Stretch because that is a very political kind of thing. There is, however, a prize offered by the foundation for machines computing. It has now gone global. There is a chinese indian, the european council. I am former president of that organization. I am still serving in that role until the middle of 2016. The prize is called the tur touring award. That prize is 1 million. It is funded by google. We are proud to offer that through acm every year. I did get that price, along with bob, in 2004. So i feel more than adequately compensated. It was not 1 million back then, and they are doing it retroactively. [applause] i asked, but that didnt work. It is a coveted and very high recognition of contribution to the Computer Science community. I think that is more than enough. John hughes how about a pound of applause for our speaker . [applause] i would also like to thank National Press club staff including its realism institute and broadcast center, for organizing todays event. Remember, if y
Is an unmitigating tragedy. A task where the police have to work to refine tactics to make sure they dont misperceive threats. The police have an obligation to treat everybody they encounter with courtesy and respect and that obligation and too often violated. The police develop rough attitudes on the street in part because of the behavior that they receive in trying to make arrest or investigate crimes. But that civilian behavior is no excuse for treating people rudely. Nevertheless, in new york city alone today 10,000 minority males are alive who would have been dead had homicideerates remained at the early 1990s level. And what saved those lives was a revolution in policing that began in 1994 and continued and spread throughout the country. The essential aspects of that revolution is an obsession with crime data, analyzing crime data on a daily if not hourly bases to try to figure out where crime patterns were emerging and accountability for police prestinct standers. It used to be
Native american history, and she has special interest in the interactions between indigenous people, and people of african descent during the 19th century. So her first book was race in the Cherokee Nation, 17 in the 19th century. Her most recent book is called choctaw confederates, the American Civil War and indian country. If you recognize the title, that book is the subject of tonights talk. Its also basically brandnew. I noticed its official publication date was two years ago. Its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening. Were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all the usual bookstore places, as well as directly from the university of North Carolina press publishers. The top will be around 30 to 35 minutes, also. Well have plenty of time for a discussion at the end. The way we do discussion, if youve been to these events before, we do it all through the q and a feature in zoom. You can type in questions to the q a box at anytime. If something occurs to you during
Tonights talk and its also basically brand new. I noticed its official publication date was exactly two weeks ago. So its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening and were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all of the usual bookstore places as well as directly from the university of north carolina, press the publisher. So the talk will be around 30 to 35 minutes or so. Well have plenty of time for discussion at the end and the way we do discussion if youve been to these events before youll know we do all through the q a feature in zoom so you can type in questions to the q a box at any time. So if something occurs to you during the talk, feel free to type it and then ill wait till the end and we will get to as many of your questions as we can. Well wrap things up within about an hour and 15 minutes. So around 8 15 eastern time. So thats all from me. I just want to say have grateful. I am that dr. Yabra is able to be with us tonight. Its a wonderful book. Ive enjoyed
African descent during the 19th century. So her first book was race and the Cherokee Nation sovereignty in the 19th century, and her most recent book is called choctaw confederates the American Civil War in indian country. And of course you recognize the title. That book is the subject of tonights talk and its also basically brand new. I noticed its official publication date was exactly two weeks ago. So its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening and were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all of the usual bookstore places as well as directly from the university of north carolina, press the publisher. So the talk will be around 30 to 35 minutes or so. Well have plenty of time for discussion at the end and the way we do discussion if youve been to these events before youll know we do all through the q a feature in zoom so you can type in questions to the q a box at any time. So if something occurs to you during the talk, feel free to type it and then ill wait till t