MIT News had an article that comments on the test images and standards used in object recognition research in computer vision. “With only two types of objects to distinguish, this test should have been easier for the ‘toy’ computer model,…
Test Images in Computer Vision research
Padma Vibhushan
Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata, PRS Oberoi, and LN Mittal are among the people who have been honoured by Government of India by Padma Vibhusha — the second highes honour (the highest is Bharat Ratna). Nice to see that Government has…
The New Bill Gates
Bill Gates keeps springing surprises (good ones) on people like me. See his new act in Davos. He is now going to help poor farmers. Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates announced a new direction Friday as he pledged $306 million in…
Divorces in India!!!
We Indians always argued that Divorces are for Westerners — we have solid marriages and we know how to make them work. I happened to have different opinion — all people and all marriages are same. Once a society evolves…
Creativity and CreativeIT
The workshop on Creative IT had several accomplished researchers, from academy award contestants to lab administrators, who shared their experiences in building teams that were very successful in executing ‘creative’ projects. It appeared that a major focus was on demonstrating…