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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also an assistant research professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)
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Bill Gates, in his transition from Mr. Big at Microsoft, to Mr. Big at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, has been going around to various college campuses and given a talk "Bill Unplugged." You can watch the video here...
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Posted on April 25, 2008 8:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Over at Machine Learning (Theory), the Learner points to a Scientific American article on Science 2.0 which discusses various efforts in bringing scientists into the 21st century, and scientists reluctance to openly discuss their research in progress in public forums....
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Posted on April 22, 2008 10:43 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Friday I gave out a survey in the course I'm teaching this quarter asking for feedback. Among the many helpful responses, was one, which pointed out that I say "so" a lot. Now, I know that when I write I...
Posted on April 21, 2008 5:59 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
You know you are spoiled when the place to put your beer is the top of the dugout: So close, the kid next to me waved at Ichiro as he returned to dugout and Ichiro waved back. Oh, and the...
Posted on April 17, 2008 4:56 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
A word I accidentally mumbled in class: "crudimentary." I think it means both rudimentary and crude. Anyway, I like it, and am going to try to start weaseling it into as many talks as I possibly can. Speaking of which,...
Posted on April 17, 2008 11:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
One year ago: Today: still playing on the floor with the kiddies and loving it!...
Posted on April 15, 2008 5:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
It was an unassuming blue-grey volume tucked away in the popular science section of the Siskiyou County Library. "Spacetime Physics" it announced proudly in gold letters across the front of the book. Published in 1965, the book looked as if...
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Posted on April 15, 2008 2:21 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Come on, you know you want to watch it, "How It's Made: Bacon": That's some awesome background music, I must say. Good to know they check for pieces of metal which might have fallen onto the pork bellies....
Posted on April 10, 2008 12:45 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
This quarter I am teaching CSE 322: Introduction to Formal Models in Computer Science. Good fun. As part of my teaching I am LaTeXing up lecture notes from the class, which follow closely the book we are using, Sipser's "Introduction...
Posted on April 5, 2008 10:03 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
The view from my morning run ...and that's not even the best view I get!...
Posted on April 2, 2008 10:47 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
