Videos tagged with Research


Doing Science in the Open

Doing Science in the Open

Posted in Science, Companies, Conferences

Google Tech Talk (more info below) March 12, 2011 Presented by Michael Nielsen. ABSTRACT A remarkable transformation is now underway in how scientists make discoveries. Mass online collaborations are being used to prove mathematical theorems; online markets are allowing scientific problems to be outsourced; and online citizen science projects are enabling amateurs to make scientific discoveries...

Tags: Google Tech Talk, Science, Research, collaborative tools, scientific method, Google, GoogleTechTalks



Tekzilla Daily Tip #544: CES 2010: Intel’s Infoscape Brings Amazing Visualization To Life

Tekzilla Daily Tip #544: CES 2010: Intel’s Infoscape Brings Amazing Visualization To Life

Posted in Podcasts, Graphics

Best Demo of CES 2010: Intel shows off a powerful data visualization engine running on its core i7 processor, and using two 7’ screens and a multi-touch interface.Using a 7 foot multi-touch screen, Intel shows off an amazing look at the future of information visualization and access, running on a Core i7 desktop processor. Intel’s INfoscape is powered by Intel’s own HD graphics, and it was very...

Tags: Technologies, Demo, Intel, Research, Visualization, Data, Revision3, Tekzilla, I7, Tekzilla Daily Tip, Graphics, ...


Google Faculty Summit 2009: Google Crisis Response

Google Faculty Summit 2009: Google Crisis Response

Posted in Conferences, Companies

Google Faculty Summit 2009: Global Connection: Inform and EmpowerGoogle Crisis Response, presented by France Lamy.Each year Google hosts leading academics from universities across the globe though our Faculty Summit program. Faculty Summits are designed to provide researchers with a chance to learn more about what Google does in each region and how we support university programs, as well as pro...

Tags: Techtalks, Google, Conferences, Research, Google Tech Talks, Companies



Project Fortress: Run your whiteboard, in parallel, on the JVM

Project Fortress: Run your whiteboard, in parallel, on the JVM

Posted in Conferences, Development

Summary In this presentation from the JVM Languages Summit 2008, David Chase discusses Fortress, a Fortran-based highly parallel programming language. Topics covered include the origins of Fortress, mathematical syntax, the challenges of running on the JVM, parsing, work stealing, transactions, continuations, problems with blocking, the type system, type mapping, multiple dispatch and profiling...

Tags: Conferences, Java, InfoQ, Transactions, Continuations, JVM, Research, Fortress, JVM Language Summit, Programming, Work Stealing, ...



Research Road Trip: A Traveler's Road to Decision webinar

Research Road Trip: A Traveler's Road to Decision webinar

Posted in Companies, Internet Marketing

In a recent study, Google and M&RR (Marketing and Research Resources, Inc.) explored how consumers research and gather information throughout the travel decision-making process. We examined behaviors in business and leisure travelers, and culled out insights across four key travel categories: Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental, Cruise. On Friday, October 10, 2008, Google hosted a webinar that cov...

Tags: Google, Business, Webinars, Advertising, Research, Google AdWords, Broadcasting, Companies


HGN presents Dr. Elmer Huerta from the American Cancer Socie

HGN presents Dr. Elmer Huerta from the American Cancer Socie

Posted in Conferences

Dr. Elmer E. Huerta is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC) and a member of the LACRC Steering Committee. He is currently the President of the American Cancer Society and the Founder and Director of the Cancer Preventorium at the Washington Cancer Institute in the Washington Hospital Center, the only cancer prevention/screening service for Lati...

Tags: Techtalks, Conferences, Research, Google Tech Talks, Society, Cancer, Coalition, LACRC


Fortress - programming for supercomputers

Fortress - programming for supercomputers

Posted in Conferences, Development

Summary Guy L. Steele heads the Sun Programming Language Research Group. He's held positions at Carnegie-Mellon University, Tartan Laboratories, and Thinking Machines Corporation and is the author or co-author of several books on languages (Common Lisp, C, High Performance Fortran, the Java Language Specification) as well as "The Hacker's Dictionary" (also known on the Internet as the...

Tags: Conferences, Java, InfoQ, JAOO Conference, Architecture, Languages, Research, Fortress