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:20090108T123412Z 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:20090108T123412Z 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:20090108T123412Z 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:20090108T123412Z 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:20090108T123412Z 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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081106T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081106T010000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/226 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/226 SUMMARY:Math Colloquium - PGP\, Hashes\, and Digital Signatures DESCRIPTION:Michael King\, Joe Muller\, and Dylan Field will be presenting on the subject of encryption as it applies to e-mail security.
Do you ever wonder how the messages you send over the internet are secure? Speakers will give a brief introduction to cryptography using RSA\; an overview of PGP and how it is used to secure communication over the internet\; and an overview of hash functions (with MD5 algorithm as an example) used for password protection and message integrity. This is a student project from the Fall 2007 Math 485 class (Introduction to Cryptography).
The presentation will be at Wednesday November 5 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:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081106T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081106T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/199 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/199 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Jason Shankel on simulating planetary environments DESCRIPTION:Simulating Planetary Environments - a presentation by Jason Shankel of Maxis\, likely to include discussion of these techniques in the game Spore.
This talk will describe some of the techniques used to simulate realistic dynamic planetary environments for computer games\, including geology\, water flow\, weather\, and life.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016. Pizza will be provided after the talk.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081107T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/219 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/219 SUMMARY:MESA Student Leadership Conference DESCRIPTION:From Dr. Stauffer\:
MESA Northern California Student Leadership Conference - Friday-Saturday\,
November 7 and 8
This conference is in its 5th year and is sponsored by PG&\;E. Students are provided housing (1 person per room)\, meals\, and workshops. Students network with each other and with leaders in the state.
Departure time and where to meet are not yet determined. Contact Dr. Stauffer for details.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081108T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081108T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/205 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/205 SUMMARY:Movie Night - Rescheduled DESCRIPTION:Update\: This movie night has been rescheduled for 8\:00 PM. The date and location remain the same.
A movie night is scheduled for Friday\, November 7. The location is 833 Loadstone Ct in the 'L' section of Rohnert Park.
Directions from the SSU campus\:
Since we actually made a profit off the LAN party\, we plan to have food at this event. You are still welcome to bring something\, especially to share.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081111T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081111T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/278 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/278 SUMMARY:SSU Nerdathon\: Mario Kart and Ping Pong DESCRIPTION:The SSU Nerd-A-Thon continues with Mario Kart in Darwin 128 at 5\:30 PM\, followed by ping-pong at Ryan's house (where we have been holding the Movie Nights).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081112T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081112T050000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/274 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/274 SUMMARY:NBLUG\: Kyle Rankin on Ubuntu DESCRIPTION:Kyle Rankin will be giving a talk at the November North Bay Linux Users' Group meeting on the differences between Ubuntu and earlier Linux distributions. The talk is titled \\"Where'd my Files Go? A guide to the Modern Ubuntu Distribution\\".
While you might not be able to tell at a cursory glance\, a lot has changed behind the scenes on a modern Ubuntu system from what you might be used to if you have used Linux for years. For example\, did you know Ubuntu is phasing out System V init? That you can't loopback-mount the initrd? In this talk I would discuss the current changes Ubuntu is making to what we might consider the traditional Linux system. There's a little something for everyone on the talk\: For Linux newbies who are curious about what's under the hood I will cover the traditional and modern boot process including how init works and follow up with a guide to where important files are in Ubuntu. For the experienced Linux user I'll show you how (and why) things have changed and where you can look now when you want to\, for instance\, change the default runlevel on an Ubuntu system.
The meeting is at O'Reilly and Associates in Sebastopol on Tuesday\, November 11 at 7\:30 PM.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081113T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081113T210000Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/204 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/204 SUMMARY:CS Colloquium - Jim Horning on information infrastructure maintenance DESCRIPTION:The Case For Infrastructure Maintenance - a presentation by Jim Horning of SPARTA.
Civilization and infrastructure are intimately intertwined. Rising civilizations build and benefit from their infrastructures in a virtuous cycle. As civilizations decline\, their infrastructures decay. Dependence on critical infrastructures is increasing worldwide. This is true not only of information systems and network services\, but also of energy\, water\, sanitation\, transportation\, and others that we rely on for our livelihood and well-being. These critical infrastructures are becoming more interrelated\, and more heavily dependent on information technology. People demand ever more and better services\, but understand ever less about what it takes to provide those services. Engineers know that physical infrastructures decay without regular maintenance\, and prepare for aging (e.g.\, corrosion and erosion) that requires inspections and repairs. Proper maintenance is generally the cheapest form of insurance against failures. However\, it has a definite present cost that must be balanced against the unknown future cost of possible failures. Although computer software does not rust\, it is subject to incompatibilities and failures caused by evolving requirements\, changing environments\, changes in underlying hardware and software\, changing user practices\, and malicious exploitation of discovered vulnerabilities. Therefore\, it requires maintenance. Yet the costs of maintenance are often ignored in the planning\, design\, construction\, and operation of critical systems. Incremental upgrades to software are error-prone. Software engineers receive little training in preparing for software aging\, in supporting legacy software\, or in knowing when and how to terminate decrepit legacy systems.
The presentation will be at noon in Salazar 2016.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081115T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081115T075900Z UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/270 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/270 SUMMARY:LAN Party DESCRIPTION:LAN PARTY! It's gonna be good. Pay $5 ahead of time to Travis or Ryan and make sure to get your name on a list so we know how much FOOD to get\, or RSVP with them by email and pay when you get here.
The party will be in Darwin 25 and 28 as usual. The fun starts at 7\:00 PM as usual\, and as usual there will probably be several people there early. We'll probably start with Babo and go to TF once more people show up\, and there will most likely be console gaming in one of the other rooms.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T123412Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081115T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/242 URL;VALUE=URI:http://segfault.cs.sonoma.edu/node/242 SUMMARY:ACM Programming Contest DESCRIPTION:The ACM Programming Contest for the Northwest Pacific region. Location is to be determined\, but last year's was at Stanford. More information to come.
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