Computer Systems Colloquium (Fall 2008)

Al Fazio, an Intel Fellow and Director of Memory Technology Development in the Technology Manufacturing Group. talks about non-volatile memories in the form of NAND memory.

Guido van Rossum, creator of Python, one of the major programming languages on and off the web gives an overview of the Google App Engine architecture from a developer's perspective, followed by a live demonstration. (November 5, 2008)

Carl Hewitt, Emeritus in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT, talks about Organizations of Restricted Generality (ORGs). (October 22, 2008)

Jane McGonigal, Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future, explores the theory behind massively multiplayer forecasting games and the design principles of her project, Superstruct. (October 15, 2008)

Dr. Ted Selker of the MIT Media Lab expands beyond the problems of open innovation and offer a new entrepreneurial investment model which can increase innovation's chances for success. (October 8, 2008)

Jonathan Appavoo describes his work at IBM Research on Project Kittyhawk which is exploring the viability of a Global Scale Public Computer. (September 24, 2008)

Richard Kaufmann, a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard, talks about server designs. He presents an overview of the technologies and user needs driving cluster designs over the next few years. (October 1, 2008)