The Computer Society frequently hosts talks from members of industry and academia on various Computing Topics. This page briefly outlines the talks we have hosted. '''''Table Of Contents:''''' [[TableOfContents]] = Google & HEAnet = * '''When''': Friday 21st October 2005 at 7pm (20051021) * '''Where''': Charles Parson Lecture Theater (C1-063) * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2005q4/000276.html Mail Link] == Google == == HEAnet == * '''Who''': Rachael Holt & Dave Wilson = Intel & John Sturdy = * '''When''': Friday 25th November 2005 at 7pm (20051125) * '''Where''': C1-060 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2005q4/000289.html Mail Link] == Intel Ireland - Infrastructure Services to Human Interfaces == * '''Who''': Joe Butler - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Ireland Intel Ireland] * '''What''': Infrastructure Services to Human Interfaces == Dr. John Sturdy (UL - CSIS) - Darcs over Sneakernet == * '''Who''': [http://www.csis.ul.ie/staff/JohnSturdy/ Dr. John Sturdy] * '''What''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcs Darcs] over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet Sneakernet] = Kevin Lyda - The influence of open source on American Politics = * '''Who''': [http://www.linux.ie/'''Who'''s'''Who'''/kevin_lyda Kevin Lyda] * '''What''': The influence of open source on American Politics * '''When''': Friday 9th December 2005 7pm (20051209) * '''Where''': John Holland Lecture Theater (D1-050) * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2005q4/000290.html Mail Link] = Alan Cox - Free Software Engineering in the Real World = * '''Who''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox Alan Cox] * '''What''': Free Software Engineering in the Real World * '''When''': Saturday 13th May 2006 at 2pm (20060513) * '''Where''': CSG-01 * [http://www.skynet.ie/alancox/ Talk Page] * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2006q1/000302.html Mail Link] * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/attachments/20060422/40237bb3/attachment-0001.pdf Event Poster] * [http://bigbro.csn.ul.ie/resources/mp3/AlanCox_UL_20060513.mp3 Recording of talk] = Martin F. Krafft (Debian) - Debian 4.0 "etch" -- current and future issues = * '''Who''': [http://people.debian.org/~madduck/ Martin F. Krafft] - [http://www.debian.com/ Debian] * '''What''': Debian 4.0 "etch" -- current and future issues * '''When''': Saturday 19th August 2006 at 13:00 (20060819) * '''Where''': C1-060 * [http://people.debian.org/~madduck/talks/debian-etch_skynet.ie_2006.08.19/slides.s5.html Slides] * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2006q3/000330.html Mail Link] = Microsoft - Atlas = * '''Who''': [http://robburke.net/ Robert Burke] - [http://www.miscorsoft.com/ Microsoft] * '''What''': Atlas, and other improbable and free developer tools from Microsoft * '''When''': Wednesday 11th October 2006 at 6pm (20061011) * '''Where''': C1-060 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2006q4/000334.html Mail Link] * [http://pf.skynet.ie/pro/MS.png Event Poster] = Blacknight.ie - Search Engine Optimisation = * '''Who''': [http://www.mneylon.com/ Michele Neylon] - [http://www.blacknight.com/ Blacknight.ie] * '''What''': Search Engine Optimisation * '''When''': Friday 10th of November 2006 at 7pm (20061110) * '''Where''': C1-059 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2006q4/000342.html Mail Link] = Dr Gabriel Leen - Automotive Technologies = * '''Who''': [http://www.pei-csrc.ul.ie/web/Gabriel.Leen/ Dr Gabriel Leen] * '''What''': Automotive Technologies * '''When''': Tuesday 28th of November 2006 at 7:30pm (20061128) * '''Where''': C1-058 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2006q4/000347.html Mail Link] = SkyCon = * '''When''': Friday 16th to Sunday 18th of February 2007 (20070216 - 20070218) * '''Where''': FG-042 & FB-028 * [http://skycon.skynet.ie Main Site] * [:Skycon/2007: Wiki Page] = Chris Plummer - The Challenges of Computing in Space = * '''Who''': Chris Plummer * '''What''': The Challenges of Computing in Space * '''When''': Tuesday 10th of April 2007 at 7:30pm (20070410) * '''Where''': C1-060 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2007q2/000355.html Mail Link] = Summer Talks - 2008 = * '''When''': Saturday 17th of May 2008 at 2pm (20080517) * '''Where''': Students Union, Room 3 * [http://lists.skynet.ie/pipermail/compsoc-news/2008q2/000393.html Mail Link] == Mel Gorman (IBM) - Maintaining Performance of Software with a Basic Awareness of Hardware == * '''Who''': [http://www.skynet.ie/~mel Mel Gorman] * '''What''': Maintaining Performance of Software with a Basic Awareness of Hardware * '''Abstract''': In bygone times, software engineers developed software with a full understanding of the underlying hardware they were developing for. This was necessary to maximise the performance based on very limited resources. In recent times with generous resources, it is convenient software programmers to ignore the hardware and focus exclusively on features. This can result in hardware-based performance problems that avoid detection unless explicitly searched for. While premature optimisation should be avoided, there are some basic performance pitfalls that should be avoided at every stage of development. This talk is a refresher on some basic hardware topics as a means to avoiding hardware-orientated performance problems before the happen. == Sean Blanchfield (DemonWare) - A technical history of DemonWare == * '''Who''': Sean Blanchfield - [http://www.demonware.net/ DemonWare] * '''What''': A technical history of DemonWare == Christian van den Bosch - Retro cryptography == * '''Who''': [http://cjb.ie/ Christian van den Bosch] * '''What''': Retro Cryptography = Steven Young (Google) - GFS & Clustering = * '''Who''': Steven Young - [http://www.google.ie Google] * '''What''': GFS & Clustering * '''When''': Wednesday 1st of October 2008 at 7:30pm (20081001) * '''Where''': D1-050