July 26, 2000
In the past half century, the theory of automata has established itself as one of the most important foundations of computer science, and its applications have spread to almost all areas of computer science as well as to other disciplines.
To celebrate the achievements in the theory of automata in the past half century and to promote further research in the area, we are organizing a one-day event at which distinguished pioneers will reminisce about the development of the theory of automata and suggest possible future directions from their personal experience and perspective.
The event, called ``Half Century of Automata Theory'', is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26, 2000 in London, Ontario, Canada, at the University of Western Ontario. The place has been chosen because the University of Western Ontario organized three summer schools on automata and formal languages in 1965, 1967, and 1971. Many of the pioneers of the theory of automata gave lectures in the summer schools.
Distinguished speakers include:
In conjunction with this event, there are two other events in the same week at the University of Western Ontario:
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Program Committee:
Arto Salomaa (asalomaa@utu.fi)
Derick Wood (dwood@cs.ust.hk)
Sheng Yu (syu@csd.uwo.ca)
Tri-Event Organizing Committee:
John Hart (hart@csd.uwo.ca)
Helmut Jurgensen (helmut@csd.uwo.ca, co-chair)
Lila Kari (lila@csd.uwo.ca)
Kai Salomaa (ksalomaa@csd.uwo.ca)
Stephen Watt (watt@csd.uwo.ca)
Sheng Yu (syu@csd.uwo.ca, co-chair)
Sponsoring Organizations:
ACM SIGACT
EATCS