From owner-cse191-sp08-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Mon Mar 24 08:20:22 2008 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id m2OCKLgv010338 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id m2OCKH2r093393 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 16965 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2008 12:20:12 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 24 Mar 2008 12:20:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 10146 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2008 12:20:08 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 24 Mar 2008 12:20:08 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 15.5) with spool id 9712104 for CSE191-SP08-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:08 -0400 Delivered-To: cse191-sp08-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 29335 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2008 12:20:07 -0000 Received: from mxc.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.5.201) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 24 Mar 2008 12:20:07 -0000 Received: from mxC.acsu.buffalo.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id BECCC5F53 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mxC.acsu.buffalo.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxC.acsu.buffalo.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F13AD7A for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.14]) by mxC.acsu.buffalo.edu (Prefixe) with ESMTP id 71B6D5F53 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id m2OCK7ek010316 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id m2OCK73p010315 for cse191-sp08-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 (EDT) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200803241220.m2OCK73p010315@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:07 -0400 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: Discrete Structures From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: 191: "The Algorithm: Idiom of Modern Science" To: CSE191-SP08-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6365/Mon Mar 24 06:31:28 2008 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: $NotJunk NotJunk X-UID: 1441 Content-Length: 778 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: 191: "The Algorithm: Idiom of Modern Science" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's an essay on the Web that I highly recommend, about the nature of algorithms, for 3 reasons: 1. It's interesting, and fun to read. 2. It discusses the role of recursion in computer science, so it's relevant to what we're doing. 3. The author, Bernard Chazelle, will be the CSE Distinguished Speaker on April 10, talking about... "The Algorithm: Idiom of Modern Science"! The website: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/pubs/algorithm.html Announcement of Chazelle's presentation @ UB: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/191/S08/chazelle.pdf