[Emeriti-faculty] FW: 2 Free talks at APS March Meeting: 1- Superheroes and 2- IBM.s Watson

["Tobin, Roger" <Roger Tobin tufts edu>]

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Subject: 2 Free talks at APS March Meeting: 1- Superheroes and 2- IBM.s 
Watson 

Dear APS Members in the metropolitan Boston area:

The American Physical Society is holding one of its yearly national 
meetings in Boston starting this weekend.  The APS is planning to have two 
major public sessions of general interest in association with the meeting. 
 The sessions will be open and free to all members of the APS, their 
colleagues and their students.

Information on the two sessions is listed below.  Feel free to forward the 
information and this email invitation to your colleagues and students.  

1- Session Title:

The Physics of Superheroes   
Date: Sunday, February, 26, 2012
Time: 2PM
Location:  Blackman Auditorium, Northeastern University Ell Hall, 342 
Huntington Avenue, Northeastern stop on the Green line
Speaker: Dr. James Kakalios, University of Minnesota, author of the book, 
The Physics of Superheroes Go to the website 
http://www.isepp.org/superheroes.html for more information and how to 
enter the contest to win an iPod or a Superheroes book.

_______________________ 


2- Session Title: The IBM Computer Watson: Its Future Challenges 
   After Winning at Jeopardy! 

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Room 253ABC, Boston Convention Center, 415 Summer Street Boston
Speaker: David McQueeney, Vice President of Software at IBM Research How 
Watson was Developed - What's Inside and Watson.s Future in Medical 
Diagnosis
Speaker: Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms 
Making Computers Like Watson Faster, Smaller and Smarter - Bits and Atoms 
For more information on Watson, go to http://www.ibm.com/watson 


Thank you,

Trish Lettieri
APS Director of Membership





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