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Cyber Security, Old and New
In the mid 1970s, while serving as a Radio Shack sales clerk, I studied Architecture at Fresno City College. And I had no clue what cyber security was. What I…
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Consulting in Fresno
After a few years of software engineering work, systems and general technical work In Fresno State’s Computer Science Department, I decided to try my hand at independent consulting. Actually, my…
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AI and Machine Learning at Stanford, Deep Learning, and Toronto
My early courses in AI and Machine Learning at Stanford, Deep Learning, and University of Toronto were rigorous and mathematical. I often took a break by getting outside perspectives from…
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Indonesian Christian Community
Indonesians and Other Foreign Students During my time at Fresno State as an undergraduate in Math, I made friends with many Iranian students in the Engineering Department. While working at…
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Fresno State Computer Science
It’s about 1982 at Fresno State’s new computer science dungeon… “Ok, Dan. Here’s the VAX for the whole Fresno State Computer Science Department. It’s a VAX 11/730. It has 1…
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Educational Software Development
Our Educational Software Development was not with COTS or commercial off-the-shelf software. It was written in COBOL, Fortran, and JCL. When the PC became available, Gary and I were among…
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Automobile Finance System
Bill Putnam and Bill Pardini had a company called Data Consultants, Inc. And they wanted to create an Automobile Finance System. This small company produced software in a few variants…
