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Time: October 28, 2014 from 5:15pm to 7:45pm
Location: UF Hilton
Street: 1714 SW 34th St
City/Town: Gainesville
Website or Map: http://www3.hilton.com/en/hot…
Phone: (352) 354-AITP
Event Type: dinner, and, presentation
Organized By: North-Central Florida chapter of AITP
Latest Activity: Oct 23, 2014
We're honored and delighted to have Tony Barr, creator of the SAS programming language and founder of Barr Systems here in Gainesville, making an intriguing presentation on his latest project, "A Model Of Reality".
To see the full description of the presentation, view the meeting flyer at
aitp-ncfl.org/pdf/201410.pdf
Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in this fascinating topic.
Reservations are requested for this presentation.
It's easy to RSVP. Just send an email to reserve@aitp-ncfl.org
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