Pendar 15: Monday, February 2nd, 6:00 pm, DC 1304
Speaker: Mehran Ebrahimi (PhD Candidate, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, UW)
Topic: An Introduction to Fractal Imaging
The talk does not require any previous knowledge of the material, and is intended for a wide range of audience.
This event has been held on Feb. 2nd - It's set on March 2nd - JUST to DEMO the system.
Abstract: The talk will be an introduction to theory of Iterated Function Systems (IFS), and the classical fractal image coding schemes. The mathematical backgrounds of IFS theory will be reviewed and Banach's contraction mapping theorem will be introduced as the key tool of this theory. IFS on grey level maps (IFSM) and local IFSM will be presented. Finally, an actual fractal encoding-decoding algorithm, based on local IFSM, will be explained.
Tuesday March 2nd:
Lecture "Women in Iran: Before and After the Revolution"
Time: 6:00pm Location: Student Lounge - Foothill College
Hoda Fahimi is a third year student at University of Berkeley studying Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies. She coordinates a two-unit course on Modern Iranian Politics called "ABCs of Iran: 25 years of Revolution." She will give a talk on the status and movement
of women in Iran over the past 100 years. The talk will be followed by the screening of the documentary: "Iran Behind Closed Chadors."
Refreshments will be served.
http://www.foothill.edu/news/mainmaps.html (Parking in Lot 2 would be
the closest route)
Movie: "TEN" Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Time: 8:00pm Location: Student Lounge - Foothill College
Art/Foreign and Drama 1 hr. 34 min. Seen from just two camera angles (the driver seat and the passenger seat of a car), through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers -- including her sister, a hitchhiking prostitute and a jilted bride -- as well as her imperious young son. As Kiarostami's "dashboard cam" eavesdrops on these lively, yet heart-wrenching road trips, a complex portrait of contemporary Iran comes sharply into focus.
Refreshments will be served.
http://www.foothill.edu/news/mainmaps.html (Parking in Lot 2 would be
the closest route)