APM: APM - Future activity

jameschoate at austin.rr.com jameschoate at austin.rr.com
Mon Dec 22 13:26:58 PST 2008


Hi,

Following up on the theme of the last meeting in regards
what might be done to help promote Perl...

We discussed getting involved with events like dorkbot,
makefair, geek austin & MoPac University [1]. This of
course is only the first step. Once we've got our foot in
the door, what then?

We need to get to know each other a bit better and see if
there isn't some synergy that we can use to build some
project or effort that's bigger than what we can do as
individuals.

- We could do some algorithmic predictions in political or
   economic areas

- Applied mathematics, I have an interest in Origami:

 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/search?q=origami+algorithm+computational&submit=Search&sort=rel

 - Experimental Archeology

   simulate the Antykathyra (sp!) device

   design a generic catapult or trebuchet,

  http://www.medieval-castle-siege-weapons.com/

   http://www.global-rd.com/catapults/

   http://www.algobeautytreb.com/

  http://www.algobeautytreb.com/trebmath35.pdf

- Bioinformatics or more general biological or evolutionary
  algorithmics/modeling?

- Toolkits of basic electronics, mechanical engineering, or
   physics routines suitable for jr high to high school?

What might float your boat?

[1] www.geekaustin.com

Note they are having a get together social next month on
the 20th. Sounds quite interesting and there will be more
info on the MoPac University efforts as well.

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