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In article <1459@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes:
>The one thing we've had work here was our last activity before summer.
>We did a demonstration of the dept's research graphics machines (Silicon
>Graphics) and got over three times our usual turnout.
>
>Any and all suggestions for exciting activities would be greatly
>appreciated!  (By most, I'm sure...)

Why don't you try getting speakers from local industry?  For example,
Hughes, Artisoft, umm... there are others in Tucson.  For example,
you might have some folks from HAC talk about CASE, or about computer
control of robots on the assembly line.

Finding interesting topics should really be easy at a university with
the kinds of resources available.  You could have folks from Optical
Sciences talk about using computers to control mirrormaking and testing
of mirrors; you could have folks from AURA/NOAO talk about computer control
of telescopes and how computers are used to analyze the data.  You could
have folks from EECS talk about their research, or .....  one good 
technique is just to have an officer's meeting and brainstorm.

Hope this helps.

(U of A class of '85, B.S. Computer Engineering)

Gordon Zaft
Chair
Ventura County ACM

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