Presentation Schedule for CSC 495, Fall 2001

Date

First Presenter

Second Presenter

September 7, 2001

Chris Wrede

“Client-side Interactive Web Programming”

This talk will introduce JavaScript, applets, DHTML, etc.  I won't focus on the coding (which could take the whole semester), but rather on capabilities/limitations, advantages/disadvantages and things like that. 

Joseph Stancil

Firewire: A Hot Topic

A look into what makes Apple's iLink, also known as Firewire or IEEE1394, one of the electronic industries fastest and most affordable modes of data transfer.  This presentation will explain some of the features of fire wire such as its ability to suport up to 63 devices at one time, and why Firewire is able to be hot plugable.  It will also cover the up and coming IEEE1394b and its improvements upon IEEE1394 technology.

September 21, 2001

Charles Sloan

A Comparison of Lisp and Java

Kevin Valois

September 28, 2001

Eli  Weinstock-Herman

Joseph Stancil

October 5, 2001

Charles Sloan

Chris Alexander

October 12, 2001

Fall Break

Fall Break

October 19, 2001

Kevin Valois

Adam Forsythe

October 26, 2001

Eric Gebhardt

Cutting the Cables

For my first presentation I am planing to talk about wirless networking

technologies and hardware and their uses in internet sharing as well as the

many other uses in the business world.

Allen Randall

“Constructing and configuring a Beowulf Cluster for Parallel Computing”

An explanation on the construction and configuration of a Beowulf cluster using specific examples from our own 12-node 24 processor cluster. Why certain choices were made, what problems arose, and what issues exist.

November 2, 2001

Shannon Rinehart

How to Network Your

Home or Networking Your Home

Many homes now have more than one PC and its a cheap option that I think a lot of people would be interested in addition to myself.

Allen Randall

“A Study of the Effect of Precipitation on the Water Levels of the Northeast Cape Fear River Using Feed Forward Neural Networks”

November 9, 2001

Brian Johnson

How computers are finding their way into recreational scuba diving

I've been diving for several years now and I am just now starting to become familiar with diving computers. The research into this technology will be

beneficial to me as well as anyone who currently dives or may be interested in

diving in the future.

Shannon Rinehart

November 16, 2001

Eric Gebhardt

Brian Johnson

November 23, 2001

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

November 30, 2001

Eli  Weinstock-Herman

Chris Alexander

December 7, 2001

Adam Forsythe

Chris Wrede

Computers as a tool in scale modeling

The computer has become a common tool among scale modelers.  I plan to explore and demonstrate some of the uses for the computer (such as research, design, and graphics work) in this popular hobby