Pacific ACM Speaker Series is Back! In Full Force!

Over the past few months, the first initiative I have made was to bring back the Pacific ACM Speaker Series. To date, we have had three different speakers from a very diverse set of disciplines in computer science and related fields speak to Pacific ACM about what life is like after graduating and in the real world.

Just as a recap for those who may have missed the ACM Meetings. Our first speaker was Dr. Zhu from the Chinese School of Computing Technology. Dr. Zhu presented how to make 3D animations of Fire and Water fit over a skeleton frame of a human analog. His presentation was very fascinating and we are very lucky to have had Dr. Zhu visit ACM.

Our second speaker(s) were from Pacific's very own Office of Information Technology department. Robert Henderson and Rebeca Stovall came to Pacific ACM to enlighten us on the many different services Pacific offers, as well as tell us a little more about the network infrastructure and hardware. As a follow up, Pacific ACM will be touring the OIT facilities in the coming weeks.

Our most recent speaker was from Oak Ridge National Labs. Pacific ACM was very fortunate to have Dr. Cui stop by after the NVidia GPU Conference to tell us a little more about how Swarms and Colonies can be used in computer search problems. Also, how optimization can be done by studying natural phenomena, like bird swarms. Dr. Cui also held a Q & A session with Pacific ACM and told us a little more about the research and employment opportunities at Oak Ridge National Labs.

A very big thank you to Professor Jinzhu Gao for helping Pacific ACM with inviting these great individuals and providing Pacific ACM with an excellent resources list.

In the comoing weeks, look for speakers from Pacific, Students at Pacific, and researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Labs to stop by.

Shawn Michael Kerns
President - Pacific ACM