CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2007

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Description
Date/Time
Location
East Central North America Regionals ACM Programming Contest
Nov. 9-10
3rd Floor Meshel Hall
Youngstown State Campus

An Afternoon Discussion: Student Affordable Robot Kits
Oct. 23rd 12:00 - 1:30 PM
McKay Auditorium
Beeghly education Building on Youngstown State Campus

An Afternoon Discussion: 3D Modeling and Game Programming behind the scenes
September 25th @ 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Gallery Room
Kilcawley Center on Youngstown State Campus
What's Up Doc? Dr. Graciela Perera
September 18th @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Conference Room 330
Meshel Hall, 3rd Floor on Youngstown State Campus

ACM “Get Together” and Presentation
May 12th @ 4:00 PM
Jillian's Bar and Sports Grill
Southern Park Mall Boardman Ohio

ACM's Distinguished Speaker Program
Dr. Dennis Frailey

Lecture Topic: Software Engineering: Best Practices


This talk discusses some of the processes and techniques essential for commercial grade software - that is, software that's predictable in cost, schedule, and performance; high in quality; and maintainable. Among the techniques to be discussed are:

  • systems engineering
  • configuration management
  • risk management
  • quality assurance
  • estimating
  • tracking.

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    • April 4th @ Noon - 1:30 PM
    Kilcawley Center, Jones Room

    An Afternoon Discussion:
    Artificial Minds: 50 Years of AI: Race to Conscious Computers?

    1st of a series of panel discussions on artificial intelligence and its ethical consequences with Phds ranging from computer science, philosophy, and religion. These discussions commemorate 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence. Panelists:

    • Dr. Alina Lazar, computer science

    • Dr. John Sullins, computer science

    • Dr. Salvatore Attardo, english/computational linguistics

    • Dr. Brendan Minogue, philosophy

    • Dr. Donna Sloan, religious studies


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    March 27th @ Noon - 1:30 PM
    Kilcawley Center, Room 2068

    An Afternoon Discussion:
    PS3's Cell Supercomputer: Can the Xbox 360 Really Compete?

    Tentative Itinerary
    • PS3's Reality Synthesizer vs. Xbox 360's GeForce 3
      A head-to-head comparison

    • Installing Fedora Core and Linux on the PS3

    • Parallel programming on the PS3's Cell Processor

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    February 20th @ Noon
    Kilcawley Center, Room 2068