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This Lecture is an open public lecture, with free admission.
Everyone is welcome; seating is limited.
Please RSVP to: ODScience@carleton.ca
Parking available in Lot 2
Lecture Sponsored by the Faculty of Science
About the Speaker
Dr. Erik Demaine is an internationally-renowned computer scientist and an expert on computational geometry and related algorithms. He has won many honours and awards, such as the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award, MacArthur Fellowship, the Sloan Award and the NSF Career Award.
At 20, he was the youngest professor ever hired at MIT. His main research interest focuses on the study of the geometric structure of 2- and 3-dimensional objects. Understanding the geometric structure of such objects plays an important role in such diverse areas as protein folding, nano-technologies and robot motion planning. He has outlined the state of the art in this field in a forthcoming book entitled “Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, and Polyhedra”, co-authored with Joseph O'Rourke.
In his lecture, Dr. Demaine will highlight some of his important contributions in this area. He will start by showing how origami can lead to a better understanding of the formation of diverse geometric shapes. He will then show how the understanding of geometric shapes improves the current technology in various application areas where the geometric structure of objects plays the fundamental role.
Posted:Francisco Ucan-Marin
Carleton University
