Back to [[conference:committee:2014-speakers]]\\ \\ **Bio**: \\ Pattabi Raman is a physicist, who has made a special contribution in the development of new data mining algorithms and user-friendly software in nuclear spectroscopy. He performs trading in finance and tutoring in numerical subjects. He wrote a C++ book, entitled: "C++ :: Concise programs from basics to high performance computing" and he is a member of the ACCU and the BSI C++ panel.\\ \\ \\ **Email**: pattabi@numericalsolution.co.uk\\ \\ [[2014:Random number generation in C++ - present and potential future]]\\ Location: Reading, Berkshire