Our own Bala Ravikumar will be giving a talk on how to approximate the computation of extremely large numbers that physically cannot be represented as plain binary code.
Numbers like 2^2^1000 are so large that even if every elementary particle in the universe is used to store one of its digits\, it is still not possible to store the number. We address the problem of computing some of the specified digits of such numbers. Some interesting mathematical issues related to such computations will be discussed in this talk.
The presentation will be Wednesday October 1 at 4\:00 PM in Darwin 103. Come early (3\:45) for coffee and cookies. Pizza will be provided after the talk.
Visit the Math Colloquium page for more information about the weekly Math colloquiums.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081002T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/194 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/194 SUMMARY:Oct 2\: CS Colloquium - CANCELED DESCRIPTION:Tom Barclay's presentation on Microsoft Terraserver has been canceled. HOWEVER\: Students in the CS Colloquium class are still expected to turn in a paper on the subject.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081004T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081004T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/222 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/222 SUMMARY:Movie Night DESCRIPTION:The next movie night is scheduled for Friday\, October 3 at 833 Loadstone Ct in the 'L' section of Rohnert Park. Bring your own food and beverages.
Directions from the SSU campus\:
Compete against the rest of Darwin Hall in the SSU Nerdathon's Bowling competition. The fun starts at Petaluma Boulevard Lanes in south Petaluma at 9\:00 PM.
We need good bowlers for the team. The rest of us will be goofing off a few lanes over.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081008T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081008T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/237 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/237 SUMMARY:SSU Nerdathon\: Poker DESCRIPTION:The SSU Nerdathon continues at 7\:00 PM on Tuesday\, October 7th with a poker competition at Penngrove Pub. The Pub is on Penngrove's Main Street which is the southern block of Petaluma Hill Boulevard past the Adobe Road stoplight\, so if you miss it\, you missed the whole town. You probably have to be over 21 years of age to join in this one.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081009T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081009T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/195 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/195 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Julia Grace on Social Computing DESCRIPTION:Social Web\: How Social and Collaborative Computing is Changing the Enterprise - a presentation by IBM researcher Julia Grace.
As globally distributed teams become more of the norm\, new\, innovative tools are needed to encourage collaboration and promote team coherency and communication. In this talk I will discuss several of the Web 2.0 applications that we use at IBM to promote and foster business relationships and increase productivity.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081014T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081014T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/234 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/234 SUMMARY:CS Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:The next meeting will be on October 14th in Darwin 29 at Noon. We will discuss plans for the LAN party and other upcoming events.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081016T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081016T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/196 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/196 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Andru Luvisi on domain specific languages DESCRIPTION:Tips From A Lazy DSL Designer - a presentation by Andru Luvisi of the SSU IT department.
This talk will discuss various approaches to implementing Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)\, with an emphasis on ease of implementation. Some language specific techniques will be discussed\, along with some more general approaches that can be applied in many programming languages. A couple of DSLs used within SSU/IT may be described if time permits.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081018T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081018T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/235 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/235 SUMMARY:LAN Party DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081023T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081023T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/197 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/197 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Vicki and David Shreiner on Mobile Graphics DESCRIPTION:Is That A GPU In Your Pocket Or Are You Happy To See Me? Mobile Graphics Reaches Maturity - a presentation by OpenGL experts Vicki Shreiner of SGI and David Shreiner of ARM.
Mobile graphics - those you find in cell phones and GPS units - have recently matured to a point where most all of the features you find in a \\"desktop\\" GPU are available in small\, battery powered devices. This talk will discuss the development environment available\, capabilities and limitations\, and include a brief introduction to OpenGL ES. A demonstration of one of the leading mobile GPUs will accompany the talk.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081024T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081024T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/264 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/264 SUMMARY:Teknovus DESCRIPTION:Local company Teknovus\, which recruits heavily from SSU\, is giving a presentation in Salazar 2009A from 11AM to 1PM on Friday\, October 24. Food will be provided. See the flyer [PDF] for more information.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081025T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081025T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/238 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/238 SUMMARY:WICS Corn Maze DESCRIPTION:WICS is hosting a costume party\, movie showing\, and corn maze getting-lost-in on Friday the 24th of October. Everyone is invited. From Stephanie\:
Join WICS Friday Oct 24th\, for a corn maze and scary movie extravaganza. Come in costume when the festivities begin at nightfall! Also be ready to sing happy birthday\, its the CS/WICS secretary's birthday!
We will meet at the flagpole at 7\:00 PM. RSVP with Jenna if you don't want the group to leave without you.
Be aware that the corn maze will cost $8 per person.
The corn maze is at 550 Stony Point Road in Petaluma. If you've ever been stuck in traffic driving south on 101 while everyone stops to watch the corn grow\, you know where it is. The best way to get there from SSU is to take Petaluma Hill Road down into Petaluma\, go straight over the freeway\, and take a right at the Henny Penny Restaurant onto Stony Point Road.
After the corn maze\, we will repose at Leela's place at 166 Cherry Street in Petaluma to watch some movies.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081028T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081028T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/269 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/269 SUMMARY:Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:Our biweekly meeting on the 28th in Darwin room 29 at noon.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081029T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081029T030000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/262 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/262 SUMMARY:Computer Graphics guest speakers DESCRIPTION:CS375 (Computer Graphics) is hosting guest speakers Mike Farnsworth and Joel Davis from Tippett Studios on the 28th to discuss computer animation. Pizza will be provided\; Ledin said he was buying for 30 people\, but there are far fewer than that in the class\, so feel free to drop in. The class is in Darwin 37.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T072450Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/198 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/198 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Wendy Bartlett on fault-tolerant system design DESCRIPTION:Life on the Fault-Tolerant Frontier - a presentation by Wendy Bartlett of Hewlett Packard.
In 1976\, Tandem Computers shipped its first commercial\, single-fault-tolerant server. Today\, HP is shipping its successors\, Non-Stop servers. In this talk Wendy Bartlett\, one ofthe early developers\, will give her first-hand view of how the system has evolved over the last 30 years. She will also share her insights on how the company evolved from a start-up through rapid growth\, an acquisition\, and a merger.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016.
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