Meeting Wednesday 2014-April-30: CLA Summits recap

[FabiolaDelaCueva]

UPDATE (Recording Available)

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Meeting Logistics

• Location: Mopac C - 1S13 @ NI headquarters 11500 North MoPac Expressway, Austin TX
• Date: Wenesday, April 30, 2014
• Time: 6:00 PM
• Duration: ~ 2 hours
• Format: presentation plus group discussion

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Meeting Description

"Highlights from the CLA Summits"

Presenters:Darren Nattinger and Allen C. Smith Est. Duration: 50 minutes

Darren and Allen will present highlights from the recent  CLA Summits that took place in Austin, Texas and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

"Why Dataflow Works, Explained With a Bag Of Candy Bars and One (Piossibly Non-Existent) Potato"

Presenter: Stephen Mercer Est. Duration: 50 minutes

As presented at Euro CLA Summit 2013 and NIWeek 2013... Stephen Mercer will attempt to convey why dataflow works as a computing paradigm and how we can learn more about good programming practices by contemplating how humans eat candy bars.

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[soupy]

i have in my notes that someone at this meeting (probably Stephen Mercer) mentioned that i should go find the "Hide the dots" presentation by Rob H but those search terms are getting any hits. Can someone help me find the way?

[AristosQueue (NI)]

This, I believe, is it.

http://lavag.org/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=587