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Tag Archives: computer science
Workshop plans
I had written an earlier entry concerning summer workshops and summer schools are useful in broadening one’s research and also picking up new tools. I applied for funding for two such events and thankfully my applications were successful. Therefore, I … Read More
Tagged: computer science, summer school
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The Power of Graphs
Graphs are mathematical structures that model pairwise relations between objects. They are represented by vertices and edges where the edges may be directed or undirected. Whenever I am working on some research problem using graphs, my friends who are unfamiliar … Read More
Tagged: computer science, Graph theory, Mathematics
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Good Mathematics
Arxiv is where you normally expect preprints of technical papers in mathematics, physics and computer science. However, it was a surprise to run into a general essay on ‘good mathematics’ by Terrance Tao. Tao has considered more than 21 dimensions … Read More
Tagged: computer science, essay, Mathematics, physics
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AAMAS 2009
It looks like I will be going to the home country of John von Neumann and Paul Erdos this May to present at AAMAS 2009. The official description of AAMAS is as following. AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for … Read More
Tagged: AAMAS, computer science, Conference, PhD
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Computer Science and the Future Credit Crunch
As the stock markets nosedive, the blame game between different groups continues. In an earlier entry, Kenneth Arrow’s point about the immense complexity of stock markets was highlighted. This complexity has been the subject of further investigations by complexity scientists … Read More
Tagged: computer science, Economics, Stock Markets
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Economics and Computer Science
Joan Feigenbaum is one of the leading computer scientists researching at the intersection of economics and computer science. Although economists have thought about rationality, fairness, cooperation and incentives for a long time, they did not consider computational feasibility in their … Read More
Birthday Workshop
In academic circles, there is a nice tradition of arranging a conference on the birthdays of senior professors. It is a coming together of researchers in the area. On his 66th birthday, a workshop on theoretical computer science was arranged … Read More
