In a break out session of academic researchers funded by an agency, people were asked by the program manager to identify in which class their research falls: Theory, Technology, and Applications. This may appear obvious to you, but a very…
Sue Generis: a class of its own
Living in the Past — dangerous for Present and Future
At a dinner meeting today, the talk went to many countries that have glorious (old) past but not so good present or even (recent) past. It was observed that many people in such countries — and that included Iran, Egypt,…
Events and Metaevents
If you look at the postings on Twitter or status updates on Facebook, one very soon realizes that if there is any important event then there are many ‘metaevents’ around it. Suppose that there is an event: a concert. Many…
Experiential Communication — in Singapore
While attending a workshop of more than 40 researchers in multimedia funded by IDMPO in Singapore, it was a pleasant surprise that most people were very comfortable with the idea that for expanding communications, from the current generation technology to…
Evaluating Multimedia Algorithms
Rapid advances in technology for capture, processing, distribution, storage, and presentation has resulted in proliferation of multimedia data, particularly audio and visual data, in almost all applications. On the other hand techniques to understand this data have been very slow…