TUCS Tech Talks are a series of talks on topics that the membership of TUCS is likely to find interesting. We aim to deliver talks on a roughly fortnightly basis.
Past Talks
Prior tech talks will be made available from our web site, via the Tech Talks category of posts.
We also have our Tech Talks Podcast
Upcoming Talks
Writing an Emulator
- Presenter: Tony Gray
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, August 28, 14:00
Modern CPUs are so fast that they can comfortably emulate systems from the early days of the personal computer in software alone, and there are freely available open-source emulators for almost all of the early systems, such as the Apple II and Commodore 64. But writing your own emulator is a heck of a lot more fun than using someone else’s - it can be a great personal challenge, it’s a terrific way to learn and understand the technology of modern computer systems, and it will totally earn you at least one kudos. This talk covers the process of writing an emulator from first principals, and is unlikely to include any references to bacon.
(MORE!) PS3-related Ramblings
- Presenter: Jonathan Adamczewski
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, September 11, 14:00
Short Talks
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, September 18, 14:00
Two Short Talks
- How to use your camera phone, properly
- Presenter: Christopher Neugebauer
- Why CAPTCHA’s Suck
- Presenter: Simon Arneaud
Detailed Programmatic Specificity
- Presenter: Paris Buttfield-Addison
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, September 25, 14:00
Two Short Talks
- Presenter: Paul Fenwick
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, October 2, 14:00
Lightning Talks
- Venue: Centenary 473
- Time: Friday, October 15, 14:00
Our traditional Lightning Talks are being held as the final Tech Talk for semester 2 — give a 3-minute (strictly-enforced) talk on any topic — expect it to be run somewhat similarly to the 2008 and 2009 talks.