Prezi vs. Power Point

Software: Prezi - https://prezi.com/

Prezi was founded in 2009 by Peter Arvai, Péter Halácsy, and Adam Somlai-Fischer: “Prezi helps you organize your thoughts and deliver them in a clearer way that really makes an impact on your audience and helps them reach that ‘ah-hah’ moment faster.” Peter Arvai CEO & Cofounder.

Examples.
- From Gauss's theory to multiple intelligences theory of Gardner
- Informatica la Universitatea din Bucureşti: 1960-2014
- Deziderate-invatamant modern: comportamentul profesorului
- Deziderate-invatamant modern: comportamentul studentului

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Professor Peter J. Denning

Peter J. Denning is best known for pioneering work in virtual memory. He was a pioneer in the development of principles for operating systems and contributed the memory management methods used in all operating systems. Known for Virtual Memory, Working Set, Principle of locality.
• He made substantial contributions to performance evaluation when that industry was getting launched. Denning has been a major influence in computing education.
• In 1999, he expanded the search for fundamental principles to cover all of computing. The discovery of natural information processes in biology, physics, economics, materials, and other fields convinced him that the basic definitions of computation had to be modified to encompass natural information processes as well as artificial.
• In 2007 ACM gave him a special award for 40 years of continuous volunteer service and the NSF gave him one of two national Distinguished Education Fellow awards.

Learning from failures?
"The key idea is not failure, but learning. The process of embracing uncertainty and adventuring in the mysteries of the world is a learning process. We cannot learn if we do not try. When something we try fails, we seek to understand what made it fail and modify our future behavior when we try again. I don't see learning from failures to be a prediction method, but a practice for blending with the unfolding world.", Peter_J._Denning, An Interview with Peter Denning the end of the future by Brian Branagan, Ubiquity ACM, may 2011

Note: Ubiquity is publication of ACM, Peter J. Denning - Editor-in-Chief; Ubiquity is ACM's peer-reviewed Web-based magazine devoted to the future of computing and the people who are creating it.

Ref.:
- http://innovators-way.com/authors/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Denning
- http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=1979464
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a_pO3NYJl0

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Professor Emeritus Donald E. Knuth

Ph.D. Donald E. Knuth, Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University

The Art of Computer Programming
"At the end of 1999, these books were named among the best twelve physical-science monographs of the century by American Scientist, along with: Dirac on quantum mechanics, Einstein on relativity, Mandelbrot on fractals, Pauling on the chemical bond, Russell and Whitehead on foundations of mathematics, von Neumann and Morgenstern on game theory, Wiener on cybernetics, Woodward and Hoffmann on orbital symmetry, Feynman on quantum electrodynamics, Smith on the search for structure, and Einstein's collected papers."
- Ref.: 100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science by Phylis Morrison, www.americanscientist.org/

-Information and Communication Technologies 2010, The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award: Donald E. Knuth

- Books in Print by Donald E. Knuth: www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/books.html
1. Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997)
2. Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms, Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997)
3. Volume 3: Sorting and Searching, Second Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998)
4. Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1 (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Addison-Wesley, 2011)
5. Volume 5: Syntactic Algorithms, in preparation.
* 9. Lexical scanning (includes also string search and data compression)
* 10. Parsing techniques
Estimated to be ready in 2020.

Note 1: Translations of previous editions:
Romanian translation by Adrian Davidoviciu, Adrian Petrescu, Smaranda Dimitriu, and Paul Zamfirescu, Tratat de programarea calculatoarelor, V. 1: Algoritmi fundamentali (Bucharest: Editura tehnica, 1974), 676pp.

- www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/
- www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
- MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium, by Donald E. Knuth (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1999)
- The TeXbook, by Donald E. Knuth (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1984
- Computers & Typesetting (A-F), (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1984)
- Obs.: TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.
METAFONT is a trademark of Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

.... The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) ...

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Timişoara 2010 - educaţia şi noile tehnologii

Update: 2014 - Dan D. Farcaș – de la calculatorul MECIPT la gândirea pluralistă

Update: 2013 - Smart Kids 2013 – Timişoara


Simpozionul Internaţional "Smart Kids" 2010, ediţia a IV-a
3-5 Decembrie 2010, Colegiul Naţional "C.D. Loga" Timişoara

Program şi activităţi:
3 decembrie - Sesiunea de comunicări ştiinţifice - tema "Educaţia şi noile tehnologii IT în Euroregiune"
4 decembrie - Concurs de software educaţionale pentru elevii claselor I-XII pe table interactive. Tema: e-ştiinţă.
5 decembrie - Premierea participanţilor

Ref.: http://www.smart-kids.ro

Despre initiative ... primele ...
- initiat in anul 2007 de catre prof. Jelco Stancov (inspector scolar de informatica la ISJ Timis), acest evenimet este inspirat de conceptia, ideile si obiectivele "CNIV Romania" ce promoveaza din anul 2003 (prima editie) tehnnologiile moderne in educatie si cercetare. Felicitari domnului profesor Stancov pentru organizarea anuala si pentru oferirea unui cadru de manifestare a preocuparilor, a inovatiilor si a gandurilor elevilor si profesorilor din Timisoara, in asociatie cu firmele de resurse educationale.

Despre calculatoare ... primele ...
1. in lume
- 1946: primul calculator electronic pe scara larga, de uz general, complet operational, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator), finantat de armata SUA, utilizat la calculul tabelelor balistice de artilerie, proiectarea bombei cu hidrogen etc.; La 30 iunie 1945 se publica celebrul raport al lui John von Neumann intitulat First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC (EDVAC – Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer), Moore School of Electrical Engineering, care continea 43 de pagini. John von Neumann – stralucit matematician – este atras inca din anul 1944 la proiectul ENIAC.
- 1949: calculatorul EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer) primul calculator electronic complet echipat, operational, cu programe memorate
- 1951: calculatorul UNIVAC I, primul calculator electronic comercial de mare succes, derivat din BINAC. Costa 250 000 $, s-au construit 48 de sisteme!
- 1952: primul calculator comercial IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machines

2. in Romania

- 1957: CIFA 1 primul calculator romanesc, de la Bucuresti, realizat la Institutul de Fizica al Academiei, Magurele (ing. Victor Toma); Romania este a 8-a tara din lume care construieste un asemenea calculator si a doua dintre fostele tari socialiste, dupa fosta URSS [Draganescu]. Au urmat: CIFA-2 cu 800 de tuburi electronice (1959), CIFA-3 pentru Centrul de calcul al Universitatii din Bucuresti (1961), CIFA-4 (1962).
- 1961: calculatorul MECIPT - Masina Electronica de Calcul a Institutului Politehnic Timisoara; Aplicatii (calcule pentru rezistenta) realizate pe MECIPT-1 [Farcas] in perioada 1961-1964: proiectarea cupolei pavilionului expozitional Bucuresti, actual Romexpo (acad. D. Mateescu, programator ing. V. Baltac); proiectarea barajului Vidraru de pe Arges (18 zile in loc de 9 luni manual)
- 1963: DACICC calculator realizat de Institutului de Calcul al Academiei, Filiala Cluj-Napoca

Ref.: MAESTRI AI INGINERIEI CALCULATOARELOR (Lucian N. Vintan ), Universul ingineresc - http://www.agir.ro


Despre Timişoara ... primul ...
- 1718: prima fabrica de bere din Romania
- 1823-1826: matematicianul Janos Bolya -in timp ce se afla in garnizoana Timisoara, a conceput geometria neecludiana
- 1825: prima strada asfaltata din Romania
- 1884: primul oras din Europa iluminat electric
- 1899: primul tramvai electric din Romania
- 1920: s-a infiintat Institutul Politehnic Timisoara
- 1961: a fost construit calculatorul MECIPT - Masina Electronica de Calcul a Institutului Politehnic Timisoara (1957: CIFA 1 primul calculator romanesc, de la Bucuresti; 1963: DACICC calculator realizat de Institutului de Calcul al Academiei, Filiala Cluj-Napoca)
- 1989: primul oras liber din Romania (inceputul revolutiei romane)
- 2001: prima operatie pe inima - cu laser, din Romania
- 2003: premiera in Romania privind utilizarea sistemului informatic de plata a taxelor si impozitelor, prin Internet
- 2009: premiul Nobel pentru Literatura obtinut de Herta Müller ce a trait in Timisoara

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Drupal for Virtual Learning And Higher Education

Drupalcamp Timisoara 2010 06/06/10

Drupal Romania Association

Drupal for Virtual Learning And Higher Education
by Gabriel Dragomir - Drupal Development

- http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7483226

Drupal for Higher Education and Virtual Learning

View more presentations from gabidrg.

Ref.:
- DrupalCamp Timisoara 2010 - http://drupalcamp.ro/
- Drupal Romania Association - http://drupal.org.ro/
- http://www.digitalsociety.ro/

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Tablet PC: SmartPhone + Laptop = iPad

Un inceput revolutionar?
- "Conceptul de Tablet PC- o tablita de scris, care are ecran tactil cu o diagonala intre 5 si 11 inch, conectivitate 3G si WiFi- nu este unul nou, insa anul acesta se anunta o adevarata revolutie declansata de numarul mare de lansari, scopul tuturor fiind de a atrage cat mai multi utilizatori. Asadar printre veteranii Asus, Clevo, Fujitsu Siemens, Lenovo, GigaByte si Toshiba, anul acesta companii precum Sony, Motorola, Microsoft, Apple, HD si Dell, pana la companii mai putin cunoscute precum, Notion sau Freescale si-au anuntat intrarea pe aceasta piata in 2010".
- An iPad featuring the iBooks application
"Vrem ceva mai bun decat un laptop si mai bun decat un smartphone. Haideti sa vi-l arat acum. Este foarte subtire, poate fi folosit in orice fel. Aceasta tableta este extraordinara. Poti naviga pe net cu ea. Este cea mai buna experienta web pe care ati avut-o vreodata" - asa si-a inceput Steve Jobs prezentarea noului iPad de la Apple.

iPad-ul, ultima creaţie Apple, s-a vândut în weekend-ul de lansare în peste 700.000 de exemplare, de două ori peste estimările companiei, ceea ce ar putea fi un semn că Steve Jobs a reuşit să relanseze cererea pentru calculatoarele "tablet", informează Bloomberg. La numai o zi de la lansare, Apple a primit mai multe plângeri pe site-ul său de la clienţii care afirmau că iPad nu reuşeşte să se conecteze la reţeaua Wi-Fi sau semnalul este foarte slab.

All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjEb3hQKeA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJLzL6pXqLU&feature=related

PREMIERA: Solid State Drive (SSD) vs. HDD (Intel)

Solid State Drive (SSD) vs. HDD

"Intel Corporation a anunţat astăzi un nou produs ce se alătură Solid State Drive-urilor Intel de mare performanţă premiate: Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD. Cu un preţ de 125 USD, acestă unitate de stocare de 40 GB este destinată netbook-urilor şi configuraţiilor desktop tip dual-drive/boot, oferind utilizatorilor performanţa şi fiabilitatea solid-state, la un preţ accesibil."
- http://www.agora.ro

The Internet vs. Sensor‐Nets

A Brief History of Sensor Networks by Muneeb Ali, Princeton University

- http://www.cs.princeton.edu/, http://muneeb.org/
- muneeb_sensornet_Princeton_talk08.pdf (.pdf)

Nota:
- GFX (Princeton Graphics Group) - http://www.cs.princeton.edu/gfx/
- PIXL (Princeton ImageX Labs) - http://www.princeton.edu/~pixl/

Web 2.0 scientific calculator

http://web2.0calc.com/

1. 2¹⁰⁰= ? (raspuns)
2. f(x) = x*sin (x), x=-50..50, Graficul ? (raspuns)
3. 2³⁰⁰= 2037035976334486086268445688409378161051468393665936250636140449354381299763336706183397376

Nota: verificari prin comparatie cu 1.6 Elaborarea algoritmilor-problema 5 si 5. Probleme si aplicatii - ex. 3 (Referinta: M. Vlada, http://ebooks.unibuc.ro)


Observatie: www.animationfactory.com
Observatie (nu are legatura cu subiectul!): Yahoo si Google au transferat paginile web gazduite gratuit pana mai recent (Google a anuntat in nov. 2009), la alte zone si pe alte servere - http://www.oocities.com/marinvlada, iar Google, http://marinvlada.googlepages.com la noua adresa http://sites.google.com/site/marinvlada.

Verificare/Deblocare site cu Google Webmaster Tools

Resursa: www.google.com/webmasters

In situatia in care un site a fost atacat (Mozilla Firefox si Google Chrome il va bloca, si bine fac!): se schimba parola de FTP, se identifica ce fel de atac a avut loc, se elimina toate injectarile si se pregateste site-ul pentru verificarea Google.

- se apeleaza: www.google.com/webmasters
- sa existe cont pe Google (introduceţi adresa de e-mail)
- faceţi click pe "Sign in to Webmaster Tools"
- in pagina aparuta, in partea centrala apare "+ Add a site ..." ce tebuie actionat cu click, va produce caseta: Enter the URL of a site you'd like to manage, dupa care "Continue".
A se vedea: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com
- pe server (in root) se salveaza fisierul indicat de Google si apoi se da comanda de verificare (probabil in 24 de ore se va face verificarea!) ... SUCCES!

31 ianuarie 1958 - Explorer 1 dupa Sputnik 1

First Soviet's Sputnik (1957) - On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit.

Explorer 1 - First U.S. Satellite (1958) - On Jan. 31, 1958, the JPL-designed and -built Explorer 1 soared into space. The spacecraft, a quick response to the Soviet's Sputnik, l ofted the United States into the Space Age.
(www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer/captions/launch.php)


"Today – January 31 – is an important date in the history of space exploration. In 1958, Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to be launched into orbit; though of course it was not the first satellite ever, as the Soviets had launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957." (universitydiary.wordpress.com)

Exploration and conquest of space.
"History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm. or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race."
Sursa: http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/

Institutul pentru învăţare şi memorie de la MIT (SUA)

Institutul pentru învăţare şi memorie de la MIT (SUA)
- http://web.mit.edu/picower/
NOUTATI SI CERCETARI STIINTIFICE

1. 10¹¹ = The number of neurons in the Human Brain = The number of stars in the Galaxy (http://web.mit.edu/picower/)
2. capacitatea crierului uman de a regenera mase de neuroni in fiecare an (Professor Carlos Lois; http://web.mit.edu/picower/spotlight/lois.html);
3. capacitatea de memorare depinde de anumite lucruri (Professor Tonegawa; http://web.mit.edu/picower/spotlight/tonegawa.html)

Networked and Electronic Media (NEM)

• Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) is one of the European Industrial Initiatives, also known as Technology Platforms, established by relevant key European stakeholders, which address the convergence of media, communications, consumer electronics, and IT as a wide opportunity for future growth, by taking advantage of generalized broadband access, increased mobility, availability of richer media formats and contents, as well as new home networks and communications platforms | http://www.nem-initiative.org/
• Platforma Tehnologica Europeana "Networked and Electronic Media" | http://www.nem-pt.ro/
  
(Workshop, Romanian Academy - May 17-18, 2007)

eLSE 2007, UNAP, Bucharest

The 3rd International Scientific Conference ELSE "E-Learning and Software for Education", BUCHAREST, April 12-13, 2007
URL: http://adl.unap.ro/else/

• "Carol I" National Defense University, Bucharest - http://www.unap.ro/en/
• The Advanced Distributed Learning Department - http://adl.unap.ro/

Scientific Committee | Conference program details | Participants Index

Paper: M. Vlada, R. Jugureanu - E-Learning Technologies - achievement and perspectives | LINK