Avery Slater, Associate Professor of English and research lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at the University of Toronto, will present “Write to Memory: DNA Computing’s Archive Fever.” DNA computing involves the encoding, storage, and recovery of information, within the tissues of living cells. In “Write to Memory,” Dr. Slater explores the biopolitical implications of this new direction in computing and its place within the history of archival technologies.

Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Time: 4:00 PM

Location: Glasscock Library