Most abstractions in early computing stages were close to data level. Computation was considered as ‘data processing’ and hence addressed issues related to data. Once comuting matured, abstractions related to text started taking center stage and resulted in what we…
Abstractions, Operations, and Transformations in Computing
Computing is about identifying (or inventing) abstractions, defining operations on these abstractions, and transforming abstractions from one abstraction to another. Ultimately everything is a bit — the simplest abstraction used in current computing. It may be changed by quantum or…
Real and Virtual: Cybereal
YeSun points out that MPEG has started an initiative that has similar goals as co-space does. This initiative is called MPEG-V. The way things are evolving, it is clear tha the real world and virtual world will need to intermingle.…
Co-Space
Singapore decided to invest s$500 Millin in promoting Interactive Digital Media field. Michael Yap is a key person in this effort and is providing vision and leadership in this area. Now I have attended multiple talks by him and had…
TinEye — An Image Search Engine
My student Arjun Satish pointed me to a new image search engine on the Web — www.tineye.com — which takes an image or a url from you and searches for that image on the web. It claims to look at…