Presentations and documents tagged “udls”
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Brasilia
from lrizoli, posted 2 years ago in Technology. 1421 views
Brasília, Brazil's capital city, has been called "the only true hope for the nation [of Brazil]," the "brain of all high-minded national decisions", and "a ceremonial slum infested with Volkswagens." We'll discuss Brasília's famous architec...
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Thoughts on the use of Analogies in Understandi...
from lrizoli, posted 2 years ago in Education. 2040 views
We need to be able to solve a great number of problems that are very hard to understand. One way in which we can build an understanding of these is through analogy. There are situations in which analogies can be a powerful way of building a...
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What everyone should know about teaching others
from guestd6b71b, posted 2 years ago in Education. 1140 views
In life, as computing professionals, we all teach and we all learn. And, especially in the computing discipline, we don't ever expect that to stop. So whether you plan to work in industry, academia, or somewhere else (a small desert island?...
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World Bank
from lrizoli, posted 2 years ago in Business & Mgmt. 8260 views
What is the World Bank? What does it do? How did it come to be? Why do some people dislike it so much?
From the Un-Distinguished Lecture Series (http://ws.cs.ubc.ca/~udls/). The talk was given Feb. 15, 2008.
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Politics and the Supreme Court
from guest42d2c7, posted 2 years ago. 764 views
From Roe v. Wade to 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus'.
From the Un-Distinguished Lecture Series (http://ws.cs.ubc.ca/~udls/). The talk was given Jan. 25, 2008.
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Proportional-Derivative-Integral (PID) Control
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 3699 views
A simple, widely used control method. This presentation will provide an introduction to PID controllers, including demonstrations, and practise tuning a controller for a simple system.
From the Un-Distinguished Lecture Series (http://ws.cs...
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A Brief History of Cryptography
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 5458 views
We use it every day and we rely on it. But what are the roots of cryptography? How were, for example, the ancient Greeks able to protect information from their enemies? In this talk we will go through 5500 years of developing encryption tec...
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Eigenvalues in a Nutshell
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 4850 views
Although eigenvalues are one of the most important concepts in linear algebra, some of us eigen-struggle with them without understanding their usefulness and beauty. In this talk I'll briefly review the definition of eigenvalues emphasizing...
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SMART Goals and Feedback (Project Management)
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Education, Business & Mgmt. 16342 views
Project Management is THE buzz word in business and more and more in academia. But managing things in projects does not guarantee success. Success and failure depends on people and communication. For this one of the most important things is...
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C Code and the Art of Obfuscation
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 1395 views
In the early days of computer science coding was viewed as an art. In the modern world of software engineering we may have lost the art to make way for rules and best practices. The International Obfuscated C Code Contest offers a chance ...
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OS Mélange
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Business & Mgmt. 970 views
We are all mostly familiar with just Windows, Linux, Unix (along with all the Unix derives) and Mac OS as the primary Operating Systems available. There is a whole collection of operating systems out there, ranging from the amateur hobbyist...
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Top Super-models of Computer Graphics
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 2064 views
From the Un-Distinguished Lecture Series (http://ws.cs.ubc.ca/~udls/). The talk was given Apr. 5, 2007.
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Human Nature and its Consequences
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 1834 views
After looking at top-models in computer graphics last time, we make a 90° turn and look to the 'top-models' of human nature. What did some famous philosophers think? Is the human nature 'bad' (Hobbes) or 'good' (Rousseau)? Do these models a...
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Slipping the Surly Bonds
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Business & Mgmt. 682 views
The very idea of flight has captivated humanity from the time of Icarus.
I was bitten by the bug, got my license, and have done a fair bit of flying. In this talk I'll discuss various aspects of flight including license requirements, compo...
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Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 1554 views
SETI has been an active topic of research and media coverage during the recent decades. It involves looking for signals that could have been sent by an intelligent civilization as well as sending out signals to them. Effective communication...
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Canada vs. Germany: Une réflection
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Business & Mgmt. 1402 views
In my third and last lecture I will try to compare the countries, Canada and Germany. I will focus on my personal experiences and concentrate on specific examples. Topics include random themes, such as trains, beer, and nature. I will concl...
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Signal Compression and JPEG
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 1234 views
I will start with a question "why signal can be compressed?" I will then describe quantization, entropy-coding, difference-PCM, and Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). My main motive will be to illustrate the basic principle rather than to des...
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Clouds
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Technology. 1191 views
Vehicles of the Gods or the result of the coalescence of billions of water droplets? Of course today we know the answer. This presentation will will explore what we used to believe, how we came to know what we know now, and what current the...
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Business & Mgmt. 1744 views
Aim of a brain-computer interface (BCI) is to provide a communication channel for paralyzed patients to interact with the outer world. I will start with the motivation behind brain-computer interfaces followed by description of a general BC...
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The ABC's of the Bible
from guest9006ab, posted 3 years ago in Finance. 5945 views
The Bible is the most copied, translated, and studied book ever written. It was composed by more than 40 authors from a variety of backgrounds and is used in many religions. But how many people have actually read it? Bible stories are oft...
