posted on Jul 29 2002
Dear alumni,
Please find below two event announcements from Chinese Association of Science
and Technology California Chapter at Los Angeles, and also an event
announcement from Tsinghua Alumni Association of Southern California. All PKU
alumni are welcome to join.
Best regards,
PUAASC
7/25/2002
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> CastWeb
> The CAST-CA(LA) NewsLetter
> Chinese Association of Science and Technology
> California Chapter at Los Angeles
> Copyright (C) 2002 CAST-CA(LA)
> No. 009 - July 23, 2002
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>Table of Contents:
>- Seminar Announcement: SIT #3 - Open Source: Hype or Hope
>- Event Announcement: CAST-CA(LA) Mid-Summer Picnic Party
>- About the CastWeb
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>Seminar Announcement: SIT #3 - Open Source: Hype or Hope
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>Title: Open Source: Hype or Hope?
>Speakers: 1. Dr. Yutao He, Compass Networks/UCLA
> 2. Mr. Barak H. Bussel, Third Wave Ventures
>Date/Time: 1:30-3:30pm July 28 (Sunday), 2002
>Location: 844 Haines Hall, UCLA
>Admission: Free of charge to CAST-CA(LA) members and students,
> Others: $5/person.
>
>Please RSVP to info@cast-la.org. For further information,
>please contact Dr. Li Liu at liuli_1999@yahoo.com.
>
>Abstract:
>Open source, a methodology in which software source code is
>available publicly and is distributed freely, has broken out
>into the mainstream of software development and shaped the
>future of computer industry and the dynamics of information
>economy, with the prominent successes of Linux OS, Apache web
>server, Perl scripting language, and many more, as well as
>increasing embraces by Fortune 500 corporate IT departments.
>
>How does it differ from traditional closed source model? Is it
>"a gold mine in the Internet Age" waiting for adventurous
>goldrushers, or yet another over-swellen bubble that could
>burst at any time soon? How does open source open up our mind
>and bring up abundant opportunities? How should anyone with
>brilliant ideas draw up an attrative business plan and get in touch
>with interesting Angel investors to launch his/her own start-up?
>What's VCs' mindset for high-tech financing and incubation under
>the current bleak business atmosphere?
>
>This third SIT series aims to mesh together birds-of-a-feather who
>are armed with technical expertise and meanwhile are interested
>in entrepreneurship to share, educate, and brainstorm around
>questions above or beyond. The seminar will be organized with
>a 20-minute talk on Open Source, followed by another 20-minute
>talk on VC for High Tech, and ended up with over one-hour long
>round-table discussions on any related topics from participants.
>
>Biographies:
>
>1. Yutao He
>
>Dr. He received a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua
>University in Beijing and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA.
>Currently, he is a Sr. Member of Technical Staff at Compass Networks
>and a visiting faculty member of Computer Science Department at UCLA.
>He is members of ACM and IEEE Computer Society, and presently serves
>as the vice president of CAST-CA(LA) responsible for the IT field.
>
>Since his graduation in 1999, he has led several government-sponsored
>projects in life-cycle span of distributed and complex high-confidence
>systems and developed several design, analysis, and verification
>techniques, including serving in 2001 as the Principal Investigator
>of a DARPA/ITO-funded research project on model-based assurance technology
>for high-confidence embedded software/systems. Recently, he has involved
>with industrial R&D in developing commercial high-performance network
>measurement systems.
>
>Yutao's interest in open source software originated from his graduate
>school days back in 1996 when he started hacking the early version of
>Linux kernel and GNU tools to set up a cheap yet powerful and robust
>computing platform for his academic and research work. His involvement
>with open source continued when he led a DoE-funded project for
>rejuvenating a legacy scientific computational software tool on top of
>the home-grown Beowulf-class PC cluster prototype composed of COTS
>hardware, open source GNU/Linux distro and MPI-based parallel computing
>environment. He later led an R&D effort on kernel/network stack-optimization
>of Linux OS for commercial high-performance network measurement equipments
>and has been consults for Linux-based embedded systems such as PDAs.
>
>2. Barak H. Bussel
>
>Mr. Bussel is the partner of Third Wave Ventures. Prior to
>becoming a partner, he was founder and CEO of atAirport.com,
>a web site offering detailed information on international
>airports and pre-ordering of duty free luxury gifts online.
>While heading the company, he negotiated exclusive partnerships
>with airport retailers representing more than $3 billion in revenues.
>He also secured advertising commitments from major brands such as
>Bacardi-Martini and Christian Dior, and headed partnership discussions
>with JCB and Itochu, among others.
>
>Before founding atAirport, Barak was responsible for the
>Greater China region at Saybrex International, a trading house
>with diversified business lines in both food and beverage and
>technology areas. At the company, he managed a successful wine
>product line, structured relationships with a variety of distributors
>and retailers, and carried-out joint promotions. Earlier in his tenure,
>Barak oversaw Saybrex's office in Beijing, and was involved with several
>projects in China, including an access control project using watermark
>technology from Britain's EMI. Prior to joining Saybrex, He founded a company
>that built a proprietary Internet, video, and games delivery vehicle using an
>ATM-over-fiber infrastructure. Barak also consulted for Hughes Space &
>Communications (now part of Boeing) as part of a twelve-month Anderson
>School-Industry engagement. During the engagement, he analyzed the satellite
>industry with a focus on commercial applications like direct broadcasting and
>telephony.
>
>Barak holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Anderson School at UCLA,
>where he was a recipient of the Weston Award for Financial Economics and was
>among the top ten graduates in his class. He also holds an MS degree in
>Physics from UCLA, where he received a fellowship and graduated at the top of
>his class, and a bachelor's degree in Mathematical Physics from Harvey Mudd
>College.
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>Driving and Parking Direction:
>
>>From the 405 Freeway South, exit on Wilshire Blvd; from the 405
>Freeway North, exit on Wilshire Blvd East. Proceed east on Wilshire
>Blvd and turn left on Westwood Blvd. Drive all the way up into the
>campus and stop at the UCLA Information Booth to get the parking
>permit. Please use parking lots #9, #8, #6, #5, #4, or #2 (Parking
>fee is $7.00). Haines Hall is next to Royce Hall, the landmark
>of UCLA campus. Refer to http://www.ucla.edu/map/sectors/northeast.html
>(3F) for detailed information.
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>- Event Announcement: CAST-CA(LA) Mid-Summer Picnic Party
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>CAST-CA(LA) (Chinese Association for Science & Technology,
>Los Angeles Chapter) will organize a get-together picnic party
>on August 3rd in beautiful Thousand Oaks. All members and friends
>of CAST-CA(LA) are welcome to join the party. Please feel free to
>bring your kids and family members. We intend to make this a
>wonderful social event: Barbecue food as well as delicious Chinese
>cold dishes will be served. Abundant interesting activities such as
>Volley balls, soccers, biking, hiking, freesbies, and poke playing
>will be arranged. The location is also close to beautiful beaches
>and the factory outlet, and many more. Best of all, you get the chance
>to meet and mingle with your fellow CAST-CA(LA) members and friends
>from all over Los Angeles metro-area.
>
>Time: August 3rd (Saturday) 11:00AM
>Location: Conejo Creek North Park
>1379 E. Janss Road
>Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
>Fee: $5 for members of CAST-CA(LA) and students
>$7 for friends of CAST-CA(LA)
>Free for kids
>Direction:
>>From LA, take 101 North (Ventura direction), exit and
>turn to Highway 23 North. On 23 North, exit Janss
>Road, turn right at the exit, and drive a short
>distance, the park entrance at your left side. Get
>into the park and turn right, drive pass the Library
>and a little bridge and then all the way to the picnic
>area. The parking is free, however, carpool is
>encouraged.
>
>Please make reservation with us as soon as possible
>by July 20, so we can better organize the event. Send
>your confirmation (with the numbers of kids and adults)
>to any of the following persons:
>
>Xueming Qian: shermanqian@yahoo.com 805-447-1252
>Bingrong Liu: bliu@mednet.ucla.edu 310-206-2098
>Peter Jin: hotjzp@hotmail.com 310-529-1361
>
>Please mark your calendar (August 3rd, Saturday) for
>this fun-filled annual event hosted by CAST-CA(LA).
>Visit our website http://www.cast-la.org for more
>information. Should you have any questions or
>suggestions, please contact us at: info@cast-la.org.
>Looking forward to seeing you all on August 3rd!
>
>Best regards,
>Executive Committee
>CAST-CA(LA)
>07/21/2002
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> Grand Mid-Summer Dancing Party in Southern California on August 17
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>Dear friends,
>
>Tired of hot summer? Want something exciting in the summer? Come on! Join
>the Grand Mid-Summer Dancing Party in Southern California on August 17!
>Ballroom Dance, Disco, Group Dance! Make new friends, recharge the love,
>and relax! Free drink and snack, and fun games! The party is open to
>everyone and the big ballroom can hold 250 people!
>
>Event: Grand Mid-Summer Dancing Party in Southern California
>
>Date: 7:00pm-11:30pm, Saturday, August 17, 2002
>
>Place: Room 101, The China Press Building
> 2121 W. Mission Rd., Alhambra, CA 91803
>
>Program: Ballroom Dancing
> Disco
> Group Dancing (led by professional dancing instructors)
> Games
>
>Organizer:
> Tsinghua University Alumni Association of Southern California
>
>Co-organizers:
> CSSA-UCLA, CSSA-USC, CSSA-Caltech, CSSA-UCR, CSSA-UCI
>
>Admission:
> $8 per person; $5 for student
> Free drink and snack
>
>Dressing: Semi-formal
>
>Parking: Free
>
>Contact:
> Harry Hong hhong888@hotmail.com Thousand Oaks Area
> Fusheng Wang wangfsh@cs.ucla.edu Los Angeles Area
> Stanley Zhang spzhang.geo@yahoo.com Orange County Area
>
>If you need carpool, please contact the person(s) above.