AT THE FRONTIERS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE on TV (Starting 3.2.98 ) 





This is to announce a series of television programs on computer science,
produced by the Educational Television, as part of the general "Ascola" 
framework. The programs will be aired starting in early February, as part 
of the activities of the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel.

The series was constructed by Prof. David Harel of the Weizmann Institute 
of Science. It consists of 14 programs, each around 30 minutes long. 
In each program, one or two people are hosted for a leisurely discussion 
on a certain topic.  The participants include some of the best computer 
scientists in Israel, such as Turing Awardees Michael Rabin and Amir Pnueli.

The programs will be broadcast on Tuesdays, one program per week for 14 
weeks, starting on February 3, 1998.  The morning broadcast will be on 
Channel 1 at 8:00am, and a re-run will be aired on the same day on 
Channel 23 at 7:00pm.

The material is discussed on a general popular level, and the programs 
are therefore suitable for people interested in computing or anyone who
is curious about science and technology, including scientists and engineers,
computer professionals, computer users, and high-school teachers and pupils.

The list of programs and participants is attached below.




              AT THE FRONTIERS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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		    Host:  Prof. David Harel


1.  Computer Science here and abroad: Some history
           Prof. Michael Rabin and Prof. Amir Pnueli

2.  Number theory
           Prof. Ehud de-Shalit

3.  Computability and computational efficiency
           Prof. Avi Wigderson

4.  The great mystery: Is P=NP?
           Prof. Avi Wigderson

5.  Randomized computation
           Prof. Michael Rabin

6.  Cryptography
           Prof. Shafi Goldwasser

7.  Programming languages and software engineering
           Prof. Amiram Yehudai

8.  Specification and verification of programs 
           Prof. Amir Pnueli

9.  The software industry in Israel: A personal story
           Mr. Gil Shveid

10. Computer science in the day-to-day
           Prof. Michael Rodeh

11. Computer science and nature
           Prof. Nati Linial

12. Computer science and natural language
           Prof. Yaakov Choueka

13. Computerized vision and robotics
           Prof. Shimon Ullman and Prof. Tamar Flash

14. Cognition and brain research
           Prof. Idan Segev and Prof. Shimon Ullman