I saw one more advertisement of a timeline maker – you can see it at http://www.timelinemaker.com/education.php I am hearing more and more about events. Starting from Twitter, to Facebook updates, to timeline makers, everybody realizes that events are important. And something needs to be done using events. I definitely feel that we are going to [...]
I am in final stages of agreeing to do a text book on Multimedia computing. This is a serious project that will require good amount of time to finish. I am thinking of doing it with a very energetic young fellow — Gerald Friedland. Multimedia has become a way of life in computing. Yet mulimedia [...]
Sitting in the advisory board of National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo with my colleagues (CEO/directors of majore national research labs in France, Germany, Holland, and Thailand) and listening to their perspectives has strengthened my belief that things definitely work differently in USA compared to many other countries. NII has a very strong research program [...]
Japan is one of the most gadget oriented countries. You see use of gadgets in everyday life in possibly the most innovative ways anywhere in the world. When many other parts of Asia still are in 19th century in terms of the use of technology, Japan is a trailblazer in many respects. I am always [...]
When ranking was introduced by search engines, the first step towards recommendation was taken. Ranking is a recommendation by the search engine only based on the keyword. As search engine technology progressed, more and more ‘recommendation’ was introduced. As is well known, one of the most active area in search is to create user profiles [...]