Events Today — May 17, 2011

A few things today:

• A panel discussion on “Vaccination Strategies and Controversies” at the Foege Genome Sciences building S060, UW campus Seattle (map), 3:30-4:30pm
• Historian George Dyson on “The Physical Realization of an Electronic Computing Instrument 1945-1958” as part of the UW Computer Science and Engineering colloquia series, room 105, Electrical Engineering building, UW campus Seattle (map), also 3:30-4:30pm *recommended*

Programmers Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate the ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. (U.S. Army photo from the archives of the ARL Technical Library)

• Open House at the Grameen Foundation Technology Center, 2101 4th Ave, Suite 1550, Seattle WA (map), 5-7pm

All these are free. See the calendar for more info on these and other events.