Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, September 30, 1998

Location:

DC 1304

Time:

1:30

Chair:

Eric Hall

1. Adoption of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour this week:

Volunteers?

Coffee hour next week:

Any volunteers?

3. Next meeting

Date:

Wednesday, October 7, 1998

Location:

DC 1304

Time:

1:30

Chair:

Jan Kautz

Technical presentation:

Eric Hall

4. Forthcoming

Chairs:

1. Rick Knowles (October 14th)
2. Tim Lahey (October 21st)
3. Celine Latulipe (October 28th)

Tech Presenters:

1. Jan Kautz (October 14th)
2. Rick Knowles (October 21)
3. Tim Lahey (October 28th)

5. Technical Presentations

Presenter:

Patrick Gilhuly

Title:

Video Compression Artifacts

Abstract:

There are some common artifacts found in compressed video. These effects will be discussed along with their causes.

6. General Discussion Items

Lab Duties

7. Action List

• DGP Visit: Ian Stewart

• New Lamps: Bill and Celine

• CGL lab member photo

• Field trip to ANTZ

8. Director's Meeting

They came. They met. They contemplated our destiny. Woe be unto all.

9. Seminars

• ICR short courses
  ``You should register early as space is limited.''
• Wednesday, September 30, 1998
  • UW infraNET Distinguished Speaker Seminar
    ``Speed, Agility and Innovation: Fulfilling the Promise of Webtone''
    David Mann, VP,Technology, Broadband Networks, Nortel
    2:30 - 4:00 p.m.; DC1302
    preregister: first-come-first served
    http://infranet.uwaterloo.ca/ or call 519-888-4567 ext. 5611.
    
  • Theory Seminar
    ``Distinguishing String Selection Problems in Genetic Drug Design''
    Kevin Lanctot, CS Grad Student, University of Waterloo
    3:30 p.m.; DC1304
    
  • Research in Motion Pizza Party
    "Go Wireless ... Make the Jump to RIM"
    for CS students (and E&CE, CE, Mech Eng, SYDE)
    for more info on RIM: www.rim.net
    4:30 p.m.; DC1301 (the fish bowl)
    
• Friday, October 2, 1998
  • Master's Essay Presentation
    ``Comparing Tools for Architectural Analysis: A Case Study''
    Matt Armstrong, graduate student, Dept. Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo
    

10. Lab Beautification