Apple co-founder to appear at book-signing

To some, he’s the “Other Steve,” a close second to technology titan and Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs.

But to his large fan base of engineers and Apple lovers, he’s known best by three letters.

Woz.

The Apple Computer co-founder, formally known as Steve Wozniak, will be on Centennial Campus Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Masnari Gateway of Engineering Buidling II to speak with students and sign his autobiography iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon.

Wozniak will appear after delivering his speech at the computer science department’s Technical Symposium, part of its 40th year celebration.

According to Ken Tate, the department’s director of development and external relations and event organizer, registration for the symposium is completely full. But since organizers anticipated such large student interest, they’ve set up overflow seating in Room 1021 of EBII.

He said organizers will pipe audio and video into the room so attendees can hear his speech.

But he said the probably won’t stay in his presentation room long.

“He’s so student-oriented, he will probably want to talk to them at some point,” Tate said. “He relates so well to students.”

One reason Wozniak is so popular, Tate said, is that his passion for engineering “hits at the core of our computer science students.”

“He’s a true engineer. He doesn’t sit down and work on a circuit board for eight hours for the money,” Tate said. “He does it for the love of engineering.”

The book signing will follow directly after the speech.

Tate said Wozniak’s capstone speech at the 40th year anniversary of the computer science department reflects well on the University.

“It speaks to the representation and prestige of our computer science program,” he said.

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Wireless system allows seamless logon

Users looking to connect their laptops and cell phones to the University’s Wireless Nomad System can now skip the login screen.

Communication Technologies has added the ability for students, faculty and staff to register their devices with the Nomad network. Registered devices can gain access to the wireless network without requiring users to sign in with their Unity IDs and passwords.

Although registration is indefinite for each device, ComTech will remind users to renew registration for the devices twice a year. Each person can register up to three devices.

To register a device:* Visit nomad.ncsu.edu* Click on “Device Registration”* Click on “Add Device”* Enter your device’s MAC address if it isn’t already entered, type a description of the device and confirm to the policy agreement.* Click on “Add Device >”

Users who have problems registering should contact ComTech’s network operations center at (919)513-9675.

SOURCE: Ed Rogers, ComTech

Research symposium deadline approaching

Although the State of N.C. Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium is about a month away, time is running out for would-be participants to register for the program.

The statewide symposium, scheduled for Nov. 17, will close it’s registration system at midnight Friday.

Any undergraduate student can submit his or her abstract through the program’s Web site at www.uncg.edu/our/sncurcs07. Registration is free of charge.

Students can present their projects in a variety of different media, from exhibits to recorded performances.

This is the third year of the event, which both UNC-Greensboro and Elon are co-hosting.

The program will last from from 8:30 a.m. to around 4 p.m. at the Elliot University center on the campus of UNC-G.

SOURCE: State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium