http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora A blog about IT-supported human and social innovation and creativity, genetics-based machine learning, genetic algorithms, metadata applications, and other amusing topics Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was lucky to attend the Big Data Computing Study Group 2008. The line of speaker is impressive. The event was held at Yahoo! Sunnyvale, and Thomas Kwan (UIUC alumni know at Yahoo!) helped organize it. I blogged about it on my DITA blog where you can find links to ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2008/03/26/172/ Yes, yes, I know, Python. I just been playing around to see how much you can squeeze out of it and I am very surprise of how elegant it can be. Just and example. I am pretty sure you have written way to many customize GA loops that you need ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2008/01/16/a-simple-and-flexible-ga-loop-in-python/ You may find some notes about Python profiling on my DITA blog.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2008/01/10/some-notes-on-python-profiling/ I just got an email from the GECCO 2008 organizers extending the deadline till January 2008.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2008/01/09/gecco-2008-deadline-extended-to-january-30th/ The deadline for the next Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2008) is approaching. Januray 16, 2008 is the date. Get ready!ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/12/04/gecco-2008-deadline/ WordPress iPhone / Mobile Admin adapts the WordPress admin UI to be more friendly to mobile devices, specifically phones.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/10/11/wordpress-and-your-iphone/ Here 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, ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/09/21/reset-the-mbr-using-linux/ TechCrunch40 Conference 2007 present 40 startups. If you want to procrastinate a bit, check the ideas they are proposing. Maybe they will get you inspired ;)ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/09/19/technocrunch-40-conference-2007/ This 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 ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/09/19/lcs-researcher-changes-jobs/ Kumara's PhD defenseKumara 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 ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/xllora/2007/09/07/kumara-sastry-phd/