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CSLI Calendar, Wednesday, 4 August 2004, vol. 19:47
CSLI CALENDAR OF PUBLIC EVENTS
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4 August 2004 Stanford Vol. 19, No. 47
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A weekly publication of the
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Stanford University, Cordura Hall, Stanford, CA 94305-4115
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/
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ACTIVITIES FROM 4 AUGUST 2004 TO 13 AUGUST 2004
THURSDAY, 5 AUGUST 2004
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"The Generalized Uncertainty Principle, Black Hole Remnants,
and Dark Matter"
Pisin Chen
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
http://www.parc.com/forum/
FRIDAY, 6 AUGUST 2004
4:00pm UC Berkeley Oxyopia Lecture
489 Minor Hall (UC Berkeley)
"Simultaneous Measurements of Tissue Oxygen and Neural Activity:
Implications for Functional Brain Imaging"
Jeffrey Thompson
Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley
http://optometry.berkeley.edu/oxyopia/oxy_current.html
Abstract below
TUESDAY, 10 AUGUST 2004
10:00am UC Berkeley Dissertation Defense
540A/B Cory Hall (UC Berkeley)
"Distributed Design Data Management for Electronic Design Automation"
Mark Spiller
EE Div. UC Berkeley
http://coe.berkeley.edu/events/
Abstract below
7:30pm BayCHI
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Reading the technology tea leaves: Is a Rich Internet
Application in your future?"
David Temkin, Laszlo Systems
Mike Sundermeyer, Macromedia
Jim Hobart, Classic Systems Solutions
Panelist from Oddpost
http://www.baychi.org/program/
Abstract below
THURSDAY, 12 AUGUST 2004
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Using Solar Energy in Developing Countries Lacking Infrastructure"
Charles Gay
Greenstar
http://www.parc.com/forum/
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UC BERKELEY OXYOPIA LECTURE
on Friday, 6 August 2004, 4:00pm
489 Minor Hall (UC Berkeley)
http://optometry.berkeley.edu/oxyopia/oxy_current.html
"Simultaneous Measurements of Tissue Oxygen and Neural Activity:
Implications for Functional Brain Imaging"
Jeffrey Thompson
Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley
Functional brain imaging techniques based on activity-dependent
hemodynamic responses are an important tool for neuroscience research
and have a number of potential clinical applications. The power of
these techniques is limited in part by our understanding of the
coupling between neural activity and hemodynamic changes within the
brain. One reason for this is that simultaneous measurements of neural
activity and brain imaging signals are technically demanding and
confounded by differences in spatial resolution between the two
measurements. In this presentation I'll introduce a combined
microelectrode sensor capable of high-resolution, simultaneous,
co-localized measurements of neural activity and tissue oxygen partial
pressure within the brain. Tissue oxygen is related to
hemoglobin-based brain imaging signals through the oxygen-hemoglobin
dissociation curve and the diffusion gradient of oxygen in tissue. I
have used this sensor in the visual cortex and lateral geniculate
nucleus of the anesthetized cat to investigate the spatial specificity
of brain imaging signals. Results from both brain areas are consistent
and demonstrate that the time course of activity-dependent changes in
tissue oxygen depends strongly on the spatial arrangement of neural
activity. These results suggest that activity-dependent changes in
oxidative metabolism occur on a finer spatial scale than corresponding
changes in cerebral blood flow and that functional brain imaging
techniques may gain improved specificity by focusing on metabolic
rather than vascular based imaging signals.
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UC BERKELEY DISSERTATION DEFENSE
on Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 10:00am - 11:00am
540 A/B Cory Hall (UC Berkeley)
http://coe.berkeley.edu/events/
"Distributed Design Data Management for Electronic Design Automation"
Mark Spiller
EE Div. UC Berkeley
Ongoing semiconductor technology advances are leading to increased
design size and complexity, and functionality previously split across
multiple chips is being consolidated into single, integrated designs.
As a result, geographically distributed design experts are being
pulled together into tightly-coupled, collaborative "virtual" teams
with a shared set of constraints. This integration introduces new
challenges in the management of Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
design data and associated resources across the enterprise.
Unfortunately, little guidance exists as to how resources and design
activities should be optimally allocated.
I present a framework for the investigation of the various design
choices for distributed data and resource management in EDA. Data
gathered from industry sources is used to develop and validate a set
of models that represent modern design characteristics, along with
recent trends in computation, organizations, and methodology. This
data is incorporated in an event-driven simulator to animate the model
for the data-intensive phases of the EDA design process. Given a set
of desired functionalities and design constraints (time, cost, etc.)
as inputs, the simulation environment can be used to compute a set of
output metrics, such as average run time and estimated resource cost.
As part of this work, a large set of simulation runs has been used to
model the effects of various design scenarios and resource
constraints. The observed results pinpoint several potential
bottlenecks in the current design process and suggest a set of
resource allocation strategies to overcome them. The simulation
environment serves as a proof-of-concept for a proposed
design-planning tool that would take a set of desired functionalities
and design constraints as inputs, and would return a list of
development options along with their associated performance
trade-offs.
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BAYCHI
on Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
George Pake Auditorium, PARC
http://www.baychi.org/program/
"Reading the Technology Tea Leaves:
Is a Rich Internet Application in Your Future?"
BayCHI's Rashmi Sinha Leads Panelists from
Laszlo Systems, Macromedia, Classic Systems Solutions, and Oddpost
Let's admit that the HTML page-centric model does not scale to
full-fledged web applications. This panel will consider what lies
beyond HTML, venturing into the new, exciting world of Rich Internet
Applications, or RIAs. The discussion will focus on technology
platforms for creating RIAs and what advantages (if any) RIAs offer
users.
* What are RIAs?
* What are the technology platforms for building such applications?
* What is the benefit for user experience?
* What are the design challenges?
* What usability problems arise when people accustomed to a
page-centric model use such systems?
* Is there a business need for RIAs?
* What is the return on investment for such systems?
Our panelists have spearheaded the move towards RIAs. Each will
provide us with a perspective on RIAs. an open discussion will follow.
By the end of the evening, you'll know what RIAs are and whether you
should be considering an RIA for your next web application.
About the Speakers: Mike Sundermeyer is senior V.P. of product design
at Macromedia. Growing up surfing in Santa Cruz gave him a love of the
experience. Growing up with traffic lights that deliver two-minute
reds at 3 a.m. has made him indignant about bad design. At Macromedia,
he used applied indignation as the lead UI designer for Dreamweaver
and contributed to the conception and design of Flex, Contribute,
Breeze, and other products. Prior to Macromedia, Mike led various
design and development projects at Gain technology, a multimedia
startup, and Sun Microsystems. Surprisingly he actually has a degree,
a B.S. in EE/CS from UC Davis. Read Mike's article on the Flex
experience model.
David Temkin is co-founder and chief technology officer of Laszlo
Systems. At Laszlo, he led the development of Laszlo Presentation
Server, a rich internet application (RIA) platform now in its second
major release. He has fifteen years' industry experience focused on UI
development, design, and platform technology. Temkin believes in "no
compromise" user experience--one that's as engaging as television and
as easy to use as a light switch.
Before founding Laszlo in 2000, Temkin led the development of consumer
software for PCs and TV set-top boxes at Excite@Home. Prior to that,
he spent five years (!) working on Apple's Newton. In the late '80s,
he worked on Intermedia, a pre-web networked hypertext system. Temkin
holds degrees in computer science and history from Brown University.
He maintains a blog.
Jim Hobart is president of Classic Systems Solutions, an
internationally-recognized user interface design consultancy. He
specializes in the design and development of large-scale, high-volume
client/server applications. He is an expert in GUI design for
transaction processing systems and strategies for migrating from
character-based systems.
Ethan Diamond is co-founder and president of Oddpost, a web-based
email service recently acquired by Yahoo!. Before starting Oddpost,
Diamond worked as an engineer at Halfbrain, where he helped build the
first web-based spreadsheet application, and as an interface designer
and product manager at Adobe Systems. He is a graduate of Stanford
University.
Iain Lamb is the co-founder of Oddpost.
Rashmi Sinha, who will chair the panel, is a BayCHI program chair and
principal of Uzanto Consulting, specializing in design-oriented
customer research and interaction design. Her recent projects have
involved the design and analysis of Rich Internet Applications.
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