http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2424/first-tech-challenge
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080303T153000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080303T173000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2175/documentary-filmmaking-workshops-youth URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2175/documentary-filmmaking-workshops-youth SUMMARY:Documentary Filmmaking Workshops for Youth DESCRIPTION:The HARKEN! Youth Media Program is starting up in Providence\, RI and we want you to be a part!Come learn all the skills involved in making a short documentary film as well as important professional skills that will take you far into the media future!......What you will learn\: Media Literacy and the ability to analyze the thousands of messages coming at you every day. Cinematography – to compose interesting shots with the camera. Shooting of B-roll and interstitial elements. the ability Interviewing techniques – the ability to conduct in-depth\, compelling interviews every time.Lighting and Sound – the proper way to light for a variety of situations and take sound.Editing on Final Cut Pro\: logging\, capturing\, digitizing and working in the timeline.Use of voice over\, music and sound effects in video post-production.... ... When\: Mondays\, Tuesdays\, and Wednesdays. Beginning March 3rd\, 2008 and running through June 25th\, 2008. Times 3\:30 to 5\:30.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2175/documentary-filmmaking-workshops-youth
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080304T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080304T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2297/providence-php-march-meetup URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2297/providence-php-march-meetup SUMMARY:Providence PHP March Meetup DESCRIPTION:We'\;re back after the January break. Please join us for our regularly scheduled February discussion of all things related to PHP.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2297/providence-php-march-meetup
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080305T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080305T100000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2269/ri-nexus-open-coffee URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2269/ri-nexus-open-coffee SUMMARY:RI Nexus Open Coffee DESCRIPTION:We'\;ll keep the core the same\, casual drop-in\, drop-out\, buy your own coffee. Fluid discussion topics focused around tech startups\, a few will be suggested in the schedule reminder\, but its up to those who show to decide what they want to talk about. Seems like \\"digging in\\" on an idea or question is what the Open Coffee can provide\, along with a conducive setting to trade resources and connections.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2269/ri-nexus-open-coffee
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080305T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080305T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2415/dc401-internet-serious-f-ing-business URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2415/dc401-internet-serious-f-ing-business SUMMARY:DC401 - The Internet is Serious F&*%ing Business DESCRIPTION:This month we have Nick DePetrillo and Tyler Whittaker presenting \\"The Internet is Serious F&*%ing Business\\". We'\;ll have to wait for the talk to see where the good hack is (bring your ShmooBalls in case one is lacking.) Knowing NickDe'\;s presentation style\, this is guaranteed to be a laugh riot and should not be missed.\\"The Internet is Serious F&*%ing Business will cover the social internet as it stands today. Covering all aspects of the Social Internet trend from businesses built around the Social Internet and Web 2.0 applications to how Social Internet trends have changed our personal internet experience and the way we communicate with people.\\"http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2415/dc401-internet-serious-f-ing-business
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080306T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080306T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2384/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-data-driven-grasping-and-manipulation URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2384/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-data-driven-grasping-and-manipulation SUMMARY:Brown CS Dept. Colloquium - Data-driven grasping and manipulation DESCRIPTION:\\"Data-driven grasping and manipulation\\"Nancy Pollard\, Carnegie Mellon UniversityData captured from human performances of activities ranging from the everyday through the extraordinary has become widely accessible over the past 10 years. The ability to download or capture human motion and process it in real-time has led to many new algorithms and new ways of thinking about character animation and robot control. However\, we do not yet know how to make the most effective use of this data. What is important about a given performance? How can it be modified to create realistic new scenarios? And what are the limits of this approach.can we ever create behavior that could be called dexterous from a collection of observed performances? In this talk\, I will focus on the problem of creating dexterous grasping and manipulation behaviors from observed performances. I will discuss how my ideas have changed over the past decade\, as we have gone from the idea that a grasp is made up of contact points between the hand and object through consideration of the hand geometry\, anatomical constraints\, and dynamic properties to the observation that grasps often involve preparatory sensing and manipulation actions which we have shown can reduce the effort needed to acquire an object. Results in computer animation and robot control\, as well as results from controlled human subjects experiments will be presented.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2384/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-data-driven-grasping-and-manipulation
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080307T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080307T080000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1988/grrl-tech-interactive-technology-expo URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1988/grrl-tech-interactive-technology-expo SUMMARY:GRRL Tech Interactive Technology Expo DESCRIPTION:Grrl Tech will be held at Roger Williams University in Bristol this year on Friday\, March 7th\, 2008. Last year\, we welcomed more than 300 teachers\, students and business professionals. It was the largest one yet\, but this year'\;s will be even bigger and even better!! GRRL (Girls Reaching Remarkable Levels) Tech is a one of a kind\, interactive\, high-energy career expo designed exclusively for female high school students and their teachers. The event endeavors to ensure that girls have an equal opportunity to learn about careers in science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics from a positive vantage point as well as raise the awareness of teachers in implementing gender equity in education and learning the latest techniques in preparing students for success in college and soft skills for success in business.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1988/grrl-tech-interactive-technology-expo
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080310T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080312T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2072/nercomp-2008-education-and-technology URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2072/nercomp-2008-education-and-technology SUMMARY:NerComp 2008\, \\"Education and Technology...\\" DESCRIPTION:Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information servicesConnect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challengesLearn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your areaThis year'\;s conference\, \\"Education and Technology in Service of the Networked Society\,\\" will explore the challenges of meeting constituent demands for delivering institutional information technologies in the context of hyper and socially connected environments. Be inspired by the potential\, innovation\, success\, and failures and case studies of your colleagues. Take home an idea or two to add your own set of best practices\, with your institution'\;s own flavor\, of course.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2072/nercomp-2008-education-and-technology
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080312T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080312T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2263/ri-aiga-adobe-event URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2263/ri-aiga-adobe-event SUMMARY:AIGA RI - Adobe CS3 Design Premium Workshop DESCRIPTION:Adobe CS3 Design Premium lets your ideas take flight in your choice of media – from print to web to mobile. Learn about new features and how to leverage an improved user interface while incorporating vector graphics and images into print\, web\, interactive\, and mobile projects. Enjoy seamless integration between Photoshop\, Illustrator and Flash while jump-starting your web designs by exporting XHTML from InDesign to Dreamweaver. From exploring design concepts to finessing production details\, learn to leverage the tightly integrated tools in CS3 to make even your most visionary ideas real.(Adobe CS3 Design Premium software includes\: Acrobat\, Dreamweaver\, Flash\, Illustrator\, InDesign\, Photoshop) Cost\: $15 dollars at the door\, FREE for AIGA members and studentshttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2263/ri-aiga-adobe-event
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080312T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080312T200000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2261/tech-collective-e-club-coming-computer-revolution URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2261/tech-collective-e-club-coming-computer-revolution SUMMARY:Tech Collective & E Club - The Coming Computer Revolution DESCRIPTION:Nicholas Carr\, author of The Big Switch\: Rewiring the World\, from Edison to Google\, is a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review\, He writes and speaks on technology\, business\, and culture.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2261/tech-collective-e-club-coming-computer-revolution
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T140000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2303/bif-living-network-effect URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2303/bif-living-network-effect SUMMARY:BIF - Living the Network Effect DESCRIPTION:Make the most out of your lunch hour on March 13 and join the Business Innovation Factory for a casual meet-up with entrepreneur and network impresario Ellen Levy. Levy — interventionist\, bridge builder\, arbitrager — is a self-proclaimed opportunist who has an indefatigable ability to make powerful connections between people and concepts.Over lunch\, Levy will discuss her experiences building purposeful networks — networks that go beyond social networking to discover actionable connections between people and organizations.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2303/bif-living-network-effect
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2468/providence-web-development-march-lunch URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2468/providence-web-development-march-lunch SUMMARY:Providence Web Development March Lunch DESCRIPTION: We'\;re on for February\, for a very special Valentine'\;s Day meetup. On second thought\, let'\;s make it a perfectly normal meetup\, one that just happens to fall on Valentine'\;s Day. We'\;ll have our regular freeform discussion of anything relevant to the day\, downtown at Tazza. Please RSVP below.Special deal\, which I'\;ll sponsor\: Yahoo employees fleeing to Providence because of the Microsoft takeover bid can eat for free!http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2468/providence-web-development-march-lunch
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T120000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2589/brown-cs-talk-global-connectivity-mobile-devices URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2589/brown-cs-talk-global-connectivity-mobile-devices SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk - Global Connectivity for Mobile Devices DESCRIPTION:\\"Intuitive Global Connectivity for Personal Mobile Devices\\"Bryan Ford\, MIT...The Unmanaged Internet Architecture (UIA) is a suite of design principles and experimental protocols that provide robust\, efficient global connectivity among mobile devices while relying for configuration only on simple\, intuitive management concepts. UIA uses \\"personal names\\" rather than traditional global names as handles for accessing personal devices remotely. Users assign these personal names via an ad hoc device introduction process requiring no central allocation. Once assigned\, personal names bind securely to the global identities of their target devices independent of network location. Each user manages one namespace\, shared among all the user'\;s devices and always available on each device. Users can also name other users to share resources with trusted acquaintances. Devices with naming relationships automatically arrange connectivity when possible\, both in ad hoc networks and using global infrastructure when available. We built a prototype implementation of UIA that demonstrates the utility and feasibility of these design principles. The prototype includes an overlay routing layer that leverages the user'\;s social network to provide robust connectivity in spite of network failures and asymmetries such as NATs\, a new transport protocol implementing a novel stream abstraction that more effectively supports the highly parallelized and media-oriented applications demanded on mobile devices\, and a flexible security framework based on proof-carrying authorization (PCA) that provides \\"plug-in\\" interoperability with existing secure naming and authentication systems.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2589/brown-cs-talk-global-connectivity-mobile-devices
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2590/brwn-cs-dept-colloquium-computational-bio-molecular-modeling URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2590/brwn-cs-dept-colloquium-computational-bio-molecular-modeling SUMMARY:Brown CS Dept. Colloquium - Computational Bio-Molecular Modeling DESCRIPTION:\\"Computational Bio-Molecular Modeling and Analysis for Drug Discovery Chandrajit Bajaj\, University of Texas at Austin Human functional processes are mediated through complicated biochemical and biophysical interactions amongst proteins\, and other biomolecules. A comprehensive computational model and analysis of these interactions\, provide important clues for developing therapeutic interventions related to infections and disease. In this two part talk I shall first describe a combination of image and geometric processing algorithms to efficiently reconstruct spatially realistic structural models of target proteins\, that are culpable in the spread of viral infections. Next\, I shall introduce a new class of algebraic surface spline finite elements\, and the use of irregular fast Fourier estimation methods in the very rapid computation of protein binding energetics\, essential for drug screening analysis and discovery.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2590/brwn-cs-dept-colloquium-computational-bio-molecular-modeling
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080313T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/948/ri-business-plan-how-present-your-business-plan. URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/948/ri-business-plan-how-present-your-business-plan. SUMMARY:RI Business Plan - How to Present Your Business Plan. DESCRIPTION:Two entrepreneurs from Rhode Island'\;s most successful emerging companies will share their insights on how to present a business plan and raise millions of dollars from investors\, as they have......Each team may send up to two people to the workshop...Open to anyone considering applying to the 2008 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition. Cost\: free\, but space is limited so please pre-register.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/948/ri-business-plan-how-present-your-business-plan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080314T133000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080314T133000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2591/brown-cs-talk-precision-integrated-scalabled-monitoring URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2591/brown-cs-talk-precision-integrated-scalabled-monitoring SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk - Precision Integrated Scalable Monitoring DESCRIPTION:\\"Precision-Integrated Scalable Monitoring\\" Navendu Jain\, University of Texas...In this talk\, I will define precision as a new unified abstraction to realize the goal of system introspection. I will first present our work on designing and building PRISM\, a scalable monitoring service that makes precision a first-class abstraction. PRISM quantifies (im)precision along a three-dimensional vector\: arithmetic imprecision (AI) and temporal imprecision (TI) balance precision against monitoring overhead while network imprecision (NI) addresses the challenge of providing consistency guarantees despite failures. Then\, I will describe how our implementation addresses the challenge of providing these metrics while scaling to a large number of nodes and attributes. Finally\, I will demonstrate how the unified precision abstraction enables new monitoring applications by presenting experiences from three applications we have built.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2591/brown-cs-talk-precision-integrated-scalabled-monitoring
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080316T100000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080316T120000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2611/providence-media-makers URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2611/providence-media-makers SUMMARY:Providence Media Makers DESCRIPTION:Do you make media of any shape or form in or around Rhode Island? Do you make video\, film\, audio\, music\, painting\, sculpture\, performance\, theater\, television\, radio\, blogs\, vlogs (video blogs)\, podcasts\, or are you a journalist (print or otherwise)\, a writer or are you just interested in these topics or like to hang out with people who do? Come join us for an informal meetup on a lazy Sunday morning and share your talents\, your work\, your project\, your dream\, your troubles\, your needs with other media makers. This meetup is inspired by the original Boston Media Makers\, hosted by the inimitable Steve Garfield\, the Father of Video Blogging. We'\;ll start off with a little mingling over coffee and noshes at 729 Hope Cafe\, then at 10\:30 we'\;ll get seated and then go around the table and give everyone a couple minutes to tell the group what they'\;re doing\, or what their current project is\, or whatever!! It'\;s a fun\, relaxed opportunity to just share our experiences as creators of new (or old!) media and if nothing else\, commiserate. \:) At BMM\, people chime in with questions or suggestions or ideas to help you with your project. It'\;s a fun\,http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2611/providence-media-makers
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080317T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080317T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2594/brown-cs-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2594/brown-cs-talk SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk DESCRIPTION:Eric Sudderth\, University of California\, Berkeleyhttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2594/brown-cs-talk
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080317T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080317T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2592/computational-molecular-biology-lecture URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2592/computational-molecular-biology-lecture SUMMARY:Computational Molecular Biology Lecture DESCRIPTION:\\"Exploring Microbial Diversity using Metagenomics\\" Shibu Yooseph\, Venter Institute\, Rockville\, MD...We present our findings on shotgun sequence data generated from samples taken by the Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling (GOS) Expedition. These data reveal the incredible diversity and heterogeneity in naturally occurring marine microbial populations. Over 6 million proteins are predicted in the GOS data. Besides nearly doubling the number of current proteins\, the GOS proteins add a great amount of diversity to known protein families and shed light on their evolution. The GOS proteins cover nearly all known prokaryotic protein families. In addition\, a large number of novel protein families are also predicted from these data. Several protein domains that were previously categorized as kingdom-specific\, have GOS examples in other kingdoms. Our analysis indicates that we are still far from discovering all protein families that exist in nature.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2592/computational-molecular-biology-lecture
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080318T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080318T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2596/brown-cs-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2596/brown-cs-talk SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk DESCRIPTION:Arvind Seshadri\, Carnegie Mellon Universityhttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2596/brown-cs-talk
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080318T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080318T180000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2408/aiga-design-night URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2408/aiga-design-night SUMMARY:AIGA Design by Night DESCRIPTION:Design by Night (DxN) is AIGA RI’s monthly informal get together. Kick back and chat with fellow designers and non-designers over food and drinks. Everyone is welcomed to attend\, and encouraged to participate. DxN will now be held at Local 121 in downtown Providence every third Tuesday of the month.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2408/aiga-design-night
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T080000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2385/greater-providence-chamber-master-email-marketing URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2385/greater-providence-chamber-master-email-marketing SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - Master Email Marketing DESCRIPTION:Learn email marketing best practices and winning strategies in this interactive seminar that will help develop lasting customer relationships and show how to build a list of quality subscribers and keep them coming back again and again. Join Zak Barron\, email marking expert with Constant Contact and receive valuable information to help your business formulate a customer communication strategy that really works.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2385/greater-providence-chamber-master-email-marketing
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T100000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2395/greater-providence-chamber-entrepreneur-launch-pad-kickoff URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2395/greater-providence-chamber-entrepreneur-launch-pad-kickoff SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - Entrepreneur Launch Pad Kickoff DESCRIPTION:Are you involved with an emerging company of any size or scope\, and have questions that have been keeping you up at night? You need to attend the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur Launch Pad. This is a unique opportunity to talk to fellow entrepreneurs and to listen to successful experts from the world of entrepreneurship and venture capital. We will provide you with hands-on\, real-world specifics focused to do just one thing\: ensure the success of your emerging business in 2008!http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2395/greater-providence-chamber-entrepreneur-launch-pad-kickoff
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2597/brown-cs-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2597/brown-cs-talk SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk DESCRIPTION:Tovi Grossman\, University of Torontohttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2597/brown-cs-talk
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2576/tech-night-jwu URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2576/tech-night-jwu SUMMARY:Tech Night at JWU DESCRIPTION:The University is inviting companies to participate in their Tech Night. March 19\, from 4-7 p.m. at the Pepsi Forum\, down city'\;s campus. It'\;s expected that between 300 – 500 technology and business students will take part\, so this would be an opportunity for you to recruit new talent! There is no charge for this event and free parking is provided. Please RSVP ASAP to Elizabeth VanPatten at evanpatten@jwu.edu \;http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2576/tech-night-jwu
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2593/computational-molecular-biology-lecture URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2593/computational-molecular-biology-lecture SUMMARY:Computational Molecular Biology Lecture DESCRIPTION:\\"Predicting Evolutionary Trajectories in Sexual Populations\\" Daniel Weinreich\, Ph.D.\, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, Center for Computational Molecular Biology\, Brown University...I will describe a novel definition of the adaptive landscape appropriate for this problem\: the vector field reflecting the joint pressures of mutation\, selection and recombination over a continuous multidimensional space that represents both allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium among alleles. Populations are again regarded as occupying a temporal succession of points in the underlying space\, and I will illustrate the potential of this approach by describing how recombination influences a population'\;s evolutionary trajectory single- and multi-peaked fitness models.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2593/computational-molecular-biology-lecture
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T210000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1850/providence-geeks-dinner-march URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1850/providence-geeks-dinner-march SUMMARY:Providence Geeks features Gypsii DESCRIPTION:Between the excellent presentation by Location Inc.\, the great crowd\, and the Boston Globe’s coverage\, February’s Geek Dinner is going to be hard to match. That said\, I think March’s dinner might do just that. See what stole the buzz at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in Feb – CNN & others rave about GyPSii.A group of seasoned RI-based entreprenaurs get together again to grow GyPSii on a global footprint in the converging markets of mobile social networking and location based services – Mobile 3.0 – GyPSii the mobile lifestyle application. Meet Shane Lennon\, SVP\, Strategy & Marketing\, Norm Olean\, Director of Product Marketing & Vikas Singh\, Director of Software Development and see a demo of GyPSii in action\, share in the experience\, see the latest features and network with the team.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1850/providence-geeks-dinner-march
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080319T213000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2564/vfx-group URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2564/vfx-group SUMMARY:VFX Group DESCRIPTION: The Monthly Meeting of the Rhode Island Film Collaborative Special Effects Group for those interested in\:Special Visual EffectsAnimationGame Designhttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2564/vfx-group
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T100000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2271/ri-nexus-open-coffee URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2271/ri-nexus-open-coffee SUMMARY:RI Nexus Open Coffee DESCRIPTION:We'\;ll keep the core the same\, casual drop-in\, drop-out\, buy your own coffee. Fluid discussion topics focused around tech startups\, a few will be suggested in the schedule reminder\, but its up to those who show to decide what they want to talk about. Seems like \\"digging in\\" on an idea or question is what the Open Coffee can provide\, along with a conducive setting to trade resources and connections.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2271/ri-nexus-open-coffee
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T110000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2411/aiga-roundtable URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2411/aiga-roundtable SUMMARY:AIGA Roundtable DESCRIPTION:At the RISD libraryhttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2411/aiga-roundtable
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2670/aiga-ri-get-real-movie-special-effects URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2670/aiga-ri-get-real-movie-special-effects SUMMARY:AIGA RI - Get Real\: Movie Special Effects DESCRIPTION:Robert Mrozowski will be speaking at JWU about New Media and Movie Special Effects.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2670/aiga-ri-get-real-movie-special-effects
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080320T210000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2461/idsa-ri-launch-party URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2461/idsa-ri-launch-party SUMMARY:IDSA RI Launch Party DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the launch of IDSA Rhode Island! Socialize with old friends\, meet new ones\, and enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres with RI’s diverse Industrial Design community. We Look forward to seeing you there!http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2461/idsa-ri-launch-party
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080324T140000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080324T150000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1368/bipg-march-meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1368/bipg-march-meeting SUMMARY:BIPG March meeting DESCRIPTION: Brown Internet Programming Group meeting.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1368/bipg-march-meeting
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080325T073000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080325T103000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2544/tech-collective-generational-dynamics URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2544/tech-collective-generational-dynamics SUMMARY:Tech Collective - Generational Dynamics DESCRIPTION:Participants will discover why and how today’s generations are different\, the varying strengths and limitations of each\, and the potential compatibility that lies within the generational mix to collectively address the challenges of a complex workplace.Cost\: free\, complimentary breakfast servedhttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/2544/tech-collective-generational-dynamics
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080325T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080325T170000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2347/oshean-worm-and-bot-analysis URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2347/oshean-worm-and-bot-analysis SUMMARY:OSHEAN - Worm and Bot Analysis DESCRIPTION:Businesses worldwide suffer the impact from network worms and bots. Over the last 5 years\, mobile malicious code has seen a tremendous evolution in sophistication and distribution. Worms that ravaged the Internet years ago are still roaming\, infecting new machines as they come online. Malicious bot nets wreak havoc by compromising systems\, stealing financial information and rendering web services unavailable through denial of service attacks. This advanced one-day course examines techniques and strategies for detecting\, preventing\, and mitigating the damage from these Internet-borne threats.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2347/oshean-worm-and-bot-analysis
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T083000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T150000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2304/bif-design-thinking URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2304/bif-design-thinking SUMMARY:BIF - Design Thinking DESCRIPTION:We have all heard about the power of design thinking\; its ability to revive\, revolutionize and rebirth companies. But what exactly is design thinking? When is it most powerful? How is it best done? And what’s next?Join Dan Buchner\, Vice President of Innovation and Design and designers from Continuum for this one-day workshop — an interactive journey into the world of design thinking. Through short lectures and fast moving and interactive work sessions\, Continuum’s designers will take you through the design thinking process from concept to realization.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2304/bif-design-thinking
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T113000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T013000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2449/tech-collective-sap-and-slas URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2449/tech-collective-sap-and-slas SUMMARY:Tech Collective - SAP and SLAs DESCRIPTION:Tech Collective has partnered with NetApp\, EchoStor Technologies and Illumiti for an open conversation about getting more value from your SAP environment!Come join us for lunch at Save the Bay\, Providence 11\:30am and ending at 1\:30pm to see how we offer an unprecedented storage and data management solution that simplifies SAP data management\, Increases availability\, promotes data sharing\, enhances performance\, and delivers a reduced TCO by more than 30%.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2449/tech-collective-sap-and-slas
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T180000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2448/ri-oracle-users-group-meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2448/ri-oracle-users-group-meeting SUMMARY:RI Oracle Users Group Meeting DESCRIPTION:Please arrive at 3\:30 to sign in & network. Tom will begin speaking promptly at 4\:00 PM. Dinner will be served after the Presentaton. Tom Kyte\, author of the best Oracle books we'\;ve ever read\, will be presenting \\"The top 10 - no 11 - new features of Oracle Database 11g\\". This session will focus on eleven new\, high impact features of Oracle Database 11g and what they mean to you the developer or DBA. Continuing the format of the last four Oracle Open Worlds - Oracle'\;s AskTom will present these as a \\"top eleven\\" list - the eleven new features he believes will be the reason to look at Oracle Database 11g in the near future. Admission is free for RIOUG members. $50 for non- members. Contact Gary Belke to RSVP. Again\, we do need you to RSVP so please contact Gary[at]RIOUG[dot]org or call Gary at 401.783.6172.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2448/ri-oracle-users-group-meeting
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080327T193000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/798/brown-forum-enterprise-marketing-pr-sales-strategies-work URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/798/brown-forum-enterprise-marketing-pr-sales-strategies-work SUMMARY:Brown Forum for Enterprise - Marketing\, PR & Sales Strategies that Work DESCRIPTION:details tbahttp\://rinexus.com/calendar/798/brown-forum-enterprise-marketing-pr-sales-strategies-work
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080331T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080331T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2598/brown-cs-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2598/brown-cs-talk SUMMARY:Brown CS Talk - Low dimensional representations of High dimensional data DESCRIPTION:\\"Learning low dimensional representations of high dimensional data\\" Fei Sha\, University of Pennsylvania...In this talk\, I will focus on my research that have brought new and interesting developments into the frameworks of NMF and LDA. In the first project\, I show how to extend the original NMF approach to learning meaningful \\"audio parts\\" from speech and audio data. The audio parts robustly encode harmonic structures in the voices\, which are key acoustic features for building machines that can analyze complicated acoustic signals as well as human listeners. In the second project\, I investigate how to incorporate supervisory information like class labels in LDA models. In the supervised LDA\, topics are discovered by grouping words based on not only semantic similarity but also class label proximity. These topics yield compact representation with better predictive powers than those derived from the original unsupervised LDA...http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2598/brown-cs-talk
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081121T173038Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080331T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080331T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2601/computational-molecular-biology-lecture URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2601/computational-molecular-biology-lecture SUMMARY:Computational Molecular Biology Lecture DESCRIPTION:\\"Computational Problems in Human Genetics\\" Gad Kimmel\, University of California\, Berkeley The question how genetic variation and personal health are linked is one of the compelling puzzles facing scientists today. The ultimate goal is to exploit human variability to find genetic causes for multi-factorial diseases such as cancer and coronary heart disease. Recent technology improvement enables the typing of millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for a large number of individuals. Consequently\, there is a great need for efficient and accurate computational tools for rigorous and powerful analysis of these data. In my talk I am going to concentrate on two computational problems\, which are an essential step in studying the data obtained by this technology\: Accurate and efficient significance testing with a correction for population stratification and estimating local ancestries in admixed populations.http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2601/computational-molecular-biology-lecture
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