High altitude balloons carry scientific instruments and technical payloads to stratospheric altitudes. This talk will go over some of Dr. Patrick's experiences working on NASA and CSA balloon projects, the science behind balloons and their payloads, as well as some community launches at Calgary Protospace which anyone can take part in.
Dr. Patrick did his PhD in space physics at the University of Calgary. His research was on mapping energetic electron precipitation using data from X-ray spectrometers flown on long-duration high altitude balloons.
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.
Andrew Ginter has been a CUUG member, on and off (mostly on) for decades. His career spanned product development for telecomms, industrial control systems, and for the last two decades, industrial cybersecurity. He is writing his fourth book on that topic, with a working title of OT Security: Reasonable Responses to Credible Threats - Cyber-Informed Engineering for a safety-critical cloud.
In his presentation, Andrew will cover:
Andrew has presented to CUUG a few times on industrial cybersecurity. While he is stuck using Windows laptops lately, Andrew spent decades working on Intel 286 Xenix, Z8000 UNIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, AIX and of course Linux. He spent 7 years deep into Tcl and home-grown web servers as well - none of this modern Python and Apache nonsense. He lives in Calgary, makes ice with the Rosemont Ice Guys and toboggans when his grand kids indulge him.
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
Snacks at 17:30. CUUG Annual General Meeting begins at 18:00. Presentation begins immediately after AGM.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.
The Calgary UNIX Users' Group is holding its Annual General Meeting and election of the 2026/2027 Board of Directors. Nominees will be announced closer to the time of the meeting. If you would like to volunteer or nominate someone else, please contact cuugboard at CUUG.
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
Parking is available one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54). Additional parking is available at The CORE and Holt Renfrew Parkades just east of the meeting location.
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-Transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.
See the main CUUG web page for general information about CUUG.