Archive for 2007
GECCO 2008 Deadline
4 December 2007The deadline for the next Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2008) is approaching. Januray 16, 2008 is the date. Get ready!
Wordpress and your iPhone
11 October 2007WordPress iPhone / Mobile Admin adapts the WordPress admin UI to be more friendly to mobile devices, specifically phones.
Reset the MBR using Linux
21 September 2007Here is a simple trick if you need to clean it. Recently I needed to clean some Rocks Clusters node’s HD to allow it to reinstall
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/HD count=1 bs=512
This avoid the computer to try to boot from the hard drive. However, if the node was already on the cluster, you need to run
# insert-ethers --remove="compute-0-1"
To remove it from the cluster, where “compute-0-1″ is the name of the node in cluster. Then, you can start insert-ethers, and boot the node and it will start reinstalling itself.
TechnoCrunch 40 Conference 2007
19 September 2007TechCrunch40 Conference 2007 present 40 startups. If you want to procrastinate a bit, check the ideas they are proposing. Maybe they will get you inspired 
LCS researcher changes jobs
19 September 2007This is an excerpt from Alwyn Barry’s web page (Thanks Pier Luca for pointing it out)
Most people who know me will be aware that I am changing job shortly. I will be leaving the University of Bath from 30th September 2007, and will no longer be an academic. I am moving to Street in Somerset to become the Pastor of Street Baptist Church. I am still happy to answer any questions relating to my previous research, so do feel free to contact me via my new email address, which is linked from this site.
Alwyn, it has been a pleasure to be able to interact with you. I would like to wish you the best in your new endeavor, knowing that you will give your 100% as usual.
Kumara Sastry Ph.D.
7 September 2007 |
| Kumara’s PhD defense |
Kumara has just defended his Ph.D. thesis “Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming for Multiscale Modeling: Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry and Advances in Scalability”. The gallery above shows snapshots of Kumara in action. If you have not taken a look at his excellent work, put it on your todo list, you will not regret it. Congratulations!
Live from The Engineer of the Future
5 September 2007I am sitting at the workshop on the Engineer of the Future hosted at NCSA. The workshop is part of the ETSI lecture series organized by Michael Loui and David E. Goldberg. The talks so far are very interesting. Hard to highlight all the relevant points, but I would like to mention the experience Sherra E. Kerns is sharing about their experience at Olin College. The engagement with the curriculum that students show is very remarkable. She mentioned current established curricula tend to kill innovation (and engagement). That comment resonate with my personal experience freshmen was always more rewarding and challenging than last year students.
Installing third-party apps to your iPhone
5 September 2007Matt Cutts has a nice post on how to hack your iPhone to install third-party apps. I am still reluctant to do it.
Sync your iCal and Google Calendar
22 August 2007Did you ever wanted to sync your iCal and your Google Calendar? I just ran into Spanning Sync. I have been testing and it is definitely worth it if you need such capabilities.
Synchronize Google Calendar and Apple iCal. Share calendars between multiple Macs. Share calendars with your coworkers, family, and friends. And while you’re at it, connect Google Calendar to your iPod, mobile phone, and other devices.
Moving around Urbana
11 August 2007Javier and Neus moved this weekend. Here are some pictures 
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| Mudanza Javi&Neus Summer 2007 |