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                     CSGO Research Seminar
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CSGO, the Computer Science Graduate Organization, sponsors seminars to bring 
together students and researchers in the areas of Computer Science and 
Engineering, introducing the students to the researchers and providing a 
chance for the researchers to get to know the students.

Some of the talks during the semester will be given by senior Ph.D students.

There will be one seminar every week of approximately one hour duration 
followed by a question and answer session. 

The seminar is at 10:00 a.m. every Tuesday morning in SAL 324.
		  
Next week the seminar will be:
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Computational Geometry and Artificial Intelligence for
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture
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Speaker : Dr. Ari Requicha
	  Professor, Computer Science Department and
                     Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
          University of Southern California
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		ABSTRACT
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Total automation of a wide range of design and manufacturing activities 
has proven more difficult than expected in the pioneering times of
solid modeling. Analytical applications have been tackled successfully, 
but applications that involve synthesis or planning have progressed slowly.

This talk describes recent research on spatial planning for machining and 
inspection. The key characteristic of this work is the use of a hybrid
approach that brings together concepts and techniques from computational
geometry and artificial intelligence. Two planners under development at USC 
are discussed. One extracts machining features from a solid model of a part,
and plans the removal of the associated volumes. The other produces a 
high-level plan for the dimensional inspection of a part with a coordinate
measuring machine. It selects part and probe orientations, and plans 
measurement operations for each setup.

In addition, proposed research on the automatic design and assembly of 
modular fixtures will be described briefly. This new research is a 
collaborative effort with Profs. Bekey and Goldberg, through a NSF 
Strategic Manufacturing  Initiative grant, which has been recommended 
for funding.
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			Date : Tuesday 10/6/92
			Time : 10:00 a.m.
			Place: SAL 324
			Host : CSGO
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