Peter Lee @ April 29, 2009 # One Comment
An announcement sent out earlier today by Randy Bryant, Dean of the CMU School of Computer Science:
I’m pleased to announce that Tom Mitchell, the Fredkin Professor of AI and Machine Learning, has been named a University Professor. As stated by the Faculty Handbook: “The rank of University Professor is the highest one at Carnegie Mellon […]
Peter Lee @ April 29, 2009 # 6 Comments
Two days ago, President Obama set the remarkably ambitious goal of spending 3% of the US gross domestic product on basic and applied science research. If achieved, this level of investment would be the greatest in US history. Speaking before members of the National Academy of Sciences, Obama cited the tremendous successes of the past […]
Peter Lee @ April 22, 2009 # 6 Comments
I’m on board a Delta flight bound for Pittsburgh right now. My curiosity got the best of me and so I plunked down some money (too much, really) to try out the airline’s new-ish inflight wifi service. My first in-flight blog entry! ;-)
It’s been a busy few months, particularly with travels. I’m flying back right […]
Peter Lee @ April 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The CMU team of Tom Conerly (CS sophomore), Celestine Lau (ECE senior), and Alan Pierce (CS sophomore) placed 12th overall, 3rd in North America, in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The final results for the contest, which was completed today in Stockholm, Sweden, can be viewed here.
The team was coached by Computer Science Department […]
Peter Lee @ April 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
This is CMU’s Spring Carnival weekend, the biggest annual student event of the year, traditionally the “real” homecoming for alumni. As a racing fan, I love watching the weekend’s buggy races. A “buggy” is a kind of wagon driven by a CMU student around a fast and somewhat treacherous course around Schenley Park. Check out […]
Peter Lee @ April 17, 2009 # 2 Comments
It is now well-known that power is a big problem for operating large data centers. Companies pay huge amounts of money for the energy to power and cool their server clusters, and the negative impact on the environment caused by this energy load is surprisingly high. So can we do better? David Andersen and his […]
Peter Lee @ April 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A quick special announcement of a conference being held on campus tomorrow:
ACH SIGBOVIK 2009: April 5th, 1pm, Scaife 125
The Association for Computational Heresy Special Interest Group on Harry Q. Bovik is delighted to present the Third Annual Intercalary Workshop about Symposium on Robot Dance Party of Conference in Celebration of Harry Q. Bovik’s (2^6)th birthday.
Join […]
Peter Lee @ April 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
OK, I admit it. During the past two weeks I got in a bit over my head, time-wise. But, I’ve gotten through it, and I’m feeling pretty satisfied with the results.
As I reported here on March 18, I was in Korea visiting the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, where I gave a lecture […]
Peter Lee @ April 1, 2009 # One Comment
This morning I will be one of four witnesses testifying before the Committee on Science and Technology of the US House of Representatives. The purpose of the hearing is to review proposed changes to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act of 2009. NITRD is a key piece of legislation that provides […]