On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Les Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > silky wrote: >>> >>> I can see why you would >>> disagree though Silky, after all, you have the brainpan of a stagecoach >>> tilter. (Simpsons reference) >>> >> >> Oh. there's no doubt that one day I'm going to have to accept my fate >> and don the appropriate hat and find a cart ... >> > > I have no idea what a 'stagecoach tilter' is... checking google, I was able > to find one link... it said perhaps an obese person, who would make the > suspension tilt when aboard!? > > On problem solving, Monash University is having a few free events in the IT > faculty (for 'Research Matters'). There are three different events; one > which may be of interest to a few people here is: > > "Solver Patterns for Complex Problems" by Professor Mark Wallace > > The text from the site: >> >> In planning Victoria's transport network, the government has to decide how >> best to exploit a limited budget to best support our travel and >> transportation needs. Such planning involves many choices which interact >> with each other. >> This talk introduces some ways of combining optimisation techniques (which >> we term "solvers") to match the needs of different problem classes. This >> need is motivated by reference to a variety of applications from sports >> scheduling to traffic planning. >> >> The challenge we are addressing is to develop the ultimate solution - a >> match between solver patterns and applications. This remains a major >> practical and theoretical research question. >> > Details: Wednesday 18 August, 2010, 5.30 pm arrival for a 6-7 pm lecture, 30 > Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 > > Check here for more details, and two other events: (Distributed Computing + > "Overview: Opening Digital Doorways") > http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/news/archive/2010/research-matters-2010.html > > If anyone needs more info/etc, feel free to contact me.
Oh. Wow. That looks pretty interesting. It's also on the night of MXUG, but hmm. > -- > Les Hughes > [email protected] -- silky http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
