As computer scientists we distinguish between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. For example, relational databases are to deal with structured data, and unstructured data is very difficult to deal with. One is forced to ask what is the fundamental difference…
Structured and unstructured data (1)
Apple becoming more multimedia
Apple has contributed a lot to making computing multimedia. And it continues doing that. Interesting announcements in this direction at the latest Macworld — the one without Mr Jobs. The important multimedia things are summarized here: The new version of…
No Text book on ‘Search Systems’!
When I started looking for a book on search systems so I could use it in the first week of my course on ‘Next Generation Search Systems’, I was very surprised that there is absolutely nothing close to a book…
Entrepreneurship education
NYT has an article that discusses how entrepreneurship is becoming popular at US universities. Today’s students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F.D.R., and they live in a world where startling innovations are commonplace. The current crop…
India and China
In an opinion piece in NYT, Gurcharan Das wrote an interesting article comparing India and China — most of my Indian friends would love that. I did. I wish Mr Das is really right because though I like his writing…