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<!-- Fall 2015 -->
<eventitem date="2015-10-02" time="7:30 PM" room="MC 4040"
title="'Why Am I Studying This?'">
<short>
<p>
Big-O, the Halting Problem, Finite State Machines, and more are concepts that get
even more interesting in the real world. Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory
hits reality (often with a bang!) at Booking.com.
</p>
</short>
<abstract>
<ul>
<li>Data Structures</li>
<li>Finite State Machines</li>
<li>big-O</li>
<li>Queuing theory</li>
<li>Race conditions</li>
<li>Compilers</li>
<li>The Halting Problem</li>
<li>etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>
These things get even more interesting in the real world.
Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory hits reality (often with a bang!) at
Booking.com, the biggest not-a-technology-company on the Internet.
</p>
<p>
Food and drinks will be provided!
</p>
</abstract>
</eventitem>
<eventitem date="2015-10-16" time="7:00 PM" room="ML Theatre of the Arts"
title="Cory Doctorow - The War on General Purpose Computing">
<short>
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title="Back to Back Talks: Culture Turnaround and Software Defined Networks">
<short>
<p>
Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!
</p>
</short>
<abstract>
<p>
Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!
Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!
</p>
<p>
John Stix will be talking about how he turned around the corporate culture at Fibernetics Corporation.