Cal Poly ACM Association for Computing Machinery

CPES Hackathon

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Big Data: Opportunities and Strategies (Splunk)

Who: Doug Harr, Chief Information Officer , SPLUNK
What: Big Data: Opportunities and Strategies
Where: Phillips Hall (in Performing Arts Center)
When: Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 11:00am

Blogs, forums, and social media are rife with mentions of big data. But what is big data really, and where is it found beyond companies such as Facebook and Zynga? Why does it matter and what can be done with it? As we will discuss, there is a tremendous
opportunity for Engineering organizations, CIO's, IT practitioners, Computer Scientists, and Software Engineers, to harness big data for a new kind of business and machine analytics - an "operational intelligence."

Join Doug Harr, CIO of Splunk for an in depth look at the phenomena of big data, it's major component, machine data, and the opportunity we all face to manage it, and glean insight and take advantage from the gold in this mine.

PLEASE bring your resume!!! Summer internships are available

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Banquet Tickets On Sale!

We'll be selling tickets to the annual Computer Science Department banquet this week and next. We'll be out in front of the CSL every day from 10am - 2pm until we sell out.

The banquet is Friday, June 1st from 6 - 10pm. Come have dinner with your professors and our corporate representatives. This year's sponsors include Google, CBSi, Chevron, Remilon, Raytheon, iFixit, ZME and Tapestry Solutions.

Full details are here: http://acm.calpoly.edu/banquet/.

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ACM Officer Elections

Come be an ACM Officer! We have plenty of positions for everyone.

Where: 14-251
When: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 6:30 - 7:30pm

You can also fill out this interest form.

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Computing Clubs on Campus

Branch out and discover one or two of the many clubs on campus all centered around computing and technology. We've just updated our "Campus Clubs" page with a directory of clubs... take a look, it's right here

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Data Parallel Programming

Date: Thursday May 10 , 2012, 11:00 – 12:10pm
Location: Advanced Technology Labs - ATL (Building 007)
Presenter: Geoff Lowney, Intel Fellow, and the CTO of the Developer Products Division at Intel

Abstract:
Data parallelism is central to diverse application areas such as scientific computing, media processing, and visual computing. Over the past 50 years, different computer architectures have been developed to accelerate different applications of data parallelism. More recently, the architectures for scientific computing, media, and graphics have converged. This convergence is enabling the development of a common programming model. In this talk I will review the support for data parallelism in Intel's processors and discuss the program tools we have developed to support data parallel programming.
Bio:
Geoff Lowney is an Intel Fellow and the CTO of the Developer Products Division at Intel. The Developer Products Division produces compilers and tools for programmers for Intel's processors. Geoff has worked in compilers and computer architecture for more than 30 years: first at Multiflow Computer, where he was a lead developer of the compiler for the Multiflow VLIW processor, then at Digital Equipment, where he was a member of the Alpha microprocessor team, and now at Intel. Geoff was also a professor of computer science at New York University. He holds a PhD in computer science from Yale University.

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Chevron Tech Talk

WHO: You and Chevron Presenters/Representative
WHAT: CHEVRON Tech Talk
WHEN: May 9^th at 6PM
WHERE: Bldg 14 Rm 246

Is a career in Information Security right for you?  Do you wonder what the latest technological, organizational, and operational challenges in IT security are? Regardless of the size of a company - from a single person startup all the way to a Fortune 500 - most companies realize that IT is more than just email and workstation support.  Successful companies leverage IT to enable core business functions.  Greater reliance on IT also means that the bad guys are out there to take advantage of this new paradigm.  So, what does all that translated to?  Please join Chevron on May 9th to see what are the trends, career paths, and ways to make me you and your organization more successful in the world of Cyber Security.

Presenters: Martin Waterhouse and Peter Ng
IT Recruiter rep: John Wright

If you have any questions regarding this post please feel free to contact Jessie Pease atpease.jessie@gmail.com

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Professor Award Voting!

Vote for awards for all your professors! You get to make up the awards...

http://bit.ly/IbsUFI

(Professor of the Year voting will start when we start selling banquet tickets.)

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Free E-waste Recycling on Saturday!

When:     Saturday, April 28th, 2012 10:00am - 3:00pm
Where:   SLO High School (1499 San Luis Dr.)
Why:        To benefit SLOHS robotics
Flyer:      http://bit.ly/HSFcjE

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Technology for Everyday Problems

Technology for Everyday Problems

Who:       A.J. Bernheim Brush
Where:  Advanced Technology Lab (Building 007)
When:   3pm, Thursday, April 26th, 2012
What:    For families, seemingly simple questions like “Are we free for dinner next Saturday?” or “Can you pick the kids up when I have a late meeting” can be difficult to answer. Inspired by challenges I face in my own life, I study and build technology for homes and families. In this talk I will present two research prototypes that my colleagues at Microsoft Research and I have built to address challenges faced by individuals and families using technology in their homes: LINC a digital family calendar, and PreHeat which uses occupancy sensing to control home heating. More generally, I will describe my research process including how we start each project by understanding user needs and then build a prototype and study its use by families to gather feedback.

Bio: A.J. Bernheim Brush is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, USA and member of the Computational User Experiences (CUE) group. A.J. graduated Summa cum Laude from Williams College and earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Washington. A.J.’s research area is Human-Computer Interaction with a focus on Ubiquitous Computing and Computer Supported Collaboration (CSCW). A.J. is best known for her research on technologies for families and her expertise conducting field studies of technology. She currently focuses on Contextual Computing, using sensing, inference, and prediction to enable new experiences in the home and on mobile devices. A.J.
publishes frequently at the top conferences in her research areas and she holds 5 patents.
http://research.microsoft.com/~ajbrush
Flyer: http://bit.ly/HLHDH3
Coordinated by: Computer Science Department
contact:  zwood@calpoly

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