Dr. Gilles I. Pisier University of Paris VI and Texas A & M University Date and time: Wed, 12/02/1998 - 4:30pm Physics, Room 202 Cantrell Lectures Professor Gilles I. Pisier, University of Paris VI and Texas A & M University Wednesday, December 2, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Physics Building, Room 202 "The Halmos problem" Thursday, December 3, 1998, 4:00 p.m. Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Room 328 "Similarity problems and lengths of operator algebras" Friday, December 4, 1998, 4:30 p.m. Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, Room 328 "Operator spaces and applications"