May 22, 2010
Posted by Feross
ACM Tech Talks
Today – May 21
6:00 PM in Gates 104
These are the last tech talks of the year! As usual, we have some excellent speakers:
Ali Yahya – Applying Gene Sequencing Algorithms to Data Compression
Lucas Garron – CSS 3 Trickery and the Back to the Future Logo
Startup House – Emacs, Org-mode, and Lifestyle Automation/Delegation
The idea behind [...]
May 9, 2010
Posted by Jake
Spring Quarter LAN Party
Ricker Dining at FroSoCo
Saturday May 15, from 8pm until sunrise
Hosted by the Stanford ACM
Behold the Stanford ACM Spring Gaming Party! That’s right, hone your skills and prepare for a night of INTENSE GAMING!
Beginners are welcome! Free food and caffeine! Bring your laptop and games!
Are you a console gamer? We’re hoping to [...]
May 5, 2010
Posted by Feross
ACM Tech Talks
This Friday – May 7
6:00 PM in Gates 104
This week, we have some excellent speakers:
Gustav Rydstedt – JavaScript Framebusting in the Wild
John Hiesey – A Whirlwind Tour of Microcontroller Programming
Startup House – Clojure and Higher-Order Perl
The idea behind the event is quite simple – smart people sharing their cool CS experiences, hacks, and [...]
April 30, 2010
Posted by Feross
April 27, 2010
Posted by Feross
Reception for Richard Stallman
April 29th, 5:15-6:45pm
AT&T Patio behind Gates Bldg.
If weather turns bad, we will move to the Fujitsu Lounge on the 4th floor of Gates*
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. This event is sponsored by Yahoo!
* Please note that the main entrance to Gates (facing Serra) is open until 7pm; all other doors [...]
April 22, 2010
Posted by Feross
ACM Tech Talks
This Friday – April 23
6:00 PM in Gates 104
This week, we have some excellent speakers:
Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor) – Basics of Game Theory
Keith Schwarz – Extending C++: The CS106 foreach Macro
Riddhi Mittal – Parallelism, GPU Internals, and CUDA
The idea behind the event is quite simple – smart people sharing their cool CS experiences, [...]
April 12, 2010
Posted by Feross
ACM Members!
You all know Richard Stallman — right? Stallman — computer hacker extraordinaire, creator of GNU, founder of the FSF, and lifeblood of the free software movement — is coming to speak at Stanford!
The Stanford ACM is also planning to organize a dinner with Richard Stallman on April 29th. Although we have limited funds and [...]
March 3, 2010
Posted by Feross
Update 2: Pictures from the meeting are posted on Flickr!
Update: Slides from the speakers are posted below (with the exception of David Gobaud who had no slides).
Also, Danny Colligan, the guy who spoke at length about copyright law during the meeting, asked me to share the following links with ACM members:
The article on copyright that [...]
February 25, 2010
Posted by Feross
Dear Stanford CS Community,
The Stanford ACM is trying a new kind of event this quarter! We’ve had two “tech hangouts” so far, and we’re having one more this quarter — it’s on March 5th at 6PM in Gates 104.
In case you missed the first two tech hangouts, here’s a quick summary of the idea behind [...]
February 16, 2010
Posted by Feross
Stanford IEEE, ACM, GSPB, CCRMA, AES, and Hip Hop Congress Present:
MC FRONTALOT
The Father of Nerdcore
Date: Tuesday, 2/16/2010
6 PM: “Nerdcore Rising” Screening • Gates 104
8 PM: Doors Open • CCRMA Stage, The Knoll
9 PM: Concert Begins
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