Hello all,<br><br> It's time to invite everyone to the UNO CSCI 2850 (Perl) class's
semester-ending lightning talks.<br><br> The talks this semester will be on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007, starting at 5:45 PM and lasting most likely until around 8:00 PM. There weren't enough talks to split them into two meaningful evenings, so we're going to have a super-long night of talks.
<br><br> If all goes well, there will be pizza available on a first-come, first-served basis. I'm not sure how much pizza we can get, so maybe it'll just be enough for three or four people. :)<br><br> I've
attached the flier for this semester's talk topics. I've only received brief overviews of most of the topics, so I can't give you much insight into what a topic like "web scraping tools" will cover. You'll just have to come and find out, I guess. :)
<br><br> This semester's talks are in room 359 at the Peter Kiewit
Institute at 67th & Pacific. Here's a link to Google Maps for the Peter Kiewit Institute: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/v5f9s" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://tinyurl.com/v5f9s
</a><br><br> <br><br> On an unrelated note, awhile back I mentioned to the list that UNO was in the process of standardizing on one language for a sequence of internet-related programming courses. The final verdict is in and starting in the fall, there will be a one-two punch of Perl courses, CIST 1300 (intro) and CSCI 2850 (not intro). Additionally, a bioinformatics programming course that has yet to be developed will build off of the Perl programming foundation found in 1300/2850. Thanks to everyone who provided input when I queried the list a few months ago.
<br><br> -- raf<br><br><br> For those who don't like to look at PDF files, here's a copy-and-pasted list of topics:<br>
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<a href="http://Expect.pm">Expect.pm</a></span></font></font></p>
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BigRedKeno.com
scraper and analyzer</span></font></font></p>
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Password
cracking with Perl</span></font></font></p>
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Cool
Firefox Extensions</span></font></font></p>
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Web
scraping tools</span></font></font></p>
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Regex
Coach</span></font></font></p>
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DotNetNuke</span></font></font></p>
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Authenticating
Local Machine Users from the Web / UNIX passwd w/PHP and Perl</span></font></font></p>
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POE
Module / Framework (Acme::POE::Knee)</span></font></font></p>
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Encryption
algorithms in Perl</span></font></font></p>
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Perl
Golf</span></font></font></p>
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SVG
Perl</span></font></font></p>
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MP3::Tag
/ Scraping for Lyrics</span></font></font></p>
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Net::OSCAR</span></font></font></p>
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Perl
Roleplaying Dice Thingy</span></font></font></p>
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GMapper
(GPS Coordinates for Photography)</span></font></font></p>
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e-bruno
registration with Perl</span></font></font></p>
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Server-side
vs. Client-side Scripting</span></font></font></p>
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Apache2::ExplorerDestroyer</span></font></font></p>
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Web
Browser Comparison</span></font></font></p>
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Python
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Perl
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Perl
and Bluetooth</span></font></font></p>
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Perl
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Perl/Tk
Restaurant Reservation System (10 minute dual talk)</span></font></font></p>
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