Event Archives

#OpenWebTO Meetup

Submitted by paulosman on February 22, 2010 - 10:02pm
#OpenWebTO
Date: 
March 2, 2010 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Centre for Social Innovation, Suite 400
Presenter/Moderator: 
Paul Osman

#OpenWebTO is a meetup for people interested in and / or actively developing on the Open Web stack of specifications / protocols. Topics of discussion are pretty open ended, but could include OpenID, OAuth, PubSubHubbub, Webhooks, Activity Streams, Microformats, Portable Contacts, OpenSocial, Web Finger, HTML5, etc.

This is the first meetup, so part of the agenda will be talking about what people are doing and what shape we'd like the group to take. Come on out and join the discussion.

U of T Drupal Users Group Meetup

Submitted by Greg Mount on February 9, 2010 - 12:32am
U of T Drupal Users Group
Date: 
February 25, 2010 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Wolf & Firkin, 43 Elm Street (2 blocks north of Dundas, just east of Bay)
Presenter/Moderator: 
Greg Mount

This will be the first meeting of what could become a U of T Drupal Users Group, as discussed in this thread. The agenda will be determined by event participants. Please signup and comment below on what you would like to discuss. This event description will be updated as things flesh out.

Managing Computer Systems by Building Your Own Packages

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on January 11, 2010 - 2:25pm
Date: 
February 24, 2010 - 11:00am
Location: 
Galbraith Building, Room 248
Presenter/Moderator: 
Alan Rosenthal

Most operating systems use "package management" systems for installing software. These packages do not merely list files; they can express a wide variety of system configuration information. Building your own packages is easier than you might think, and can be a powerful way to manage and customize large numbers of computer systems, replacing tools such as cfengine. I build custom Debian packages to do most configuration of almost all of the Debian and Ubuntu machines I manage. In this talk I will tell you how to build your own.

Online Data Retrieval System in Java

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on January 13, 2010 - 11:20am
Date: 
February 17, 2010 - 11:00am
Location: 
Bahen Centre, Room 1210
Presenter/Moderator: 
Michael O'Cleirigh

The Data Management Group provides online access to several transportation research datasets. Since late 2007 we have been rewriting this system in Java using the Apache Wicket web application framework and standard open-source tools. My presentation will cover the structure of the datasets, the functional view of the system and the implementation details. Introductory material on Wicket will be introduced and then built upon when describing how the system was implemented. The cool features of the implementation are: 1. Patricia Trie for fast AJAX auto-completing query filters. 2.

Intel's Technical Solutions for end user support

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on January 27, 2010 - 12:28pm
Dell
Date: 
February 10, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Bahen Centre, Room 1200
Presenter/Moderator: 
Brandon King

Dell is pleased to present Intel’s Technical Solutions Manager Brandon King to present a variety of topics that are relevant to those involved in end user support. Topic include: Alternative Computing, Intel vPro Management Technologies, Security, and Anti-theft Technologies.

Bad Budgets to Good Technology

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on January 8, 2010 - 1:04pm
Date: 
January 27, 2010 - 11:00am
Location: 
Galbraith Building, Room 120
Presenter/Moderator: 
John DiMarco

Computer Science Research started the twenty-first century with a state-of- the-art networking and storage infrastructure, built out of best-of-breed technology. But as the infrastructure aged, no sufficient source of replacement funds could be found. Even basic maintenance of the existing equipment was becoming difficult. Unless something exceptional could be done, the research mission of the department was in jeopardy.

Microsoft Windows 7 Demo

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on October 7, 2009 - 10:16pm
Date: 
October 29, 2009 - 11:00am
Location: 
St. Michael's College, Alumni Hall, Room AH 100, 121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, ON
Presenter/Moderator: 
Rodrigo Mier y Concha Araiza

Learn about the upcoming desktop Operating System from Microsoft, Windows 7. Discover the new features that it offers for every user, from home to enterprise. Understand the value of a modern platform and the benefits of an Optimized Desktop approach. Rodrigo will
share with you the product roadmap and deployment guidelines from Microsoft.

Click here for helpful multiple keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts

802.11n - The New Standard in Wireless LANs

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on June 22, 2009 - 3:28pm
Date: 
June 25, 2009 - 9:00am
Location: 
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College Street, Room 1210
Presenter/Moderator: 
Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan

The new IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN standard increases data speeds by an order of magnitude compared to the legacy IEEE 802.11a/g standard. Speeds exceeding Fast Ethernet, combined with the benefits of mobility and elimination of per-port cost, make the new generation of wireless LANs a compelling alternative to traditional wired switches for the primary connectivity edge in the enterprise.

Tuning the Java Virtual Machine for Stability and Speed

Submitted by jdd on June 4, 2009 - 2:46pm
Date: 
June 23, 2009 - 2:00pm
Location: 
BA5256
Presenter/Moderator: 
John Calvin

Abstract: Memory management in the Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) can be hard to understand. Garbage Collection (GC), the process of cleaning-up memory after use, can have dramatic and fatal effects on application performance. Garbage Collection stop-the-World events are the primary limiting factor in sizing the JVM for large institutions. With over 50,000 active users in courses as large as 1200 students, and having over 7000 active courses, the University of Toronto encountered some very unusual problems when sizing the JVM heap on Sun T2000 hardware with 32GB of 64-bit memory.

Seminar: Windows Server 2008 R2

Submitted by Tarrah Gledhill on May 29, 2009 - 1:59pm
Windows Server 2008 R2 Logo
Date: 
June 2, 2009 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Blding, Rm PB250
Presenter/Moderator: 
Rodney Buike

Presented by Rodney Buike, Microsoft Canada. Rodney Buike is an IT Pro Advisor on the Developer and Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft Canada.

All are welcome. You can register at www.itprotoronto.ca, registration is not required but allows us to know how much pizza to order. Refreshments will be served.

Location: University of Toronto, Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Blding, Rm PB250
144 College Street, Toronto (Ontario) M5S 3M2