Professors Vaughan R. Pratt (left) and Frederick C. Hennie discuss a
problem in the theory of computation. Professor Pratt is interested
in computational complexity, computational linguistics, and
programming semantics. Professor Hennie's research interests
include algorithms, theory of computation and applications of
discrete mathematics.
Professor Peter Elias, a former Head of the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, is internationally known for his
work on coding theory. He is currently interested in the theoretical
problems concerning the storage and retrieval of data.
Professor Albert R. Meyer (left), who heads the Theory of
Computation Research Group, and Visiting Professor Michael Rabin,
of the Department of Mathematics, University of Jerusalem, discuss
a problem in complexity theory. Professor Meyer's interests span
combinatorial algorithms, automata, recursive functions, and
decision procedures in logic. He is also the chairman of the graduate computer science committee of the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science.
Professor Ronald Rivest (seated) discusses a problem in complexity
theory with Professor Andrew C.-C. Yao of the Mathematics
Department. Professor Rivest's research interests lie in applied
computational complexity and in the development of optimal
algorithms.
This 1975 MIT Lab for Computer Science
Brochure was reconstructed in HTML by Peter
Szolovits, 1995.