Meetings:2013-04

From GTALUG

Meetings:2013-03 - Meetings:2013-05

Tuesday 9th April 2013 at 7:30 pm

Topic

Cracking an Elegant Enigma: Deciphering Ancient Manuscripts Using FOSS Tools w/ William Porquet

PDF slide deck http://deepsky.com/~merovech/voynich/cracking_an_elegant_enigma.pdf

Description

Imagine you have a book in an unknown language and/or cipher. How do you go from ink to electrons to attempt computational analysis to crack it? How do you "grep" vellum?

Location

   George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
   245 Church Street, Room 211
   Ryerson University
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Schedule

  • 6:00 pm - There is a get together of GTALUGers at Salad King restaurant 340 Yonge St (North of Dundas) for food and socializing ( map ).
  • 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation.
  • 9:00 pm - After each meeting (at 9:00 pm) a group of GTALUGers move to the The Library/The Imperial Pub 54 Dundas St East for beer and more socializing .


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