Being a researcher, I have many very analytical and accomplished computer scientist friends. In my academic circles, particularly with students, my friends usually ask: Where is computer science in it? I find this question very amusing because Computer Science, like…
EventWeb getting traction
This Thursday I gave a distinguished speaker talk at NTU in Singapore. I was pleasantly surprised by the attendance and the fact that I forgot to keep track of time and exceeded my time by 30 minutes — yes 30…
Sue Generis: a class of its own
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…
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…
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…