Posted in Education on April 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
Would you like to have full, free access to the online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica? If you are a "Web Publisher", you are invited to sign up for a free account. Why free? In their own words,
“It’s good business for us and a benefit to people who publish on the Net,” said Britannica [...]
Posted in Math is Everywhere on April 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Professor Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia has recently published a paper in the February issue of Astrobiology entitled Implications of an anthropic model of evolution for emergence of complex life and intelligence. In this article he argues that a number of limitations must be overcome in order for evolution to progress [...]
Posted in Classes, Mathematical Modeling on April 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
I have the most excellent privilege of teaching a course at Wayland in Mathematical Modeling. The course is designed as a projects course where the majority of the semester is spent working on modeling projects. The typical problem will take groups of 3 – 4 students anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to solve. They [...]
Posted in Humor on April 12th, 2008 4 Comments »
Posted in Technology on April 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
As a Microsoft fanboy, I have to point out a recent result from a contest at a security conference. It was a three day contest where hackers were challenged to access a file on variety of systems including Microsoft Vista, Mac OSX Leopard, and Ubuntu Linux. Winners could win a Sony Vaio, Fujitsu U810 and [...]