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ACM/IEEE-CS Oct 15 Meeting
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Hi! I thought some of you P(erl|LUG) Mongers might be interested in
this.
I've been going to Princeton ACM meetings for over 10 years. Every
year they start off their series by presenting a film of award-winning
computer graphics from the recent SIGGRAPH conference. The videos get
better and better each year, and the speaker is very knowledgeable and
does a great job of explaining the techniques used in making them.
Unfortunately it is a bit of a drive from Philly. Sarnoff is about an
hour from where I live out on the Main Line, maybe 45-50 minutes from
downtown Philly. It's not too far from the Princeton Junction train
station, but probably too far to walk. Directions and a map are
available on their website.
I hope to see some of you there!
Walt Mankowski
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From: John DeGood <jdegood@Sarnoff.COM>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:03:42 -0400
To: waltman@netaxs.com
Subject: ACM/IEEE-CS Oct 15 Meeting
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PRINCETON ACM / IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY CHAPTERS
ANNOUNCE 18TH SEASON
For the 18th consecutive year we are beginning our series of
presentations with the popular computer graphics film show,
featuring selected videos from recent ACM/SIGGRAPH conferences.
The meeting announcement appears at the end of this message.
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COMPUTER TRIVIA QUIZ A SUCCESS
We are pleased to announce the results of the First Princeton
ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Trivia Quiz. On June 22 approximately 30
"competitors" devoured pizza and sodas and selected questions
(or rather 'answers') revealed by Past Chair Rebecca "Vanna"
Mercuri. The final round was preceded by a memorable (!) live
keyboard performance of the "Jeopardy" theme music by Rebecca.
The categories spanned a broad range of esoteric subjects including:
Small Stuff (first company to market a computer kit -- NOT Altair or
Apple); Women in Computing (co-author of Pascal User Manual and
Report); Multimedia (kitchen object that frequently appears in
SIGGRAPH videos); ACM (number of ACM professional chapters in NJ);
and Internet (person who coined the term "Hypertext").
The winners were:
First Place - Deborah Hill
Second Place - Andre Bondi
Third Place - Laura Matey
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ACM SIGGRAPH - PRINCETON CHAPTER
and
PRINCETON ACM / IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY CHAPTERS
Computer Graphics Film Show
SIGGRAPH Video Review
Jeff Posdamer
For the eighteenth year in a row, we are kicking off our
season of meetings with the very popular computer graphics
film show. This will also be the third year for our current
graphics speaker, Jeff Posdamer. Jeff will be showing some
of the latest and greatest of the computer generated
animated films that were shown at recent ACM/SIGGRAPH
computer graphics conferences.
Jeff will show a variety of technologies: scientific
visualization graphics, commercial graphics used in
television and movies, and some examples of current computer
graphics research. The films include everything from
state-of-the-art supercomputer technology to graphics that
can be done with today's personal computers. Come see why
this is the best attended meeting we have all year.
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998, 8:00 pm
Place: Sarnoff Corp. Routes 1 and 571, Princeton, NJ
Information: call information number (609) 924-8704,
Dennis Mancl (908) 582-7086,
John DeGood (609) 734-2028
On-line info: http://info.acm.org/~princetonacm
A pre-meeting dinner with the speaker is held at 6 pm at
the Rusty Scupper on Alexander Road in Princeton. If you
would like to attend, please call the information number to
record your reservation on the answering machine.
All ACM / IEEE-CS meeting are open to the public. Students
and their parents are welcome. There is no admission
charge, and refreshments are served after the meeting.
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