| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 8/24 |
John Carter, Associate Director, School of Computing
Lisa Christensen, Asst Director,
UofU Career Services
|
Course overview and career planning |
| 8/31 |
Kent Erickson,
Senior VP and General Manager of WorkGroup Solutions, Novell |
Opportunities and challenges facing young CS professionals |
| 9/7 |
Rene Limberger and
Marcos Fajardo,
Sony Pictures Imageworks |
Technical challenges and career
opportunities in the digital animation and special effects industry |
| 9/14 |
Frank Salm, VP of Marketing,
Sylantro |
Telecommunications in the New Age |
| 9/21 |
Tom Ngo, CTO of
NextPage |
How virtual creatures can learn to walk
and jump by artificial evolution - and other fun topics |
| 9/28 |
Jonathan Rayback, Manager of Software
Engineering, Motorola |
Agile software development: Building
software in the real world |
| 10/5 |
Casey Anderson,
QA Manager of Control-4 |
Developing and testing software for
embedded systems |
| 10/12 |
---- FALL BREAK ---- |
---- No class ---- |
| 10/19 |
No class |
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| 10/26 |
Rick Kreifeldt,
VP of System Development and Integration,
Harman Pro |
The Importance of Life-long Learning for
Software Engineers |
| 11/2 |
Steven Roy,
Governor's Office of Economic Development
and USTAR |
Finding the Career That's Right for You |
| 11/9 |
Rob Nelson, Director of Technology,
Avalanche Studios (Disney Interactive) |
Video Game Engines and Assets Pipeline |
| 11/16 |
Bruce Merrell,
CEO of Browz Group |
Starting or Working at a Startup:
A Journey Down "Laptop Lane" |
| 11/23 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
---- No class ---- |
| 11/30 |
Virgil Fernandez, VP and CTO,
Tomax |
Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI/DSS) |
| 12/7 |
Stephen Brueske, Deputy Chief,
Systems Operation Division,
National Weather Service |
National Weather Service
Information Technology |