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## What ##
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A regular meeting to systematically study of technology topics using significant works in the field as a guide.
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A regular meeting to systematically study technology topics using significant works in the field as a guide.
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Spefically we want to start the Tech Seminar with a study of one of the most influential computer-science texts _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ by Abelson, Sussman, and Sussman commonly known as [SICP](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/)
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Each session will be a discussion led and moderated by someone, but in order for it to be most valuable if everyone actively participates. The title [seminar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminar) was chosen based on the description on Wikipedia which fits our idea of how this should go.
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Each session will be a discussion led and moderated by someone, but it will be most valuable if everyone actively participates. The title [seminar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminar) was chosen based on the description on Wikipedia which fits our idea of how this should go.
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## When ##
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I want to say biweekly, but sadly that means both every two weeks or twice a week. So to avoid confusion I'll say fortnightly. We want the first meeting to be Monday, May 5, 2014. The meetings will start at 6 PM. And let's count on about 60-90 minutes for them.
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We wanted it to be more frequent than monthly but decided that weekly was too frequent.
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So I want to say biweekly, but sadly that means both every two weeks or twice a week. So to avoid confusion I'll say fortnightly.
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We want the first meeting to be Monday, May 5, 2014. The meetings will start at 6 PM. And let's count on about 60-90 minutes of discussion.
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This means the first three meetings will be:
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* 5/19/2014
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* 6/2/2014
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We wanted it to be more frequent than monthly but weekly was too frequent.
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## Where ##
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The CoreDial large conference room in suite 100.
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The text is available for free. You can view the HTML version of it [here](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html). Or there are some other ebook versions maintaned by third parties available [here](http://sicpebook.wordpress.com/ebook/).
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The sessions will usually consist of questions/exercises driving the discussion. If you have your own questions, bring them and don't be shy. The session leader's questions are to help us make sure we don't just sit in a room and not cover the interesting points in the chapter.
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The sessions will usually consist of questions/exercises driving the discussion. If you have your own questions, bring them and don't be shy. The session leader's questions are to help us make sure we don't just sit in a room and not cover the interesting points in the chapter. In other words: The point is the discussion not the questions the leader comes up with.
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Go sign up for the Google Group [Extreme Tech Seminar](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/extreme-tech-seminar) to receive email announcements and to discuss things regarding the seminar.
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* Kevin or Correl will lead the first meeting
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* We'll decide on the next chunk of work and the leader for meeting two at the end of the first meeting.
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This is less than a week away, so sign up and get some study in.
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