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<header/>
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<section title="CSC Media">
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Here you will find a wide variety of audio and video recordings of past
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CSC and other university-related talks. Some of these files are very large,
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and we do not recommend attempting to stream them. Most of these should be
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available upon request at the Computer Science Club office to be burnt to
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CD or DVD should you so choose.
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<ul class="media">
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<mediaitem title="The Future of Robotics and Automated Systems">
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<abstract><p>
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Bill Gates in his article "A Robot in every home" in the Scientific
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American describes how the current robotics industry resembles the
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1970's of the Personal Computer Industry. In fact it is not just
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Microsoft which has already taken a step forward by starting the
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Microsoft Robotics studio, but robotics researchers around the world
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believe that robotics and automation systems are going to be
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ubiquitous in the next 10-20 years (similar to Mark Weiser's
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analogy of Personal Computers 20 years ago). Natural User Interfaces
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(NUIs) are going to revolutionize the way we interact with computers,
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cellular phones, household appliances, automated systems in our daily
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lives. Just like the GUI made personal computing a reality, I believe
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natural user interfaces will do the same for robotics.
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</p><p>During the presentation I will be presenting my ongoing
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software project on natural user interfaces as well as sharing my
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goals for the future, one of which is to provide an NUI SDK and the
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other to provide a common Robotics OS for every hardware vendor that
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will enable people to make applications without worrying about
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underlying functionality. If time permits I would like to present a
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demo of my software prototype.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Sam Pasupalak</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="sam-papusalak-future-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="sam-papusalak-future.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="sam-papusalak-future.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="sam-papusalak-future.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="sam-papusalak-future.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="sam-papusalak-future.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Deep Learning With Multiplicative Interactions">
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<abstract><p>
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Deep networks can be learned efficiently from unlabeled data. The layers of
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representation are learned one at a time using a simple learning module,
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called a "Restricted Boltzmann Machine" that has only one layer of latent
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variables. The values of the latent variables of one module form the data for
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training the next module. Although deep networks have been quite successful
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for tasks such as object recognition, information retrieval, and modeling
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motion capture data, the simple learning modules do not have multiplicative
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interactions which are very useful for some types of data.
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</p><p>
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The talk will show how a third-order energy function can be factorized to
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yield a simple learning module that retains advantageous properties of a
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Restricted Boltzmann Machine such as very simple exact inference and a very
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simple learning rule based on pair-wise statistics. The new module contains
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multiplicative interactions that are useful for a variety of unsupervised
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learning tasks. Researchers at the University of Toronto have been using this
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type of module to extract oriented energy from image patches and dense flow
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fields from image sequences. The new module can also be used to allow motions
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of a particular style to be achieved by blending autoregressive models of
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motion capture data.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Geoff Hinton</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="ghinton-deep-learning-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="ghinton-deep-learning.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="ghinton-deep-learning.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="ghinton-deep-learning.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="ghinton-deep-learning.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="ghinton-deep-learning.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Wilderness Programming">
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<abstract><p>
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Paul Lutus describes his early Apple II software development days, conducted
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from the far end of a 1200-foot power cord, in a tiny Oregon cabin. Paul
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describes how he wrote a best-seller (Apple Writer) in assembly language,
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while dealing with power outages, lightning storms and the occasional curious
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bear.
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</p><p>
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Paul also describes his subsequent four-year solo around-the-world sail in a
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31-foot boat. And be ready with your inquiries -- Paul will answer your
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questions.
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</p><p>
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Paul Lutus has a wide background in science and technology. He designed
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spacecraft components for the NASA Space Shuttle and created a mathematical
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model of the solar system used during the Viking Mars lander program. Then, at
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the beginning of the personal computer revolution, Lutus switched career paths
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and took up computer science. His best-known program is "Apple Writer," an
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internationally successful word processing program for the early Apple
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computers.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Paul Lutus</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="plutus-wilderness-programming-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="plutus-wilderness-programming.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="plutus-wilderness-programming.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="plutus-wilderness-programming.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="plutus-wilderness-programming.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="plutus-wilderness-programming.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="The Best Algorithms are Randomized Algorithms">
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<abstract><p>
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For many problems, randomized algorithms are either the fastest algorithm or the
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simplest algorithm; sometimes they even provide the only known algorithm.
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Randomized algorithms have become so prevalent that deterministic algorithms
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could be viewed as a curious special case. In this talk I will describe some
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startling examples of randomized algorithms for solving some optimization
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problems on graphs.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Nick Harvey</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="nick-harvey-random-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="nick-harvey-random.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="nick-harvey-random.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="nick-harvey-random.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="nick-harvey-random.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="nick-harvey-random.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="QIP=PSPACE">
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<abstract><p>
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The interactive proof system model of computation is a cornerstone of complexity
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theory, and its quantum computational variant has been studied in quantum
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complexity theory for the past decade. In this talk I will discuss an exact
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characterization of the power of quantum interactive proof systems that I
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recently proved in collaboration with Rahul Jain, Zhengfeng Ji, and Sarvagya
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Upadhyay. The characterization states that the collection of computational
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problems having quantum interactive proof systems consists precisely of those
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problems solvable with an ordinary classical computer using a polynomial amount
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of memory (or QIP = PSPACE in complexity-theoretic terminology). This
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characterization implies the striking fact that quantum computing does not
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provide any increase in computational power over classical computing in the
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context of interactive proof systems.
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</p><p>I will not assume that the audience for this talk has any familiarity with
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either quantum computing or complexity theory; and to be true to the spirit of
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the interactive proof system model, I hope to make this talk as interactive as
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possible -- I will be happy to explain anything related to the talk that I can
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that people are interested in learning about.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. John Watrous</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="jwatrous-qip-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="jwatrous-qip.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="jwatrous-qip.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="jwatrous-qip.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="jwatrous-qip.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="jwatrous-qip.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="An Introduction to Vector Graphics Libraries with Cairo">
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<abstract><p>
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Cairo is an open source, cross platform, vector graphics library with the
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ability to output to many kinds of surfaces, including PDF, SVG and PNG
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surfaces, as well as X-Window, Win32 and Quartz 2D backends.
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</p><p>
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Unlike the raster graphics used with programmes and libraries such as The
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Gimp and ImageMagick, vector graphics are not defined by grids of pixels,
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but rather by a collection of drawing operations. These operations detail
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how to draw lines, fill shapes, and even set text to create the desired
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image. This has the advantages of being infinitely scalable, smaller in file
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size, and simpler to express within a computer programme.
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</p><p>
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This talk will be an introduction to the concepts and metaphors used by
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vector graphics libraries in general and Cairo in particular.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Nathaniel Sherry</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="nsasherr-cairo-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="nsasherr-cairo.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="nsasherr-cairo.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="nsasherr-cairo.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="nsasherr-cairo.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="nsasherr-cairo.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Software Transactional Memory and Haskell">
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<abstract><p>
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Concurrency is hard. Well maybe not hard, but it sure is annoying to get right. Even the
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simplest of synchronization tasks are hard to implement correctly when using synchronization
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primitives such as locks and semaphores.
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<p></p>
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In this talk we explore what Software Transactional Memory (STM) is, what problems STM solves,
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and how to use STM in Haskell. We explore a number of examples that show how easy STM is to use
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and how expressive Haskell can be. The goal of this talk is to convince attendees that STM is
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not only a viable synchronization solution, but superior to how synchronization is typically
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done today.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Brennan Taylor</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="b4taylor-stm-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="b4taylor-stm.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="b4taylor-stm.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="b4taylor-stm.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="b4taylor-stm.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="b4taylor-stm.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Programming Quantum Computers">
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<abstract><p>
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Raymond Laflamme is the director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the
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University of Waterloo and holds the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information.
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He will give a brief introduction to quantum computing and why it matters, followed
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by a talk on programming quantum computers. This is followed by tours of IQC Labs.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Raymond Laflemme and Various</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="iqc1-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="iqc1.avi" type="Talk (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc1.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc1.mp4" type="Talk (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc1.mpg" type="Talk (MPG)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc2.avi" type="Quantum Key Distribution Lab (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc2.ogg" type="Quantum Key Distribution Lab (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc2.mp4" type="Quantum Key Distribution Lab (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc2.mpg" type="Quantum Key Distribution Lab (MPG)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc3.avi" type="NMR Quantum Computer (XviD)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc3.ogg" type="NMR Quantum Computer (Ogg/Theora)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc3.mp4" type="NMR Quantum Computer (MP4)" />
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<mediafile file="iqc3.mpg" type="NMR Quantum Computer (MPG)" />
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<flvfile file="iqc1.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Functional Lexing and Parsing">
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<abstract><p>
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This talk will describe a non-traditional functional approach to the
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classical problems of lexing (breaking a stream of characters into
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"words" or tokens) and parsing (identifying tree structure in a stream
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of tokens based on a grammar, e.g. for a programming language that
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needs to be compiled or interpreted). The functional approach can
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clarify and organize a number of algorithms that tend to be opaque in
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their conventional imperative presentation. No prior background in
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functional programming, lexing, or parsing is assumed.
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</p>
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<p>The slides for this talk can be found <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/pr-functional-lexing-parsing-slides.pdf">here</a> as a pdf.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Prabhakar Ragde</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing.avi" type="XviD" />
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<mediafile file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
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<mediafile file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing.mp4" type="MP4" />
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<mediafile file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing.mpg" type="MPG" />
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<flvfile file="pr-functional-lexing-parsing.flv" />
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<other>
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<h2>Contact</h2>
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<p>If you would like to contact Dr. Ragde check out his <a href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde">website</a> or e-mail him at plragde at uwaterloo dot ca.</p>
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</other>
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Rapid Prototyping and Mathematical Art">
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<abstract><p>
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The combination of computer graphics, geometry, and rapid
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prototyping technology has created a wide range of exciting
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opportunities for using the computer as a medium for creative
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expression. In this talk, I will describe the most popular
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technologies for computer-aided manufacturing, discuss
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applications of these devices in art and design, and survey
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the work of contemporary artists working in the area (with a
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focus on mathematical art). The talk will be primarily
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non-technical, but I will mention some of the mathematical
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and computational techniques that come into play.</p>
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<p>The slides for this talk can be found <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/kaplan-mathematical-art-slides.pdf">here</a> as a pdf.</p>
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</abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Craig Kaplan</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="kaplan-mathematical-art-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="kaplan-mathematical-art.avi" type="XviD" />
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<mediafile file="kaplan-mathematical-art.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
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<mediafile file="kaplan-mathematical-art.mp4" type="MP4" />
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<mediafile file="kaplan-mathematical-art.mpg" type="MPG" />
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<flvfile file="kaplan-mathematical-art.flv" />
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<other>
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<h2>Contact</h2>
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<p>If you would like to contact Dr. Kaplan check out his <a href="http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/">website</a> or e-mail him at csk at uwaterloo dot ca.</p>
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<h2>Links and credits</h2>
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<p>This talk included images of the work of a large number of talented
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artists and researchers. I list them here and include links to
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their work online. Everyone is listed by order of appearance; when
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a credit appears to be missing, it's probably because the slides
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include photographs of my own work or joint work with collaborators.
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Thanks to all the artists who gave me permission to use photographs
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of their work here.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://mathematicians.org.uk/eoh/">Edmund Harriss</a>:
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laser-cut business card</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.danfunderburgh.com/">Dan Funderburgh</a>:
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laser-cut papercuttings and laser-etched wood sculpture</li>
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<li><a href="http://littlefactory.com/">Little Factory</a>:
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laser-cut scarf</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.wimdelvoye.be/gothicworks.php">Wim Delvoye</a>:
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laser-cut gothic vehicles</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.georgehart.com/">George Hart</a>:
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modular kirigami, laser-cut acrylic and metal sculpture,
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3D printed scupture</li>
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<li><a href="http://fischer.com.au/">Fischer</a>: laser-cut
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wooden lamp (the <a href="http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/SquirrelswithHammers/zen-table-lamp-2463">lamp</a> can be seen on <a href="http://www.ponoko.com/">ponoko.com</a>)</li>
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<li><a href="http://graphics.stanford.edu/~georgp/">Georg Petchnigg</a>:
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CNC sushi plate</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.bathsheba.com/">Bathsheba Grossman</a>:
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3D printed metal sculpture</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/">Carlo Sequin</a>:
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3D mathematical sculpture</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.helasculpt.com/">Helaman Ferguson</a>:
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sculpture in stone and metal</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.bulatov.org/">Vladimir Bulatov</a>:
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3D printed metal sculpture</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.rinusroelofs.nl/">Rinus Roelofs</a>:
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3D geometric sculpture, printed and rendered</li>
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<li><a href="http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/ergun/">Ergun Akleman</a>:
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Sculpture and surface design. Note his downloadable
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<a href="http://www.topmod3d.org/">TopMod</a> software</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.shapeways.com/model/24535/tight_double_moebius0_025_8_5cm.html">Emmanuel Lattes</a>: twisted toroidal sculpture</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
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<p>Here are a few additional links of interest to the audience of this
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talk.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://hacklab.to/">hacklab.to</a>: Toronto's hackerspace.
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The bought a disused laser cutter and refurbished it.</li>
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<li>My knife cutter is the <a href="http://www.silhouettemachine.com/">QuicKutz Silhouette</a>. I bought mine online from <a href="http://www.scrapbooksbydesign.ca/">Scrapbooks by design</a> in Toronto.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.lazerit.ca/">Lazerit</a> is a laser cutting
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service not far from the University of Waterloo campus.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.ponoko.com/">ponoko.com</a> is one of a new
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breed of CAM-meets-Web2.0 sites. You create and upload a design,
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and can then order fabricated copies of that design in various
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materials. You can also set up a shop where others can do the
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same.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.probotix.com/FireBall_v90_cnc_router_kit/">Fireball V90</a> is an inexpensive CNC router kit that would be fun for home hobby applications. For extra geek points, it has a mount designed to hold a dremel.</li>
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<li>Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories created <a href="http://candyfab.org">CandyFab</a>, a (low resolution) 3D printer that produces edible candy as output.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://reprap.org/">reprap</a> Aims to design a 3D printer
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capable of manufacturing a complete copy of itself.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.shapeways.com/">Shapeways</a> is essentially
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a 3D version of ponoko.com-an online 3D printing service
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bureau where you can set up a shop to sell your work.</li>
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<li>Bathsheba Grossman has her metal sculptures printed by
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<a href="http://www.prometal.com/">Ex One's Prometal</a> service.</li>
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</ul>
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</other>
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="More Haskell functional programming fun">
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<abstract><p>
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TODO
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Andrei Barbu</presentor>
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<mediafile file="abarbu2.avi" type="XviD" />
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<mediafile file="abarbu2.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
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<mediafile file="abarbu2.mp4" type="MP4" />
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<mediafile file="abarbu2.mpg" type="MPG" />
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<flvfile file="abarbu2.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Why you should care about functional programming with Haskell">
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<abstract><p>
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TODO
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Andrei Barbu</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="abarbu1-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="abarbu1.avi" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="abarbu1.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
|
||
<mediafile file="abarbu1.mp4" type="MP4" />
|
||
<mediafile file="abarbu1.mpg" type="MPG" />
|
||
<flvfile file="abarbu1.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Off-the-Record Messaging: Useful Security and Privacy for IM">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Instant messaging (IM) is an increasingly popular mode of communication
|
||
on the Internet. Although it is used for personal and private
|
||
conversations, it is not at all a private medium. Not only are all of
|
||
the messages unencrypted and unauthenticated, but they are all
|
||
routedthrough a central server, forming a convenient interception point
|
||
for an attacker. Users would benefit from being able to have truly
|
||
private conversations over IM, combining the features of encryption,
|
||
authentication, deniability, and forward secrecy, while working within
|
||
their existing IM infrastructure.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>
|
||
In this talk, I will discuss "Off-the-Record Messaging" (OTR), a widely
|
||
used software tool for secure and private instant messaging. I will
|
||
outline the properties of Useful Security and Privacy Technologies that
|
||
motivated OTR's design, compare it to other IM security mechanisms, and
|
||
talk about its ongoing development directions.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Ian Goldberg</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="ian-goldberg-otr-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ian-goldberg-otr.avi" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ian-goldberg-otr.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ian-goldberg-otr.mp4" type="MP4" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ian-goldberg-otr.mpg" type="MPG" />
|
||
<flvfile file="ian-goldberg-otr.flv" />
|
||
<other>
|
||
<h2>Bio</h2>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Ian Goldberg is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the
|
||
University of Waterloo, where he is a founding member of the
|
||
Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) research group. He holds a
|
||
Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he discovered
|
||
serious weaknesses in a number of widely deployed security systems,
|
||
including those used by cellular phones and wireless networks. He also
|
||
studied systems for protecting the personal privacy of Internet users,
|
||
which led to his role as Chief Scientist at Zero-Knowledge Systems (now
|
||
known as Radialpoint), where he commercialized his research as the
|
||
Freedom Network.
|
||
</p></other>
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Privacy by Design">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Globally, issues about information privacy in the marketplace have emerged in tandem with the dramatic and escalating increase in information stored
|
||
in electronic formats. Data mining, for example, can be extremely valuable for businesses, but in the absence of adequate safeguards, it can
|
||
jeopradize informational privacy. Dr. Ann Cavoukian talks about how to use technology to enhance privacy. Some of the technologies discussed
|
||
included instant messaging, RFID tags and Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC). Then Dr. Cavoukian explained the “7 Privacy – Embedded Laws” followed
|
||
by a discussion on a biometrics solution to encryption.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Dr. Ann Cavoukian</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="privacy-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="privacy.avi" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="privacy.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
|
||
<mediafile file="privacy.mp4" type="MP4" />
|
||
<mediafile file="privacy.mpg" type="MPG" />
|
||
<flvfile file="privacy.flv" />
|
||
<other>
|
||
<h2>Bio</h2>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, as the Information and Privacy Commissioner, oversees the operations of Ontario's freedom of information and protection of
|
||
privacy laws, which apply to both provincial and municipal government organizations. She serves as an officer of the legislature, independent of the
|
||
government of the day. Ann joined the Information and Privacy Commission in 1987 as its first Director of Compliance and was appointed Assistant
|
||
Commissioner in 1990, responsible for the protection of privacy and compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts. Prior
|
||
to her work at the Commission, Ann headed the Research Services Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Ann received her M.A. and Ph.D. in
|
||
Psychology from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in criminology and lectured on psychology and the criminal justice system. Ann
|
||
speaks extensively on the importance of privacy around the world. Her published works include a recent book on privacy called "Who Knows:
|
||
Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World."
|
||
</p>
|
||
</other>
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="C++0x - An Overview">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
A good programming language is far more than a simple collection of
|
||
features. My ideal is to provide a set of facilities that smoothly work
|
||
together to support design and programming styles of a generality beyond
|
||
my imagination. Here, I briefly outline rules of thumb (guidelines,
|
||
principles) that are being applied in the design of C++0x. Then, I
|
||
present the state of the standards process (we are aiming for C++09) and
|
||
give examples of a few of the proposals such as concepts, generalized
|
||
initialization, being considered in the ISO C++ standards committee.
|
||
Since there are far more proposals than could be presented in an hour,
|
||
I'll take questions.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup is the original designer and implementer of the
|
||
C++ Programming Language.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="stroustrup-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="stroustrup.avi" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="stroustrup.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" />
|
||
<mediafile file="stroustrup.mp4" type="MP4" />
|
||
<mediafile file="stroustrup.mpg" type="MPG" />
|
||
<flvfile file="stroustrup.flv" />
|
||
<other>
|
||
<h2>Q&A</h2>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Do you think you'll ever design a new language from scratch?</li>
|
||
<li>How long after the standard is out do you expect to see a production compiler?</li>
|
||
<li>Is it possible to do garbage collection cleanly and efficiently in C++?</li>
|
||
<li>How soon after you created C++ did you see it start to take over the industry?</li>
|
||
<li>Is there any particular naming convention you subscribe to?</li>
|
||
<li>What's your opinion about the Microsoft implementation of C++?</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</other>
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="PMAMC&OC SASMS - Spring 2007">
|
||
<presentor>PMClub Various Members</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007.avi" type="XviD" size="643M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="598M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007.mp4" type="MP4" size="625M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007.mpg" type="MPG" size="641M" />
|
||
<flvfile file="pmc-sasms-spring-2007.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
|
||
to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
|
||
press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks,
|
||
and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for
|
||
draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while
|
||
suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve
|
||
the only legitimate purpose of copyright -- to promote progress, for the
|
||
benefit of the public -- then we must make changes in the other
|
||
direction.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
This talk by Richard M. Stallman is broken into two parts: the main talk
|
||
and the question and answer sessions following the talk. Both are
|
||
available in only Ogg/Theora format in keeping with Stallman's wishes. They
|
||
are available under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/nd/1.0/">
|
||
Creative Commons NoDerivs 1.0</a> license.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Richard M. Stallman</presentor>
|
||
<other>
|
||
<h2>Q&A</h2>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Download the question and answers section for answers to questions such as:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li> What do you do when no free alternatives for a proprietary program exist? </li>
|
||
<li> If we are to treat works used for practical purposes differently from those used for entertainment, how do you treat works such as video games that fall in both categories? </li>
|
||
<li> If most of the computing industry and the US Copyright Board don't disagree with your views on copyright, how come no one has gone to change things? </li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</other>
|
||
<thumbnail file="rms-qa-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rms-talk.ogg" type="Talk (Ogg/Theora)" size="687M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rms-qa.ogg" type="Q&A (Ogg/Theora)" size="225M" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Usability in the Wild">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
What is the typical monitor resolution of a GIMP user? How many monitors
|
||
do they have? What size images do they work on? How many layers are in
|
||
their images? The answers to these questions are generally unknown: no
|
||
means currently exist for open source applications to collect usage data.
|
||
In this talk, Professor Michael Terry will present ingimp, a version of
|
||
GIMP that has been instrumented to automatically collect usage data from
|
||
real-world users. Prof. Terry will discuss ingimp's design, the type of
|
||
data we collect, how we make the data available on the web, and initial
|
||
results that begin to answer the motivating questions. ingimp can be found
|
||
at http://www.ingimp.org.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
The slides from the talk are available here: <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/ingimp_uw_csc_talk_6_27_2007.pdf">ingimp_uw_csc_talk_6_27_2007.pdf</a>.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Dr. Michael Terry</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="mterry2-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="mterry2.avi" type="XviD" size="521M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="mterry2.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="535M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="mterry2.mp4" type="MP4" size="509M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="mterry2.mpg" type="MPG" size="520M" />
|
||
<flvfile file="mterry2.flv" preview="mterry2.png" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Ralph Stanton 40th Anniversary of Math Faculty Talk">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Ralph Stanton reflects on the founding of the University of
|
||
Waterloo Math Faculty.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Ralph Stanton</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="ralph-stanton-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ralph-stanton.avi" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ralph-stanton-xvid.avi" type="DivX" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ralph-stanton.ogg" type="Ogg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="ralph-stanton.mpg" type="MPG" />
|
||
<flvfile file="ralph-stanton.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="The Free Software Movement and GNULinux Operating System, a talk by Richard Stallman at UCSD">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free
|
||
Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU Operating System,
|
||
which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions
|
||
of users world-wide.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system in
|
||
1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and
|
||
redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The
|
||
GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is
|
||
used on tens of millions of computers today.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
"The reason I care especially, is that there is a philosophy associated
|
||
with the GNU project, and this philosophy is actually the reason why there
|
||
is a system -- and that is that free software is not just convenient and
|
||
not just reliable.... More important than convenience and reliability is
|
||
freedom -- the freedom to cooperate. What I'm concerned about is not
|
||
individual people or companies so much as the kind of way of life that we
|
||
have. That's why I think it's a distraction to think about fighting
|
||
Microsoft."
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
<strong>Biography:</strong>
|
||
Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation
|
||
fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the
|
||
Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary
|
||
doctorates.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
The Question and Answer session (starting shortly after the hour and half
|
||
mark) posed a number of interesting questions including, "Do you support
|
||
the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers
|
||
because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?".
|
||
<p></p>
|
||
The talk is only available in Ogg Theora, in keeping with Richard
|
||
Stallman's wishes.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Richard M. Stallman</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="audio-file.png" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rms_ucsd.ogg" type="Ogg Theora" size="148MB" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Introduction to 3-d Graphics">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
A talk for those interested in 3-dimensional graphics but unsure of where
|
||
to start. Covers the basic math and theory behind projecting 3-dimensional
|
||
polygons on screen, as well as simple cropping techniques to improve
|
||
efficiency. Translation and rotation of polygons will also be discussed.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>The Prof</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="the-prof-graphics-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.avi" type="DivX" size="272M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="272M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.mpg" type="MPG" size="272M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="274M"/>
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="UW Software Start-ups: What Worked and What Did Not">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
A discussion of software start-ups founded by UW students and what they
|
||
did that helped them grow and what failed to help. In order to share the
|
||
most insights and guard the confidences of the individuals involved, none
|
||
of the companies will be identified.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Larry Smith</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="larry-smith-talk2-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.avi" type="DivX" size="332M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="332M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.mpg" type="MPG" size="332M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="341M"/>
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Riding The Multi-core Revolution">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
For decades, mainstream parallel processing has been thought of as
|
||
inevitable. Up until recent years, however, improvements in manufacturing
|
||
processes and increases in clock speed have provided software with free
|
||
Moore's Law-scale performance improvements on traditional single-core
|
||
CPUs. As per-core CPU speed increases have slowed to a halt, processor
|
||
vendors are embracing parallelism by multiplying the number of cores on
|
||
CPUs, following what Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) vendors have been
|
||
doing for years. The Multi-core revolution promises to provide
|
||
unparallelled increases in performance, but it comes with a catch:
|
||
traditional serial programming methods are not at all suited to
|
||
programming these processors and methods such as multi-threading are
|
||
cumbersome and rarely scale beyond a few cores. Learn how, with hundreds
|
||
of cores in desktop computers on the horizon, a local software company is
|
||
looking to revolutionize the way software is written to deliver on the
|
||
promise multi-core holds.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Stefanus Du Toit</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="sdt-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="sdt.avi" type="DivX" size="406M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="sdt-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="406M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="sdt.mpg" type="MPG" size="405M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="sdt.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="411M" />
|
||
<flvfile file="sdt.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="ReactOS - An Open Source OS Platform for Learning">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
The ReactOS operating system has been in development for over eight years
|
||
and aims to provide users with a fully functional and Windows-compatible
|
||
distribution under the GPL license. ReactOS comes with its own Windows
|
||
2003-based kernel and system utilities and applications, resulting in an
|
||
environment identical to Windows, both visually and internally.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
More than just an alternative to Windows, ReactOS is a powerful platform
|
||
for academia, allowing students to learn a variety of skills useful to
|
||
software testing, development and management, as well as providing a rich
|
||
and clean implementation of Windows NT, with a kernel compatible to
|
||
published internals book on the subject.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
This talk will introduce the ReactOS project, as well as the various
|
||
software engineering challenges behind it. The building platform and
|
||
development philosophies and utilities will be shown, and attendees will
|
||
grasp the vast amount of effort and organization that needs to go into
|
||
building an operating system or any other similarly large project. The
|
||
speaker will gladly answer questions related to his background, experience
|
||
and interests and information on joining the project, as well as any other
|
||
related information.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Slides from the talk are available
|
||
<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/alex-ionescu.pdf">here</a>.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
<strong>Biography</strong>
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Alex Ionescu is currently studying in Software Engineering at Concordia
|
||
University in Montreal, Quebec and is a Microsoft Technical Student
|
||
Ambassador. He is the lead kernel developer of the ReactOS Project and
|
||
project leader of TinyKRNL. He regularly speaks at Linux and Open Source
|
||
conferences around the world and will be a lecturer at the 8th
|
||
International Free Software Forum in Brazil this April, as well as
|
||
providing hands-on workshops and lectures on Windows NT internals and
|
||
security to various companies.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Alex Ionescu</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="alex-ionescu-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.avi" type="DivX" size="451M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="alex-ionescu-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="451M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.mpg" type="MPG" size="450M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="461M" />
|
||
<flvfile file="alex-ionescu.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="1989 Bill Gates Talk on Microsoft">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Bill Gates discusses the software and computer industry, and how Microsoft
|
||
has contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the
|
||
computing industry. The talk was recorded in 1989 but was only recently
|
||
digitized.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Topics include:<ul>
|
||
<li>The start and history of the microcomputer industry</li>
|
||
<li>Microsoft BASIC and the Altair 880 computer</li>
|
||
<li>The transition from 8-bit to 16-bit computers</li>
|
||
<li>Microsoft's history with IBM</li>
|
||
<li>640k memory barrier and 16-bit architectures</li>
|
||
<li>32-bit 386 and 486 architectures</li>
|
||
<li>RISC and multi-processor machines</li>
|
||
<li>EGA graphics and WYSIWYG editors</li>
|
||
<li>Decreasing cost of memory, harddisks and hardware in general</li>
|
||
<li>The importance and future of the mouse</li>
|
||
<li>Object-oriented programming</li>
|
||
<li>MS-DOS and OS/2</li>
|
||
<li>Multi-threaded and multi-application systems</li>
|
||
<li>Synchronization in multi-threaded applications</li>
|
||
<li>Diskette-based software</li>
|
||
<li>UNIX standardization and POSIX</li>
|
||
<li>History of the Macintosh and Microsoft' involvement</li>
|
||
<li>Involvement of Xerox in graphical user interfaces</li>
|
||
<li>Apple vs. Microsoft lawsuit regarding user interfaces</li>
|
||
<li>OS/2 future as a replacement for MS-DOS</li>
|
||
<li>Microsoft Office on Macintosh</li>
|
||
<li>Thin/dumb clients</li>
|
||
<li>Compact discs</li>
|
||
<li>Multimedia applications</li>
|
||
<li>Gates' current role at Microsoft</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
The following picture was taken after the talk (click for higher-res).
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/bill-gates-1989-big.jpg" target="_blank">
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||
<img src="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/bill-gates-1989.jpg" /></a>
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Bill Gates</presentor>
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<mediafile file="bill-gates-1989.mp3" type="mp3" size="85M" />
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<mediafile file="bill-gates-1989.flac" type="flac" size="540M" />
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<mediafile file="bill-gates-1989.ogg" type="ogg" size="56M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Spam Filters: Do they work and Can you prove it">
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<abstract><p>
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Do spam filters work? Which is the best one? How might filters be
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improved? Without standards, one must depend on unreliable evidence,
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such as subjective impressions, testimonials, incomparable and
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unrepeatable measurements, and vendor claims for the answers to these
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questions.
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</p><p>
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You might think that your spam filter works well and couldn't be
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improved. Are you sure? You may think that the risk of losing
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important mail outweighs the benefit of using a filter. Could you
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convince someone who holds the other opinion? If I told you that my
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filter was 99-percent accurate, would you believe me? Would you know
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what I meant? Would you be able to translate that 99-percent into
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the risk of losing an important message?
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</p><p>
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Gord Cormack talks about the science, logistics, and politics of Spam
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Filter Evaluation.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Dr. Gord Cormack</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="cormack-spam-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="473M" />
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.avi" type="DiVX" size="473M" />
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.mpg" type="MPG" size="472M" />
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="481M" />
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<flvfile file="cormack-spam.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Software development gets on the Cluetrain">
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<abstract><p>
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Simon Law leads the Quality teams for Ubuntu, a free-software operating
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system built on Debian GNU/Linux. As such, he leads one of the largest
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community-based testing efforts for a software product. This does get a
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||
bit busy sometimes.
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</p><p>
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In this talk, we'll be exploring how the Internet is changing how software
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is developed. Concepts like open source and technologies like message
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forums are blurring the lines between producer and consumer. And this
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||
melting pot of people is causing people to take note, and changing the way
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they sling code.
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</p><p>
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The Computer Science Club would like to thank the CS-Commons Committee for
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co-sponsoring this talk.
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</p></abstract>
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<presentor>Simon Law</presentor>
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<thumbnail file="simon-talk-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="simon-talk-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="178M" />
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<mediafile file="simon-talk.avi" type="DivX" size="178M" />
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<mediafile file="simon-talk.mpg" type="MPG" size="177M" />
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<flvfile file="simon-talk.flv" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Semacode - Image recognition on mobile camera phones">
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<abstract><p>
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Could you write a good image recognizer for a 100 MHz mobile phone
|
||
processor with 1 MB heap, 320x240 image, on a poorly-optimized Java stack?
|
||
It needs to locate and read two-dimensional barcodes made up of square
|
||
modules which might be no more than a few pixels in size. We had to do
|
||
that in order to establish Semacode, a local start up company that makes a
|
||
software barcode reader for cell phones. The applications vary from
|
||
ubiquitous computing to advertising. Simon Woodside (founder) will discuss
|
||
what it's like to start a business and how the imaging code works.
|
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</p></abstract>
|
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<presentor>Simon Woodside</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="semacode-thumb-small.jpg" />
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<mediafile file="semacode.avi" type="DivX" size="180M"/>
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||
<mediafile file="semacode-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="180M"/>
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<mediafile file="semacode.mpg" type="Mpeg" size="180M"/>
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</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Eric LaForest: Next Generation Stack Computing">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Eric LaForest delivers a crash-course on modern stack computing, the Forth
|
||
programming language, and some projects of his own. Stack systems have
|
||
faster procedure calls and reduced complexity (shorter pipeline, simpler
|
||
compilation) relative to their conventional counterparts, as well as more
|
||
consistent performance, which is very important for real-time systems.
|
||
Many consider stack-based architecture's crowning feature, however, to be
|
||
the unrivalled price-to-performance ratio.
|
||
</p><p>
|
||
Note: the slides are hard to make out in the video, so make sure to
|
||
download the slides as well.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Eric LaForest</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="ericlaforest-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="eric-laforest2-720-480.avi" type="DiVX" size="357M"/>
|
||
<mediafile file="ericlaforest-xvid.avi" type="XViD" size="309M"/>
|
||
<mediafile file="ericlaforest.mpg" type="Mpeg" size="307M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.pdf" size="1M" type="slides [pdf]"/>
|
||
<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.ppt" size="1M" type="slides [Power Point]" />
|
||
<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.odp" size="1M" type="slides [Open Office]" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
<mediaitem title="Larry Smith: Creating Killer Applications">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
A discussion of how software creators can identify application
|
||
opportunities that offer the promise of great social and commercial
|
||
significance. Particular attention will be paid to the challenge of
|
||
acquiring cross domain knowledge and setting up effective collaboration.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Larry Smith</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="larry-killer-applications-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.avi" size="686M" type="DiVX" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications-xvid.avi" size="686M" type="XviD" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.mpg" size="685M" type="MPG" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.ogg" size="706M" type="Ogg" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Larry Smith: Computing's Next Great Empires">
|
||
<presentor>Larry Smith</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="audio-file.png" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk.ogg" type="Ogg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk.mp3" type="MP3" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
<mediaitem title="Rico Mariani: Eighteen Years in the Software Tools Business">
|
||
<abstract><p>
|
||
Rico Mariani, (BMath CS/EEE 1988) now an (almost) 18 year Microsoft
|
||
veteran but then a CSC president comes to talk to us about the evolution
|
||
of software tools for microcomputers. This talk promises to be a little
|
||
bit about history and perspective (at least from the Microsoft side
|
||
of things) as well as the evolution of software engineers, different types
|
||
of programmers and their needs, and what it's like to try to make the
|
||
software industry more effective at what it does, and sometimes succeed!
|
||
Particularly illuminating are his responses to advocates of
|
||
free/open-source software.
|
||
</p></abstract>
|
||
<presentor>Rico Mariani</presentor>
|
||
<thumbnail file="rico-thumb-small.jpg" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rico.avi" type="XviD" size="534M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rico.ogg" type="Ogg/Theora" size="528M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rico.mp4" type="MP4" size="507M" />
|
||
<mediafile file="rico.mpg" type="MPG" size="532M" />
|
||
<flvfile file="rico.flv" />
|
||
</mediaitem>
|
||
|
||
</ul>
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