[racket] You're invited to Neil Toronto's Dissertation Defense

From: Greg Hendershott (greghendershott at gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 12 13:52:44 EDT 2014

I have nothing intelligent to add. Just congratulations! (Also, "Doctor
Toronto" is a pretty awesome superhero title.)
On Jun 12, 2014 8:53 AM, "Neil Toronto" <neil.toronto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the edit:
>
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKKkj-M34So
>
> Streaming and recording dissertation defenses should be How It's Done.
> There were plenty of people who wanted to be there but couldn't: PLT
> friends, friends and family who have moved away, people with scheduling
> conflicts (such as my previous advisor), etc. This was all Jay's idea.
> Major props.
>
> Also, I'm a doctor! Bwahahaha!
>
> Neil ⊥
>
> On 06/11/2014 05:59 PM, Jay McCarthy wrote:
>
>> Neil passed and is now Dr. Toronto. All hail. The Hangout site now has
>> the archive video, which starts after about 15 minutes of testing
>> content, which this link skips:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMUin-MDOg#t=883
>>
>> We'll be editing and posting another copy shortly.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This event is eminent!
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Many of you have seen many emails and commits from my PhD student,
>>>> Neil Toronto, who has worked on projects like math and plot. He will
>>>> be defending his dissertation soon and we're going to stream the talk
>>>> for anyone who is interested.
>>>>
>>>> The defense is Wednesday, June 11th, 2:00pm MDT and we'll use Hangouts
>>>> on Air at this URL:
>>>>
>>>>      https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cf900dgqvd68meg8toa1tstiqp0
>>>>
>>>> After the defense, we'll put up a recording and his final dissertation
>>>> PDF. (There will probably be some change requests by the University
>>>> Typewriter Dissertators.)
>>>>
>>>> We hope if you're interested, you'll think about attending.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
>>>> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
>>>> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
>>>>
>>>> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
>>> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
>>> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
>>>
>>> "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing,
>>> for ye are laying the foundation of a great work.
>>> And out of small things
>>> proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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