MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Freed
561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu
FAU Presents 'Searching for the Shortest Network'
by Dr. Ron Graham
BOCA RATON, FL (January 31, 2006) - Florida Atlantic University presents Dr. Ron Graham, an Irwin and Joan Jacobs professor in the department of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego, who will talk about "Searching for the Shortest Network: Accomplishments, Present Activities and Future Challenges." The presentation will take place Thursday, February 2 at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center, room 126.
Mathematicians have been challenged for nearly two centuries with the classical problem of finding a telecommunication network with the shortest possible length. Today, this issue has great relevance in such diverse areas as the makeup of these networks, the design of the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) electronic chips, and the molecular structure.
Known as the "Mathemagician," Graham will summarize past accomplishments, present activities and future challenges of telecommunication. Also a chief scientist at California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology at the University of California, San Diego, Graham received the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2003 for his work in mathematics and theory. In 1980, Graham was named in the Guinness Book of World Records for a bounding value published in 1977, which is the highest number ever used in a mathematical proof, known as "Graham's number."
The Frontiers in Science Spring 2006 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, supported by FAU's Lifelong Learning Society Endowed Professorship.
For more information, contact Patsy Jones at 561-297-1307 or patsyj@fau.edu.
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