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=== 3 August 2010: Ben Last - NearMap === * '''Where:''' A lecture theatre near you (still TBD), UWA Campus * '''When:''' 12.50pm for a 1pm start * '''Synopsis:'' Ben Last, development manager from NearMap will be talking about some of the technical challenges associated with developing and serving up a web application that some have argued could be the next Google Maps competitor. Pizza will be served at ~1.40pm for those who have attended Ben's talk. === Others === * [DJA] - UCC programming competition discussion/overview * In Semester 2, UCC is (hopefully!) running a programming competition catering for everyone from beginners to experts. This talk will cover the rules, how to enter, and what to expect, as well as the odd hint or two about how not to fail completely. * I could also possibly give a follow-up "how [not] to run a programming competition" technical talk - both about the technical side and the logistical side of how things work/worked/didn't work. * Zanchey - multi-user system security * Zanchey - how to give a talk/presentation * [AHC] - can do a talk or two on theoretical/practical networking basics if people are at all interested * [AHC] - writing clean, well structured C, and why you don't necessarily need an OO language * [TPG] - Basic Operating Systems - A Practical View * [SLX] - Compression: Lossless, Lossy (Image, Audio and Video) * [CJS] - Security and architectures of current game console hardware * [CJS] - 3D reconstruction from photos, pending the Cameron Hall 3D project * [MTL] - physical layer comms / fibre / copper / NBN / snack machine codebase == Past Talks == === 30 April 2010: [TPG] CPU emulators === * '''Where:''' Cameron Hall Loft, UWA Campus * '''When:''' 6pm for a 6:15pm start * '''Slides:''' [http://www.ucc.asn.au/~adrian/talks/UCC-30-05-2010-TPG-Emulators.pdf] * '''Synopsis:''' Putting it simply, emulation makes one computer look like another. This can be as simple as changing a couple of settings on the host, to porting an entire API (like Wine does) to emulating the complete hardware. The purpose of this talk is to teach the basics of emulation, mostly focusing on hardware level. Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes. |
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=== Others === * [DJA] - UCC programming competition discussion/overview * In Semester 2, UCC is (hopefully!) running a programming competition catering for everyone from beginners to experts. This talk will cover the rules, how to enter, and what to expect, as well as the odd hint or two about how not to fail completely. * I could also possibly give a follow-up "how [not] to run a programming competition" technical talk - both about the technical side and the logistical side of how things work/worked/didn't work. * Zanchey - multi-user system security * Zanchey - how to give a talk/presentation * [AHC] - can do a talk or two on theoretical/practical networking basics if people are at all interested * [AHC] - writing clean, well structured C, and why you don't necessarily need an OO language * [TPG] - Basic Operating Systems - A Practical View * [SLX] - Compression: Lossless, Lossy (Image, Audio and Video) * [CJS] - Security and architectures of current game console hardware * [CJS] - 3D reconstruction from photos, pending the Cameron Hall 3D project == Past Talks == === 30 April 2010: [TPG] CPU emulators === * '''Where:''' Cameron Hall Loft, UWA Campus * '''When:''' 6pm for a 6:15pm start * '''Synopsis:''' Putting it simply, emulation makes one computer look like another. This can be as simple as changing a couple of settings on the host, to porting an entire API (like Wine does) to emulating the complete hardware. The purpose of this talk is to teach the basics of emulation, mostly focusing on hardware level. Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes. |
UCC talks - tentative
A fixed venue/time is yet to be decided - either Friday evening @ Cameron Hall Loft, or Friday 1pm in a seminar room on campus.
Upcoming talks
3 August 2010: Ben Last - NearMap
Where: A lecture theatre near you (still TBD), UWA Campus
When: 12.50pm for a 1pm start
* Synopsis: Ben Last, development manager from NearMap will be talking about some of the technical challenges associated with developing and serving up a web application that some have argued could be the next Google Maps competitor. Pizza will be served at ~1.40pm for those who have attended Ben's talk.
Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes.
Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes.
Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes.
Abstract also available here: http://ciser.cornell.edu/IASSIST/program/a4.shtm Please be at the loft at 6pm if you'd like to order pizza - pizza will be organised to (hopefully!) arrive as the talk finishes. Others
Past Talks
30 April 2010: [TPG] CPU emulators
Where: Cameron Hall Loft, UWA Campus 07-May-2010: Andrew Williams/Dave Emrich [DAV]/Mark Glossop: Square Kilometre Array
Title: Dust, Frogs, and Radio Astronomy - what's going on now at the proposed 'Square Kilometre Array' site in the Murchison region 14-May-2010: Adrian Chadd [AHC]: Interfacing Old Hardware to New Hardware
Title: Interfacing old hardware to new hardware
Recording: http://www.ucc.asn.au/UCCTalks/2010/3-AHC-OldHardware.ogg - Recorded by [TPG] 21-May-2010: Samuel Spencer [CHZ]: Metadata as a driving force in survey methodology
Title: Metadata as a driving force in survey methodology