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==Various Presentations==
 
==Various Presentations==
  
* [[Image:AbbotSuger.gif | 75 px | left]] Presentations (flash movies) of [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/KahnHistoryVisualization.swf the history] and [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/KahnHistoryVisualization.swf examples] of data visualizations for Kahn Institute workshop.
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* [[Image:AbbotSuger.gif | 75 px | right]] Presentations (flash movies) of [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/KahnHistoryVisualization.swf the history] and [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/KahnHistoryVisualization.swf examples] of data visualizations for Kahn Institute workshop.
 
*[http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/freevideos/CSC270Presentation.mov Movie] for Presentation of the Major, Oct 08
 
*[http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/freevideos/CSC270Presentation.mov Movie] for Presentation of the Major, Oct 08
 
* [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/freevideos/CloudComputingAtSmith_SigmaXi_042710.mov SigmaXi Cloud Computing presentation], Spring 2010
 
* [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/freevideos/CloudComputingAtSmith_SigmaXi_042710.mov SigmaXi Cloud Computing presentation], Spring 2010

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Videos

Design







  • PowersOf10.gif
    Powers of Ten, a film by Charles and Ray Eames. A wonderful journey through the very small and the very large. A classic film. Can also be viewed on line here.







Visualization

Nature by Numbers

A movie illustrating Fibonacci series, and the golden ratio, among other mathematical concepts. The movie is made by Eterea Studios
"The animation begins by presenting a series of numbers. This is a very famous and recognized sequence since many centuries ago in the Western World thanks to Leonardo of Pisa, a thirteenth century Italian mathematician, also called Fibonacci. So it is known as Fibonacci Sequence, even although it had been described much earlier by Indian mathematicians."

Prefuse

  • Prefuse1.png Prefuse2.png

A wmv movie on the different features and easy programmability of Prefuse.










Robotics









History of Computers













  • History of computing: A quick overview of the history of computers, mentioning Zuse, Ibm, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniack, Steve Jobs.
  • Computer History: A nice coverage, starting with Babbage, and mentioning Atanasof, Colossus, Zuse, Eniac, Apple I, IBM, Altair, Radio Shack TRS80.




Excerpt from http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7999.html:

Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology.
Beginning with the story of his own grandmother, who was trained as a human computer, David Alan Grier provides a poignant introduction to the wider world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. His grandmother's casual remark, "I wish I'd used my calculus," hinted at a career deferred and an education forgotten, a secret life unappreciated; like many highly educated women of her generation, she studied to become a human computer because nothing else would offer her a place in the scientific world.






Various Presentations












Tools

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