Sandi Mak on the use of technology in education, “Using Student Built Wikis To Enhance Learning”: This presentation is about the implementation of student built wikis in the mathematics classroom. The talk will be divided into two parts; the first segment describes the actual integration of wikis in a Linear Algebra class, while the second part will focus on the impact of using wikis on enhance students’ learning, understanding, and motivation.

Roger Guetta on iPhoneography (to be confirmed)

The event will be from 12:00 to 13:30 on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in D-221 at Vanier College.

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Time: 18:00 to 20:00
Location: B-223, Vanier College Amphitheatre

It will feature the following talks:

1. Design Your Own Social Media Viewer
Speaker: Martin Provencher (@vivrass), the current president of Montreal.rb (@montrealrb, www.montrealonrails.com) – the Ruby and Ruby on Rails user group in Montreal.

2. The rise and fame of the Montréal-Python community
Speaker: Yannick Gingras is a senior developer with over ten years of experience. He is an organizer of Montréal’s Python community, the co-chair of the PyCon conference, and a frequent contributor to free and open-source projects.

Hope to see you all there!

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Time: 12:30 to 14:00
Location: D-221 (Vanier College)

It will feature the following talks:

Unicorn: Two-Factor Attestation for Data Security

Current Trends in Future Technology

Mobile Agents Searching for Black Holes in Computer Network

Hope to see you all there!

Click on our official Session #2 poster to see a larger version.

The first VTT presentation will be on:

Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time: 12:00 to 13:30
Location: D-221 (Vanier College)

It will feature the following speakers:

Stephen Cohen, Physics (12:05 pm – 12:30 pm)
What does an engineer do? Most people in society do not know much about the engineering profession. Even science students who apply to university to study engineering have little idea what an engineering career entails. In essence, an engineer is a problem solver within the realm of science. The range of tools available to engineers in order to solve these problems effectively grows continuously. FEM software, for example, solves thousands of equations of physics in seconds, and has enabled engineers to work faster and deliver a more optimized product than ever before. But, don’t worry, these virtual tools are still just tools, and you will still need to make use of all of those physics courses you took. If you think that engineers spend their work day drawing free body diagrams, then this is the talk for you.

Haritos Kavallos, Computer Science grad (12:30 pm – 12:55 pm)
Data Warehousing an Empire – Wal-Mart has built a globalized empire that sees among the worlds largest profit returns. How does Wal-Mart stay ahead of the game? A large part of their continuing success lies in their vast Data Warehousing and Decision Support Systems. Come sit in on this TechnoTalk to find out more!

Michel Paquette, Computer Science (12:55 pm – 1:20 pm)
A known problem of cheap communication devices is that of swamping, where nodes may only successfully communicate with other nodes that are far enough from them. Nodes in fact disrupt communication processes of all nodes within distance r (the maximum range) from them, but communicate only with those nodes at a distance greater than s (the swamping range) and within r. We present an algorithm to broadcast under this communication model, in networks of nodes located in the plane with unknown topology.

All are welcome!