Peter Lee @ April 30, 2008 # 2 Comments
This one is in the category of neat new toys. Last week I got my very own Gigapan robot, as part of its beta program. Being a beta version, I’m actually obligated to use it. So, in that spirit, here is the first picture I’ve taken with it:
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Peter Lee @ April 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Tuomas Sandholm has just been informed of his election as a AAAI Fellow. This prestigious award recognizes “significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.” Usually, only members of AAAI who have made contributions for a decade or more will be selected. As you know, Tuomas works in the area of multiagent systems, […]
Peter Lee @ April 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Byron Spice in our Media Relations office just told me that Tuomas Sandholm has been named one of the three most influential academics in the business world, by Conde Nast Portfolio. This first-ever “brilliant issue” showcases 73 of the “biggest brains in business”, putting Tuomas in the company of people like Larry Page, Sergey Brin, […]
Peter Lee @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This must be the year for awards. They just keep rolling in!
Alyosha Efros has been awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship award. While most of the prestigious Guggenheim awards go to people with exceptional accomplishments in the creative arts, a few are given in the sciences. Alyosha’s groundbreaking work in image and video processing has always […]
Peter Lee @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This is an incredibly hectic week. Every day we have new faculty candidates visiting for their job interviews, and then on top of that there are a slew of invited speakers and special events.
Tuesday was especially busy. There was a faculty candidate talk plus two seminar speakers. One of the speakers was Charles Leiserson, from […]
Peter Lee @ April 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The commencement ceremonies should be an especially interesting event for us this year. At the 11am university-wide ceremony, the keynote speaker will be Al Gore. Then, at the 1pm diploma ceremony for the School of Computer Science, we will have a special keynote speaker, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. As explained in an email […]
Peter Lee @ April 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’m writing today from Newport Beach, where I am attending a DARPA ISAT meeting. I may write about that in a future article, but for today I’d like to give a rundown on our department’s faculty retreat, which was held this past Friday and Saturday (April 11-12).
Retreats, for us, are a pretty big deal, and […]
Peter Lee @ April 10, 2008 # One Comment
Way back in September, 2007, at about the time of Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”, I wrote an article about the future of his Alice v3 Project. In the wake of Diane Sawyer’s Primetime special on Randy last night, I thought it a good time to give an update on the project’s status.
As I wrote back […]
Peter Lee @ April 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Also notable in one of today’s local Sunday newspapers (the Tribune-Review) is one of the more comprehensive articles on AI research at CMU. Check it out right here! One of the nicer quotes:
CMU is easily on par with Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, critics say.
Some argue it is better.
“How (CMU) compares to […]
Peter Lee @ April 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The cover story for today’s Parade magazine (included in many Sunday newspapers) is about Randy Pausch. Besides having his picture on the cover:
there is a two-page excerpt from the book, The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch and Wall Street Journal writer, Jeffrey Zaslow, to be released on April 8. Jeffrey will be on campus for […]