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| <h1>NetBeans/OpenSolaris Reception at SIGCSE in Houston</h1> |
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| On Friday evening, 3rd March the NetBeans and OpenSolaris teams |
| will host a reception for <a href=" http://www.cs.rit.edu/%7Esigcse06/">SIGCSE</a> attendees. |
| Stop by the NetBeans/OpenSolaris booth on Thursday or Friday to pick up a free invitation. |
| There will be a buffet with food and beverages to enjoy. |
| The NetBeans and OpenSolaris teams will be doing presentations and demos, |
| and there will even be some door prizes! |
| <div align="center"><img src="https://netbeans.org/images_www/visual-guidelines/NB-logo-single.jpg" align="middle"> <img width="100" src="http://www.cs.rit.edu/%7Esigcse06/images/sigcse06_logo_color.JPG" align="middle"> <img src="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/buttons/innomat_os_blu_180.gif" align="middle"></div> |
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| <h3>Agenda</h3> |
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| <b>5:45-6:15</b> </td><td valign="top"> Door open and buffet served </td></tr> |
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| <b>6:15-7:00</b> </td><td valign="top"> NetBeans overview and demos by Gregg Sporar. |
| This opening presentation describes what NetBeans is and what makes it unique. |
| Demos will be done of some of the newest and most interesting features.</td></tr> |
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| <b>7:00-7:10</b> </td><td valign="top"> <em>Break</em></td></tr> |
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| <b>7:10-7:25</b> </td><td valign="top"> Daniel Liang will do a preview of his presentation, |
| "Teaching Java Effectively Using NetBeans." |
| Dr. Liang will provide a brief overview of his full presentation, |
| which will demonstrate how simple it is to use NetBeans and how effective NetBeans is for teaching Java.</td></tr> |
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| <b>7:25-7:45</b> </td><td valign="top"> From BlueJ To NetBeans: Supporting the Migration, by Michael Kölling and Ian Utting. |
| A demo will be done of a new version of NetBeans, developed by the NetBeans and BlueJ teams, |
| that adds support for migration for BlueJ users. |
| The interface has been redesigned to make BlueJ users feel at home, |
| with the ability to unleash the full power of NetBeans in well-prepared steps.</td></tr> |
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| <b>7:45-8:00</b> </td><td valign="top"> <em>Break</em></td></tr> |
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| <b>8:00-8:20</b> </td><td valign="top"> Sun-Sponsored OpenSolaris Security Research at Dartmouth College by Sean Smith</td></tr> |
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| <b>8:20-8:50</b> </td><td valign="top"> Observing OpenSolaris by Eric Lowe</td></tr> |
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| <b>8:50-9:00</b> </td><td valign="top"> <em>Break</em></td></tr> |
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| <b>9:00-9:30</b> </td><td valign="top"> BrandZ Internals by Russ Blaine </td></tr> |
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| <b>9:30</b> </td><td valign="top"> door prizes</td></tr> |
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| <p>(Subject to change)</p> |
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| <h3>Speaker Bios</h3> |
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| <p><b>Russell Blaine</b> has worked at Sun in the Solaris Kernel Development group for five years. |
| His areas of expertise include CPU performance counters, Solaris on x86 and AMD64, |
| system call interfaces, and interrupt management. |
| He came to Sun in 2000 after graduating with a BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University.</p> |
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| <p><b>Dr. Michael Kölling</b> is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent. |
| He has published several papers on programming education and software tools topics |
| and is also a co-author of the book "Objects First with Java, A Practical Introduction using BlueJ." |
| Michael is one of the lead developers of the BlueJ environment.</p> |
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| <p><b>Dr. Daniel Liang</b> was trained in theoretical computer science. |
| He was active in graph algorithms from 1990 to 1995 and published more than ten papers |
| in established journals such as SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, |
| Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. |
| Since 1996, he has devoted his time to writing texts and has published more than sixteen texts |
| with Prentice Hall. |
| He is a Yamacraw Professor of Software Engineering at Armstrong Atlantic State University.</p> |
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| <p><b>Gregg Sporar</b> has been a software developer for over twenty years, |
| working on projects ranging from control software for a burglar alarm to 3D graphical user interfaces. |
| He has been using Java since 1998 and his interests include user interfaces, development tools, |
| and performance profiling. He works for Sun Microsystems as a Technical Evangelist on the NetBeans project.</p> |
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| <p><b>Ian Utting</b> is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent. |
| He is a member of the ACM Java Task Force, and of the BlueJ development team |
| where he leads the effort on Extensions.</p> |
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