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CSLI Calendar, Wednesday, 16 July 2008, vol. 23:43
CSLI CALENDAR OF PUBLIC EVENTS
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16 July 2008 Stanford Vol. 23, No. 43
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A weekly publication of the
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
a subdivision of H-STAR, http://hstar.stanford.edu/
Stanford University, Cordura Hall, Stanford, CA 94305-4101
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/
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ACTIVITIES FROM 16 JULY 2008 TO 25 JULY 2008
WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 2008
6:30pm SF Bay ACM Talk [16-Jul-08]
Hewlett Packard, Pruneridge and Wolfe, Cupertino, Bldg. 48, Oak Room
"The Next Wave of Computing: Injecting Intelligence into the
Real World"
Joe Polastre
Sentilla Corp.
http://sfbayacm.org/
Abstract below
THURSDAY, 17 JULY 2008
4:00pm PARC Forum [17-Jul-08]
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Biomedical Technology at PARC"
Richard Bruce
PARC and Scripps-PARC Institute for Advanced Biomedical Sciences
http://www.parc.com/forum/
FRIDAY, 18 JULY 2008
SATURDAY, 19 JULY 2008
all day IEEE/NATEA Conference [19-Jul-08]
Cubberley Auditorium
"Cloud Computing-the New Face of Computing-Promises and Challenges"
http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/computer/nfic/nfic2008.html
MONDAY, 21 JULY 2008
TUESDAY, 22 JULY 2008
WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY 2008
5:00pm SCPD Symposium [23-Jul-08]
Skilling Auditorium
"Emerging Threats and Defenses Symposium"
http://scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/courses/proed/compSecCampus/keynoteReg1.asp
(registration by July 15 recommended)
Information below
THURSDAY, 24 JULY 2008
4:00pm PARC Forum [24-Jul-08]
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Investing Your Money and Your Self"
Kevin Jones
Good Capital
http://www.parc.com/forum/
FRIDAY, 25 JULY 2008
3:00pm Learning, Design and Technology Masters Project Exhibition [25-Jul-08]
Wallenberg Hall
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Stanford Blood Center: Shortage of O, A, and B-. For an
appointment: <http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/> or call 650-723-7831.
It only takes an hour of your time and you get free cookies.
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UPCOMING
The Summer Institute at Wallenberg Hall 2008
http://mediax.stanford.edu/WSI/
In 2008, the Institute offers several independent but related one
and two-day workshops over three weeks between July 28 and August 15;
participants register for each workshop independently. Depending on
your area of interest you can attend just one, or several! Attendance
is capped in each session, guaranteeing a personal learning experience
for all.
Stanford High Performance Computing Conference IV
August 28th & 29th 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
James H. Clark Center
(for Stanford students, staff, faculty, affiliates, free)
The fourth annual Stanford HPC Conference is rapidly approaching,
brought to you by Bio-X, Flow Physics & Computational Engineering and
Stanford ITS.
Registration is now open. Breaks and Lunch Provided
http://hpcc.stanford.edu/conference/index.html
Some of the sessions are:
* Matlab Training
* TotalView Training
* Hands-on Cluster Building
* Rocks System Administration Classes
* Stanford HPC Experiences
* Facilities Challenges
There are a number of great research presentations from many
departments on campus and SLAC, in addition to outside research
institutions.
As always, the conference is free of charge, fully-funded by our sponsors!
Be sure to sign up now: http://hpcc.stanford.edu/conference/
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NEW CSLI PUBLICATIONS
(or at least newish)
Tarski's World: Revised and Expanded
By Dave Barker-Plummer, Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy
in collaboration with Albert Liu
http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/site/1575864843.shtml
Tarski's World is an innovative and enjoyable way to introduce
students to the language of first-order logic. Using this courseware
package, students quickly master the meaning of the connectives and
quantifiers and soon become fluent in the symbolic language at the
core of modern logic. Tarski's World is intended as a supplement to a
standard logic text, or for use by anyone who wants to learn the
language of first-order logic.
The Tarski's World program allows students to build three-dimensional
worlds, describe them in first-order logic and construct sentences to
be evaluated within the constructed worlds. If an evaluation is
incorrect, the program offers a game that leads the student to
understand what went wrong. The package contains over one hundred
exercises from very basic to highly sophisticated. For the first
time, with this edition, students have access to an Internet-based
grading service called the Grade Grinder. A web-based interface
allows instructors to manage assignments and grades for their classes.
Reasoning, Rationality, and Probability
Edited by Maria Carla Galavotti, Roberto Scazzieri and Patrick Suppes
http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/site/1575865580.shtml
Reasoning, Rationality, and Probability broadens our concept of
reasoning and rationality to allow for a more pluralistic and
situational view of human thinking as a practical activity.
Drawing on contributors across disciplines including philosophy,
economics, psychology, statistics, computer science, engineering and
physics, this volume argues that the search for strong theories should
leave room for the construction of context-sensitive conceptual tools.
Both science and everyday life, the authors argue, are too complex and
multifaceted to be forced into ready-made schemata.
Architectures, Rules, and Preferences:
Variations on Themes by Joan W. Bresnan
Edited by Annie Zaenen, Jane Simpson, Tracy Holloway King,
Jane Grimshaw, Joan Maling and Chris Manning
http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/site/1575865602.shtml
Architectures, Rules, and Preferences reflects the interests and
honors the influence of Joan Bresnan's two decades of foundational
work on Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG).
This comprehensive volume includes contributions by leading linguists
on language typology, synchronic variation, language change,
constituent structure, function identification, subject condition,
control, complex predicates, NP internal structure, wh-constructions,
syntactic features and lexical issues. Featuring an impressive range
of empirical and theoretical research, this collection covers more
than a dozen spoken languages as well as American Sign Language.
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SF BAY ACM TALK
on Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Hewlett Packard, Pruneridge and Wolfe, Cupertino, Bldg. 48, Oak Room
http://sfbayacm.org/
"The Next Wave of Computing: Injecting Intelligence into the
Real World"
Joe Polastre
Sentilla Corp.
Pervasive computing is about making the real world--and everything in
it--smarter through the use of small, wireless, battery-powered
computers that can be put anywhere or attached to anything. Pervasive
applications range from automatically watering your plants when they
need water to analyzing millions of containers as they move goods
throughout the world. Operating for years without intervention,
pervasive applications are making the real world smarter, safer,
greener, and more fun. Sentilla has brought pervasive computing into
the 21st century through an innovative Java software platform that
opens these embedded wireless systems up to millions of developers
that were previous off limits. Sentilla's software includes the
world's smallest Java platform and the only Java platform running on
8-bit and 16-bit embedded systems -- systems with only 10kB of RAM and
48kB of storage.
This talk contains three main components: and overview of pervasive
applications and their promise to solve the world's most pressing
problems, the technical innovation required to bring high 21st century
programming models (such as Java) to embedded computing, and tips and
techniques for building applications in this new domain. Application
scenarios include monitoring the flow of people, analyzing energy and
water use for conservation, and proactive detection and reporting of
potential failures and maintenance conditions, such as on bridges,
airplanes, and industrial equipment. To solve the needs of these
applications, a system architecture spanning from real world
intelligent objects objects through to the Internet is presented, and
the common object model that unifies such a wide range of computing
platforms. This talk also illustrates the importance of research
published almost 30 years ago when systems had similar capabilities to
today's embedded systems; and how these established techniques are
essential for the next wave of networked embedded systems.
About the Speaker: Joe Polastre, PhD is Co-founder and Chief
Technology Officer of Sentilla Corporation. Dr. Polastre is
responsible for defining and implementing the global technology
strategy and overseeing the product roadmap. Dr. Polastre's experience
with pervasive computing stems from his deep background with wireless
sensor networks, having deployed the first-ever autonomous network on
Great Duck Island, Maine, in 2002 to monitor the patterns of elusive
seabirds. In addition to his practical experience, Dr. Polastre sits
on numerous technical boards and commissions and is a tireless
evangelist for pervasive computing. He is also the author of seminal
work in the wireless sensor industry, including communication
abstractions, hardware designs, energy harvesting, deployment
experience, and system virtualization. Prior to Sentilla, he held
positions in software architecture and engineering at IBM, Intel, and
Microsoft. Dr. Polastre holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer
Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S in
Computer Science from Cornell University.
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SCPD SYMPOSIUM
on Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Skilling Auditorium
http://scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/courses/proed/compSecCampus/keynoteReg1.asp
(registration by July 15 recommended)
"Emerging Threats and Defenses Symposium"
Agenda
5:00 - 5:30pm Check-in / Refreshments
5:30 - 6:30pm "Perspectives on Security"
a presentation by Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security
Officer of Oracle
6:30 - 7:30pm "Hacks Happen"
a presentation by Jeremiah Grossman, Chief Technology
Officer of WhiteHat Security
Free, please register by July 15, using the form at
http://scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/courses/proed/compSecCampus/keynoteReg1.asp
About the Speakers:
Mary Ann Davidson is responsible for Oracle product security, as well
as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She
represents Oracle on the Board of Directors of the Information
Technology Information Security Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), is a member
of the Global Chief Security Officer Council and the editorial
advisory board of SC Magazine. She was recently named one of
Information Security's top five "Women of Vision" and is the 2004
Fed100 award recipient from Federal Computer Week. She has served on
the Defense Science Board and has recently been named to the Center
for Strategic and International Studies Cyber Commission.
Ms. Davidson has a B.S.M.E. from the University of Virginia and a
M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She
has also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Civil
Engineer Corps, during which she was awarded the Navy Achievement
Medal. Jeremiah Grossman, Chief Technology Officer, WhiteHat Security
Mr. Grossman founded WhiteHat Security in 2001. Prior to WhiteHat, Mr.
Grossman was an information security officer at Yahoo!, where he
designed, audited, and penetration-tested the company's hundreds of
web applications. As one of the world's busiest web properties, with
over 17,000 web servers for customer access and 600 web applications,
the highest level of security was required. Before Yahoo!,
Mr. Grossman worked for Amgen, Inc.
Mr. Grossman is an acknowledged expert in web application security and
is a frequent Information Security speaker at security conventions
including the Black Hat Briefings, the Air Force and Technology
Conference, Defcon and ToorCon. Mr. Grossman's continuing research
focuses on all areas of web application security and he has been
featured in the mainstream media on several occasions. His endeavors
have yielded successes such as the widely used assessment tool
"WhiteHat Arsenal", as well as the acclaimed Web Server Fingerprinter
tool and technology. Mr. Grossman is also a contributing member to the
Center for Internet Security Apache Benchmark Group.
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