Based on several presentations in the afternoon on June 29, it is obvious that people – or developers from many different areas – have realized that information displayed on maps, where relevant, is very compelling. Many applications were shown. The basic idea is to attach relevant information to its geographic location. In a way, this [...]
The first half day of Where 2.0 conference has been very interesting. Mapping seems to be really taking off. Many applications are being designed and the interfaces that Google and MSN showed are really taking us closer to experiential interfaces. Very good. Another important message that is definitely coming strongly is that data is being [...]
Attending three doctoral research presentations in one day is overwhelming. Pil Ho Kim and Bin Liu had their thesis proposal presentation to their committee and Matt Wolenetz (Kishore Ramachandran’s student) had his doctoral defense today at Georgia Tech. Before these three I had a meeting with Nikil Jayant and Jeannie Lee to discuss her research [...]
Computer Vision is a field of study that studies visual processes to understand recovery of information from one or more images of a scene. This understanding can then be used to develop useful application systems to extract meaningful information. These systems have applications in many different domains ranging from medical diagnosis to homeland security. These [...]
On the way back from Bulgaria, I decide to spend about two days in Prague. I had heard that Prague is a beautiful city and that turned out to be a correct statement. Prague has beuatiful old buildings, typical European charm of roadside cafes, lots of history, and good shops. I enjoyed my time here [...]