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SUMMARY:Concurrency Through the Ages - Andrew Birrell - Microsoft Research
  Silicon Valley
DTSTART:20090610T131500Z
DTEND:20090610T141500Z
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CONTACT:Mateja Jamnik
DESCRIPTION:It's widely believed that future improvements in computer powe
 r will arrive\n in the form of chips with vastly more concurrent execution
 \, such as 100-core chips.  This belief has caused much more attention to 
 be paid to the abysmal state of our concurrent programming abilities.  Des
 pite 40 years of research\, most programmers find it very difficult to wri
 te programs that are \nconcurrent\, correct\, and maintainable. This talk 
 will explore how this happened\, what the current state really is\, and wi
 ll offer some glimmers of hope for the future.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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