I am attending a workshop on CreativeIT at Arizona State University (supported by NSF: see http://ame.asu.edu/news/creativeit/ ). As stated The goal of this workshop is to collaboratively determine successful strategies for promoting creativity in IT based on the experiences of…
CreativeIT
Educating India
NYT has a depressing article about Indian Education system. (Thanks Arjun for sending me this.) It correctly points out that India has long had a legacy of weak schooling for its young, even as it has promoted high-quality government-financed universities.…
Computer Vision in Computing
I always believed that computer vision has potential to contribute very strongly in general computing. This became more obvious in the lst few years. Computing progressed significantly and digital cameras started appearing and used every where. Computer vision as a…
Geotagging
It is expected that just in a few more years, most cameras may come with GPS and all photos will have the location, latitude and logitude, in their metadata such as EXIF. This will help in organizing photos. This may…
TATA and Rs 1 Lakh Car
TATA continues with his successes in automobile industry. This announcement of their unveiling of their Rs 1 Lakh (about US $2.5 K) car reads more like unveiling of Kohinoor diamond — all security and secrecy. Impressive marketing hype.