I have visited Singapore many times but never though about this until pointed out today by Dilip and Charu Kokate that one never sees a laborer (whether from India, Malayasia, or any other country) on Orchard Road or any other…
SigGraph Asia
SigGraph Asia was in Singapore in the last week — the first SigGraph Asia. Good start. Nice to see this conference start in a very vibrant part of the world. I saw the list of papers and went to the…
Video Phones — Finally
According to an article in Forbes, “Videophones,” heralded as early as the 1964 World’s Fair, have never really caught on. But increasingly sophisticated mobile devices and wireless networks, cheaper data plans and consumer enthusiasm for mobile video may brighten its…
China and India
Visiting China is always a thought provoking experience for me. What has happened in that country in the last 7 years — when I visited for the first time — and now is a miracle and according to all indications,…
Beijing Trip
The last 3 days I have been in Beijing to attend SKG2008. I was requested to give a keynote talk at this conference — Semantics, Knoledge, and Grid — and I talked about the EventWeb ideas. Though I came here…