Strange Loop Conference Courses

Riot Messaging Service - Message Players Like a Pro

Explore the architecture and scalability of Riot Games' messaging system for League of Legends, enabling real-time communication with millions of players across hundreds of services.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Play with Deep Space Data

Explore deep space data for personal projects with NASA developer Lisa Ballard. Learn to access and utilize space mission imagery and information in web and hardware applications.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Tuning Elasticsearch for English-Language Precision

Optimize Elasticsearch for precise English word searches, handling irregularities and edge cases. Learn to balance precision and recall, rank results, and manage linguistic complexities.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Lazy Defenses - Using Scaled TTLs to Keep Your Cache Correct

Explore dynamic cache TTL scaling to reduce inconsistencies in high-traffic systems. Learn strategies for balancing availability and correctness, with insights from Twitter's User Service team.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Onyx-Native, Information Flow Models and Scientific Computing

Explore Onyx-Native library for modernizing legacy scientific computing systems, focusing on information flow models and their application to complex, long-lived codebases like NOAA's ASOS Ingest System.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Towards New Deep Learning Abstractions on Top of Existing Frameworks

Explore Nervana Graph, a Python library for efficient neural network implementation across platforms. Learn about its modular design, computational efficiency, and hardware flexibility.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Biomaterials as UI

Exploring biomaterials as a new frontier for user interfaces, this talk inspires developers to consider innovative ways of integrating nature-inspired materials into technology for enhanced user experiences.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Origami Software from Scratch

Explore the journey of creating origami software, from basic geometry to complex algorithms, with interactive visualizations and insights into mathematical foundations and user-friendly design.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Strength in Numbers - Unums and the Quest for Reliable Arithmetic

Explore unums as an alternative to floating-point numbers, examining their benefits and real-world applications. Includes a primer on floating-point arithmetic and its limitations.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Biological Path Towards Strong AI

Exploring Hierarchical Temporal Memory as a biologically-inspired approach to Strong AI, with visualizations of key concepts like sparse distributed representations and temporal memory.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Aesthetic Engine 2

Explore alternative web data interpretation and artistic rendering with Aesthetic Engine 2. Discover unconventional approaches to data visualization and software development in the era of Big Data.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Build Your Child Their Very Own Node.js Frozen Bot

Create a voice-responsive NodeBot using Node.js, robotics frameworks, and Arduino. Learn step-by-step bot creation for customizable functionality.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Unlimited Register Machines, Gödelization and Universality

Explore computational theory through Unlimited Register Machines, understanding Turing equivalence and universality. Gain insights into the foundations of computing power and algorithmic complexity.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How Rocket Science Can Help You Build Your App

Discover how NASA's mission development principles can be applied to software projects, improving outcomes and mitigating risks in app development.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Bring Open Source to a Closed Community

Strategies for introducing open source principles to academia, overcoming challenges, and fostering collaboration in a competitive research environment.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk