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CSLI Calendar, Wednesday, 13 August 2008, vol. 23:47
CSLI CALENDAR OF PUBLIC EVENTS
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13 August 2008 Stanford Vol. 23, No. 47
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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 13 AUGUST 2008 TO 22 AUGUST 2008
WEDNESDAY, 13 AUGUST 2008
12 noon Berkeley talk [13-Aug-08]
508-20 Evans Hall (Berkeley)
"From calcium imaging to spikes, using state-space methods"
Joshua Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
http://neuroscience.berkeley.edu/events/
http://redwood.berkeley.edu/seminar-info.php?id=98
6:30pm SF Bay ACM Data Mining SIG [13-Aug-08]
SAP LABS, Building D, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
"Data Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner"
Randall Matignon
Amgen, Inc
http://sfbayacm.org/dmsig.php
THURSDAY, 14 AUGUST 2008
12 noon Stanford SOAP Brownbag [14-Aug-08]
Encina 202
"Scripting Enabled - Accessibility hacking and the Easy YouTube viewer"
Christian Heilmann
Yahoo
http://soap.stanford.edu/
(this is mainly aimed at Stanford web developers)
Abstract below
4:00pm PARC Forum [14-Aug-08]
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Design of Pleo: From Concept to Implementation"
John Sosoka
CTO, UGOBE
http://www.parc.com/forum/
Abstract below
FRIDAY, 15 AUGUST 2008
MONDAY, 18 AUGUST 2008
TUESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2008
WEDNESDAY, 20 AUGUST 2008
THURSDAY, 21 AUGUST 2008
4:00pm PARC Forum [21-Aug-08]
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Passage to Peace: Exploring Tea Culture Today"
Jesse Jacobs
Founder-CEO of Samovar Tea Lounge, in San Francisco
http://www.parc.com/forum/
Abstract below
FRIDAY, 22 AUGUST 2008
11:00am SLAC Talk [22-Aug-08]
SLAC, Building 51, Kavli Auditorium
"Multi-Core Programming and Red Hat Directives for the Future"
Ulrich Drepper
Red Hat
Abstract below
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It only takes an hour of your time and you get free cookies.
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NOTE
Berkeley's summer is ending next week as their Fall Quarter starts on
the 21st. Anyone know of any interesting new seminar series that
should be included in this calendar?
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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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STANFORD SOAP BROWNBAG
on Thursday, 14 August 2008, 12 noon
Encina 202
http://soap.stanford.edu/
(this is mainly aimed at Stanford web developers)
"Scripting Enabled - Accessibility hacking and the Easy YouTube viewer"
Christian Heilmann
Yahoo
Join us as Christian talks about Accessibility hacking, and how he
came to create the Easy YouTube viewer (and why), how Accessibility
and Developers do not need to be mutually exclusive (and his thoughts
on bridging the gap), and more!
Chris is a prolific writer and developer, who has written numerous articles
<http://icant.co.uk/> and delivered more presentations
<http://www.wait-till-i.com/presentations/> than any other person I know.
Always informative and thought provoking, and coupled with a wry sense of
humor, Chris is always a treat to see and hear - I am pleased to be able to
invite him back on campus for another talk.
Open to all, bring your own lunch. --John Foliot, SOAP
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PARC FORUM
on Thursday, 14 August 2008, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
George Pake Auditorium, PARC
(directions at <http://www.parc.com/directions>)
http://www.parc.com/forum/
"Design of Pleo: From Concept to Implementation"
John Sosoka
CTO, UGOBE
People wonder, How do you create a lifelike robotic dinosaur? Part
art, part engineering there is extensive software development,
research, and manufacturing behind creating such a marvel like
Pleo. Pleo, a Life Form who incorporates all the basic traits of
autonomous life and is specifically engineered to mimic life and
relate to its owner on a personal level, has taken the robotics market
by storm.
As UGOBEs Chief Technology Officer, John Sosoka will explain the
unconventional approach UGOBE took to develop such a sophisticated and
technically complex product. In bringing UGOBEs vision to life, John
and team turned to ethology research to make Pleo as authentic as
possible, asking, How do animals really handle the complexity of their
environment? How do you build a virtual brain and a whole internal
system that decides how Pleo will react in various situations? John
will explain Pleos conception through implementation and the necessary
steps involved in creating the UGOBE Life Operating System (Life OS)
platform. He will also expand on the possible applications for this
technology in the entertainment, research and education fields.
About the Speaker: John Sosoka brings inspired ideas to life at UGOBE
and heads the technological innovation at the company. Prior to UGOBE,
John co-founded and acted as CTO at Neurosmith, a company focused on
developmental toys for children that encourage the drive to explore,
experiment, create and relate to others. Under Sosokas technical
leadership, this educational technology toy company grew to $12
million in sales and won almost every major toy industry award
including Most Innovative Toy of the Year (TOTY). In 2003, Neurosmith
was acquired by Small World Toys. Prior to Neurosmith, Sosoka held
senior executive positions at Davidson & Associates, Emerson
Technologies, and the Technology Application Group
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PARC FORUM
on Thursday, 21 August 2008, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
George Pake Auditorium, PARC
(directions at <http://www.parc.com/directions>)
http://www.parc.com/forum/
"Passage to Peace: Exploring Tea Culture Today"
Jesse Jacobs
Founder-CEO of Samovar Tea Lounge, in San Francisco
Wake up and smell the...tea. Tea is about slowing down, making human
connections, and taking the time to witness the sweet passing of
time. It also turns out to be the perfect vehicle for contributing to
and creating world peace. Join Jesse Jacobs, founder-CEO of the famed
Bay Area "Samovar Tea Lounge" as he speaks about his vision for a more
peaceful world through tea, life in the slow lane, and peace through a
profitable company.
About the Speaker: Jesse Jacobs is the founder-CEO of Samovar Tea
Lounge, in San Francisco. He created Samovar with the mission to
deliver Peace to the world through drinking tea. After five stellar
years in business, and features in the New York Times, CNN, Chicago
Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Bon Appetite, and most recently,
voted Top 10 Tea in America by USA Today, Samovar Tea Lounge is now
pursuing national rollout plans to deliver the company's mission to
the widest audience possible. More information is available at
<http://www.samovartea.com/>.
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SLAC TALK
on Friday, 22 August 2008, 11:00am - 12:30pm
SLAC, Building 51, Kavli Auditorium
Directions: http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/maps/default.htm
Site map: http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/maps/slacarea.html#gridMap
Please bring a picture ID to get on site.
"Multi-Core Programming and Red Hat Directives for the Future"
Ulrich Drepper
Red Hat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Drepper
http://people.redhat.com/drepper/
Many initiatives are on the way to cope with the increasing
difficulties to program modern multi-core CPUs. These initiatives
include large universities and several big computer and software
companies. In this presentation, Ulrich Drepper, CTO of Red Hat, will
present Red Hat's ideas and plans for multi-core programming and their
directives for the future. Among other things, Uli will address
machine and memory architecture, NUMA, and OpenMP issues.
About the Speaker: Ulrich Drepper is working in Red Hat's office of
the CTO and as technical director of the Tools and Runtime group while
trying to keep up with the obligations as author and maintainer of
several free software projects, including the C, math, and thread
library for Linux.
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