Comments on: Computational Theory Meetup

By: Computational Theory Kickoff

Computational Theory Kickoff — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:13:50 +0000

[...] we be reading Sipser’s Introduction to Computational Theory, or another book? (See this earlier post for other ideas.) If so, will we use the “International [...]

By: nada

nada — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:06:15 +0000

Patrick: That’s daring of you. Bwahahahaha.

By: rutski

rutski — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:13:58 +0000

I’m in, regardless of the choice of material

-Patrick

By: nada

nada — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:08:41 +0000

That’s cool. If there’s a tie with Sipser and something else, I’ll go with Sipser. Because, like, you know, theoretical underpinnings are the bomb and all that.

By: Mike Caprio

Mike Caprio — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:53:43 +0000

I’m a lot more interested in languages and computation than OS and network type stuff… I’ll probably bow out if folks want to go that route.

By: nada

nada — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:05:05 +0000

I feel the need to put the kibosh on NKS. Statistics would be fun, but if you want to do straight math, we should probably integrate it into the Math Mondays schedule.

By: Mike Caprio

Mike Caprio — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:58:55 +0000

Sudkamp’s Languages and Machines (already got a copy!)

I’d also be interested in statistics, or in a study group for Wolfram’s NKS.