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MPCon has been south-eastern Michigan's largest video game LAN Party for the past 7 years. The next one will be January 5-7, University of Michigan - Dearborn.

More info: http://www.mpcon.org/info.php

Michigan State University is recruiting students now for the Fall 2007 launch of our Serious Game Design masters degree program. We seek outstanding students with a desire to create and study games which change the world.

Serious Games are games with a purpose beyond entertainment, including but not limited to games for learning, games for health, and games for policy and social change. Designing effective, engaging serious games requires theoretical understanding of learning, cognition, emotion, and play. Along with great game design, serious games need content and pedagogy expertise, design research, and impact research. Our graduate program can help you gain the knowledge and experience you will need.

The BGSU Computer Science Department, New Media and Emerging Technology Initiative, and College of Technology are hosting a visiting scholar, Dr. Peter Brusilovsky, one of the foremost experts in adaptive hypertext. We would be very pleased if you could join us on Thursday, 11/30 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 208 of the Student Union (the BGSU Family room just off the Bowling Greenery) for lunch and discussion.

Peter Brusilovsky has been working in the area of information technology for 15 years. Since 1993 he has participated in the development of several adaptive Web-based instructional systems including ELM-ART and InterBook. Adaptive hypermedia is an extension of hypertext that includes graphics, animation, audio, and video. It engages students in the learning process and enables them to fully control and collaborate in the educational process and access broader arrays of information. Ex: video-conferencing. Later Dr. Brusilovsky was involved in developing practical Web-based courses and systems as a Director of Computer Managed Instruction at Carnegie Technology Education. Currently he continues his research on adaptive Web-based instructional systems, adaptive hypermedia, and user modeling as a professor of Information Science and Intelligent systems at the University of Pittsburgh.

Northwest Ohio celebration of World Usability Day

Country:

United States
Start time: 7:30pm (EST) | 00:30 (GMT)

City, State:

Bowling Green, Ohio
Finish time: 9:30pm (EST) | 02:30 (GMT)

Max. participants:

n/a

Event Location:

Cucina di Betto, 121 South Main St., Bowling Green, OH

Map:

World Usability Day Link

Event Details:

Have drinks and dinner with others in the area interested in usability. Discuss what World Usability Day means to each individual. Hear stories from others who attended webcasts and who attended nearby WUD events (such as the conference in Michigan).

2006 BGSU Northwest Ohio Technology Fair, November 15, 10:00am - 3:00pm, Bowen-Thompson Student Union Ballroom, BGSU, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Get ready to join with national, regional, and local businesses, as well as BGSU campus technology providers in a technology showcase that will get you connected to technology at this year's BGSU Northwest Ohio Technology Fair. Groups from all over campus as well as representatives from numerous outside companies will be displaying their services and highlighting new innovations that will soon be benefiting students, staff, faculty, and the public.

The 2006 High Technology Crime Investigation Association Conference & Expo will provide all levels of the cyber-enforcement community with an opportunity to learn about the latest techniques, training and equipment from the premier manufacturer and suppliers.

Central Ohio ACM November Chapter Meeting - Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Building an Agent Assistant for Decision Making
Dr. Ronald Hartung

The Personal Access to Leadership project at Franklin
University is an experimental program to look at ways to
assist leaders and decision makers. The current ideaLab is a
knowledge based system to guide decision making. The first
prototype is under testing at this time. A brief video
showing future prospects for the ideaLab is included in the
presentation.

Dr. Ronald Hartung is the Chair of Computer Science at

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Computer Society.

Date: November 1, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Ann Arbor IT Zone
330 E. Liberty
Ann Arbor

A deeper look into modern programming languages: why none has 'won'; why they differ; what were they thinking; and how a changed perspective can improve your code and design in any language. This talk will delve deeply into the evolution of your favorite languages; it will be full of surprises, useful knowledge, and a modicum of humor.

Scott Collins has been writing software for nearly 30 years in more languages than necessary. He was a principal engineer on Mozilla at Netscape for over six years. He has contributed to many high profile projects including the Apple Newton, Final Cut Pro, LucasArts' SoundDroid, and Ann Arbor Softworks'FullWrite Professional. He is a frequent speaker on engineering and Open Source topics; and currently works as a software engineer at Slashdot.

Ann Arbor Association for Women in Computing (AWC) Fall Student Mentoring Dinner will be Tuesday November 28th, 2006, at Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Bldg. from 5-9 pm. The keynote speaker for the dinner is Teri Takai, Director of IT for the state of MI. Director Takai will discus her career and provide insight into the unique role women play in the field of information technology.

More info: http://www.wccnet.edu/events/wicit/

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October 27, 2006
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662

* Major Computer Game Industry Speakers
* Hands-on Game Development Programming Sessions
* Computer Game Tournament
* Student Exhibits
* Industry Exhibits
* Education Exhibits

Join several hundred experts, educators, students, researchers, and Interactive Digital Technology developers/businesses in the region’s only conference and venue for interactive digital technology, immersive digital technology, computer game development, serious game development, computer simulation, and computer animation.