For 2-3 years, 2005-2005, I used to be in Bangalore every 2-3 months. That was more than 2 years ago. Since then, Bangalore has become Bengaluru. I am still trying to decide whether I like Bengalure more or Bangalore. Bangalore had a terrible airport; Bengaluru has much better airport — a modern one. Unlike the [...]
IEEE Conference on Technologies for Humanitarian Challenges was an enjoyable conference. I debated before coming here just for this conference, but after a busy full day, I am happy I did. It was very enjoyable and stimulating experience. It was nice to see how many different projects are going on and several of them look [...]
NYT has a very enlightening article on Mining the Web for Feelings, not Facts. This article very correctly points out: An emerging field known as sentiment analysis is taking shape around one of the computer world’s unexplored frontiers: translating the vagaries of human emotion into hard data. This is more than just an interesting programming [...]
Cambodia is a poor country. It reminded me of India in many ways. Possibly the diversity in India is more, but in Cambodia also one sees lots of poverty. I was taken to the floating village – a kind of slum that is formed in water. It was touching to see complete society becoming formed [...]
Angkor is a historic place in Cambodia. Much of the historic temples and palaces here were built between 900 and 1300 AD. Considering the time when they were built, they are truly impressive. Angkor Wat is particularly impressive. But the ruins of several other temples are also very impressive. Ta Phrom is in ruins and [...]