Many people claim that they have face recognition solution. Face recognition is definitely a very important application. A company in Singapore (www.xidtech.com) has interesting approach to application of face recognition. They call it face synthesis approach. This approach relies on creating a three dimensional model of the face, usually using only one photo, and creating [...]
Being raised in Nagpur as a resident of Maharashtra, I have been proud of Maharashtrian culture. I identified myself more from Maharashtra than from MP from where my parents migrated. Though I migrated to USA and work in many places, I always have been proud of Maharashtra. For the first time, I feel terrible about [...]
There has been a lot of talk about using humans as sensors. With a mobile phone, humans become a good source of information, in most cases without any effort on their part. There have been ideas about harnessing these mobile (human-based) sensors for a range of applications. Amit Sheth pointed out an interesting application to [...]
Wikipedia defines Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. Journalism applies to various media, but is not limited to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. It further says: Journalism’s activities include stating What, When, Where, How, and Why, famously quoted [...]
US has been attracting the best and the brightest of the world for quite some time. US higher education has been an important part of that. NYT has an interesting article on the changes coming in the Higher Education landscapes of the world. The idea of expanding US Universities in other countries has been around [...]