Edsger Dijkstra

Dijkstra started as a first ever programmer of a computer from 1952-1962.
This kindled his interest in computer science and one of the most important and still a very open problem that he tackled is — will this computer program do exactly what I intend it to do.
He was the inventor of shortest path algorithm carrying [...]

Fiftieth Year of Mayabazar

Mayabazar is the all time favorite telugu movie. This movie – from first scene to last scene is nearly perfect. The acting is phenomenol — with Savitri being absolutely outstanding while switching from Sasirekha to Gathokatcha almost seamlessly.
The picturization of 'Lahiri, Lahiri' song on a full moon day in black & white is fantastic [...]

Plog

Plog allows you to organize photos taken through cameraphones, create a storyline, and share these with others.
With a cameraphone one can shoot movies and recently there was an award given to the best cameraphone movie. It was two minute duration movie .
This is where – anyone, anywhere can get realistic visual perception of what [...]

Fifty Years of AI

This year AAAI is celebrating 50 years of AI.
AI has seen its premature glory days, an era of feeling lost, and now is again on upswing with lots of pragmatic research underway.
AAAI hosts various conferences of which annual AAAI conference is among the best, and the pragmatic nature of AI is most visible in IAAI [...]

Photo2search and other opportunities

Note the following project from MSR photo2search.
We ain't seen anything in the context how mobile phones and technology will change our lives.
With more proactive 'agents' in mobiles with appropriate learning and suitable configuration, along with corresponding value propositions very many opportunities are hidden.
First time, I heard about these possibilities (not all of them have led [...]