--- a/project/templates/talk/speakers.html Thu Oct 21 17:41:06 2010 +0530
+++ b/project/templates/talk/speakers.html Fri Oct 29 15:37:13 2010 +0530
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
<h2><a name="date">Speakers</a></h2>
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- <h3>The following speakers are invited.</h3>
<div id="speaker"><div id="speakerphoto"><img alt="Fernando Perez"
src="/static/img/fperez.jpg" height=220 width=179 /></div>
<div id="speakerinfo"><h3>Fernando Perez</h3>
Fernando Perez received his PhD in Physics from the University of
- Colorado, Boulder, in 2002 working on questions regarding the
+ Colorado, Boulder, in 2002, working on questions regarding the
toplogical structure of the QCD vacuum using Lattice Gauge Theory
- techniques. He then worked at the Applied Mathematics Dept. at the
- same university, focusing on the development of a new family of
+ techniques. He then worked at the Applied Mathematics department
+ there, focusing on the development of a new family of
algorithms for the efficient application of linear operators in
multiple dimensions, with a focus on the uses of such techniques on
the (bound state) multiparticle Schrodinger Equation. Since early 2008,
@@ -21,25 +20,25 @@
Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, on the development
of new algorithms and tools for neuroimaging. He is actively involved
in the development of tools for scientific computing using high-level
- languages, in particular Python. He is the original author and leader
+ languages, in particular Python. He is the creator and lead developer
of the IPython project for interactive computing
(http://ipython.scipy.org) and an active contributor to other
- scientific Python projects as well as a frequent lecturer on these
+ scientific Python projects, as well as a frequent lecturer on these
topics.</div>
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<div id="speakerinfo"><h3>John Hunter</h3>
- John Hunter received his Ph.D. in neurobiology at the University of
- Chicago for experimental and numerical modeling work on synchronization
+ John Hunter received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of
+ Chicago for experimental and numerical modeling work on the synchronization
of neurons to aperiodic stimuli and the non-linear response of synapses
to aperiodic inputs. His postdoctoral research was in coherence and
characterization of transient synchronizations in pediatric epilepsy.
- He left academia in 2005 for quantitative finance, and is Senior
+ He left academia in 2005 for quantitative finance, and is a Senior
Quantitative Analyst at TradeLink Securities. An avid python programmer
- and lecturer in scientific computing in python, he is original author
- and lead developer of the scientific visualization package matplotlib.
+ and lecturer in scientific computing in python, he is the creator
+ and lead developer of the scientific visualization package, matplotlib.
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@@ -51,14 +50,14 @@
was based on Very Large Array radio observations of the first discovered
gravitational lens. After a short stint in communications engineering
at Bell Labs, he ended up at the Space Telescope Science Institute,
- where he has worked for the last 25 years. He initially was responsible
+ where he has worked for the last 25 years. He was initially responsible
for calibrating the Faint Object Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope,
- but for the last 15 years he has been leading the Science Software
+ but for the last 15 years has been leading the Science Software
Branch. He has pioneered the use of Python in astronomy, and his group
- been heavily involved in Python for the last 12 years. They have
+ has been heavily involved in Python for the last 12 years. They have
developed PyRAF, numarray (the precursor to current numpy capabilities),
- PyFITS, and been heavily involved in the development and support of
- matplotlib. His group is now heavily involved in developing the science
+ PyFITS, and were heavily involved in the development and support of
+ matplotlib. His group is now involved in developing the science
software to support the next large space telescope under construction,
the James Webb Space Telescope.
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@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@
<div id="speaker"><div id="speakerphoto"><img alt="Satrajit"
src="/static/img/satrajit.jpg" height=155 width=200 /></div>
<div id="speakerinfo"><h3>Satrajit Ghosh</h3>
- Satrajit Ghosh is a research scientist at Research Laboratory of
+ Satrajit Ghosh is a research scientist at the Research Laboratory of
Electronics at MIT and a faculty member of the Speech and Hearing
Biosciences and Technology program within the Harvard-MIT division
of Health Sciences and Technology. He has extensive experience with
@@ -134,9 +133,9 @@
<div id="speakerphoto"><img alt="Asokan Pichai"
src="/static/img/pasokan.jpg" height=119 width=200 /></div>
<div id="speakerinfo"><h3>Asokan Pichai</h3>
- Mr. Asokan Pichai is the consultant/Project manager for the Python
+ Mr. Asokan Pichai is the consultant/project manager for the Python
group of the FOSSEE project. He is also the principal consultant at
- Merquri consulting. He has immense experience in the field of training
+ TalentSprint. He has immense experience in the field of training
and instructional design. He has been a director at CIBS and has been
the CEO/CTO of various firms such as MinVesta Infotech Ltd., Arkin
Systems and Future Focus Infotech.
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