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Embedded Debugging of C/C++ Plugins and Extension Modules

Today, C and C++ are frequently used to write programs that operate as dynamic link libraries, plugins, and extensions of large application frameworks and high level programming languages. An unfortunate side-effect of this programming style is that it makes debugging considerably more difficult. Traditional debuggers don't work as well with...

Tags: University Of Chicago, Plug-in, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-01-01

GMOs down to the chromosome level

If don't like the concept of 'Frankenfoods,' I have bad news for you. U.S. researchers have developed an artificial chromosome for corn plants. The Chicago Tribune reports that researchers can now make chromosomes to order. These artificial chromosomes are accepted as natural by the plants and passed through generations. As...

Tags: Gene, University Of Chicago, Chromosome, Cell, Preuss, C/C++, Biotechnology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-20

Evaluating Wireless Carrier Consolidation Using Semiparametric Demand Estimation

The US mobile phone service industry has dramatically consolidated over the last two decades. One justification for consolidation is that merged firms can provide consumers with larger coverage areas at lower costs. This paper estimates the willingness to pay for national coverage to evaluate this motivation for past consolidation. As...

Tags: Consolidation, University Of Chicago, Wireless

White papers 2007-03-01

Even air bubbles can be amnesic

When scientists do experiments, they obviously pay attention to the initial conditions involved. But in experiments on how fluids break up from underwater nozzles, physicists from the University of Chicago have discovered that the initial conditions didnt matter. Its even appropriate to talk about amnesia of air bubbles. As they...

Tags: nozzle, University of Chicago

Blog posts 2006-10-06

Wireless Internet the Future Is Here

Two wireless technologies have evolved: Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11b. Each is a method that allows portable devices to access the network as well as talk with one another wirelessly. IEEE 802.11b is an 11 Mbps wireless standard designed to provide full network services to a user with a notebook or...

Tags: Internet, Wireless Internet, University Of Chicago, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Bluetooth

White papers 2004-09-01

Additional Resources

Sente 6.0.17 (Mac)

Sente 5 is the premier academic reference manager for Mac OS X. Sente's iTunes-like interface makes finding, reviewing, organizing and using the academic literature in your field easier than ever. Sente (pronounced sen-tay) makes literature searches easier by providing a front-end to hundreds of data sources around the world,...

Tags: Data Source, Result, Apple Macintosh, Third Street Software, Sente 5

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Works of Albert Einstein. FREE Author's biography & letters in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Just for fun: Obama's con law exam

University of Chicago. Con Law III. Autumn 1996. The exam is here. Explanations are here by Richard Koman

Tags: Exam, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Michelle Obama in Her Own Words 1.05 (Mobile)

The election of Barack Obama has brought worldwide attention not only to what his policies will be, but to what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama will be. Throughout the long campaign season, Michelle Robinson Obama garnered a good amount of attention, kudos and criticism about her words, actions, even...

Tags: Mobile, Rogak, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Homeland Security, Human Resources, Career, Government

Software downloads 2009-05-15

When Americans were well-trained

When Americans were well-trainedExpress RailI like the idea! There is nothing express or high speed about traveling by train today in America. In fact from Michigan where i live I can plan on up to 20 hours to the East with long layovers. I see no reason...

Tags: NYC, Express Rail

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Loyola University Physician Foundation Cuts Billing Lag Time by 50% With Microsoft BI

Chicago-based Loyola University Health System is a leader in healthcare and research. The system includes Stritch School of Medicine and the Loyola University Physician Foundation. Loyola struggled with problems familiar to many healthcare organizations: old, siloed legacy applications, inaccurate data, manual reporting processes, and minimal data analysis capabilities. With the...

Tags: Billing, Loyola University, Physician, Microsoft Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-04-01

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history

ICANN, the governing body for Internet addresses, today discussed global Internet address expansion at its 34th international public meeting in Mexico City, detailing "the possibility of one of the most dramatic expansions to the global Internet addressing system since it was created." Departing ICANN President and CEO...

Tags: DNS, ICANN, Domain Name, Internet Address, Estimates, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Advancing the prosthetic aesthetic

Experimental prosthetic arms in labs across the country will soon pave the way for commercial versions to antiquate the last major upgrade that took place almost a hundred years ago. That was the cable-operated prosthetic hook (for above-the-elbow amputees). Thanks to the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Tags: Patient, DARPA, Chicago, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-02-20

My Awesome IT Job: IT Service Manager, University of Illinois

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...

Tags: University Of Illinois, Information Technology, Service Manager, E-mail, Strategy, Storage, Online Communications, Management, Hardware, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-15

OmegaTable, a 24-million pixel VR display

After the LambdaTable unveiled in 2007, the University of Illinois at Chicago's UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory EVL will develop the OmegaTable, a new virtual reality display. It will be a modular, multi-sensory touch tabletop for interactive, visual data exploration in 2D and autostereoscopic 3D (3D without special glasses). EVL received...

Tags: 3D, 2D, Pixel, Computer, OmegaTable, LambdaTable, Productivity, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Eight pitfalls of predictive markets

Predictive markets sound like such a great idea for determining what will work in the market and what won't. But misplaced trust in these markets can spell gloom and doom for many an organization. Here then are eight problems you’ll want to avoid as...

Tags: Google Inc., Market, Investment, Finance, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Cell phones tracking nightlife activity

A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies. It is also distributing a free version of this software named Citysense, which shows on your cell phone where the wild things are happening in your own town....

Tags: Application, Phone, Columbia University, Cell Phone, Macrosense, GPS, Cellular Phones, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-29

Ghostly ring found circling dead star

An international team of scientists has found a strange ring around a dead star by using images taken by NASA's Spitzer space telescope. This star, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars. According to NASA, a magnetar is 'a highly magnetized neutron star and the...

Tags: NASA, Star, Ring, Magnetic Field, SGR, Magnetars, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-01

UC Law bans classroom web access

I love having Internet access during my grad classes. I can get additional references for any information presented with a quick bit of Googling, I can examine alternate viewpoints, or I can look at last week's homework. Of course, I can also check my email, write a blog...

Tags: Web, Professor, Student, University Of Chicago Law School, Law School, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Spigit mashes up social software to reveal innovation

Take the idea of community, sprinkle liberally with process, add a dash of prediction market thinking and a soupcon of reputation analysis, stir gently without too much mashing and you have InnovationSpigit. I really like this idea because it solves one of the...

Tags: Innovation, Idea, Spigit, InnovationSpigit, Research & Development, LDAP, Leadership, Games, Strategy, Business Operations, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Personal Technology, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-01