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Date |
First Presenter |
Second Presenter |
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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. |
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September 21, 2001 |
Charles Sloan “A Comparison of Lisp and
Java” |
Kevin Valois |
September 28, 2001 |
Eli Weinstock-Herman |
Joseph Stancil |
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October 5, 2001 |
Charles Sloan |
Chris Alexander |
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October 12, 2001 |
Fall Break |
Fall Break |
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October 19, 2001 |
Kevin Valois |
Adam Forsythe |
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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. |
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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” |
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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 |
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November 16, 2001 |
Eric Gebhardt |
Brian Johnson |
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November 23, 2001 |
Thanksgiving Break |
Thanksgiving Break |
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November 30, 2001 |
Eli Weinstock-Herman |
Chris Alexander |
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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. |