Good explanation on Pointers : Stanford material

http://www.cs.stanford.edu/cslibrary/PointerFunCBig.avi

Why Logarithms

While preparing for Monday test on Mathematics, I reached topic on Logarithms and was quizzed as to what is the whole purpose of this mathematical concept. I found this link useful to understand it with some historical background and hence posting it here.


http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52469.html

MIT 150 Years

Interesting Read.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/mitlist/?page=full

Advice for Students : Got to read in my spare time.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/mernst/advice/#grad-students

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~htk/thesis.htm

Nice Ones.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
- Frank Tibolt

It's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S. Truman 

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
- Bertrand Russell

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
-Sir Francis Bacon


The barrier for becoming an 'expert' is set so low that the only real requirement is a talent for self-promotion.
-Damian Thompson. Counterknowledge.


An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.
-Robert A. Humphrey 

Reference

People in Computational Geometry Area

Jeff Erickson - UIUC
http://cs.illinois.edu/people/faculty/jeff-erickson

UIUC Theory Group
http://cs.illinois.edu/research/areas/theory

Suresh Venkatsubramanian
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~suresh/web/

Important Quote

Unfettered by the responsibilities of being an assistant, graduate life can seem rather uncomplicated. This is largely an illusion, though, since the toughest part of graduate school is study and research! 

Dianne Prost O'Leary 
Professor, UMCP

Reference