UTM Technology Sessions



Thursday April 7, 1-2PM SE2082 Anthony Vranic
What is .NET about and how do I use it?
(or where is the world going and what should you know about it)

Anthony Vranic (from Microsoft) will discuss the .NET framework, what it is, and how to use it via VisualStudio .NET. to build amazing applications. He will also be collecting resumes, so bring yours.
Thursday March 31, 1-2PM SE2082 Farhang Farid
How to build a multimodal (ie voice enabled) application
(or how I built an MP3 player I can talk to)

Farhang will talk about some/all of the following...
  • Multimodal applications and their uses
  • X+ V (includes short example's syntax, grammar , history)
  • Java Security Manager (certificates, public keys, private keys), how and why to sign an application and ...
  • MP3 file and their formats (this would include a short talk on playlists and different formats)
  • XML Parsing using event based tools such as SAX
  • VoiceXML and current applications
  • Some problem solving Experiences
Thursday Feb 10, 1-2PM SE2082 Kirill Mourzenko
How to write amazing web based games/presentations using Flash
(or how I wrote award winning Flash applications)

We introduce you to Flash and show you how to use FlashMX to create amazing web content. It is not like any kind of software development you have seen so far.
Thursday Jan 27, 1-2PM CC2140 Shadid Haque
How to program your cell phone (a tutorial)
(or how I wrote a complete E-Commerce/Cellphone application.)

We introduce you to J2ME and show you how to write your first cellphone based application. This will be an interactive tutorial session in CC2140.
Thursday Jan 20, 1-2PM SE2082 Vivek Lakshmanan
What is life like at RedHat
(or where is the world going and what should you know about it).

On the technical side, I will discuss J2EE app. server (I will go over the various components of an application server and how they can be used to develop enterprise level applications) and the current status of opensource java (mainly covering gcj and its derivatives.)