Title: Who Let
the Bits Out? Compressing Data to the Limit.
Personal
computers come with gigabytes of storage. The World Wide Web makes terabytes
of data available to the public. To put these numbers in perspective, a gigabyte,
or a thousand million bytes, can store the text of a thousand books, about the
size of an office wall packed from floor to ceiling. A terabyte is 1000 times
larger, approximately 100 offices completely filled with books. To store or
transmit this much data efficiently, it must be compressed. Are there limits
to compression? Claude Shannon, a Bell Labs mathematician and engineer, was
the first person to consider this question, and in 1948 he laid the cornerstone
for today's Information Age. How well can data be compressed without losing
important information? We know some, but not all, of the answers to this question.
This talk will survey data compression, including its history, some commonly
used techniques, and challenging open problems.
When:
October 19, 2001, 11am-12:30pm
Where: FIU, ECS 243
Food and refreshments served
Graduate
School Information Panel for Undergraduates
Researching
Your Way to a Career
Wonder what it’s
like to get a PhD in CS?
A group of experts
share their experiences and knowledge of the process. Panelists include CS
graduate students, Dr. Serap Savari, Dr.
Marie Roch, San Diego State University, and Dr.
Ana Pasztor, Florida International University.
- When: October 19, 2001,
3:00 – 4:30 pm
- Where: FIU, GC West Ballroom
- Food
and drinks after event
For parking permits stop
by FIU Info Center at 112 Ave/8th St Entrance
