Date: December 18, 2008, 7-9 PM

Nibbles and Bits: the 8th Annual IMUG Holiday Bash & Potluck
Featuring the Algorithmic Art of Paul Max Payton

Location: Apple Inc. campus in Cupertino. Although we usually meet in the Singapore room at 1 Infinite Loop, please check back here for the final room location or subscribe to our mailing list.

FREE for all members, past speakers and sponsors. Bring a friend too!

This year our traditional holiday bash will feature not only the usual food and good conversation, but also a very interesting presentation of computer-generated " algorithmic art" by a very talented artist.

IMUG will supply all the free pizza and drinks necessary to easily fulfill the base tier of Maslow's (or anyone else's) heirarchy of needs. You don't need to bring a thing, but we always look forward to the fantastic variety of ethnic dishes the less culinarily-challenged among us can muster up for this annual food-fest. That always takes things to a higher level. You needn't prepare more than 3 to 4 portions worth, and in fact you needn't prepare anything at all. Come as you are, with or without a potluck contribution, but do come prepared to eat!

This year we are also honored to have Paul Max Payton join us to present his artistic creations. Paul's art has been featured at the Xerox PARC Algorithmic Art showcase, has appeared in solo and group exhibitions, and is in private collections throughout California.

Pixtile® art (pixel + tile) fuses ideas of computer science, image processing, crystallography, abstract geometry, Boolean algebra, and color theory into variegated mosaics of ornate pointillist tapestries. This presentation will briefly discuss some of the principles and techniques employed in this creation process, beginning with how an accident led to the discovery of a breathtaking collection of algorithmic art. Intended for both engineer and layperson, the emphasis here will be on the artistic process and will feature copious pieces of `eye candy'.

Paul Max Payton is a principal software engineer with Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center. At 38, he was the youngest person named as an ATC Technical Consultant. In his career of 25+ years in aerospace, he received a NASA commendation for his role as technical investigator on the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation team, an SPIE Best Paper Award, and numerous corporate awards for technical excellence.

Paul was a member of the team that produced and launched Iknonos, the world's first one-meter commercial imaging satellite, and has written flight and ground software for numerous classified missions of national importance. He has authored or co-authored over three dozen articles in image processing and computer vision topics for SPIE, IEEE, and SPSE, including several book chapters in Geometric Invariance in Computer Vision (MIT Press) and Applications of Invariance in Computer Vision (Springer). He holds five patents in image compression and photogrammetry and has over a dozen integer sequences listed in the OEIS. He is listed in editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World. Paul is a life member of Mensa and Alpha Gamma Sigma.

In 1982, at age twenty, he received his degree in computer science from San Francisco State University with departmental and all-university honors. His hobbies include creative writing (calligrammes) and algorithmic art.

Location/Directions:

Apple Computer, Apple Campus, Cupertino. Although we usually meet in the Singapore room at 1 Infinite Loop, please check back here for the final room location or subscribe to our mailing list.

Please also see links to Google/Yahoo/Microsoft Maps here. Take the Saratoga/Sunnyvale Rd. [De Anza Blvd.] exit off 280, turn south into Cupertino, go one block and turn left onto Mariani Avenue, then take another left into Infinite Loop. Entrance and room to be announced soon.

An IMUG volunteer will be at the front door to escort you in and direct you to the correct room (usually the Singapore Room). Please arrive by 7:10 PM, as the front door to the building is usually not monitored after this time.

Admission:

FREE for all members, past speakers and sponsors. Bring a friend too!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maps and directions: http://www.imug.org/events/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IMUG online:
* Website - http://www.imug.org/
* Yahoo Group - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/imugi18n/
New website features:
* Jobs Board, FREE for members - http://www.imug.org/jobs/
* Web Resources - http://www.imug.org/resources/
* Professional Training - http://www.imug.org/training
Please help us build these resources for the group!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Subscription Management:
* To subscribe, e-mail imugi18n-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
* To unsubscribe, e-mail imugi18n-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------