Re: [WedTech] A Winter's Read
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[This is an email sent to wedtech about a book reading that you might
be interested in as well. It also was sent to the Complex discuss list for organizational reasons. If you are interested, join wedtech, see below, and natch, buy the book!] WedTech'ers: Here's our current status on A Winter's Read: - We've decided to meet for the discussions at 11:30, then go to Tesoro for our usual lunch. This is so that WedTech lunch will go on as usual for those not wanting to partake in the book reading. - We've decided to wait a week or two so that our books arrive in time for us to have read the first 25 pages or so for the first discussion. - In the mean time, Roger has volunteered to discuss his experiences with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This cloud computing platform has been of interest in modeling for parameter scans, for example. - We'll hold the discussions, including Roger's, in the 624 agua fria conference room. Discuss'ers: - Yesterday, during the projects meeting, it was suggested that the reading group might be an interesting prototype for managing projects .. a Guinea Pig for things like a project blogs, logs, mail lists and so on. So hence the cross-post. - Also, there may be folks on the Discuss list that would also be interested in the book: http://tinyurl.com/5jrpr6 If so, respond, hop on the wedtech mail list and buy the book. http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com All: I'm cross-posting so that we can decide whether or not to incorporate the reading into the Complex's planning. Further mail will be on the wedtech list until we make possible changes discussed above. Sorry for the annoying cross-post! -- Owen On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Let's jump in and buy our books for this, and start up shortly. > > Steve agreed that the conference room at 624 would be fine for the > meetings. I'll get a white board for our first meeting. I think > our Wednesday time slot would make sense too. > > Frank suggests we follow a format like Bios Group used: we have > leaders for each chapter/section. I like that. We also want to > work out how to deal with weeks when we can't make it. Maybe take > notes? Or have a buddy system where when we miss, we get in touch > with the group and meet with a volunteer? > > My experience of the first 30-40 pages is that I have written down > questions that I'd like to resolve. I've also written some netlogo > hacks to clarify some of the questions I encountered. So far, so > good! > > I'll bring the book for tomorrow's 12:30 lunch at Tesoro's. > > -- Owen > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> >> Date: October 13, 2008 11:22:44 AM MDT >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >> > >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms >> and Computations >> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >> > >> >> Well, winter is besetting us, so it occurred to me that we might >> want to turn either the Krauth book (the subject), or your earlier >> excellent find: >> Information Theory, Inference & Learning Algorithms >> David J. C. MacKay >> .. into a group reading at the sfComplex. Our Data Mining one was >> interesting. >> >> I decided I went at the Krauth book with the wrong mind set, so >> started over, looking at it as a conversation with an expert >> delighted to give a deep and complete look at the subject. This >> has led me to write some simple netlogo example programs, looking >> at several distributions used in simple Monte Carlo >> implementations. Its really kinda fun! Also a bit embarrassing >> when I come up with distributions that are a bit unexpected. I >> think this area takes a *lot* of care! >> >> I gotta say that Krauth hits on a lot of topics heard in the halls >> of SFI. >> >> MacKay's book is quite deep and broad as well, and has the >> advantage of being available as a PDF. I haven't looked at his >> site recently, but he also had several open source implementations >> of interest. I went after his first chapter with the J programming >> language for the hell of it (J is an APL derivative, also by >> Iverson .. both Ken and his son). This was the one where Dilbert >> was used as a source for noisy transmission lines. I bet most of >> it too could be netlogo-ized. Or possibly R or Sage. >> >> I ramble .. but .. would some of us be interested in A Winter's >> Read in Mathematics?? I can bring the book to wedtech or other >> venues. Like beer. Just for instance. >> >> -- Owen Begin forwarded message: > From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> > Date: October 8, 2008 10:42:01 AM MDT > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] > > > Subject: Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and > Computations > > I recently bought this book, and was delighted to see how complete a > wiki was associated with it: > http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Main_Page > > -- Owen _______________________________________________ Wedtech mailing list [hidden email] http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Do you want me to reserve the 624 room for you?
-d- On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > [This is an email sent to wedtech about a book reading that you > might be interested in as well. It also was sent to the Complex > discuss list for organizational reasons. If you are interested, > join wedtech, see below, and natch, buy the book!] > > WedTech'ers: Here's our current status on A Winter's Read: > - We've decided to meet for the discussions at 11:30, then go to > Tesoro > for our usual lunch. This is so that WedTech lunch will go on as > usual for those not wanting to partake in the book reading. > > - We've decided to wait a week or two so that our books arrive in time > for us to have read the first 25 pages or so for the first discussion. > > - In the mean time, Roger has volunteered to discuss his experiences > with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This cloud computing platform has > been of interest in modeling for parameter scans, for example. > > - We'll hold the discussions, including Roger's, in the 624 agua fria > conference room. > > Discuss'ers: > - Yesterday, during the projects meeting, it was suggested that the > reading group might be an interesting prototype for managing > projects .. a Guinea Pig for things like a project blogs, logs, > mail lists and so on. So hence the cross-post. > > - Also, there may be folks on the Discuss list that would also > be interested in the book: http://tinyurl.com/5jrpr6 > If so, respond, hop on the wedtech mail list and buy the book. > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com > > All: I'm cross-posting so that we can decide whether or not to > incorporate the reading into the Complex's planning. Further mail > will be on the wedtech list until we make possible changes discussed > above. Sorry for the annoying cross-post! > > -- Owen > > > On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > >> Let's jump in and buy our books for this, and start up shortly. >> >> Steve agreed that the conference room at 624 would be fine for the >> meetings. I'll get a white board for our first meeting. I think >> our Wednesday time slot would make sense too. >> >> Frank suggests we follow a format like Bios Group used: we have >> leaders for each chapter/section. I like that. We also want to >> work out how to deal with weeks when we can't make it. Maybe take >> notes? Or have a buddy system where when we miss, we get in touch >> with the group and meet with a volunteer? >> >> My experience of the first 30-40 pages is that I have written down >> questions that I'd like to resolve. I've also written some netlogo >> hacks to clarify some of the questions I encountered. So far, so >> good! >> >> I'll bring the book for tomorrow's 12:30 lunch at Tesoro's. >> >> -- Owen >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> >>> Date: October 13, 2008 11:22:44 AM MDT >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >>> > >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms >>> and Computations >>> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >>> > >>> >>> Well, winter is besetting us, so it occurred to me that we might >>> want to turn either the Krauth book (the subject), or your earlier >>> excellent find: >>> Information Theory, Inference & Learning Algorithms >>> David J. C. MacKay >>> .. into a group reading at the sfComplex. Our Data Mining one was >>> interesting. >>> >>> I decided I went at the Krauth book with the wrong mind set, so >>> started over, looking at it as a conversation with an expert >>> delighted to give a deep and complete look at the subject. This >>> has led me to write some simple netlogo example programs, looking >>> at several distributions used in simple Monte Carlo >>> implementations. Its really kinda fun! Also a bit embarrassing >>> when I come up with distributions that are a bit unexpected. I >>> think this area takes a *lot* of care! >>> >>> I gotta say that Krauth hits on a lot of topics heard in the halls >>> of SFI. >>> >>> MacKay's book is quite deep and broad as well, and has the >>> advantage of being available as a PDF. I haven't looked at his >>> site recently, but he also had several open source implementations >>> of interest. I went after his first chapter with the J >>> programming language for the hell of it (J is an APL derivative, >>> also by Iverson .. both Ken and his son). This was the one where >>> Dilbert was used as a source for noisy transmission lines. I bet >>> most of it too could be netlogo-ized. Or possibly R or Sage. >>> >>> I ramble .. but .. would some of us be interested in A Winter's >>> Read in Mathematics?? I can bring the book to wedtech or other >>> venues. Like beer. Just for instance. >>> >>> -- Owen > > > Begin forwarded message: >> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> >> Date: October 8, 2008 10:42:01 AM MDT >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >> > >> Subject: Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and >> Computations >> >> I recently bought this book, and was delighted to see how complete >> a wiki was associated with it: >> http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Main_Page >> >> -- Owen > > _______________________________________________ > Wedtech mailing list > [hidden email] > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Yup: could you reserve it for 11:30-12:30 for the next month or so?
I think we're seeing wedtech becoming more active. Roger's experiments with AWS, for example, should be a great talk .. we need to start understanding future cloud/cluster computing. Ditto Steve and I discussing the Google App Engine. And naturally the Winters Read. I think this offers a good opportunity for us to think about Science/ Tech talks in the Complex too. Should talks be in the open area so that they bring in more interest? Should they be in the private conference room (624)? Or something in the middle? -- Owen On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Don Begley wrote: > Do you want me to reserve the 624 room for you? > > -d- > > On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > >> [This is an email sent to wedtech about a book reading that you >> might be interested in as well. It also was sent to the Complex >> discuss list for organizational reasons. If you are interested, >> join wedtech, see below, and natch, buy the book!] >> >> WedTech'ers: Here's our current status on A Winter's Read: >> - We've decided to meet for the discussions at 11:30, then go to >> Tesoro >> for our usual lunch. This is so that WedTech lunch will go on as >> usual for those not wanting to partake in the book reading. >> >> - We've decided to wait a week or two so that our books arrive in >> time >> for us to have read the first 25 pages or so for the first >> discussion. >> >> - In the mean time, Roger has volunteered to discuss his experiences >> with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This cloud computing platform has >> been of interest in modeling for parameter scans, for example. >> >> - We'll hold the discussions, including Roger's, in the 624 agua fria >> conference room. >> >> Discuss'ers: >> - Yesterday, during the projects meeting, it was suggested that the >> reading group might be an interesting prototype for managing >> projects .. a Guinea Pig for things like a project blogs, logs, >> mail lists and so on. So hence the cross-post. >> >> - Also, there may be folks on the Discuss list that would also >> be interested in the book: http://tinyurl.com/5jrpr6 >> If so, respond, hop on the wedtech mail list and buy the book. >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com >> >> All: I'm cross-posting so that we can decide whether or not to >> incorporate the reading into the Complex's planning. Further mail >> will be on the wedtech list until we make possible changes >> discussed above. Sorry for the annoying cross-post! >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: >> >>> Let's jump in and buy our books for this, and start up shortly. >>> >>> Steve agreed that the conference room at 624 would be fine for the >>> meetings. I'll get a white board for our first meeting. I think >>> our Wednesday time slot would make sense too. >>> >>> Frank suggests we follow a format like Bios Group used: we have >>> leaders for each chapter/section. I like that. We also want to >>> work out how to deal with weeks when we can't make it. Maybe take >>> notes? Or have a buddy system where when we miss, we get in touch >>> with the group and meet with a volunteer? >>> >>> My experience of the first 30-40 pages is that I have written down >>> questions that I'd like to resolve. I've also written some >>> netlogo hacks to clarify some of the questions I encountered. So >>> far, so good! >>> >>> I'll bring the book for tomorrow's 12:30 lunch at Tesoro's. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> >>>> Date: October 13, 2008 11:22:44 AM MDT >>>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >>>> > >>>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: >>>> Algorithms and Computations >>>> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >>>> > >>>> >>>> Well, winter is besetting us, so it occurred to me that we might >>>> want to turn either the Krauth book (the subject), or your >>>> earlier excellent find: >>>> Information Theory, Inference & Learning Algorithms >>>> David J. C. MacKay >>>> .. into a group reading at the sfComplex. Our Data Mining one >>>> was interesting. >>>> >>>> I decided I went at the Krauth book with the wrong mind set, so >>>> started over, looking at it as a conversation with an expert >>>> delighted to give a deep and complete look at the subject. This >>>> has led me to write some simple netlogo example programs, looking >>>> at several distributions used in simple Monte Carlo >>>> implementations. Its really kinda fun! Also a bit embarrassing >>>> when I come up with distributions that are a bit unexpected. I >>>> think this area takes a *lot* of care! >>>> >>>> I gotta say that Krauth hits on a lot of topics heard in the >>>> halls of SFI. >>>> >>>> MacKay's book is quite deep and broad as well, and has the >>>> advantage of being available as a PDF. I haven't looked at his >>>> site recently, but he also had several open source >>>> implementations of interest. I went after his first chapter with >>>> the J programming language for the hell of it (J is an APL >>>> derivative, also by Iverson .. both Ken and his son). This was >>>> the one where Dilbert was used as a source for noisy transmission >>>> lines. I bet most of it too could be netlogo-ized. Or possibly >>>> R or Sage. >>>> >>>> I ramble .. but .. would some of us be interested in A Winter's >>>> Read in Mathematics?? I can bring the book to wedtech or other >>>> venues. Like beer. Just for instance. >>>> >>>> -- Owen >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >>> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> >>> Date: October 8, 2008 10:42:01 AM MDT >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email] >>> > >>> Subject: Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and >>> Computations >>> >>> I recently bought this book, and was delighted to see how complete >>> a wiki was associated with it: >>> http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Main_Page >>> >>> -- Owen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wedtech mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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