Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!mwang From: mwang@watmath.UUCP (mwang) Newsgroups: ont.events Subject: UW Scien. Comput. Seminar, Dr. Pereyra on "Two-Point Ray-Tracing through Complex Media (with only a tenuous connection to computer graphics)" Message-ID: <14456@watmath.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-May-85 15:04:18 EDT Article-I.D.: er graphics)" Posted: Tue May 14 15:04:18 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 15-May-85 00:35:12 EDT Expires: Sat, 25-May-85 00:00:00 EDT Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 25 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SEMINAR ACTIVITIES SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION SEMINAR - Friday, May 24, 1985. Dr. V. Pereyra of Weidlinger Associates, and Stanford University, will sepak on ``Two-Point Ray-Tracing through Complex Media (with only a tenuous connection to computer graphics).'' TIME: 1:30 PM (Please Note) ROOM: MC 5158 ABSTRACT We consider the problem of tracing rays (light, elas- tic, acoustic) through heterogeneous, piece-wise smooth, media, and some of its applications in earth- quake seismology, underwater acoustics, and prospecting for energy resources.