Events
Past Events
Jean Sammet Lectures
Lectures sponsored wholly or in part by a gift from Jean Sammet ‘48
Prof. Anita Jones, November 2, 2007
Prof. Jones gave an afternoon talk for CS majors on cyber security and an evening talk, for a general audience, on her career in technology. The evening talk included presentations by Oliver Brock from the University of Massachusetts Computer Science department, and John Slepian, Five-College Assistant Professor in Art and Technology, giving two more examples of work intertwined with technology.
Prof. Afra Zomorodian, November 18, 2008
Prof. Zomorodian, Dartmouth College, presented a technical talk on topological computation followed by a general talk on the use of this tool in the detection of colon cancer and the study of lipid fusion.
Andrew McLaughlin, Ethan Zuckerman, December 2, 2008
Mr. McLaughlin, head of Global Policy and Government Relations for Google, Inc., and Mr. Zuckerman, founder of Geekcorps, presented a dialogue on the “Internet for the Other Five Billion – How and Why” that discussed when technological development is sustainable and when it is not. The exciting talk, which drew a very large cross-section of the Five Colleges, closely examined of the spread of cell phone technology and services in the Africa continent as an example of how local ideas and local support make technology adoption more likely.
Departmental Seminars
Dan Barry, October 15, 2009
The former astronaut and current inventor presented a talk and demonstration on a robotic wheelchair he is developing.