2006年2月24日星期五
A very cool site at UCLA
Institute for digital research and education. http://www.idre.ucla.edu/podcasts/default.htm
February 6, 2006Scientific Discovery through Advanced ComputingPresented by ~ David Keyes http://www.idre.ucla.edu/events/Abstracts/Feb_6_2006.htm
January 30, 2006Synthetic Data and Confidentiality Protection Systems for the Census Bureau Data ~ John Abowd http://www.idre.ucla.edu/events/PPT/2006_01_30_abowd_UCLA_synthetic_data_presentation.ppt
December 5, 2005Cyberinfrastructure and the Social Sciences ~ Henry Brady http://www.idre.ucla.edu/events/Abstracts/Dec_5_2005.htm
November 7, 2005Getting the Big Picture: Cyberinfrastructure and its Role in System-Oriented Science ~ Carl Kesselman http://www.idre.ucla.edu/events/Abstracts/Nov_7_2005.htm
enjoy!
Winter Olympics and national identity

2006年2月23日星期四
post of Prof.Gelman's blog on David Stork's hypothesis.
http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/blog/
http://webexhibits.org/hockneyoptics/
Did the great masters cheat using optics? Computer vision addresses a debate in Renaissance art history
I saw David Stork give yesterday the best talk I've ever seen. Here's the abstract:
In 2001 artist David Hockney and scientist Charles Falco stunned the art world with a controversial theory that, if correct, would profoundly alter our view of the development of image making. They claimed that as early as 1420, Renaissance artists employed optical devices such as concave mirrors to project images onto their canvases, which they then traced or painted over. In this way, the theory attempts to explain the newfound heightened naturalism of painters such as Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. This talk for general audiences, lavishly illustrated with Renaissance paintings, will present the results of the first independent examinations of the projection theory. The analyses rely on sophisticated computer vision and image analysis algorithms as well as computer graphics reconstructions of Renaissance studios. While there remain some loose ends, such rigorous technical analysis of the paintings, infra-red reflectograms, modern reenactments, internal consistency of the theory, and alternate explanations allows us to judge with high confidence the plausibility of this bold theory. You may never see Renaissance paintings the same way again.
P.S. Commenter John S. points out this fascinating website on the topic. Here's a summary of Stork's findings.
2006年2月22日星期三
A lousy day.

2006年2月20日星期一
为了告别的聚会
米兰.昆德拉使许多词语有了特别的意义,比如“为了告别的聚会”。
李金华和她的先生崔建就要从纽约回东京去了,他们的宝贝已经和祖母一起回中国,所以他们这一家人又要开始天各一方的生活了。金华是我的大学同学,毕业后直接去了日本,在东大读书后就在日本的证券公司就职。她和崔建结婚后一直在东京工作,直到一年前他们才到纽约来进修英语,同时也寻找新的工作机会。他们觉得还是更是应日本的生活,所以决定月底就回东京了。但是这一年中他们最大的收获,是他们的女儿。这个小天使诞生在美国,将要在中国生活一段时间,然后再和父母在东京团聚。上个月在金华家见到了他们的女儿,真是个可爱的小家伙。难怪金华觉得舍不得孩子离开她,但是现在她实在没有工夫照顾孩子。他们夫妇走了之后,我们班的同学在纽约的就有少了一个,只有王轶佳,王韬和我了。所以我们才有了这个为了告别的聚会。
这是一家很小的日本餐厅,其实是中国人经营的日本料理。 食物一般但是服务还是很周到的。我们边吃边谈,聊了几个钟头,不过是些对于美国和日本文化的粗浅了解。这也难怪,在那里都是异乡人,边缘人。我们的经历都是盲人摸象,而且中间还夹杂着自己原先的许多文化偏见。无论如何生存的压力太大了,活下去才是最重要的,其次才是对于异文化的理解和沟通。
也许我们还会再见面,但是这谁也说不准。其实现在能见面已经是很大的缘分了。毕业已经七年了,我不想一味地沉湎于回忆之中,希望下次见面的时候我们对自己,对人生,和对于我们所处的世界都会有更深的理解和同情吧。
brokback mountain and more.
There is so many discussions about the film online, in radio and in chatroom, so if you don't mind, here is more.
From PPLIVE, you can watch the original online free. But you have to download the ppengine first. http://www.pplive.com/source.shtml
And wonderful mimic of the film trailer, a newly adopted verion of the film 'Back to the Future" in Brokback Mountian story line. http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2693690?htv=12 By a group of students from Emerson College.
And BBC's review of the film, http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/16/brokeback_mountain_2005_review.shtml.
I just think it is interesting to put them together. In a day we google everything, the fun strikes you in all directions.
2006年2月19日星期日
Jiayu Tonio is here with us now.

Flying frog

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