Cafe Scientifique Orlando is a gathering of scientifically-inclined people in Central Florida, who meet at a cafe, coffee house, pub, or nonacademic location to discuss events and ideas in the world of science. We enjoy beer and wine, and we use plain language to talk about extraordinary ideas.

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Cryptography

Presenter: 
Wang, Qian; Guha, Arup
When: 
Wednesday, 5 October 2011 - 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Venue: 
Taste
Where: 
Taste
Street:
717 W. Smith Street
City:
Orlando
,
Province:
Florida
Postal Code:
32804
Country:
United States

Cryptography is often considered one of the crown jewels in a young discipline, computer science, but it’s really an ancient subject that helped bring into existence the computer age. Our speakers will explore the ways cryptography is used (and abused) to run our world, as well as introduce some of the mathematics that modern cryptography is built on.

Arup Guha grew up in Winter Park and got undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science at MIT in 1997. After getting his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Arup returned to Orlando in 1999 to teach at UCF in the Computer Science department, where he teaches a cryptography course each fall semester.

Qian Wang got his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science at MIT in 2001. He works with encryption algorithms and thinks about security problems daily as part of his job at QFX Software, a local company he founded.

Future Café Scientifique Events

Our next scheduled topic is…

Organ Transplantation

Presenter: 
Vedula, Giridhar
When: 
Wednesday, 3 July 2013 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: 
Taste
Where: 
Taste
Street:
717 W. Smith Street
City:
Orlando
,
Province:
Florida
Postal Code:
32804
Country:
United States

We’ll explore the different facets of solid-organ transplant and identify scientific breakthroughs that have helped us improve the quality of life among patients, and we’ll shed light onto the potential future of the field. Additionally, we will examine the fundamental principles of transplant and how they have resulted in medical and surgical innovation.

Giridhar Vedula MD is a multi-organ transplant surgeon at Florida Hospital, and focuses his practice primarily on liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. He trained at Columbia University in transplant surgery.

…and after that,
The Light on Other Planets 9 July, 2013 - 18:00 downtown library
More on Nanotechnology 7 August, 2013 - 19:00 Taste

Past Café Scientifique Events
Science Experiments in Microgravity 11 June, 2013 - 18:00 downtown library
Space-Faring Civilization 5 June, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
Skulls of Our Ancestors 14 May, 2013 - 18:00 downtown library
After the Maya Apocalypse 1 May, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
Nanotechnology Is Already Here 3 April, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
New National Wildlife Refuge 6 March, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
Teamwork 6 February, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
Asteroids, Water, and Life on Earth 9 January, 2013 - 19:00 Taste
Poor and Homeless in Florida 5 December, 2012 - 19:00 Taste
Seeing cancer before it's too late 7 November, 2012 - 19:00 Taste
Marine Ecosystems In Peril 3 October, 2012 - 19:00 Taste
A Theory of Everything 5 September, 2012 - 19:00 Taste

…and older topics all the way back to summer of 2008!

Topics We'd Love to See

What are some topics you’d like to have? Tell us in your comments below. See our full schedule to know what we’ve had and plan to have, before adding something new.

Additionally, if you are a scientific expert interested in presenting a topic, please email us.

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