Computer Systems Colloquium (Spring 2012)

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7. 4th Generation Peer-to-Peer Technology (May 30, 2012)

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Johan Pouwelse shares how peer-to-peer sharing could affect society in more ways than we realize. As technology moves to be more readily based around mobile devices, peer-to-peer file sharing will become increasingly advantageous. (May 30, 2012)

6. The Future of Venture Capital and High-Tech Entrepreneurship (May 23, 2012)

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Paul Buchheit leads a discussion about what he believes to be the future of venture capital. Paul discusses the Y Combinator model that acts as an incubator for early-stage startups and contrasts it to the traditional model. (May 23, 2012)

5. Model Checking Cell Biology (May 16, 2012)

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David Dill discusses how a continuing improvement of computing technology is making it possible to digitally model some biological systems. (May 16, 2012)

4. Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age (May 2, 2012)

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Jack Copeland discusses Alan Turing's impact on information technology. Turing is often considered to be one of the greatest minds in the 20th century. (May 2, 2012)

3. Computational Insights and the Theory of Evolution (April 25, 2012)

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Christos Papadimitriou discusses how some recent computational techniques have provided some unique insights into the theory of evolution. (April 25, 2012)

2. Bayes, Medical Diagnostics, and Nomograms: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You (April 11, 2012)

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Joe Marasco shares his beliefs on how modern diagnostics and medical testing can be changed to give patients a clearer understanding of the results. He suggests implementing a new protocol using Bayes theorem. (April 11, 2012)

1. Let's Make Biology Easier to Engineer (April 4, 2012)

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Drew Endy delivers a presentation on some of the recent progress that has been made in the field of bioengineering. The ability to work with biology is constrained by the tools that we have to interact with living systems. (April 4, 2012)

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Computer Systems Colloquium (Spring 2012)