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"Do You Want To Play A Game?": Game Theory And Simulated Cyber War

Modern warfare is more about bandwidth than bombs. Powerful nations boast amazing technical capabilities. However, technological dependent nations develop critical infrastructure that is vulnerable to attack. For a modest investment a properly motivated and capable adversary can disrupt global networks impacting communications, banking, government and media services. Learn how simulated cyber war can educate and entertain.

Angus is the founder of HackSecKlahn a group of like-minded technologists who believe diversity is good for the species and hackers are a national resource. Old school, grey hat and previously plump, Angus still likes to eat, drink and hack. "To hack is not to crack." (Whatever that means). He has a day job but he doesn't talk about it.

 

Computer Geeks can do humanitarian work too

We recently had the experience of doing humanitarian work in Haiti. The demand for a computer geek's skills was higher than either of us expected. We would like to raise awareness that you don't have to be a Doctor to help people in need. We would review our trip, what we did right, what we did wrong, etc. We would want to spark conversation on how others could make their own trip.

Tod is a professional geek who is currently working at the University of Maine at Augusta. Gina is a medical resident at the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency.

 

Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

Outbreaks of new virus such as H1N1 are a disturbing trend in recent medical history. However, the true zombie virus Solanum has caused more serious outbreaks throughout recorded history. In fact, international governments have recently covered up a "strain" of virus similar to H1N1 that was caused by Solanum. Recent reports have indicated that Solanum is being found in more geographic regions in the world then ever before. It's only a matter of time until the real zombie apocalypse is upon us. What will you do if a zombie outbreak takes over your community? How do you defend yourself and your loved ones? How can you properly combat the undead to ensure survival of yourself and the human race? This panel of experts will address these topics and more. In addition, a live zombie specimen captured in the wild will be used for medical analysis during the panel discussion.

Weapons specialist Cpl. Tom Eston, USMC will discuss weapons, defense and attack strategies. Matthew Neely, PhD a world famous chemical physicist will discuss the Solanum virus, mutation and infection as well as recent research on a vaccine. Chris Clymer, MD a top orthopedic surgeon will discuss zombie characteristics such as movement, intelligence, strength and the zombie decomposition problem. Additional resources and support will be provided by the Confused Greenies: - The Greatest, The Loudest, and The Most Pompous commedia dell'arte troupe at Case Western Reserve University.

Proce55ed Synaesthesia for fun and profit

Want to play with sound and light? Want to pick people up at parties with cool tech? Want to make tiny amounts of cash doing live visuals for your friends band? Don.t feel like spending months carving out C++ and HLSL code to do that? Using the OS agnostic Processing (processing.org) platform, this camp will get your hands dirty and your computer (Mac, *nix, or windows) dancing to the music. Guybrush will present short (20 minute) bursts of theory in between hands-on open hacking sessions, aimed at making YOU proficient at creative, real-time graphics. Bring your laptop, a usb mic or mp3 player and audio cable, an input device . joystick, korg midi-over-usb, or just your keyboard. Essential are your favorite music and your sense of wonder.

Madman. Genius. Visionary. Psychonaut. Guybrush has been shoveling triangles as fast as he can since he got his hands on an OpenGL Red book in 1999. Since 2003, he's been making demos with the Northern Dragons. In 2006, he released a WMP viz pack that has blown past 1 million downloads. In 2008 he presented an extremely hard to use HLSL-based vis framework at Notacon/Blockparty. In 2009, he and North American demoscene co-ruler blackpawn teamed up to deliver live visuals for the DataBEEZ west coast chiptunes tour. By day, Guybrush is a graphics hacker in the WPF GFX group at Microsoft.

 

Hey, Don't Call That Guy A Noob: Toward a More Welcoming Hacker Community

The hacker community strives to develop and exchange cutting-edge ideas. A key component of achieving that goal is continuing to involve new people in the community, since they can add fresh perspectives from which to view any kind of hacking. However, either because of the perception of the hacker community as something secretive or because of nervousness about interacting with people who are supposedly more knowledgeable, it can be a daunting experience for someone new to get involved and stay involved in the community. This talk aims to make people in the hacker community aware of the concerns that people new to it face, and provide concrete steps for building a culture of making new people feel welcomed and valuable.

Nicolle Neulist, otherwise known as rogueclown, is a founding member of Pumping Station: One, the hackerspace in Chicago. She is an attorney by training, although her heart is into playing with computers and computer networks, and that is where her career is headed as well. Not very long ago, in the spring of 2008, she was making her first tiny steps into the hacker community. Two years later, she's still bright eyed, bushy tailed, and learning new things every day. She dedicates this talk to all of the fascinating, brilliant, and welcoming people that she has met since then who have helped her realize that the hacker community is home. She is often found at www.rogueclown.net.

 

Performance

project ruori performs retro-futuristic electronic music, making use of old-fashioned sound synthesis techniques such as the viola, clarinet, the sound chips of the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64, and a variety of knives and other kitchen devices --- but relying on modern technology for interactive sequencing and interactive visuals using a suite of commodity and homebrew software. Topics which are commonly tangentially addressed include meaninglessness and absurdity, societal reconceptualization of rationalization, the iron cage, the iron curtain, and the glass ceiling.