Information Science and Technology Colloquium

Who: Dr. Luis Rocha, will talk about Extraction and Semi-metric Analysis of Social and Biological Networks. Dr. Rocha will describe their work on inferring relevant associations from, as well as characterizing, semi-metric distance graphs. The discussion is based on empirical evidence from different sources such as a large database of scientific publications associated with Active Recommendation Project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, collection of newspaper articles about terrorism, a website devoted to interdisciplinary science, biomedical collections of publications, data from word free association experiments, and random distance graphs.

When/Where: Wed., Jan 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the Bldg. 3 Goett Auditorium followed by a Q&A session. Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. courtesy of GEWA.

For more info visit: http://ISandTColloq.gsfc.nasa.gov

Black History Month - Presentation by Mr. Asa Gordon

Who: Mr. Asa, Executive Director, DIG will speak on "The Constitutional Mandate For Electoral Reform: The Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment." This lecture will present the historical and contemporary context of electoral reform by the enforcement of a reconstruction era constitutional provision originally intended to safeguard the electoral rights of formerly en-slaved Africans in their emergence to full American citizenship. In addition, this lecture will demonstrate the constitutional provision's relevance to the establishment of a broader political base for participatory democracy inclusive of all Americans in present day elections.

All Goddard employees, civil servants and contractors are welcome to attend this event.

When/Where: Thurs, January 30 in the Bldg. 3 Goett Auditorium from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

For more info: Leonard Brown on 6-5424, the EOPO 6-7348, or visit the EOPO website at: http://eeo.gsfc.nasa.gov/events.html

Director's Colloquium

Who: Dr. Margaret Wheatley author and initiator of the Center Director's Colloquia will discuss the topic of her latest book, "Turning to One Another: The Power of Human Conversation."

When/Where: Tues, Feb 4 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. in the bldg. 3 Goett Auditorium. Afternoon conversation, in World Cafe format, continues from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in bldg. 1, Room E100D.

For more info, visit: http://workforce.gsfc.nasa.gov/b2k.html

The Mac User Group Meeting

What: The next Mac User Group (MUG) meeting has been scheduled for a POST MacWorld Update. Topics of discuss includes:
- Apple Update
- Mac OS X Progress Report
- iLife
- PowerBook overview (perhaps I'll have one to demo)
- Keynote Software Demonstration
- Unix Update
- 3rd Party Applications

Pizza and soda will be provided.

When/Where: Friday February 7th, at 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. in bldg 1, Room E100E

For more info: Contact Kim Brecker at Kimberly.A.Brecker@nasa.gov or 6-2560

Upcoming Training

The view all of the upcoming training courses, visit: http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Calendar/home.htm

"The Curious Savage" -- MAD's Winter Show

This delightful, quirky comedy opens at the GSFC Rec Center on Valentine's Day (February 14); other performances are on February 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, and March 1. The evening also includes hot/cold hors d'oeuvres, beer/wine/non-alcoholic beverages, and a Pre-Show Cabaret. Please check out MAD's website for full details: http://nonesuch.gsfc.nasa.gov/mad.