Monday, September 29, 2008

comp Geom/MD Theory day/New Blog/Bond, James Bond

  1. The call for papers for the 25th Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry is here. submissions are due December 1.
  2. 20th Maryland Theoretical Computer Science Day! Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008! 9:30am -- 4pm (see online schedule for details)! AVW 2460 A.V.Williams Building! schedule
  3. A new Theory Blog! It will emphasize applications to Global Health Metrics! Author is Abraham Flaxman! The website is linked to by our site.
  4. A new James Bond Movie will be out soon Quantum of Solace. The Plot: Bad guys build a quantum computer and begin factoring numbers and breaking codes, but then Lance Fortnow and Scott Aaronson write a paper that shows their approach is flawed!
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:59 AM, September 29, 2008

    Usually these lists are longer... I like that this one is short and has an excellent punchline :)

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  2. John2:41 AM, September 30, 2008

    Oh man, I would go see that movie at least five times.

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  3. Louis Wasserman5:18 PM, October 01, 2008

    I would buy the DVD and make cookies for Lance and Scott.

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