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We'd like your thoughts on these and other topics you are interested in seeing or maybe presenting. Send your thoughts via email to info@LCTG.toku.us or contact John Rudy, Peter Albin, Bob Primak, or Steve Isenberg directly – Thank you.
This list last changed 2021.09.29 20:04
Note – numbering is for reference only and it has no other meaning. Numbers were assigned in the order topics were added to the list.

1. Women in Science, Scientists in Other Cultures (Charlie ask Dan for suggestions; GeorgeG to ask CAAL; Harry to ask Indian Association; for speaker possibilities) (Need contact with Black Americans – Harry to search).
2. Advances in Surgery (interesting but need speaker); past, present, future. George Gamota to fup with Barbara Hughey (Dan Kleppner knows her)
3. Solar Panels, Solar Technology. Mark Sandeen (Lex SelectPerson); Cindy Ariens?; Frank van Mierlo, owner of solar technology company, explains science of solar panels. (Harry email to Mark & Cindy cc:PeterA) Dick Wagner to fup.
4. idea: Telescopes (JohnR; huge telescope being decommissioned. Rich Ralston has contacts at Lincoln Lab & MIT, possible talks on optical, ground, space, x-ray in space, large bodies in space, etc) (Larry Wittig, after it launches. Reconsider Dec or 2022)
5. Chris Hess: Musicians record themselves at home on their phones. They send me their files and I build virtual video performances in software. We've done a couple dozen virtual ensemble pieces at First Parish since the lockdown started. I work on a PC, with tools in the Adobe Creative suite. If that's of interest, I could do an introduction to the process and tools and then do some Q&A. Zoom isn't directly relevant, although we do stream the stuff I make over Zoom at virtual Sunday services at First Parish.
6. Revisit Cloud Storage Options (update from December 2019, steveI) Potpourri option
7. The first LASER of 2021 explores the relationship between humans, DNA, and data, featuring media artist and TED speaker Refik Anadol in conversation with Dr. Robert Grass from ETH Zurich, and Christine Choirat from Harvard and the Swiss Data Science Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMaMEyYpdw (90 min) TED Talk
8. Count Rumford (Supplemental to Dan Kleppner's, but emphasis is on history). Howard Cohen; talk is prepared
9. Automatic Bucks meeting: Programmed Trading and Internet Fastlanes Not sure what or how to present
10. Approach LHS Grad Brandeis, MD, now at Penn; re Moderna technology Harry
11. Weather Models. (Need speaker; John Rudy will research.)
12. Meandering Rivers (proposed by John Rudy) Concord River is a good example. e.g., https://www.ausableriver.org/blog/why-do-streams-meander
13. Virus package update; both real-time (e.g., Defender) and off-line (e.g., Malware Bytes). Consider Windows, but also Mac/OSX. Peter
14. Al Sherman: “Everything” from https://www.voidtools.com/ (John Rudy to contact, where is he, when can he speak)
15. Al Sherman: “Advanced Renamer” from https://www.advancedrenamer.com/ (NOTE Al can be recorded off-line for replay on Weds.)
16. Shelly Lowenthal: Total Commander, Irfanview https://www.irfanview.com/ smi to put on calendar, tell peter, ask Shelly
17. Barbara Liskov (John Rudy to fup)
18. Shiela Widnel and Women in the Air Force (David Kahan)
19. Best of Freakonomics, an interview with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, moderated by Faith Salie. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y on May 2015. (Peter Albin has link to 70min video)
20. BOLLI talk on advances in knee surgery (John Rudy) (John has name and has sent email, no response as of 20210820)
21. NFT - Non Fungible Tokens (need speaker John to search for speaker)