Tech Briefings - Video Series

The New OrderIT

TTS — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:29:03 +0000

Order IT has a new look and feel, and is now easier to use than ever before! Reporting is moving to the Oracle Business Intelligence system, and this Tech Briefing will show you how to use it.

Members of the project team covered what you can expect at go-live, demoed the new voice services form, and covered the new service terminology. Additionally the audience was shown how orders are provisioned, and provided with a demonstration on running and exporting basic reports.

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Introduction to NoSQL Technology and MongoDB

TTS — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:45:50 +0000

MongoDB is a scalable, high-performance, document-oriented schemaless database. During this presentation, Sr. Architect Asya Kamsky introduced MongoDB, provided a quick tour of its many uses, and helped the audience understand where it’s most applicable.

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Setting Up Your Home Network

TTS — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:14:38 +0000

During this Tech Briefing, John and Mark focused on the basic information related to setting up home networks on Stanford DSL, Stanford West, and non-Stanford DSL/cable modems.

Topics covered included the basics of print servers, wireless access points, and routers, among others. Though no specific product was covered, by viewing this video you will undoubtably pick up on some best practices and recommendations on home network configurations that can be used with a variety of products.

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Marketing and Metrics with bit.ly, Google, and RSS Feeds

TTS — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:01:41 +0000

This session supplied individuals with tips on how to effectively market their respective department and/or group on campus using bit.ly and Goo.gl. Don and Mark talked about how Technology Training uses bit.ly and goo.gl to collect metrics and to make the client experience easier and faster.

Mark also discussed the benefits of RSS feeds, demonstrating how they can be used to push information to clients.

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The Software Defined Radio Revolution

TTS — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:24:14 +0000

Software Radio has come a long way in the last 15 years. This Tech Briefing discussed where we have come from, where we are today, and where we’re going in the future, highlighting what previously has and has not worked, and what challenges still remain.

Specific topics covered included:

Challenges in hardware for Software Radio, and a discussion of the state of the art in RF frontends and data converters
The evolution of the various processing paradigms used in software radio (GPP, GPU, DSP, and FPGA)
What problems we thought would be solved by now
The basic economics of software radios in volume production

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Introduction to Stanford’s Responsive Drupal Themes: Open Framework and Stanford Framework

TTS — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:10:28 +0000

During this Tech Briefing, theme co-maintainers Megan Miller and Brian Young of IT Services provided an introduction to the Stanford Drupal theme stack.

They introduced Open Framework and Stanford Framework, responsive base themes that support subtheme development across the university. They also covered the fundamentals of responsive web design, best practices, and discussed how toget started subtheming using Open Framework and Stanford Framework.

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MySQL Enterprise Server

TTS — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:52:51 +0000

This session began with an introduction to the Stanford MySQL Community and the MySQL Enterprise Server, providing an “about us” overview.

In addition to addressing questions and concerns from the audience, the presenter led a demonstration on MySQL Enterprise Monitor, as well as Query Analyzer, and provided a product roadmap to what’s new in version 5.6, covering features, training, etc.

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YouTube Videos: Editing Tips and Tricks

TTS — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:51:33 +0000

YouTube has become the second-most used search engine to find content on the Web.

During this session, Mark discussed and demonstrated how to:

Understand the basics of creating a simple promotional video
Shoot a short video clip
Edit your video
Upload to YouTube
Create captions to comply with accessibility regulations
Publish your video on your web site

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CUDA: Programming Your GPU

TTS — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:58:36 +0000

This session was offered as a follow-on to the January 11th Tech Briefing — GPU Computing 101. This session was led by a NVIDIA developer, and the workshop incorporated hands-on exercises designed for the participants to become more familiar with GPU programming techniques.

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GPU Computing 101

TTS — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:01:11 +0000

This GPU Computing 101 workshop addressed topics such as why accelerated computing with GPUs is important to sustaining and advancing the state of the art in scientific and research computing, both in terms of performance and energy efficiency. The workshop surveyed the broad range of GPU accelerated applications across all domains of scientific research and engineering.

Participants learned how to program GPUs via the use of libraries, OpenACC compiler directives, and CUDA programming. The workshop incorporated hands-on exercises so that participants could become more familiar with GPU programming techniques.

This video is especially recommended for:

Domain scientists to realize the power of GPU computing by taking advantage of the GPU enabled applications.
HPC/IT staff who want to enable scientists and developers with parallelizing compilers.
Developers who want hands-on experience how to program GPUs in any of their native languages (C, Fortran, Python etc).

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