Water Rendering in Far Cry 5
Explore AMD and Ubisoft's innovative water rendering system for Far Cry 5, featuring realistic waterfalls and lakes through advanced materials and techniques.
Math for Game Programmers - Harmonic Functions and Mean-Value
Explore harmonic functions and mean-value parameterizations for procedural geometry in game development, with applications in mesh manipulation and UV generation.
Ranking Systems - Elo, TrueSkill and Your Own
Explore the mathematics behind Elo and TrueSkill ranking systems, and learn how to develop your own for various gaming applications. Gain insights into complexity, new player integration, and anti-cheating measures.
The Mindset of a Trader
Discover essential tools for successful trading: myth-busting, poker face, probability mindset, clarity, focus, and realistic expectations in this insightful TEDx talk.
Impacts of COVID-19 on People and the Environment
Remote sensing data reveals covid-19's impacts on deforestation, pollution, inequality, urban light, and snow albedo. Scientists discuss emerging trends and nuanced effects on people and the environment.
Hydrologic Research in the Congo Basin
Explore Congo Basin hydrology research, discussing CO2/CH4 emissions, wetlands, modeling challenges, and ecosystem productivity. Gain insights into this vital yet understudied region.
Data Analytics and Machine Learning Innovation for Climate and Earth Surface Processes
Explore innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques for climate and Earth surface processes, focusing on big data challenges and opportunities in Earth system modeling and predictability.
EdTech - The Ultimate APT
Explore the privacy and security risks of educational technology implementation in schools, highlighting concerns and potential actions for improvement.
Breaking the Attack Graph - How to Leverage Graphs to Strengthen Security in a Domain Environment
Explore how defenders can leverage graph-based thinking to strengthen security in domain environments, adapting to sophisticated attackers and enhancing prevention, detection, and investigation strategies.
Introduction to Unity.Mathematics
Explore Unity.Mathematics for game development: efficient matrix operations, rotations, and DOTS integration. Learn to solve common math problems and optimize performance.
Amazing Algorithms for Solving Problems in Software
Explore bio-inspired algorithms like Firefly and Ant Colony for problem-solving in software. Learn their strengths, weaknesses, and optimal use cases to enhance your coding toolkit.
What's in Your Risk Assessment?
Accelerate your risk assessment approach to meet evolving regulatory demands and stakeholder needs for high-quality decision data in this informative session on effective risk management strategies.
Splunk for IR and Forensics
Explore Splunk's capabilities for incident response and forensics, including log analysis, dashboards, alerts, and statistical analysis for effective cybersecurity investigations.
Using Machine Learning to Support Information Security
Explore machine learning applications in information security, covering types of ML, data gathering, and practical implementation strategies for InfoSec professionals.
Add ALL the Things - Abstract Algebra Meets Analytics
Explore how abstract algebra principles apply to analytics systems, enhancing distributed and real-time aggregation efficiency through group theory laws and practical coding examples.
Partitions for Everyone
Explores network partitions in distributed systems, revealing design limits and bugs. Demonstrates challenges in building reliable distributed services through real-world testing of popular systems.
Beyond Traces - The Insights in Trace Aggregates
Explore how aggregating distributed traces reveals system-wide insights, enabling performance improvements through statistical analysis, latency anomaly detection, and resource contention identification.
Scala DSLs and Probabilistic Programming
Explore ScalaStan, a type-safe DSL for statistical modeling with Stan, enabling programmatic manipulation and generation of Stan programs within Scala for efficient Bayesian inference and data analysis.
A Little Taste of Dependent Types
Explore dependent types, uniting programming and mathematical proofs. Learn about Pie, a tiny dependently typed language, and see a proof that's also a program.
A Box of Chaos - The Generative Artist's Toolkit
Explore generative art techniques, from algorithms and color theory to creating natural-looking code-generated artwork. Learn practical tools for producing unique digital art pieces.
A Frontend Server, Front to Back
Explore the implementation of Fitbit's frontend server, covering queueing theory, software design, GC tuning, and Netty library, with practical insights on building fast, stable, scalable, and extensible systems.