A recent report says Being labelled a techie used to be an impediment to advancement, but by 2010 technical skills will be more highly prized than ever, according to a study by management consultants Deloitte. Looks like they are talking about USA when they say: “Many nations may be facing employment crisis by 2010, with [...]
Visual search is becoming increasingly important and will dominate the next frontiers in search technology. A good aricle on challenges and opportunities appeared in Technology Review. As in text search, it is not required to develop strong recognition systems, but an approach that could help in bringing in most relevant images based on some syntactically [...]
I am visiting Ann Arbor for the long weekend. We lived in Ann Arbor about 11 years from 1982 to 1993. We made many strong long term lasting relationships here. So spending a few leisurely days meeting friends is likely to be very enjoyable experience. Sudha and Neil are with me. We already met Pallab [...]
When I read the report about $100 lap top from One Lap Per Child (OLPC) championed by Negroponte, I find myself wondering is this a good project? So whe I saw this article today – one more on this topic — I again started wondering whether this project will help children in developing world? I [...]
Last few days have been very hectic — lots of travel — a short trip to East coast and again going there for the weekend. This is keeping me away from my reading and writing. Hopefully will find more time now.