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Archive for February, 2010

Pragyan 2010 at NIT Trichy

Posted by Ramesh on February 27th, 2010

National Institute of Technology (formerly, Regional College of Engineering) in Tiruchy is one of the top engineering colleges in India. I had an opportunity to attend part of this – as a Guest Speaker and a panelist – event that is completely organized by students. I did not meet any faculty members there but was [...]

Timeline mashups

Posted by Ramesh on February 7th, 2010

Map mashups brought lots of interesting applications and have made location as one of the most important ‘attribute’ in many applications, particularly on the mobile phones. I see potential for a similar ‘revolution’ in timelines. We want to see all events in time and also in space. How to create effective mashups showing evolution of [...]

US Institute of Peace

Posted by Ramesh on February 3rd, 2010

Today I visited with Ellen Ensel, Anand Vaghese, and Christopher Neu at United States Institute of Peace. Yes, you are reading it right. You have heard a lot about Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, but never about Institute of Peace. And I am sorry to say that this Institute is more for [...]