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. We will be gathing in our normal spot, the Singapore Room.

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

Thisyear our traditional holiday bash will feature not only the usual foodand good conversation, but also a very interesting presentation ofcomputer-generated " algorithmic art" by a very talented artist.

IMUGwill supply all the free pizza and drinks necessary to easily fulfillthe base tier of Maslow's (or anyone else's) heirarchy of needs. Youdon't need to bring a thing, but we always look forward to thefantastic variety of ethnic dishes the less culinarily-challenged amongus can muster up for this annual food-fest. That always takes things toa 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, withor without a potluck contribution, but do come prepared to eat!

Thisyear we are also honored to have Paul Max Payton join us to present hisartistic creations. Paul's art has been featured at the Xerox PARCAlgorithmic 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 theoryinto variegated mosaics of ornate pointillist tapestries. Thispresentation will briefly discuss some of the principles and techniquesemployed in this creation process, beginning with how an accident ledto the discovery of a breathtaking collection of algorithmic art.Intended for both engineer and layperson, the emphasis here will be onthe artistic process and will feature copious pieces of `eye candy'.

Paul Max Paytonis a principal software engineer with Lockheed Martin's AdvancedTechnology Center. At 38, he was the youngest person named as an ATCTechnical Consultant. In his career of 25+ years in aerospace, hereceived a NASA commendation for his role as technical investigator onthe Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation team, an SPIE BestPaper Award, and numerous corporate awards for technical excellence.

Paulwas a member of the team that produced and launched Iknonos, theworld's first one-meter commercial imaging satellite, and has writtenflight and ground software for numerous classified missions of nationalimportance. He has authored or co-authored over three dozen articles inimage 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 andphotogrammetry and has over a dozen integer sequences listed in theOEIS. 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 memberof Mensa and Alpha Gamma Sigma.

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

Location/Directions:

Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, in the Singapore Room.

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

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