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| Notorious CS452 | Bill Cowan is the Director of the Computer Graphics Lab, and teaches the notorious CS452, lovingly known as the trains course by CS students. He will be giving a talk on that very course. | Thu Jul 21 2016 19:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) | false | MC 4045 |
CS452, aka the trains course, has for some time enjoyed notoriety as a playground for over-achieving masochists. To maintain its reputation it receives a periodic upgrade, which is now due. This talk discusses possible directions for the upgrade in the context of the philosophy that has guided its evolution over the decades of its existence.