I don't know any more about this, but it sounds like it might be
interesting to some of us cube group hackers:

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BJ@MIT-ML 12/09/81 16:21:19 Re: Luks
Gene Luks from the Mathematics Department at Bucknell University will 
give a talk on Tuesday, December 15 at 4:00 (refreshments at 3:45) in 
room NE43-512A.  The talk is "ALGORITHMS FOR PERMUTATION GROUPS."