Lots of Headroom

I spent a pleasant afternoon at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics (CLEO/QUELs) in Baltimore this June. Having only a relatively short time to spend, I decided to try a quick experiment-cruise the aisles of the poster session, scan the presentations, and get a sense of how deeply computing practices have permeated the conduct of experimental optics research and development