From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Oct 5 23:13:38 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:13:38 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBUG: Tomorrow, Cooper Union Students Present Message-ID: <4CABE962.8060407@ceetonetechnology.com> October 06, 2010 Cooper Students Present 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant 111 Broadway in Manhattan http://www.suspendersbar.com/ This month`s meetings will feature several Cooper Union engineering students presenting their projects. * "A Study of Bayesian Authorship Classification" with Kevin Tien and Nicole Lesperance. From a Natural Language Processing class project. * "Real Time Hand Gesture Recognition" with George Todorov and Eugene Belilovsky * "Characterization of Light Output Instabilities In Quantum Cascade Lasers Under Pulsed Operation" with Jonathan Ligo Sounds a bit off the usual beaten-path for NYCBUG? Well, not really. These presentations will be great opportunities to hear about what the next generation of young and bright engineers are doing. * * * Reminder: there will be no November meeting due to NYCBSDCon. Haven't registered yet for NYCBSDCon? Early registration is open until November 1st. We have a great program this year, and are looking forward to a big turn-out. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue Oct 19 13:12:38 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:12:38 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBSDCon 2010: 11 Days until early registration ends Message-ID: <4CBDD186.6020405@ceetonetechnology.com> NYCBSDCon 2010: Only 11 Days Until Early Registration Ends Early registration for NYCBSDCon 2010 ends on November 1st. http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/register.html We strongly encourage attendees to register as soon as possible to guarantee their place at New York City's BSD Unix conference, which takes place November 12th through 14th. The registration fee is a mere $95 until November 1st, but then jumps in price. NYCBSDCon 2010's program includes an array of great technical presentations, and a great opportunity to network and socialize among some of the best and brightest of New York City's Unix community. Hosted this year at Manhattan's prestigious Cooper Union, we are excited for another great conference, continuing the tradition that began in 2005. Help us get the word out! Be sure to circulate this announce to your workmates and collaborators, blog it, tweet it, spread the word. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun Oct 31 19:30:37 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:30:37 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBSDCon Early Registration Extended Message-ID: <4CCDFC1D.6030308@ceetonetechnology.com> NYCBSDCon 2010 Early Registration Extended to November 7th The organizers of NYCBSDCon 2010 have extended early registration for the November 13-14th conference to November 7th. Realizing that past NYCBSDCon's early registration ended a week before the conference, the organizers decided to extend the low price of $95 for another week. On November 8th, the registration fee jumps to $125 until 6 PM on November 12th. During the conference, on-site registration will be $145. NYCBSDCon 2010 will be held at Manhattan's prestigious Cooper Union, located between downtown's East and West Villages. This year's schedule includes an impressive list of topics and speakers, including authors, systems administrators and developers representing the BSD projects. The conference commences with a social event on Friday evening, November 12th, and continues with two days of technical presentations on Saturday and Sunday. The low price includes breakfast and lunch for both Saturday and Sunday. NYCBSDCon 2010 is appreciative for the support of all its sponsors, including premier sponsors About.com, New York Internet, Isilon, Marvell and iXsystems. This year's conference enjoys fiscal support by BSD Fund, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit. Be sure to register before the extended early registration ends on November 7th, at www.nycbsdcon.org.