Seminar 4/20/11: Advances in Web Development: HTML5, Frank Vanden Bosch

A brief look at some new elements in HTML5 that make it a very powerful upgrade to current HTML structure. Also some of the issues involved with older browsers and the codec battle that is still playing itself out in regards to default audio/video formats. Sources: Lawson, B. Sharp, R. (2010). Introducing HTML5. Berkeley, Calif. […]

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Seminar 4/13/11: Composing Rock Music with Genetic Algorithms, Curt Toppin

The basic process of survival of the fittest from Darwin’s theory of evolution can be applied in software settings. The basic structure of rock music makes evaluating the notes for quality structure a relatively simple process, which allows for easy selection of the best sample of music in a generation.  The process of selection and […]

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Seminar 4/6/11: Computer Viruses, Shikhar Rastogi

The term computer virus is derived from and in some sense is analogous to a biological virus. Biological viral infections are spread by the virus injecting its contents into a far larger organism’s cell and then the infected cell is converted into a biological factory producing copies of the virus. Similarly, a computer virus is […]

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