Peter Lee @ January 25, 2009 # 2 Comments
Carlos Guestrin, a faculty member in Machine Learning, Computer Science, and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, is the recipient of the IJCAI’09 Computers and Thought Award, one of the most prestigious academic awards for young AI researchers.
With this award and his recent selection as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10,” Carlos […]
Peter Lee @ January 21, 2009 # 7 Comments
Well, my attempts to live-blog from the Inauguration fizzled. The signal strength was usually very good but actually getting bits transmitted reliably from my iPhone was another matter. This hardly mattered, though. Today was wonderful. I realize it sounds corny, but today was a day that made me proud of my country and especially proud […]
Peter Lee @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
First blog from the Inauguration.
The crowds are HUGE. Even for those of us with seated tickets, the lines for security screening are more than a mile long. Despite the lines, everyone is all smiles and in a festive mood.
I have net access on my iPhone so far, but will use it […]
Peter Lee @ January 19, 2009 # 3 Comments
I’m in Falls Church, Virginia, for a short visit with my father and stepmother. This is a historic time to be in the Washington DC area, of course. Some very, very good people managed to provide me with tickets for the inauguration. (I’m forever grateful! I know it wasn’t easy.) As a result, I’ll be […]
Peter Lee @ January 17, 2009 # 2 Comments
I’ve just finished a meeting of the NRC CSTB, held at Google in Mountain View. I shouldn’t say too much about what went on, but it’s worth noting that I detected a sense of hope in the air. The new Administration seems to be taking science and technology research very seriously, as a key element […]
Peter Lee @ January 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Nominations are due on January 31, 2009, for the second annual Smiley Award for innovation in technology-assisted person-to-person communication. Details can be found at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/smiley/sa.html.
I think this is such a fun award! It was established to commemorate the invention of the smiley :-) by Scott Fahlman almost 27 years ago. Our friends at Yahoo! generously […]
Peter Lee @ January 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I’m writing today from the Google campus in Mountain View. However, the news today isn’t about Google — it’s about Tuomas Sandholm. The Association for Computing Machinery has just named him an ACM Fellow. Tuomas is cited for his “contributions to combinatorial auctions and mechanism design.” In addition to his research, Tuomas is the founder […]
Peter Lee @ January 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I’ve just landed in Detroit, just one more short hop to get home. The visit to Taipei was both productive and fun. Lots of CMU faculty members were there: Lujo Bauer, Ed Clarke, Christos Faloutsos, Virgil Gligor, and Adrian Perrig. All gave great talks at the iCAST symposium and held up well for the review […]
Peter Lee @ January 11, 2009 # One Comment
Well, I’m finally on my way home from Taipei. I’m on a layover right now in Osaka, Japan, awaiting the continuation of my flight back to the USA. While I’m here, I thought I would mention some of our undergrads who have made some waves recently.
The first is Jeff Grossman, a sophomore in our CS […]
Peter Lee @ January 8, 2009 # One Comment
I’m about to start the last day of meetings here in Taipei. There have been many interesting research presentations and hallway conversations, as well as ceremonial activities (e.g., a banquet with the Taiwan State Minister last night) typical of an academic symposium in Asia. But like the United States, the “buzz” here is all about […]