Where Is The Software Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=whereisthesoftware Connecting computer science to This podcast is designed to connect computer science topics to every day news or events. en Carol Wellington cawell@ship.edu http://psstatic.podshow.com/images/shows/3806/shows/small/whereisthesoftware.jpg?5ce324a5b5a20e8356bbf3b5f039fc0d Where Is The Software http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=whereisthesoftware Podcast no Software, Education Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:38:22 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PodShow PDN cawell@ship.edu webmaster@podshow.com ID Cards Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=104672&tId=2 In this episode, we look at the technology behind the ID cards we use on campus In this episode, we look at the technology behind the ID cards we use on campus Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:36:43 -0700 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/104672/whereisthesoftware-104672-03-19-2008.mov Spell Checking Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=80507&tId=2 How Word knows to put those red squiggles for spelling errors. How Word knows to put those red squiggles for spelling errors. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:34:39 -0700 Podcast no computer, science, spelling http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/80507/whereisthesoftware-80507-09-22-2007.mov Image Manipulation Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=73041&tId=2 Image filters and image processing Image filters and image processing Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:04:13 -0700 Podcast no filters, image, technology http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/73041/whereisthesoftware-73041-07-31-2007.mov PEMA and the Deadly Poetry Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=60541&tId=2 PA Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) uses technology during an emergency. PEMA is responsible for coordinating the responses from a wide variety of government and non-profit agencies. This requires not only technology for communcation, but also technology for analyzing the current situation ]]> A Dragnet parody showing how PEMA uses technology during an emergency. A Dragnet parody showing how PEMA uses technology during an emergency. Fri, 11 May 2007 06:23:24 -0700 Podcast no computer, Dragnet, science, technology http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/60541/whereisthesoftware-60541-05-11-2007.mov Technology Behind Homeland Security Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=60050&tId=2 Homeland Security is a good example of a situation where the data being gathered is vast and spread across a variety of independently developed databases. Getting those databases to talk to each other is no small feat! Here are some interesting related sites:

]]> Homeland Security is a good example of a situation where the data being gathered is vast and spread across a variety of independently developed… Homeland Security is a good example of a situation where the data being gathered is vast and spread across a variety of independently developed databases. Getting those databases to talk to each other is no small feat! Tue, 08 May 2007 08:20:16 -0700 Podcast no computer, Homeland, science, security http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/60050/whereisthesoftware-60050-05-08-2007.mov Air Traffic Control Software Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=57873&tId=2 There are many pieces of software that help air traffic controllers keep our planes safe. In this episode, we talk about a number of the issues that software helps address. Here are some interesting related websites:

]]> An overview of the types of systems and software the air traffic control system uses to keep our planes safe. An overview of the types of systems and software the air traffic control system uses to keep our planes safe. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:47:20 -0700 Podcast no computer, planes, science, software http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/57873/whereisthesoftware-57873-04-19-2007.mov Finding Where You Are Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=55718&tId=2 Check out these sites for more trilateration examples:

Other places where trilateration is used:

  • Air Traffic Control
  • Navigation in Planes and Ships
]]> Trilateration is a relatively simple mathematical technique that you can use to find where you are. Computer Scientists use it in systems like GPS,… Trilateration is a relatively simple mathematical technique that you can use to find where you are. Computer Scientists use it in systems like GPS, cell phones, and locating earth quakes. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:54:00 -0700 Podcast no mov http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/55718/whereisthesoftware-55718-03-30-2007.mov Genetic Search Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=49704&tId=2
  • an overview of genetic algorithms
  • interesting animations of genetic algorithms
  • a introduction to genetic algorithms in "plain English"
  • the theory behind why genetic algorithms work
  • a thorough description of genetic algorithms
    • ]]>     Some computer science problems do not lend themselves to straightforward solutions. In fact, for some problems, computing the "correct"… Some computer science problems do not lend themselves to straightforward solutions. In fact, for some problems, computing the "correct" solution would take more time than we have. For these types of problems, we design solutions that will find a "good eno Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:54:19 -0800 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/49704/whereisthesoftware-49704-02-12-2007.mov     Zip Code Encodings Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=42012&tId=2

    For more information about these and similar encodings, check out these websites:


    ]]>     Computer Scientists helped the US Post Office to automate the sorting of mail by designing a bar code encoding of zip codes. In this episode, we talk… Computer Scientists helped the US Post Office to automate the sorting of mail by designing a bar code encoding of zip codes. In this episode, we talk about the motivations behind that design and the Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:03:04 -0800 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/42012/whereisthesoftware-42012-12-14-2006.m4v     Malware Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=39626&tId=2 There are many evil kinds of softare. In this episode, we talk about viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, spoofing and phishing. There are many evil kinds of softare. In this episode, we talk about viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, spoofing and phishing. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:05:51 -0800 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/39626/whereisthesoftware-39626-12-01-2006.m4v Encryption Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=38214&tId=2 This episode has an overview of how public and private key encryption strategies work. This episode has an overview of how public and private key encryption strategies work. Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:37:21 -0800 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/38214/whereisthesoftware-38214-11-21-2006.m4v Search and Sorting in MySpace Carol Wellington http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=38139&tId=2 The students explore run-time analysis of searching and sorting the users of MySpace The students explore run-time analysis of searching and sorting the users of MySpace Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:01:31 -0800 Podcast no http://m.podshow.com/media/3806/episodes/38139/whereisthesoftware-38139-11-21-2006.m4v