Gaudi’s Berries and Barnacles in Barcelona
2 Aug 2010 3:04pm GMT I was in Barcelona recently for the 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. With little free time, I visited some of Barcelona’s famous architectures. Gaudi’s Sagrada Família just blow me away! His idea of a gothic cathedral is like seeing my day dream coming true. The little cherries and berries at the top are [...]
International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (Germany 2010)
28 Jun 2010 12:11am GMT IPMU 2010 conference was hosted in Germany. The IPMU conference brings together scientists working on methods for the management of uncertainty and aggregation of information in intelligent systems. It provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas. Topics and Scope of the Conference Theory, Methods and [...]
Remembering 2009
3 Jan 2010 11:39pm GMT Looking back 2009 – I like to remember my top 3 happiest moments with my friends in the scientific world: (1) Spinning around L’Arche de Triomphe in Paris with George and Bernadette. It’s wild when we were in a convertible on a perfect summer night. Tres Chic! (2) Enjoying A Midsummer’s Night Dream in La [...]
Notes from Leonardo Da Vinci
21 Sep 2009 6:18pm GMT Recently, I attended the Web Intelligence conference in Milan, and I saw Da Vinci’s The Last Supper for the very first time. I was never a great fan of Mona Lisa – having great disappointment with the very small canvas hanging in Louvre. As a doctorate student in Paris, I could not understand what’s the [...]
Voice of Reason for Health Care?
14 Sep 2009 10:24pm GMT I admire the voice actors who volunteer many hours reading the entire health care bill — see NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/health/policy/14audio.html: Listen to the Health Care Bill Read by Professional Voices By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN Published: September 14, 2009 About 60 voice actors volunteered to record the proposed health care bill, H.R. 3200, a 1,017-page doorstop. The reading, available free at [...]