Mathematics
and Computer Science Department 
CS 126 Fall
2001, Instructor: Jeffrey
Horn
General
Student Concerns: Colloquia and Seminars
Local Events NMU CS Employment
SCHEDULE FOR NEXT TWO WEEKS (or so):
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Thursday Nov. 8 |
Thursday Nov. 15 |
Thursday Nov. 22 |
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| SEMINAR!
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NO seminar |
The
Microsoft Debate |
NO seminar |
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| Jeff Horn |
(Argonne trip) |
Panel Discussion |
Thnxgivin' |
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- What's REALLY New:
- This week, Thursday Nov. 1, we DO have a seminar, ME
again. In LRC 107. We do NOT have one next week, and
then the week after that is the Microsoft debate:
"resolved: Microsoft, on balance, has done more to
spread computer innovation than to hinder it."
- Not so New (Older
Announcements):
- We DO have a speaker
(Randy) for our NEXT class meeting, next Thursday
Oct. 25 at 3pm. Dr. Randy Appleton has offered his famous
talk on The Internet and the Law. Randy promises that
this will be targeted at a general audience, so feel free to bring
along anyone you know who might be interested.
- NO CLASS TOMORROW (Thurs. Oct. 18). Instead, we
will have a guest speaker, Dr. Ali Hurlson, at
11:00 am on MONDAY OCT. 22 in WS 3611, speaking
on "Mobile Computing" (see our colloquium
page). I realize not everyone can make that
time; it is just another "S"
opportunity. Looks like we WILL have a speaker
(Randy) for our NEXT class meeting, next Thursday
Oct. 25 at 3pm. Keep checking here for details.
- NO CLASS TODAY (Oct. 1)!
(should have a speaker for NEXT week, Oct. 18)
- Plan for our third speaker for
this Thursday, Oct. 4 at our usual 3pm in our
usual LRC 107. Speaker TBA, but probably
me!
- THE LATEST: We WILL have a talk
today (9-13-01) at 3:00pm, in LRC 107! It won't
be Ryan Deiter, who could not make it because of
the nationwide groundstop of all civilian
flights. Instead, our own Dr. Andrew Poe will
speak to us about the nature and power of parallel
processing. Join us: this is worth one
"S"! (recall, you email me, or hardcopy
me, a one-page or so write-up of the talk. I
decide if is worth an "S"! To be
worthy, see guidelines below.)
- My apologies for not keeping this
page more up-to-date. I think I have a stable
computing environment now! So keep checking here
for the latest.
- NO CLASS THIS THURSDAY,
SEPT. 6!
- Sorry for the
short notice. I'll save my presentation for
another day. Let's plan to meet next the
following Thursday, Sept. 13, when we will have a
guest speaker, Ryna Dieter, NMU '01, who will
talk to us about Cray Research, his contract with
them, the building of large Beowulf clusters, and
the current hiring situation for CS and
NC graduates.
CONTENTS
GUIDELINES FOR "Speaker
Write-up"
- To earn a passing "S" grade, write-ups should
be
- original
- one to two page maximum
- emailed to "jhorn@nmu.edu"
(plain text, MS Word, html, whatever) or hardcopy
to my Dept. box.
- at the top have: your name, the
title of the talk, the name of the speaker, and
the DATE OF THE PRESENTATION
- be more than a summary or repetition; I want some
original ideas. It does NOT have to be elaborate,
or to completely cover the range of topics. For
example, if you just summarize a few bullet
points, that is NOT good enough. If you were to
pick up on one little aspect, like the idea of
using a SETI@home
type of distributed processing, and then go on
about your own crazy idea for using that to run
giant weather simulations, that would be great! I
want to see some deep THINKING about the deep
concepts, not a lot of work trying to remember
the whole talk, or trying to sound smart, or
compliment the speaker, etc. I want REAL
creativity about the REAL topics of CS.
- submitted within one week of the presentation.
LECTURE NOTES