The Java Memory Model

Covers the Java Thread Specification as revised in JSR-133.   Discusses legal compiler optimizations and transformations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FX4zco0ziY

Meet Google Founder Larry Page

Google Co-Founder Larry Page talks about robotics and artificial intelligence.

Page encourages university computer science professors to tackle hard problems. Page's father worked on AI in the 1970s when work was done on computers with 64K memory. Page believes most AI problems are not that complex and can be successful with proper scale (i.e. large amounts of data and processing power).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUNqsYUVPQY

Expanding the Frontiers of Computer Science

The number of incoming freshman who intend to major in computer science has plumeted in recent years despite an exponential growth in the job market.

Dr. Mehran Sahami talks about how Stanford University is revamping its computer science ciricculum to meet the challenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOOJzQRJfIw

Daniel Reda - An Introduction to Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

This talk features amazing video showing DNA being replicated in real-time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It83JKAxejM