Thanks as always to our mentors, Jerry and Asher, for running the show today. We had a full docket of excellent speakers from across campus. And, though it's not widely known yet, RCOS has new dedicated space in Amos Eaton -- three adjacent (and connected) offices on the second floor (205, 206, and 207). This semester, we'll work on getting that space in shape for full RCOS use. In fact, please email me your "laundry list" of wants/needs for that space and we'll see what we can do!
Our four talks were as follows:
1. Gary Schwartz opened the afternoon with an overview of his involvement with open source software in the dotCIO office (and beyond). There are numerous projects, both old and new, going on within dotCIO here on campus, so don't hesitate to contact Gary with questions, ideas, etc. And indeed, as Gary discussed, GitHub is the "cool" LinkedIn. Any open source projects to data mine GitHub?
2. Professor Sibel Adali took time away from her new "Python in CSCI-1100" efforts to talk about open source needs in research, in particular for open data. There are ridiculous amounts of data publicly available, including Twitter data -- and it's not just keyword-based techniques being used. The network graphs can reveal interesting things about our online relationships and personalities. Contact Prof. Adali if you'd like to get involved!
3. Kenley Cheung talked about open source successes and efforts in the Web Technologies Group, an agency of the RPI Student Senate formed in 2006. Concerto is one of the most successful projects thus far, used throughout the world! Get involved with the latest Concerto revision or new projects by contacting Kenley.
4. Finally, Colin Kuebler presented his Koala project, a language for the Web that sits on top of JavaScript. Colin showed off his very fancy and versatile user interface -- and it was suggested that the UI be extracted and submitted as a standalone open source GUI project. Check out Colin's work at http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/koala/ (and encourage him to prepare a presentation next time!). :-)
Please continue to update your projects and blogs (i.e. let the RPI community and the world know what you're doing!). And sign up for talks (via URL below). Remember that talks are to show off some of your work, but also to garner feedback and ideas from your peers and mentors!
Talk sign up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmUFEZRUC23ddDg3bnF5Rnd3OHZNdFR6UkZjQUUxTFE&hl=en#gid=0
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