As we mentioned in a previous post, Googlers traveled to Boston this month to participate in the Usenix LISA '11 conference. Nearly 1,300 IT professionals attended this year’s conference to discuss cutting edge system administration techniques and technologies.
We participate in the sysadmin community in many ways. Many Googlers are involved in their local Unix users’ groups and give presentations at conferences. One conference we participate heavily in is the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference.
Cross-posted with the Research BlogThe Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) were held in Miami, Florida, this year. Nearly 5,000 participants from academia and industry came to present and discuss the latest in statistical research, methodology, and applications.
Posted by Nina Kim Schultz, Google Education Research
Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog
School may still be out for summer, but teachers remain hard at work. This week, we hosted Google’s inaugural Faculty Institute at our Mountain View, Calif. headquarters.
Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog
School may still be out for summer, but teachers remain hard at work. This week, we hosted Google’s inaugural Faculty Institute at our Mountain View, Calif. headquarters.
The EuroPython 2011 Conference was held in Florence, Italy in late June. This is the primary European conference about the Python programming language and is aimed at Python programmers, users, and enthusiasts of all levels, both.
Cross-posted from the Google Research Blog
Posted by Alfred Spector, Vice President, Research
Last week, we held our seventh annual Americas Computer Science Faculty Summit at our New York City office.
Posted by Alfred Spector, Vice President, Research
Last week, we held our seventh annual Americas Computer Science Faculty Summit at our New York City office.
The first ever HotPlanet Mobility Data Contest is about to kick off!
If you are at MobiSys '11 or are planning on attending HotPlanet '11 we hope you'll consider participating. The contest starts on the 28th of June, tomorrow, but it's not too late to get your mobility experiment ready.
If you are at MobiSys '11 or are planning on attending HotPlanet '11 we hope you'll consider participating. The contest starts on the 28th of June, tomorrow, but it's not too late to get your mobility experiment ready.
Cross-posted with the Official Google Research Blog
Posted by Mei Han, Research Scientist
The computer vision community will get together in Colorado Springs the week of June 20th for the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2011).
Posted by Mei Han, Research Scientist
The computer vision community will get together in Colorado Springs the week of June 20th for the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2011).
This week, we’ll be sponsoring the Velocity 2011 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. This is our fourth year at the O’Reilly Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference, which we attend to introduce the latest in faster web browsing, and exchange and advance ideas to make the web faster.
Google I/O is our annual 2-day developer conference we host in San Francisco.
Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog
2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded to speed along America’s industrial progress through scientific innovation.
2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded to speed along America’s industrial progress through scientific innovation.
Posted by Yang Li, Research Scientist
Cross-posted with the Official Google Research Blog
Google has an increasing presence at ACM CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which is the premiere conference for Human Computer Interaction research.
Cross-posted with the Official Google Research Blog
Google has an increasing presence at ACM CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which is the premiere conference for Human Computer Interaction research.
Cross posted from the Official Google Blog
Imagine you’re a ninja, trying to master your deadly grappling hook. Or perhaps you’re a chess grand master, outsmarting your opponent’s every move. Or even a Taoist philosopher, explaining the deep truths of the world to your followers.
Imagine you’re a ninja, trying to master your deadly grappling hook. Or perhaps you’re a chess grand master, outsmarting your opponent’s every move. Or even a Taoist philosopher, explaining the deep truths of the world to your followers.
As many of you may know, Python is one of the official languages here at Google.
Due to the earthquake in Japan's Tohoku and Kanto regions, both qualifying and final rounds of Code Jam Japan have been postponed. We will announce the contest dates at a later date, possibly May 2011 but to be decided. Our prayers are with those who have been affected by this tragedy.
