Google Tech Talk
September 10, 2010

ABSTRACT

Presented by Alex Do and Taylor Parsons.

Hear HDStarcraft (one of the top Starcraft commentators) and Painuser (a top-level Terran player) speak on the development of e-sports with the coming of Starcraft 2, Starcraft 2 strategy, high-level play and commentary, and... well... more Starcraft 2.

In addition discussing Starcraft and e-sports, they will providing live commentary on the finals match of the Google Starcraft 2 tournament. Come and see what all the fuss is about, and witness the battle prowess of your fellow Googlers!

SPEAKER INFO:
Alex "HDStarcraft" Do is one of the foremost Starcraft 2 commentators, amassing over 57 million views on his YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft), as well as hosting the highly featured HDH Invitational tournament during the beta.

Taylor "Painuser" Parsons is a Diamond-level Terran player (http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/385316/1/PainUser/), currently one of the top Terran players in North America, with a 70% win ratio. He has also been featured in PC Gamer, as well as several high-profile tournaments, including the HDH Invitational.

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Nuclear weapons are the elephant in the room that almost no one talks about. This presentation therefore approaches the subject from the much less threatening -- actually downright attractive -- perspective of soaring. Risk analysis is the glue that ties the two subjects together, while my experience in developing public key cryptography provides an important lesson on the positive side.

Related links: http://nuclearrisk.org/soaring_article.php is an article that is closely related to the talk. Another link of interest is http://nuclearrisk.org/paper.pdf.

Martin Hellman is Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and co-inventor of public key cryptography.

Presented by Martin Hellman
Google Tech Talk
May 7, 2009

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