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Archive for January, 2006

Cancer Survivor

Posted by Ramesh on January 30th, 2006

Today is the second anniversary of my being diagnosed with esophageal tumor. I remember the shock that I received. For the first 24 hours, I was planning how to make certain that my responsibilities are taken care of.
I was in Georgia and luckily Sudha was with me. After the first 24 [...]

Academic Reviewing — Simone Santini

Posted by Ramesh on January 30th, 2006

Simone Santini has a very interesting collection of ‘history’ of reviewing that should be read by all research students so they know that reviewing is not the end of their ideas — it could be the beginning of a new field. I tried to find the example that I like the best — [...]

India is getting expensive

Posted by Ramesh on January 30th, 2006

SAP finds that India is getting expensive for outsourcing. And this is not the first time I heard this.

The Ubiquitous Web

Posted by Ramesh on January 29th, 2006

W3C consortium is organizing a workshop to discuss issues in the emerging Ubiquitous Web.
The Ubiquitous Web will provide people with access whenever and wherever they find themselves, with applications that dynamically adapt to the user’s needs, device capabilities and environmental conditions. Application mobility will allow users to seamlessly switch between devices whilst continuing to access [...]

New Search Companies

Posted by Ramesh on January 27th, 2006

It does appear that Search has become very ‘hot’ and is resulting lots of attention from even seasoned entrepreneurs.
I have a dear friend (in fact more than just a friend — my ex-student (or an academic offspring) and cofounder of my first company) Kurt Skifstad visiting me. He has been thinking about Search in [...]