There is a novel approach for information assimilation emerging through Wikis and using Maps. this approach allows citizen reporters and other interested people to enter information through Wikis on Maps. It was demonstrated for some of the disasters like Katrina.…
Information Assimilation Using Wikis and Maps
Industry support for Academia
During my Singapore visit on a panel and outside in some discussions, I found that many researchers (even some seasoned researchers) expect that Industry should support research. What they do not say is that they feel that industry should not…
Drama, Architecture, and computers
Just came back from a dinner in which I was with Donald Bren (a real estate tycoon who has endowed several chairs, including mine, at UCI) and Robert Cohen, a noted professor of drama. It was interesting to mix discussions…
Not alone
Rajesh Jain sent me a link http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008684.html that suggests that I am not the only one struggling with this issue of taxonomy and tags.
Taxonomy and Folksonomy
It is common that we find a problem difficult to solve completely satisfactorily after significant efforts and conclude that the current approaches may not be correct approaches for the problem. We then start exploring an entirely different – sometime opposite…