CompSoc: Google's Andrew Walker Talk

When?

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 17:00 to 19:00

Where?

LTG, Lecture Theatre Block

Open to:

Staff, Students, Public

Speaker:

Andrew Walker

A senior engineering manager from Google UK has agreed to visit Surrey for the first time ever... This is set to be a pretty exciting event.

Why? He wants to explain how we can serve "1 billion pages each day in an index of 1 billion pages". Andrew hopes to guide us on designing our own search engine.

Where? LTG, Lecture Theatre Block, University of Surrey.

When? 23 November * 17:00 - 19:00.

Please make sure to let us know if you're planning to attend.

How? https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=299991633358653

Andrew was working for Netscape during the 'browser wars' of the late 90's, prior to his 11-years as Google UK's lead Engineering Manager. This is a pretty rare opportunity to meet somebody so senior, in (possibly) the worlds most exciting tech company.