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Guest Blogger USA Science & Engineering Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker Joe Schwarcz PhD I had my tonsils out in 1954. In those days a few bouts of tonsillitis, and out they came. I remember being plied with chloroform before the operation and with ice cream after. I also remember being given a special gum, “imported from…
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The latest Scientific American “Best of the Blogs” video is now available online and featured blog posts from March 2013. Included are short videos highlighting topics that range from gluten intolerance to fish with human-looking teeth. And, starting at 4:28, one can find a section on Plugged In’s article “Saving Lives with a Solar Suitcase.” [...]
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This lightweight, compact bike accessory attaches to the rear axle to charge a smartphone or any other USB-equipped device. Continue reading →
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I just gave a talk at Supelec today. The whole presentation can be downloaded here. It was a good crowd. Thank you Francesca, Elsa and Pierre for the invitation.
PS: Yes, the title of this talk comes from Seinfeld's "The Marine Biologist".
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I was recently talking to a non-technical person who was interested in some of my work. As we were discussing some of the specifics, he asked about a distance between two pieces of equipment. “Oh, it’s about a meter,” I responded. I was met with a blank stare. I thought for a moment then added, [...]
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Samsung's latest Android phone only acts like it's reading your mind. Continue reading →
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A Twitter hoax shows the power of social media -- and the danger it poses in an age of computerized trading. Continue reading →
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Bionic and robotic prosthetic limbs inch closer to giving amputees full restoration of their lost limbs.
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Yves Wiaux just me the following:
Hi Igor,
Matlab code is now available for our Sparsity Averaging Reweighted Analysis (SARA) algorithm on github: https://github.com/basp-group/sopt
While the first SARA paper (http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3123, published in MNRAS) deals with astronomical imaging, a second article (http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2330, accepted in IEEE SPL) discusses SARA performance relative to the state of the art for generic compressive imaging in the context of the theory
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Yves Wiaux just sent me the following:
Hi Igor,May I ask you to post the following multiple PhD position announcement on nuit-blanche?PhD positions are available with BASP at EPFL: http://people.epfl.ch/yves.wiaux/researchThanks a lot in advanceCheersYves
Thanks Yves. From the page:
BASP is currently hiring
Ph.D. positions: Ph.D. positions are available with the Biomedical and Astronomical Signal Processing (BASP) group. A first position is available to start in June 2013.The
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The long-named Harvard Mind/Brain/Body Interfaculty Initiative announces: MBB 2013 Distinguished Lecture Series Uta Frith and Chris Frith (University College London) Uta Frith - Autism: The First Fifty Years Wednesday, April 24th, 5:15 p.m., Science Center Hall D Chris Frith - How the Brain Creates Culture Thursday, April 25th, 5 p.m., Science Center Hall D BACKGROUND: Chris Frith, [...]
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Ig Nobel Prize winner Dr. Nakamats writes, on his blog: I’m looking for the most innovative Manga cartoonist in the world to make my own life story by manga. This is from The Committee of Sir Making Dr. NakaMats Manga. On April 18, 2013, Dr. NakaMats announced to make his own Manga, cartoon, about his [...]
