A collection of presentations from various talks, classes, and sermons that I've accumulated.
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Advent2013 [12/08/13] - 'Not as the world gives' | Advent homily delivered at Emmanuel Anglican Church. Delivered during 'Peace' week, this sermon looks at the audacity of the Christian faith to proclaim 'peace' in world that is clearly in unrest, but that this audacity is actually rooted in a clear understanding of the modes and mechanisms of human existance and that, in fact, this may be the only true hope for peace in the world. Audio of talk. [PowerPoint]
BCSApologetics [10/23/2013] - 'Apologetics with Nick' | A short talk given at Blackhawk Christian High School in their Senior level Apologetics class. [PowerPoint]
DamnSam3.0 [9/13/2013] - 'Seeing what isn't there' | An HTML5 presentation, given at the 3rd Dman Sam Charters Show on historical attempts to visual invisible processes, and to understand the underlying order of nature. [Google HTML5]
HSCI101 [10/17/2013] - 'Health and Informatics | Introduction to Health Informatics given to Purdue University's HSCI 101 class. Covers the major branches of Biomedical and Health Informatics, some examples of current research, and potential career paths for aspiring students. [PowerPoint]
MEBI591A [1/12/2014] - 'Thinking about Thinking Machines: Robots, People, and Science Fiction' | Science Fiction has a long history of addressing complex social, and ethical issues in a number of different fields, and robotics is no different. This talk looks at a number of famous robots from across science fiction to help develop an understanding of the ethical and sociological issues involved. For background, Peter Asaro's 2007 article: Robots and Responsibility from a Legal Perspective. [Keynote]