IPMU Conference in Málaga, Spain: June 22-27, 2008
The IPMU Conference is organized every two years with the focus of bringing together scientists working on methods for the management of uncertainty and aggregation of information in intelligent systems. This conference provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related [...]
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IPMU (Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems) Conference in Málaga, Spain: June 22-27, 2008
Jupitermedia conference in NYC: June 17 – 18, 2008, New York City
LinkedDataPlanet -exploring the new web of connected data – Jupitermedia conference is here in NYC.
I’ll be speaking on – Best Practice in Semantic Systems Development:
This presentation explores the challenges and approaches for effective semantic systems development. We explore the ROI of semantic systems which are primarily based on agility, flexibility, and information quality. While best [...]
NAFIPS (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society) Conference in NYC
NAFIPS conference will take place at The Rockefeller University, New York, NY on May 19-22, 2008.
I’ll be there. See you!
Solution Architect Shapes Business Strategy
Many people asked me the difference between Solution Architect and Enterprise Architect. I found a good overview by Gabriel Morgan - Enterprise Architect vs Solution Architect – on msdn blog.
I agree on most part that Enterprise Architect and Solution Architect are complimentary roles and should interact in project delivery and long term strategic planning. However, I don’t quite [...]
Data, Data Everywhere but Not a Bit to Use
Reading with interest this article on the front page of NYT – To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You. The article is about large Web companies learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet.
I’m glad that this has got on the front page…I have [...]
Research on the Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions
NEW BOOK! Classic Works of the Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing):
This book brings together a collection of classic research papers on the Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions. This book will serve as the authoritative reference in the field of evidential reasoning and an important archival reference in a wide [...]
Robotics Competition in NYC: April 4th-6th 2008
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) helps high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be. See details @ http://www.usfirst.org/: Dates: 4/4/2008 – 4/6/2008 View the 64 teams registered for this event
Event Website
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Aggregation Operator
Ordered Weighted Averaging Operator — OWA – is explained on Wikipedia :
operator of dimension is a mapping that has an associated collection of weights lying in the unit interval and summing to one and with
where bj is the jth largest of the aj
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Bill Gates Career Question
Bill Gates recently posted an interesting question: How to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and technology?
I believe that we can start by having the cartoons that little kids watch on TV portray engineers and scientists as heroes rather than villains and nerds as it’s done. There’s a disconnect between media and reality [...]
Future of Technologies and the Power of Web 2.0
A week ago, I attended a round-table on the Future of Technology with well-known speakers: Esther Dyson, Jaron Lanier, Bernie Meyerson and Ken Perlin.
The discussion quickly focused around the phenomena of Web 2.0, with endless ramblings of the new found popularity with facebook, myspace, secondlife and blogging. The echoes of concern around the table sound familiar [...]
