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February 09, 2004
Talks this week
I'll start trying to post talks in the department that look interesting.| TITLE | Mathematical models of immune system interactions |
| WHO | Andy Hone (Applied Maths, University of Kent) |
| WHEN | Wednesday 11th Feb at 1pm. |
| WHERE | SW 102 |
| ABSTRACT | Some simple deterministic models of the biological immune system are reviewed and compared with descriptions of artificial immune systems (AIS). Both discrete and continuous models are considered, in order to see what the theory of dynamical systems can tell us about the behaviour of AIS, and whether this can provide us with better models of real immune systems. |
| PRE-REVIEW | Because this is a maths talk in the CS department, it probably assumes less background, and is therefore probably suitable for people with an interest, but not a solid background, in either the maths or the AIS stuff. Probably a good talk for CSCS people interested in this stuff. |
| TITLE | Flexible, Transparent and Dynamic occam Networking With KRoC.net |
| WHO | Mario Schweigler (Computing Laboratory, University of Kent) |
| WHEN | Thursday 12th Feb at 4pm. |
| WHERE | SW 102 |
| ABSTRACT | KRoC.net is an extension to KRoC supporting the distribution of occam channels over networks, including the internet. Starting in 2001, the development of KRoC.net has gone through a number of stages, each one making the system more flexible, transparent and dynamic. It now enables the occam programmer to set up and close network channels dynamically. Configuration has been simplified. All occam PROTOCOLs can now be sent over network channels, without need for conversion. Many of the new dynamic features in occam have been used to improve KRoC.net. Many of the concepts in KRoC.net are similar to those in the JCSP Network Edition (JCSP.net), KRoC.net's counterpart in the JCSP world. This talk will give an overview over KRoC.net, its usage, its design and implementation, and its future. It will also provide some benchmarks and discuss how the new occam features are being used in the latest KRoC.net version. |
| PRE-REVIEW | Probably not intended for people new to occam, and may be challenging for newbies (or people who have never seen the language before) to follow. Will be about the implementation of a language with many concurrency and parallel programming features, which might appeal, however. |
Posted by mjadud at February 9, 2004 03:06 PM