| May 28, 2008
12:30pm North N311 |
Introductions | |
| June 4, 2008
11:45am North N311 |
Owen Astrachan | Babble |
| June 11, 2008
12:30pm North N311 |
Vamsidhar Thummala |
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| June 18, 2008
North N311 12:30pm |
Jeff Phillips |
Approximation and Random Sampling in Computational Geometry.
I will give a brief and intuitive look into the power of random |
| June 25, 2008
North N311 12:30pm |
Will Mendoza and others Virtual Conflict Resolution |
Will Mendoza, graduate student from the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for
Peace and Conflict Resolution will provide an overview of the 3D
Virtual Simulation project funded by the MacArthur Foundation. This
project is a collaboration between Duke, the Rotary Center, and the
Virtual Heroes Company. The simulation will train mid-career level
participants how to deliver effective humanitarian assistance in
disaster situation with good coordination among engaged parties, using
conflict resolution skills.
The simulation is based on hurricane Mitch case in 1998. The players are expected to act upon the aftermath of the disaster, allocating their resources to relieve suffering of the affected people, providing shelters and food/medical aid and planning for their recovery and reconstruction. The three MacArthur interns, Rosie Kilgore, Vanessa Sochat, and Whitney Mickens, will then demonstrate and discuss some of the Maya avatars that they have been creating for the simulation. |
| July 2
North N311 12:30pm |
Alice Group |
Demos |
| July 9, 2008
North N311 12:30pm |
Duke Photo today | |
| July 16, 2008
North N311 12:30pm |
Martin Azizyan | SurroundSense:
Mobile Phone Localization Using Ambient Sound and Light "[We propose] to sense the surrounding in which a phone is located, and use this ambient information to classify its location. Put differently, we postulate that different surroundings have photo-acoustic fingerprints, that can be sensed and used for localization." The general idea is to improve on existing localization methods (like GPS) by combining data from other sensors on a phone, like microphone, camera, etc. |
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| August 6, 2008 |