Join Cool Science for Science on Tap every 2nd Monday of the month at Jack Quinn’s in downtown Colorado Springs. Presenters begin at 6:30 pm with food and drink available beginning at 6:00 pm. A wide variety of fascinating topics are presented by local scientists for informal discussion, and the relaxed atmosphere encourages anyone and everyone to come explore the latest ideas in science and technology. From practical to theoretical, the presentations and group interactions provide a fun and interesting way to gain an understanding of the world around us.
Next On Tap: Monday, August 12, 2019
The Enigma Machine
The United States Air Force Academy is fortunate to have one of the few original Enigma machines that is both working and accessible to the general public. The machine will be made available to audience members to encrypt and decrypt messages. We’ll discuss how Enigma works, how it was broken by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, and the role of Alan Turing, one of the founders of computer science. Recommended pre-talk viewing: The Imitation Game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-7SNrQWMo&t=2s).
Bio: Dr. Barry Fagin graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982, and received the PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs*. Dr Fagin is the author of over thirty scholarly papers covering areas of computer science and public policy. He is also a former Information Director for ACM/SIGCAS, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and an Adjunct Scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. His current research involves improving internet security through the development of software with mathematically provable security properties. Most important of all, he is the father of Max and Erica Fagin.
Bio: Dr. Barry Fagin graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1982, and received the PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs*. Dr Fagin is the author of over thirty scholarly papers covering areas of computer science and public policy. He is also a former Information Director for ACM/SIGCAS, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and an Adjunct Scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. His current research involves improving internet security through the development of software with mathematically provable security properties. Most important of all, he is the father of Max and Erica Fagin.
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