New Results and New Trends in Computer Science Graz, Austria, June 20-21, 1991 Proceedings

This volume contains selected papers from the symposium "New Results and NewTrends in Computer Science" held in Graz, Austria, June 20-21, 1991. The symposium was organized to give a wide-ranging overview of new work in the field on the occasion of the fiftieth birthday of the editor of the volume. Topics covered include: information on neural nets, ideas on a new paradigm for informatics, hypermedia systems and applications, axioms for concurrent processes, techniques for image generation and compression, the role of data visualization, object-oriented programming andgraphics, algorithms for layout compaction, new methods in database systems, the future of data networks, object-oriented artificial intelligence, problems in data structures and sorting, aspects of user interfaces, a theory of structures, applications of cryptography, evaluation of Ada, results in algorithmic geometry, remarks on the history of computers, and a novel interpretation of machine learning. In total, the 26 high-level contributions authored by prominent experts from all over the world give an up-to-date survey of almost all subfields of computer science. The book is written in a style which is easy to follow, and it is of interest for any computer scientist, be it in research, teaching or practice.

What is all the fuss about neural networks ?.- The new paradigm of informatics.- Virtual text and new habits of mind.- Axioms for concurrent processes.- New methods for image generation and compression.- The role of visualization in understanding data.- On the zone theorem for hyperplane arrangements.- Sorting, measures of disorder, and worst-case performance.- Object-oriented programming.- New algorithms and approaches for 1-dimensional layout compaction.- Query processing in spatial database systems.- How to find a minimum spanning tree in practice.- Current trends in distributed systems.- Object-oriented distributed artificial intelligence.- Trees — a personal view.- Supporting user testing in human-computer interaction design.- Labeled 2-structures.- Verifying and recasting secret ballots in computer networks.- Face traverses and a volume algorithm for polyhedra.- Ada — On the acceptance problems of a planned innovation.- User interface development: Problems and experiences.- Hypermedia — from the past to the future.- Let the fingers do the walking: Object manipulation in an NF2 database editor.- Smallest enclosing disks (balls and ellipsoids).- The first computer.- Evaluating programs formed by example: An informational heuristic.