From the description:
Sean Cribbs teaches us how to read and implement research papers – and translate what they describe into code. He covers examples of research implementations he’s been involved in and the relationships he’s built with researchers in the process.
A bit longer description at: http://chicago.citycode.io/sean-cribbs.html
Have you ever run into a thorny problem that makes your code slow or complicated, for which there is no obvious solution? Have you ever needed a data structure that your language’s standard library didn’t provide? You might need to implement a research paper!
While much of research in Computer Science doesn’t seem relevant to your everyday web application, all of those tools and techniques you use daily originally came from research! In this talk we’ll learn why you might want to read and implement research papers, how to read them for relevant information, and how to translate what they describe into code and test the results. Finally, we’ll discuss examples of research implementation I’ve been involved in and the relationships I’ve built with researchers in the process.
As you might imagine, I think this rocks!