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.
- Google & HEAnet
- Intel & John Sturdy
- Kevin Lyda - The influence of open source on American Politics
- Alan Cox - Free Software Engineering in the Real World
- Martin F. Krafft (Debian) - Debian 4.0 "etch" -- current and future issues
- Microsoft - Atlas
- Blacknight.ie - Search Engine Optimisation
- Dr Gabriel Leen - Automotive Technologies
- SkyCon
- Chris Plummer - The Challenges of Computing in Space
- Summer Talks - 2008
Google & HEAnet
When: Friday 21st October 2005 at 7pm (20051021)
Where: Charles Parson Lecture Theater (C1-063)
HEAnet
Who: Rachael Holt & Dave Wilson
Intel & John Sturdy
When: Friday 25th November 2005 at 7pm (20051125)
Where: C1-060
Intel Ireland - Infrastructure Services to Human Interfaces
Who: Joe Butler -
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Intel Ireland What: Infrastructure Services to Human Interfaces
Dr. John Sturdy (UL - CSIS) - Darcs over Sneakernet
Who:
Dr. John Sturdy What:
Darcs over Sneakernet
Kevin Lyda - The influence of open source on American Politics
Who:
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)
Alan Cox - Free Software Engineering in the Real World
Who:
Alan Cox What: Free Software Engineering in the Real World
When: Saturday 13th May 2006 at 2pm (20060513)
Where: CSG-01
Martin F. Krafft (Debian) - Debian 4.0 "etch" -- current and future issues
Who:
Martin F. Krafft - Debian What: Debian 4.0 "etch" -- current and future issues
When: Saturday 19th August 2006 at 13:00 (20060819)
Where: C1-060
Microsoft - Atlas
Who:
Robert Burke - Microsoft What: Atlas, and other improbable and free developer tools from Microsoft
When: Wednesday 11th October 2006 at 6pm (20061011)
Where: C1-060
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Event PosterBlacknight.ie - Search Engine Optimisation
Who:
Michele Neylon - Blacknight.ie What: Search Engine Optimisation
When: Friday 10th of November 2006 at 7pm (20061110)
Where: C1-059
Dr Gabriel Leen - Automotive Technologies
Who:
Dr Gabriel Leen What: Automotive Technologies
When: Tuesday 28th of November 2006 at 7:30pm (20061128)
Where: C1-058
SkyCon
When: Friday 16th to Sunday 18th of February 2007 (20070216 - 20070218)
Where: FG-042 & FB-028
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
Summer Talks - 2008
When: Saturday 17th of May 2008 at 2pm (20080517)
Where: Students Union, Room 3
Mel Gorman (IBM) - Maintaining Performance of Software with a Basic Awareness of Hardware
Who:
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
Christian van den Bosch - Retro cryptography
What: Retro Cryptography