All human civilizations share a common goal: the pursuit of knowledge. Most knowledge of the world has its roots in experience – recall Newton’s apple and Archimedes’ bathtub – and is not captured by current knowledge tools. Major advances in…
Hammer Syndrome in Sciences
It is truly amazing how we the scientists behave like a person who has a hammer and (s)he wants to fix all the problems in the world using this hammer. Giver a problem, this person perceives that problem in a…
Photo-stream segmentation: Photo Organization
Digital cameras have changed our habits significantly. In early days, we wwaited for ‘kodak moments’ and used our camera thoughtfully. Now we use our camera all the time and take photos generously — photos are becoming our inexpensive secondary memory…
Information Sites in Multimedia
Maybe I am just ignorant of this, but I feel that Multimedia research community does not have resource sites where one could go to find information, data, algorithms, research places, products and such. If I need to run some experiments…
Media and experiences
Marshall MuLuhan had many interesting insights about media. His argument — that media are “extensions” of our human senses, bodies and minds — has always intrigued me. I read his books long ago — decided to revisit them again. Just…