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Contents 1 The Ghetto Institute of Technology 1.1 General Information 1.1.1 Meeting Schedule 1.2 Useful Links 1.3 Less General Information 1.4 People 1.4.1 Your Hosts 1.4.2 Participants 1.4.3 Notes

[edit] The Ghetto Institute of Technology

[edit] General Information

• Read the Frequently Asked Questions
• Winter Session (Information and Entropy) is in session.
• Currently, the Ghetto Institute of Technology is by invitation only. If you're interested in attending, email us at admissions at ghettoinstituteoftechnology.org
• Anyone with actual design skills care to make a real logo? Its gotta fit inside a 135px square.
  • Rand is currently working on a design. Expect to see a draft via mailing list. Other submissions still welcome/encouraged!
• The 5 i's of the Ghettotechnically Inclined: inspiration, innovation, instigation, illumination, ignition, iguanas, illigitimi
• Metamedia: educational technology to support presentations, documentation, outreach, collaboration, etc.

[edit] Meeting Schedule

• Meeting 1 - 01/28/07 Bits and Codes [1][2]with Eric Gradman
• Meeting 2 - 02/04/07 Compression [3]with Michael
• Meeting 3 - 02/11/07 Errors[4] with Ranym
• Meeting 4 - 02/18/07 Probability[5] with Isa / Paul
• Meeting 5 - 02/25/07 Homework and Recitiation
• Meeting 6 - 03/04/07 Communications[6] with The Fitzpatricks
• Meeting 7 - 03/11/07 Processes[7] with Norman
• Meeting 8 - 03/18/07 Inference[8][9] with TBA
• Meeting 9 - 03/25/07 Maximum Entropy[10] with TBA
• Meeting 10 - 04/01/07 Physical Systems[11] with Kate Nelson
• Meeting 11 - 04/08/07 Energy[12] with *^*Special Guest Star*^*
• Meeting 12 - 04/15/07 Temperature[13] with TBA
• Meeting 13 - 04/22/07 Quantum Information[14] with TBA

[edit] Useful Links

• mailing list archives

[edit] Less General Information

• Learn more about Numerical Software that might help you.

[edit] People

[edit] Your Hosts

• Eric Gradman - Jack of all trades, master of orange.
• Vicki Gradman - Went up the hill with the jack of all trades. Liked it so much she won't ever come down.
• Reverend Kate - Putting the Cart Before the Horse Since 1981

[edit] Participants

Add your name to the list below, and say a little something about yourself

• Nym Eponym [15]

• TroyToy [16] - flasher, livelooper/chanter/beatboxer, mad-scientist, ninjaneer.

• Sponge Nebson [17] - Your friendly neighborhood mad scientist.

• pho0ka [18] - do i have to do maths? cuz, i'm not good at maths...

• Brad [19] - Web developer, project manager, technowizard of light

• Rand [20] - eternal student, problem solver, system tweaker

• Evonne [21] - Mythic weaver, connector, catalyst

• Durantula [22] - fellow traveller

• Lucky Dave [23] - I know just enough to be a nuisance...

• RoBo [24] - Technomad, Robot Light Pirate, Pornj Cyborg

• Paul Grasshoff - Curious creature, pun appreciator.

• isa gordon [25] - nexus, cyborg, & swirling ball of chaos

• Norman de Student (wrote a BBS that ran in 48K in 1981, but still no home page.)

• Michael [26] - Concocting confusingly configured combinations of comestible crud since, uh, 1999.

• Alex [27] - autodidact, neuromodulator, mind reader

[edit] Notes

Nym Notes