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<cscpage title="Media">
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<header />
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<section title="CSC Media">
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<p>
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Here you will find a wide variety of audio and video recordings of past CSC Talks. Some of these files are very large, and we do not recommend attempting to stream them.
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Most of these should be available upon request at the Computer Science Club office to be burnt to CD or DVD should you so choose.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<mediaitem title="The Free Software Movement and GNULinux Operating System, a talk by Richard Stallman at UCSD">
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<abstract>
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<p>
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Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU Operating System, which
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in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide.
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</p>
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<p>
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Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and
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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
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used on tens of millions of computers today.
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</p>
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<p>
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"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
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is a system--and that is that free software is not just convenient and not just reliable.... More important than convenience and reliability is
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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.
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That's why I think it's a distraction to think about fighting Microsoft."
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</p>
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<p>
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BIO
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Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the
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Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Question and Answer session (starting shortly after the hour and half mark) possed a number of interesting questions including, "Do you support
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the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?".
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</p>
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<p>
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The talk is only available in Ogg Theora, in keeping with Richard Stallman's wishes.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="rms_ucsd.ogg" type="Ogg Theora" size="148MB" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Introduction to 3-d Graphics">
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<abstract>
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<p>A talk for those interested in 3-dimensional graphics but unsure of
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where to start. Covers the basic math and theory behind projecting
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3-dimensional polygons on screen, as well as simple cropping
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techniques to improve efficiency. Translation and rotation of polygons
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will also be discussed.</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.avi" type="DivX" size="272M" />
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<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="272M" />
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<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.mpg" type="MPG" size="272M" />
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<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.ogg" type="OGG/Theora" size="274M"/>
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<mediafile file="the-prof-graphics.wmv" type="Windows Media Video" size="277M" />
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</mediaitem> <mediaitem title="UW Software Start-ups: What Worked and What Did Not">
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<abstract>
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<p>A discussion of software start-ups founded by UW students and what they did that helped them grow
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and what failed to help. In order to share the most insights and guard the confidences of the
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individuals involved, none of the companies will be identifed.</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.avi" type="DivX" size="332M" />
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="332M" />
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.mpg" type="MPG" size="332M" />
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.ogg" type="OGG/Theora" size="341M"/>
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-talk2.wmv" type="Windows Media Video" size="338M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Riding The Multi-core Revolution">
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<abstract>
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<p>For decades, mainstream parallel processing has been thought of as inevitable. Up until recent
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years, however, improvements in manufacturing processes and increases in clock speed have provided
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software with free Moore's Law-scale performance improvements on traditional single-core CPUs. As
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per-core CPU speed increases have slowed to a halt, processor vendors are embracing parallelism by
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multiplying the number of cores on CPUs, following what Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) vendors have
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been doing for years. The Multi- core revolution promises to provide unparalleled increases in
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performance, but it comes with a catch: traditional serial programming methods are not at all
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suited to programming these processors and methods such as multi-threading are cumbersome and rarely
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scale beyond a few cores. Learn how, with hundreds of cores in desktop computers on the horizon, a
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local software company is looking to revolutionize the way software is written to deliver on the
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promise multi-core holds.</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="sdt.avi" type="DivX" size="406M" />
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<mediafile file="sdt-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="406M" />
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<mediafile file="sdt.mpg" type="MPG" size="405M" />
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<mediafile file="sdt.ogg" type="OGG/Theora" size="411M" />
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<mediafile file="sdt.wmv" type="Windows Media Video" size="414M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="ReactOS - An Open Source OS Platform for Learning">
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<abstract>
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<p>The ReactOS operating system has been in development for over eight years and aims to provide
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users with a fully functional and Windows-compatible distribution under the GPL license. ReactOS
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comes with its own Windows 2003-based kernel and system utilities and applications, resulting in
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an environment identical to Windows, both visually and internally.
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<br/><br/>
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More than just an alternative to Windows, ReactOS is a powerful platform for academia, allowing
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students to learn a variety of skills useful to software testing, development and management, as
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well as providing a rich and clean implementation of Windows NT, with a kernel compatible to
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published internals book on the subject.
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<br/><br/>
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This talk will introduce the ReactOS project, as well as the various software engineering
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challenges behind it. The building platform and development philosophies and utilities will be
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shown, and attendees will grasp the vast amount of effort and organization that needs to go into
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building an operating system or any other similarly large project. The speaker will gladly answer
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questions related to his background, experience and interests and information on joining the
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project, as well as any other related information.
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<br/><br/>
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Slides from the talk are available
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<a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/files/alex-ionescu.pdf">here</a>.
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<br/><br/>
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<strong>Speaker Bio</strong>
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<br/><br/>
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Alex Ionescu is currently studying in Software Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec
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and is a Microsoft Technical Student Ambassador. He is the lead kernel developer of the ReactOS Project
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and project leader of TinyKRNL. He regularly speaks at Linux and Open Source conferences around the
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world and will be a lecturer at the 8th International Free Software Forum in Brazil this April, as well
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as providing hands-on workshops and lectures on Windows NT internals and security to various companies.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.avi" type="DivX" size="451M" />
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<mediafile file="alex-ionescu-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="451M" />
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<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.mpg" type="MPG" size="450M" />
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<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.ogg" type="OGG/Theora" size="461M" />
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<mediafile file="alex-ionescu.wmv" type="Windows Media Video" size="462M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="1989 Bill Gates Talk on Microsoft">
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<abstract>
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<p>Bill Gates discusses the software and computer industry, and how
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Microsoft has
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contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the
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computing
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industry. The talk was recorded in 1989 but was only recently
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digitized.
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<br/>
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Topics include:<ul>
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<li>The start and history of the microcomputer industry</li>
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<li>Microsoft BASIC and the Altair 880 computer</li>
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<li>The transition from 8-bit to 16-bit computers</li>
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<li>Microsoft's history with IBM</li>
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<li>640k memory barrier and 16-bit architectures</li>
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<li>32-bit 386 and 486 architectures</li>
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<li>RISC and multi-processor machines</li>
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<li>EGA graphics and WYSIWYG editors</li>
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<li>Decreasing cost of memory, harddisks and hardware in general</li>
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<li>The importance and future of the mouse</li>
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<li>Object-oriented programming</li>
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<li>MS-DOS and OS/2</li>
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<li>Multi-threaded and multi-application systems</li>
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<li>Synchronization in multi-threaded applications</li>
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<li>Diskette-based software</li>
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<li>UNIX standardization and POSIX</li>
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<li>History of the Macintosh and Microsoft' involvement</li>
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<li>Involvement of Xerox in graphical user interfaces</li>
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<li>Apple vs. Microsoft lawsuit regarding user interfaces</li>
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<li>OS/2 future as a replacement for MS-DOS</li>
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<li>Microsoft Office on Macintosh</li>
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<li>Thin/dumb clients</li>
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<li>Compact discs</li>
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<li>Multimedia applications</li>
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<li>Gates' current role at Microsoft</li>
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</ul>
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The following picture was taken after the talk (click for higher-res).<br/><br/>
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<a href="http://csclub1.cs.uwaterloo.ca/media/files/bill-gates-1989-big.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://csclub1.cs.uwaterloo.ca/media/files/bill-gates-1989.jpg" /></a></p>
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</abstract>
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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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<mediafile file="bill-gates-1989.wav" type="wav" size="945M" />
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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>
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<p> 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.</p>
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<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?</p>
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<p>
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Gord Cormack talk about the science, logistics, and politics of Spam Filter Evaluation.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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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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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.rm" type="Real Media" size="471M" />
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.wmv" type="Windows Media" size="476M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Software development gets on the Cluetrain">
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<abstract>
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<p> Simon Law leads the Quality teams for Ubuntu, a free-software operating system built on Debian GNU/Linux. As such, he leads
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one of the largest community-based testing efforts for a software product. This does get a bit busy sometimes.
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</p>
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<p>In this talk, we'll be exploring how the Internet is changing how software is developed. Concepts like open source and technologies
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like message forums are blurring the lines between producer and consumer. And this melting pot of people is causing people to take
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note, and changing the way they sling code.</p>
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<p>
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The Computer Science Club would like to thank the CS-Commons Committee for co-sponsoring this talk.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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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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<mediafile file="simon-talk.rm" type="Real Media" size="177M" />
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<mediafile file="simon-talk.wmv" type="Windows Media" size="179M" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Semacode - Image recognition on mobile camera phones">
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<abstract>
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Could you write a good image recognizer for a 100 MHz mobile phone processor
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with 1 MB heap, 320x240 image, on a poorly-optimized Java stack? It needs to
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locate and read two-dimensional barcodes made up of square modules which might
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be no more than a few pixels in size. We had to do that in order to establish
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Semacode, a local start up company that makes a software barcode reader for
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cell phones. The applications vary from ubiquitous computing to advertising.
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Simon Woodside (founder) will discuss what it's like to start a business and
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how the imaging code works.
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</abstract>
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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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<mediafile file="semacode.rm" type="Real Media" size="180M"/>
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<mediafile file="semacode.wmv" type="WMV" size="180M"/>
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Eric LaForest: Next Generation Stack Computing">
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<abstract>
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Eric LaForest delivers a crash-course on modern stack computing, the Forth programming language, and some projects of his own. Stack
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systems have faster procedure calls and reduced complexity (shorter pipeline, simpler compilation) relative to their conventional counterparts, as
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well as more consistent performance, which is very important for real-time systems. Many consider stack-based architecture's crowning feature,
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however, to be the unrivalled price-to-performance ratio.
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<p>
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Note: the slides are hard to make out in the video, so make sure to download the slides as well.
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</p>
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="eric-laforest2-720-480.avi" type="DiVX" size="357M"/>
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<mediafile file="ericlaforest-xvid.avi" type="XViD" size="309M"/>
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<mediafile file="ericlaforest.mov" type="Quick Time" size="298M" />
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<mediafile file="ericlaforest.mpg" type="Mpeg" size="307M" />
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<mediafile file="Eric-LaForest2-real-1024kbps.rmvb" size="391M" type="Real 9" />
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<mediafile file="Eric-laforest2-wmv-512k.wmv" size="220M" type="Windows Media" />
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<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.pdf" size="1M" type="slides [pdf]"/>
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<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.ppt" size="1M" type="slides [Power Point]" />
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<mediafile file="CSCtalkMar06.odp" size="1M" type="slides [Open Office]" />
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</mediaitem>
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<mediaitem title="Larry Smith: Creating Killer Applications">
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<abstract>
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A discussion of how software creators can identify application opportunities that offer the promise of great social and commercial significance.
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Particular attention will be paid to the challenge of acquiring cross domain knowledge and setting up effective collaboration.
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.avi" size="686M" type="DiVX" />
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<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications-xvid.avi" size="686M" type="XviD" />
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<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.mpg" size="685M" type="MPG" />
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<mediafile file="larry-killer-applications.ogg" size="706M" type="OGG" />
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-wmv.wmv" size="312M" type="Windows Media" />
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<mediafile file="larry-smith-quicktime.mov" size="1.4G" type="Quick Time" />
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</mediaitem>
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<li>Larry Smith: Computing's Next Great Empires <a href="/audio/Larry%20Smith%20Talk.ogg">ogg</a><a href="/audio/Larry%20Smith%20Talk.mp3">mp3</a></li>
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<mediaitem title="Rico Mariani: Eighteen Years in the Software Tools Business">
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<abstract>
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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
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evolution of software tools for microcomputers. This talk promises to be a little bit about history and perspective (at least from the Microsoft side
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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
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software industry more effective at what it does, and sometimes succeed!
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Particularly illuminating are his responses to advocates of free/open-source software.
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</abstract>
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<mediafile file="Rico-Mariani-exctd-divx-320-240.avi" size="689M" type="DivX" />
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<mediafile file="Rico-Mariani-exctd-quicktime.mov" size="504M" type="Quick Time" />
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<mediafile file="Rico-Mariani-exctd-realmedia.rmvb" size="264M" type="Real Media" />
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<mediafile file="Rico-Mariani-exctd-wmv.wmv" size="157M" type="Windows Media" />
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</mediaitem>
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</ul>
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</section>
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