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MSR RFP – Semantic Computing and Internet Economics
I’ve started interacting with Evelyne Viegas lately and I have found that we are thinking alike when it comes to semantics. I am really looking forward to working with her more closely to advance the agenda within Microsoft. I think we can do great stuff together, especially now that we are part of the same…
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In Greece and Newcastle for few days
I was invited (in place of Fabrizio Gagliardi who couldn’t make it) to keynote at an EGEE workshop in Thessaloniki. Given the industry focus of the workshop and the discussion around Grid computing adoption, I am planning to talk about some observations that Tony and I have made in the past and also start, for…
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Career-limiting move (almost)
The other day I almost had a “close encounter” with another car, after having got the exit from SR-520 and was turning into 40th towards Microsoft‘s main campus. I was in the middle lane, as always, and ready to turn right. As you can see from the map below, the middle lane is supposed to…
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Content-aware picture resizing but, also, making one’s research more reachable
Not many people would have read the SIGGRAPH 2007 paper on “Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing” (pdf). So I love how the researchers used YouTube to present their ideas. As this post (original source of the story) indicates, Dr. Shamir was immediately hired by Adobe. Cool algorithm and great delivery. Definitely part of the…
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A beautiful day
As my sweet friend Colette says, it was a beautiful day. Here’s a poem to finish it 🙂 (by lemn sissay)
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Lunar Eclipse
My very good friend Colette is visiting from Vancouver for few days. Last night we agreed to wake up at 3.30am to see the lunar eclipse from my balcony. The sky was clear (amazing for Seattle 🙂 and the view was fantastic; something like this… (credit: Astronomy for Beginners) The last few days have been…
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I am in Microsoft Research
After posting my last entry on the ThinkWeek paper, it occurred to me that I haven’t mentioned the fact that my team, Technical Computing @ Microsoft, is part of Microsoft Research now. Yes, exciting times even though not part of my plan when I joined Microsoft. You see, two years ago I opted to join…
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My first ThinkWeek paper
Today Roger Barga* and I submitted a ThinkWeek** paper. It’s my first since I joined Microsoft and I am really excited about it. Roger of course has submitted a number in his long and successful career in Microsoft Research. I thought that my first ThinkWeek paper would be on ‘data networking’ and ‘knowledge mashups’, since…
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Jim on InfoQ… 11 years and he still can’t pronounce my last name… 🙂
We first met on October 1st, 1996, when we ended up sharing an office in Newcastle while starting our PhDs (we started on the same date and we finished 4 years later with only few hours difference… he finished ahead of me by few hours but I got through the viva first :-). 11 years…
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🙂 Tattoo
It’s done!