffee break
3:35-4:15 pm	Multimedia Ken Perlin (New York University)
4:20-5:00 pm	From Robotics to Genomics Bud Mishra (New York University)
5:30 pm	Reception, 13th Floor Commons
7:30 pm	Banquet Dinner, the Torch Club, 18 Waverly Place

There is a $60.00 per person charge for dinner at the Torch Club payable by check to New York University.

To RSVP for dinner, attention: Anne Seaton, Room 1307, extension, 8-3256