A few decades ago, if you were to think of artificial intelligence, you would most likely automatically think of robots taking over the world or machines that can talk to you. This is probably due to the way AI is depicted in pop culture, as movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and iRobot have become international box-office hits. Although we won't necessarily see robots walking in the street next year, or be fighting wars against cyborgs, Hollywood did get one thing right: AI is officially taking over.
Artificial intelligence has extraordinary capabilities of being able to complete tasks that humans just cannot do. We are starting to see AI be incorporated into mainstream business models, due to its vast capacity to be able to process large amounts of data in a fast and efficient way. Canadian-based Xineoh is harnessing the power of AI by providing businesses with a tool that predicts consumer behavior. Grasping consumer behavior is at the heart of any business that wants to provide top-notch customer satisfaction. Being able to predict the wants and needs of your customer is an essential tool for customer satisfaction, and hyper-specific targeted marketing is one of the most in-demand features for businesses looking to do this.
Xineoh's solution involves processing mass amounts of raw data through their platform and returning a mathematical encoding of the customer, item, date, time and any other valuable information. Businesses are then left with a clear and accurate market segmentation that gives them with the opportunity to better target their audience. The results provided can be used on a macro level, helping businesses to optimize production and pricing strategy, and to improve inventory management, logistics management, and target marketing. Additionally, the Xineoh solution can be used on a consumer level, helping to predict customer behavior and to recommend products and services.
Xineoh's automated predictive analytics platform can be used for any business looking to understand their customer better, whether that be understanding what type of movies a customer is interested in, or what type of banking service a customer is looking for. Xineoh recently paired up with VideoLlama to provide users with a "personal shopper for movies and TV shows." Xineoh is also working with various different sectors, including retail, real estate, and financial services.
Traditional approaches to consumer behavior involve creating customer segments through experience and intuition, which places customers into a predefined mold. A big no-no for businesses today. The value AI holds in being able to personalize decision-making could be substantial, but there has been a lot of recent talk regarding user privacy. The recent data leaks on Facebook and the current changes in GDPR could cause somewhat of a halt for Xineoh; but, the extreme advantages that AI has will most likely overthrow any of these concerns.
Xineoh's algorithm is really exciting for the world of AI, as it has proven to provide people with personalized and better experiences when it comes to decision-making. We might not know how the world will react to AI and its ability to process people's digital footprint so easily, but we will have to wait and see the value that Xineoh provides to businesses. Either way, the positive use of AI might finally convince people that robots aren't actually looking to take over the world, but they do want to help you choose what movie to watch on a Friday night!


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Why all your devices are probably vulnerable to this 'devastating' computer hack
Jenni Sheppard
Abstract image of a computing microprocessor (archy13/Shutterstock)
Virtually every computer and smartphone in the world appears at risk of being hacked, after researchers found vulnerabilities in three major brands of microprocessor.
The hacks, known as Meltdown and Spectre, can allow access to the kernel memory of your computer or smartphone, where items like your saved passwords are stored.
The vulnerabilities are so far believed to affect microprocessors designed by Intel, AMD, and ARM, which are used in the vast majority of computers and smartphones.
Intel-based microprocessors are used widely by companies including Apple, Lenovo, HP, Samsung, Sony, and Dell computers.
Meanwhile, ARM-based microprocessors are used in Apple's iPhone, Google smartphones, and Samsung products too, among others.
And AMD-based processors are mostly used in gaming devices, including Microsoft's XBox and the Sony PlayStation.
Major players are collaborating on finding a solution. In the meantime, the best you can do is finally install those updates you've been putting off – and keep updating as more come out.
'Devastating consequences'
The vulnerabilities were discovered by an international team including researchers at Graz University of Technology in Austria.
In a release on Thursday, researchers from the university described one of the hacks, Meltdown, as a simple code with "devastating consequences."
"Meltdown is a very simple exploit – only four lines of code are needed to gain access," explained Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz and Daniel Gruss.
"Spectre is significantly more labour-intensive, and consequently more difficult to protect against. It uses the code itself to trick the system into giving up its secrets."
Exploiting the need for speed
Woman on computer (JKstock/Shutterstock)
Researchers explained that the hacks take advantage of the way modern microprocessors operate differently in order to speed up computing.
"Modern processors perform calculations in parallel rather than sequentially," reads the release.
"In parallel to lengthy tasks, the processor attempts to predict the next steps that will be required and prepare for them."
During that process, say the researchers, no check is made as to whether the program accessing data has permission to do so.
"If a predicted step is not required, or if permissions are not present, the processor discards the preparations it has made," they said.
"This preparation phase can be exploited to read data from the kernel – for example passwords saved in commonly used browsers."
The researchers have developed their own patch to protect users against the Meltdown hack, which they say may affect the operating speed of devices.
As well, they say, developers from the major IT companies have adapted and further developed their patch, and are delivering these with their latest security updates.
Intel is providing security updates
In its latest response to the findings, Intel indicated it had already known about the vulnerabilities and had been working to find a solution.
"Intel is committed to the industry best practice of responsible disclosure of potential security issues, which is why Intel and other vendors had planned to disclose this issue next week when more software and firmware updates will be available," read the response.
The company is working closely with many other tech companies, including AMD and ARM, to develop "an industry-wide" solution, said the release.
"Intel has begun providing software and firmware updates to mitigate these exploits," it said.
"Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time."
Intel advises users to check with their operating system vendor or manufacturer and apply any available updates as soon as they are available.
"Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world and that, with the support of its partners, the current solutions to this issue provide the best possible security for its customers," read the company's response.
'Total protection remains elusive'
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Meanwhile, in their own release, AMD emphasized that the Meltdown and Spectre hacks have not been seen outside of the research environment.
However, the company had immediately engaged "across the ecosystem" to address the research team's findings about the vulnerabilities.
"As the security landscape continues to evolve, a collaborative effort of information sharing in the industry represents the strongest defence," read the statement.
"Total protection from all possible attacks remains an elusive goal and this latest example shows how effective industry collaboration can be."
AMD advises customers to stay safe online – do not click on unrecognized links, use strong passwords, use secure networks, and accept all software updates.
Google engineers also working to protect users
In a blogpost, Google said its own Project Zero team had also discovered the vulnerabilities and its engineers had been working to protect Google Cloud customers.
"We also collaborated with hardware and software manufacturers across the industry to help protect their users and the broader web," read the blogpost.
"All G Suite applications have already been updated to prevent all known attack vectors."
More in depth information on how the vulnerabilities affect Google users can be found here.
Apple and ARM had yet to respond to news of the vulnerabilities at the time of writing.
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Japan sets 2027 deadline to recover international student numbers
Policy welcome, but Japan 'must address uncertainty' around future Covid waves, academics say
Japan's ministry of education intends to boost overseas student numbers to pre-pandemic levels of more than 310,000 by 2027, according to national media.
After a steep decline in student numbers following strict Covid-19 border policies, the government plans to recruit more international students – in particular areas such as science and engineering, Nikkei Asia reported.
That news comes after two years of uncertainty for many overseas learners, who were until recently unable to the country before Japan relaxed its border restrictions in spring this year. Foreign student numbers are still far from pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 242,000 in the country in 2021.
Academics welcomed the news but stressed that the country needs to provide assurance that its strategy will not change if Covid cases rise again.
"In terms of the goal to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2027, I do believe that this can be achieved in five years so long as Japan remains open, does not impose additional burdens on students and universities, and finds even more ways to be inviting as a destination," said Matthew Wilson, dean of Temple University's Japan campus.
Still, he noted that many students remain wary.
"Although they welcome the recent loosening of border restrictions, there is a continuing fear that the next wave might result in a return to a stricter approach," said Professor Wilson, adding "there is a strong perception among prospective students that it is extremely difficult to enter Japan".
While a number of his students "did everything possible" to enter the country in March and April, more than a third of those holding certificates of eligibility needed to enter the country decided against it.
"Mentally, they had relinquished their desire to study in Japan," he said.
Jacques Wels, a research fellow at UCL who has studied the mental and financial impact of Japan's border closure, agreed that the problem has much to do with how Japan's policies are perceived.
"The current crisis shows up the deep problem Japan has with foreigners. This is not due to common people who do not have particular problems with immigration but about political strategies that use racism and fear as a tool. Japan will reach its targets but has already lost its reputation."
He too warned over the uncertainty created by further border disruptions, with students unable to anticipate the "risk of being locked in or locked out".
"Japan should commit to applying reasonable border enforcement measures in case of new waves. Without this commitment, Japan will be perceived as a risky destination for students and researchers," he said.
Dr Wels noted that the country has yet to allow in tourists – beyond a limited number allowed on guided tours – something he said was "manageable for a short time but could have an impact over the long term", with families unable to visit international students.
Under the government plans, the government is also expected to aim to encourage more Japanese students to study abroad. Numbers of outbound students dropped significantly from more than 107,000 in 2019 to 1,400 in 2020, according to the Nikkei report.
Ian Wilson, director of the Center for Globalisation at the University of Aizu, said that Tokyo could also encourage a clearer, more unified message from its ministries.
Currently, the government risks undercutting itself, with its Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa) and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Mext) sending "conflicting messages" on outbound mobility, he said.
"Mofa labels countries as Level 2 (avoid non-essential travel) or 3 (avoid all travel)...but then Mext sends schools letters encouraging them to send students abroad anyway," said Professor Wilson.
"If all departments of the government held the same optimistic attitude towards student mobility – both inbound and outbound – and if they projected that view in their policies and directives, that would help the HE sector immensely."
Cautious optimism on Japan's border reopening
Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals
Academics 'reluctant' to recommend Japan as borders stay shut
Tokyo's tight border controls could undo decades of education exchanges, say scholars
Anger mounts as Japan lets only 87 international students return
Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas
Japan quarantine fees 'another slap in the face', say students
Students report mandatory two-week accommodation costs between £845 and £2,250
China cancels recognition of online degrees
Beijing's abolition of Covid-era concession expected to spur international enrolments while generating logistical migraines
Whitehall opposition to Braverman plan to cut UK graduate visa
Departments asked to set out positions on visas, with those resisting restrictions on post-study work options said to include Treasury
The Home Office must stop reheating ruinous ideas on student immigration
Cutting off a £26 billion UK success story at the knees would be self-inflicted economic vandalism, says Tim Bradshaw
By Tim Bradshaw
Switzerland's one-way Erasmus substitute falling short
Only four universities hitting Europe's 20 per cent target, but immobile institutions say agency figures belie specific barriers and possibilities of domestic exchanges


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The group decided to use the Fund to set up The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind (VMSB).
The school was formally launched in the presence of the incumbent Governor, Lord Northcote, beginning a journey that has already spanned over a century.
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We believe that all students deserve the opportunity to reach their academic potential and broaden their horizons, irrespective of their background and economic conditions. Based on this belief our institution offers all-round development to students with visual impairment or special needs through education, sports, music, handicrafts and other occupational skills – equipping them with the necessary resources to begin an independent life.
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The Trust, comprising a Parsi, a Hindu, a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew, laid the foundation of a truly cosmopolitan and secular School, a tradition that is upheld even today.
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The Urban Heritage Awards showcase the heritage of Greater Mumbai through its natural and built environment, traditions and culture.
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Among the several honours bestowed upon the school, some of the most significant ones have been the accolades by renowned national leaders.
The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind was visited by Mahatma Gandhi in 1924 and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, accompanied by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in 1951, who were full of encouragement and praise for the efforts towards creating a positive impact in the lives of children without sight. The school has also received support from India's former president, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who graced its centenary celebrations in 2002.
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package servicecenter

import (
	"context"
	"crypto/tls"
	"strings"
	"sync"

	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/client"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/datasource/etcd"
	etcdclient "github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/datasource/etcd/client"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/datasource/etcd/path"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/datasource/etcd/sd"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/pkg/dump"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/pkg/log"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/pkg/util"
	"github.com/apache/servicecomb-service-center/server/plugin/security/tlsconf"
	"github.com/go-chassis/cari/discovery"
)

var (
	scClient   *SCClientAggregate
	clientOnce sync.Once
	clientTLS  *tls.Config
)

type SCClientAggregate []*client.Client

func getClientTLS() (*tls.Config, error) {
	if clientTLS != nil {
		return clientTLS, nil
	}
	var err error
	clientTLS, err = tlsconf.ClientConfig()
	return clientTLS, err
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) GetScCache(ctx context.Context) (*dump.Cache, map[string]error) {
	var caches *dump.Cache
	errs := make(map[string]error)
	for _, client := range *c {
		cache, err := client.GetScCache(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			errs[client.Cfg.Name] = err
			continue
		}

		if caches == nil {
			caches = &dump.Cache{}
		}
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Microservices, &cache.Microservices)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Indexes, &cache.Indexes)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Aliases, &cache.Aliases)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Tags, &cache.Tags)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Rules, &cache.Rules)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.RuleIndexes, &cache.RuleIndexes)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.DependencyRules, &cache.DependencyRules)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Summaries, &cache.Summaries)
		c.cacheAppend(client.Cfg.Name, &caches.Instances, &cache.Instances)
	}
	return caches, errs
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) cacheAppend(name string, setter dump.Setter, getter dump.Getter) {
	getter.ForEach(func(_ int, v *dump.KV) bool {
		if len(v.ClusterName) == 0 || v.ClusterName == etcdclient.DefaultClusterName {
			v.ClusterName = name
		}
		setter.SetValue(v)
		return true
	})
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) GetSchemasByServiceID(ctx context.Context, domainProject, serviceID string) (*sd.Response, *discovery.Error) {
	dp := strings.Split(domainProject, "/")
	var response sd.Response
	for _, client := range *c {
		schemas, err := client.GetSchemasByServiceID(ctx, dp[0], dp[1], serviceID)
		if err != nil && err.InternalError() {
			log.Errorf(err, "get schema by serviceID[%s/%s] failed", domainProject, serviceID)
			continue
		}
		if schemas == nil {
			continue
		}
		response.Count = int64(len(schemas))
		for _, schema := range schemas {
			response.Kvs = append(response.Kvs, &sd.KeyValue{
				Key:         []byte(path.GenerateServiceSchemaKey(domainProject, serviceID, schema.SchemaId)),
				Value:       util.StringToBytesWithNoCopy(schema.Schema),
				ModRevision: 0,
				ClusterName: client.Cfg.Name,
			})
		}
		return &response, nil
	}
	return &response, nil
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) GetSchemaBySchemaID(ctx context.Context, domainProject, serviceID, schemaID string) (*sd.Response, *discovery.Error) {
	dp := strings.Split(domainProject, "/")
	var response sd.Response
	for _, client := range *c {
		schema, err := client.GetSchemaBySchemaID(ctx, dp[0], dp[1], serviceID, schemaID)
		if err != nil && err.InternalError() {
			log.Errorf(err, "get schema by serviceID[%s/%s] failed", domainProject, serviceID)
			continue
		}
		if schema == nil {
			continue
		}
		response.Count = 1
		response.Kvs = append(response.Kvs, &sd.KeyValue{
			Key:         []byte(path.GenerateServiceSchemaKey(domainProject, serviceID, schema.SchemaId)),
			Value:       util.StringToBytesWithNoCopy(schema.Schema),
			ModRevision: 0,
			ClusterName: client.Cfg.Name,
		})
		return &response, nil
	}
	return &response, nil
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) GetInstancesByServiceID(ctx context.Context, domain, project, providerID, consumerID string) (*sd.Response, *discovery.Error) {
	var response sd.Response
	for _, client := range *c {
		insts, err := client.GetInstancesByServiceID(ctx, domain, project, providerID, consumerID)
		if err != nil && err.InternalError() {
			log.Errorf(err, "consumer[%s] get provider[%s/%s/%s] instances failed", consumerID, domain, project, providerID)
			continue
		}
		if insts == nil {
			continue
		}
		response.Count = int64(len(insts))
		for _, instance := range insts {
			response.Kvs = append(response.Kvs, &sd.KeyValue{
				Key:         []byte(path.GenerateInstanceKey(domain+"/"+project, providerID, instance.InstanceId)),
				Value:       instance,
				ModRevision: 0,
				ClusterName: client.Cfg.Name,
			})
		}
	}
	return &response, nil
}

func (c *SCClientAggregate) GetInstanceByInstanceID(ctx context.Context, domain, project, providerID, instanceID, consumerID string) (*sd.Response, *discovery.Error) {
	var response sd.Response
	for _, client := range *c {
		instance, err := client.GetInstanceByInstanceID(ctx, domain, project, providerID, instanceID, consumerID)
		if err != nil && err.InternalError() {
			log.Errorf(err, "consumer[%s] get provider[%s/%s/%s] instances failed", consumerID, domain, project, providerID)
			continue
		}
		if instance == nil {
			continue
		}
		response.Count = 1
		response.Kvs = append(response.Kvs, &sd.KeyValue{
			Key:         []byte(path.GenerateInstanceKey(domain+"/"+project, providerID, instance.InstanceId)),
			Value:       instance,
			ModRevision: 0,
			ClusterName: client.Cfg.Name,
		})
		return &response, nil
	}
	return &response, nil
}

func GetOrCreateSCClient() *SCClientAggregate {
	clientOnce.Do(func() {
		scClient = &SCClientAggregate{}
		clusters := etcd.Configuration().Clusters
		for name, endpoints := range clusters {
			if len(name) == 0 || name == etcd.Configuration().ClusterName {
				continue
			}
			client, err := client.NewSCClient(client.Config{Name: name, Endpoints: endpoints})
			if err != nil {
				log.Errorf(err, "new service center[%s]%v client failed", name, endpoints)
				continue
			}
			client.Timeout = etcd.Configuration().RequestTimeOut
			// TLS
			if strings.Contains(endpoints[0], "https") {
				client.TLS, err = getClientTLS()
				if err != nil {
					log.Errorf(err, "get service center[%s]%v tls config failed", name, endpoints)
					continue
				}
			}

			*scClient = append(*scClient, client)
			log.Infof("new service center[%s]%v client", name, endpoints)
		}
	})
	return scClient
}

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package nl.tudelft.pds.granula.modeller.rule.filling;

import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.archiver.entity.Identifier;
import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.archiver.entity.operation.Actor;
import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.archiver.entity.operation.Job;
import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.archiver.entity.operation.Mission;
import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.archiver.entity.operation.Operation;
import nl.tudelft.pds.granula.modeller.model.job.JobModel;

public class UniqueOperationFilling extends FillingRule {

    String actorType;
    String missionType;

    public UniqueOperationFilling(int level, String actorType, String missionType) {
        super(level);
        this.actorType = actorType;
        this.missionType = missionType;

    }

    @Override
    public boolean execute() {
        Job job = (entity instanceof Job) ? (Job) entity : ((Operation) entity).getJob();

        Operation operation = new Operation();

        Actor actor = new Actor(actorType, Identifier.Unique);
        actor.addOperation(operation);

        Mission mission = new Mission(missionType, Identifier.Unique);
        mission.addOperation(operation);

        operation.setMission(mission);
        operation.setActor(actor);
        operation.setJob(job);
        operation.setModel(((JobModel) job.getModel()).getOperationModel(operation.getType()));
        job.addMemberOperations(operation);

        return  true;
    }
}


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Rose Zhang's Record-Tying Round Has Her Tied with Hailee Cooper and Yealimi Noh at Girls Junior PGA Championship
ST. ALBANS, Missouri – Another day, another record-tying performance at the 42nd Girls Junior PGA Championship at the Country Club of St. Albans, Lewis and Clark Course.
Rose Zhang, of Irvine, California, carded a 7-under 65, a personal best that ties her with Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (1990) for the lowest second-round score in Championship history. She shares the 36-hole lead at 10-under 134 with Yealimi Noh and Hailee Cooper, who, on Tuesday, tied the lowest 18-hole score in Championship history with a 64.
"It means a great deal to me," said Zhang, who's playing in her first Girls Junior PGA Championship at the age of 14. "To shoot the best round of my career is spectacular. I left some putts on the course, but overall I played really well."
Zhang's afternoon got off to a hot start when she sunk a 35-foot eagle putt on the 478-yard, par-5 2nd. She would go on to add five birdies en route to her bogey-free round.
Noh, who began her second round on the back nine, played near-flawless golf excluding her three-putt bogey on the 6th. Birdies on her final two holes have her in a positive frame of mind heading into the third round.
"I was rushing a little bit because I was getting tired, but everything else was good," Noh said. "I don't really want to think about the lead. I'm just excited to play good golf with friends."
Cooper also started on the back and reached 10-under for the Championship early in her second round with birdies at 14 and 16, but surrendered three strokes on the 390-yard, par-4 1st. The triple-bogey was her first over-par hole in the Championship.
"My triple woke me up a bit," said Cooper, who rebounded with birdies on 4, 6 and 7. "My putting wasn't as good as yesterday, but my ball striking was still strong. I'm going to pretend everybody's all square and play it as a one-day tournament each day."
A duo of 16-year-olds is tied for fourth at 8-under 136, two strokes behind the lead: Sophie Guo, of China, and Lauren Beaudreau, of Lemont, Illinois.
Guo faced an uphill battle after her opening-hole bogey, but birdies on the next two holes made for a quick recovery. She would finish with a second consecutive 4-under 68.
"My putting has saved me a lot," said Guo, who attends The First Academy in Orlando, Florida. "I tried to keep my mind positive and would tell myself, 'It's OK, you can make a birdie on the next hole.'"
Beaudreau followed her opening-round 66 with a 2-under 70. After missing the cut in her first Girls Junior PGA Championship last year, she's in a position to make a run for the Patty Berg Trophy just 12 months later.
"I really focused on my swing thoughts and didn't try to force birdies," Beaudreau said. "I actually felt like I hit it better today, but I didn't make as many putts. I'm in a really good place for tomorrow. My mindset is to remain steady."
Five players remain in the hunt at 7-under 137: Virginia Green (Point Clear, Alabama); Gurleen Kaur (Houston, Texas); Michaela Morard (Huntsville, Alabama); Angelina Ye (Bradenton, Florida); and Karah Sanford (Escondido, California).
Defending Champion Lucy Li, of Redwood Shores, California, is joined by Gina Kim, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Zoe Campos, of Valencia, California, in a tie for 11th at 6-under 138.
Contact: Pat Kravitz, 561-373-6959, pkravitz@pgahq.com


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Ph.D. Requirements for Current Students
Master of Science Degree in Materials Science and Engineering
Doctoral Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Graduate Specialty in Solid-State Science and Engineering
Columbia's program in Materials Science and Engineering offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Engineering Science (Eng.Sc.D. or DES) degrees.
Materials science and engineering is concerned with synthesis, processing, structure, and properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and other materials, with emphasis on understanding and exploiting relationships among structure, properties, and applications requirements. Our graduate research programs encompass projects in areas as diverse as polycrystalline silicon, electronic ceramics grain boundaries and interfaces, microstructure and stresses in microelectronics thin films, oxide thin films for novel sensors and fuel cells, optical diagnostics of thin-film processing, ceramic nanocomposites, electrodeposition and corrosion processes, structure, properties, and transmission electron microscopy and crystal orientation mapping, magnetic thin films for giant and colossal magnetoresistance, chemical synthesis of nanoscale materials, nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes, nanostructure analysis using X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques, and electronic structure calculation of materials using density functional and dynamical mean-field theories. Application targets for polycrystalline silicon are thin film transistors for active matrix displays and silicon-on-insulator structures for ULSI devices. Novel applications are being developed for oxide thin films, including uncooled IR focal plane arrays and integrated fuel cells for portable equipment. Long-range applications of high-temperature superconductors include efficient power transmission and highly sensitive magnetic field sensors.
Thin film synthesis and processing in this program include evaporation, sputtering, electrodeposition, and plasma and laser processing. For analyzing materials structures and properties, faculty and students employ electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, cathodoluminescence and electron beam–induced current imaging, photoluminescence, dielectric and anelastic relaxation techniques, ultrasonic methods, magnetotransport measurements, and X-ray diffraction techniques. Faculty members have research collaborations with Lucent, Exxon, IBM, and other New York area research and manufacturing centers, as well as major international research centers. Scientists and engineers from these institutions also serve as adjunct faculty members at Columbia. The National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory is used for high-resolution X-ray diffraction and absorption measurements.
Entering students typically have undergraduate degrees in materials science, metallurgy, physics, chemistry, or other science and engineering disciplines. First-year graduate courses provide a common base of knowledge and technical skills for more advanced courses and for research. In addition to course work, students usually begin an association with a research group, individual laboratory work, and participation in graduate seminars during their first year.
Master of Science Degree
M.S. students must complete the Professional Development and Leadership Course, ENGI E4000, as a graduation requirement.
Candidates for the Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering will follow a program of study formulated in consultation with and approved by a faculty adviser. Thirty points of credit are required at a minimum. Students interested in a specific focus in metallurgy or other areas in materials science and
engineering should consult their faculty adviser for relevant course listings.
The following six courses (18 points) are required for the degree. Students must take a minimum of two of the six required courses, one of which must be MSAE E4100 Crystallography, in their first semester.
18 points:
MSAE E4100: Crystallography
MSAE E4200: Theory of crystalline materials: phonons
MSAE E4201: Materials thermodynamics and phase diagrams
MSAE E4202: Kinetics of transformations in materials
MSAE E4206: Electronic & magnetic properties of solids (3 pts)
MSAE E4215: Mechanical behavior of structural materials (3 pts)
If a candidate has already taken one or more of these courses at Columbia University, substitutions from the Elective list must be approved by consultation with their faculty adviser and approval of the program committee.
The remaining 12 points will be chosen from elective courses.
MSAE E4090: Nanotechnology
MSAE E4101: Structural analysis of materials
MSAE E4102: Synthesis and processing of materials
MSAE E4105: Ceramic nanomaterials
MSAE E4132: Fundamentals of polymers and ceramics
MSAE E4203: Theory of crystalline materials: electrons
MSAE E4250: Ceramics and composites
MSAE E4260: Electrochemical materials and devices: from structure to performance
MSAE E4301: Materials science laboratory
MSAE E4990: Special topics in materials science and engineering
MSAE E6085: Computing the electronics structure of complex materials
MSAE E6091: Magnetism and magnetic materials
MSAE E6225: Techniques in X-ray and neutron diffraction
MSAE E6229: Energy and particle beam processing of materials
MSAE E6230: Kinetics of phase transformations
MSAE E6251: Thin films and layers
MSAE E6273: Materials science reports
MSAE E8235: Selected topics in materials science
MSAE E4000-, 6000- or 8000-level courses not listed here, except MSAE E6100.
APCH E4080: Soft condensed matter
APMA E4001: Principles of applied mathematics
APMA E4101: Intro to dynamical systems
APMA E4150: Applied functional analysis
APMA E4200: Partial differential equations
APMA E4300: Intro to numerial methods
APMA E4302: Methods in computational science
APMA E4400: Intro to biophysical modeling
APPH E4100: Quantum physics of matter
APPH E4110: Modern optics
APPH E4130: Physics of solar energy
APPH E6081: Solid state physics, I
BMEN E4300: Solid biomechanics
BMEN E4301: Structure, mechanics, and adaptation of bone
BMEN E4340: Biomechanics of cells
BMEN E4501: Tissue engineering, I
CHEE E4252: Introduction to surface and colloid chemistry
CHEE E4530: Corrosion of metals
CHEM GU4168: Materials chemistry
CHEN E4620: Intro to polymers and soft materials
CHEN E4640: Polymer surfaces and interfaces
EACH E4560: Particle technology
EAEE E4001: Industrial ecology of earth resources
EAEE E4003: Introduction to aquatic chemistry
EAEE E4160: Solid & hazardous waste management
EAEE E4550: Catalysis for emissions control
EAEE E6150: Industrial catalysis
EAEE E6240: Physical hydrology
ELEN E4301: Introduction to semiconductor devices
ELEN E4411: Fundamentals of photonics
ELEN E4944: Principles of device microfabrication
ENME E4113: Advanced mechanics of solids
ENME E4114: Mechanics of fracture & fatigue
ENME E4608: Manufacturing processes
MECE E4211: Energy sources and conversion
MECE E4610: Advanced manufacturing processes
Columbia Video Network (CVN) students may have their programs approved by faculty. Special reports (3 points) are required of CVN students.
Applicants for admission are required to take the Graduate Record
At the end of the first year of graduate study in the doctoral program, candidates are required to take a comprehensive written qualifying examination, which is designed to test the ability of the candidate to apply course work in problem solving and creative thinking. The standard is first-year graduate level. There are two four-hour examinations over a two-day period.
Candidates in the program must take an oral examination within one year of taking the qualifying examination. Within two years of taking the qualifying examination, candidates must submit a written proposal and defend it orally before a Thesis Proposal Defense Committee consisting of three members of the faculty, including the adviser. Doctoral candidates must submit a thesis to be defended before a Dissertation Defense Committee consisting of five faculty members, including two professors from outside the doctoral program. Requirements for the Eng.Sc.D. (administered by the School of Engineering and Applied Science) and the Ph.D. (administered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) are listed elsewhere in the SEAS bulletin.
Degree Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering
Complete requirements for the M.S. with a 3.0 Minimum GPA
(unless a Master's Degree from another institution has already been earned, in which case students receive 30 points and 2 Residence Units of advanced standing)
Complete requirements for the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Degree:
Written Qualifying Examination
Courses suggested for preparation at the level of the general and materials science parts of the written qualifying examination are listed in the qualifying examination memorandum.
Online ethics course during Fall of 1st, year, attend departmental ethics seminar during Spring of 1st and 2nd years
Oral Exam (usually Spring of 2nd year)
30 points of courses and/or research (beyond M.S.) taken for a letter grade with 3.0 GPA
Can be fulfilled with core and related courses of specialization not used for the M.S. degree as well as research points, but no more than 15 points of research can be applied to this 30 point requirement
6 Residence Units
One per semester not including summer, takes 3 years without M.S. or 2 years with M.S.
Thesis proposal (usually Spring of 3rd year)
Master of Philosophy Degree awarded
Complete Dissertation
Successful Defense
Degree Requirements for the Doctor of Engineering Science ( Eng.Sc.D. or DES) in Materials Science and Engineering
(unless a Master's Degree from another institution has already been earned, in which case student receives 30 points of advanced standing)
Specific course requirements are determined in consultation with the program adviser. Courses suggested for preparation at the level of the general and materials science parts of the written qualifying examination are listed in the qualifying examination memorandum.
Online ethics course during Fall of 1st year, attend departmental ethics seminar during Spring of 1st and 2nd years
30 points of courses and/or research (beyond MS) taken for a letter grade with 3.0 GPA
Can be fulfilled with core and related courses of specialization not used for the MS degree as well as research points, but no more than 15 points of research can be applied toward this 30 point requirement
12 points of MSAE E9800: Doctoral Research Instruction
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty
William Bailey - Materials Science and Engineering Program Committee Chair
Katayun Barmak - Materials Science and Engineering Program Doctoral Committee Chair
Simon Billinge
Siu-Wai Chan
Alexander Gaeta
Oleg Gang
Irving Herman
James Im
Chris Marianetti
I.C. Noyan
Aron Pinczuk
Wen Wang
Renata Wentzcovitch
Yuan Yang
Multidisciplinary and External Advisors
Admitted students may work with scientific advisors external to the materials science and applied physics and applied mathematics faculty, as long as student secures funding from said faculty. Examples of other faculty in areas closely related to materials science include:
Louis Brus, Chemical Eng. and Chemistry
C. J. Durning, Chemical Eng.
Kenneth Eisenthal, Chemistry
James Hone, Mechanical Engineering
Ioannis (John) Kymissis, Electrical Engineering
Jeffrey Kysar, Mechanical Engineering
Ponisseril Somasundaran, Earth and Environmental Engineering
Yasutomo Uemura, Physics
Shalom Wind, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Solid-state science and engineering is an interdepartmental graduate specialty that provides coverage of an important area of modern technology that no single department can provide. It encompasses the study of the full range of properties of solid materials, with special emphasis on electrical, magnetic, optical, and thermal properties. The science of solids is concerned with understanding these properties in terms of the atomic and electronic structure of the materials in question. Insulators (dielectrics), semiconductors, ceramics, and metallic materials are all studied from this viewpoint. Quantum and statistical mechanics are key background subjects. The engineering aspects deal with the design of materials to achieve desired properties and the assembling of materials into systems to produce devices of interest to modern technology, e.g., for computers and for energy production
The graduate specialty in solid-state science and engineering includes research programs in semiconductor nanocrystals (Prof. Louis Brus, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering); optics of semiconductors and nanomaterials (Prof. Irving Herman, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); molecular beam epitaxy leading to semi-conductor devices (Prof. Wen Wang, Electrical Engineering/Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); metamaterials and infrared optoelectronic devices (Prof. Nanfang Yu, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); and inelastic light scattering in low-dimensional electron gases within semiconductors (Prof. Aron Pinczuk, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics/Physics); large-area electronics and thin-film transistors (Prof. James Im, Henry Krumb School of Mines/Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); structural analysis and high Tc superconductors (Prof. Siu-Wai Chan, Henry Krumb School of Mines/Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); X-ray microdiffraction and stresses (Prof. I. C. Noyan, Henry Krumb School of Mines/Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); electronic and magnetic metal thin films (Prof. Katayun Barmak, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); magnetic properties of thin films (Prof. William Bailey, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); the structure of nanomaterials (Prof. Simon Billinge, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); electronic structure calculations of materials (Prof. Chris Marianetti, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics); ultrafast nonlinear optics and nanophotonics (Prof. Alexander Gaeta, Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering); and silicon photonics (Prof. Michal Lipson, Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics).
The applicant for the graduate specialty must be admitted to one of the participating programs: applied physics and applied mathematics, or electrical engineering. A strong undergraduate background in physics or chemistry and in mathematics is important.
The doctoral student must meet the formal requirements for the Eng.Sc.D. or Ph.D. degree set by the department in which he or she is registered. However, the bulk of the program for the specialty will be arranged in consultation with a member of the interdepartmental Committee on Materials Science and Engineering/ Solid-State Science and Engineering. At the end of the first year of graduate study, doctoral candidates are required to take a comprehensive written examination concentrating on solid-state science and engineering.
The following are regarded as core courses of the specialty:
APPH E4100: Quantum physics of matter (3 pts)
APPH E4110: Modern Optics (3 pts)
APPH E4112: Laser physics (3 pts)
APPH-MSAE E6081 Solid state physics
CHEM GU4230: Statistical thermodynamics (4.5 pts)
CHAP E4120: Statistical mechanics (3 pts)
ELEN E4301: Introduction to semiconductor devices (3 pts)
ELEN E4944: Principles of device microfabrication (3 pts)
ELEN E6331-E6332: Principles of semiconductor physics (3 pts)
ELEN E6403: Classical electromagnetic theory (4.5 pts)
PHYS GR6092: Electromagnetic theory, I (4.5 pts)
MSAE E4100: Crystallography (3 pts)
MSAE E4206: Electronic and magnetic properties of solids (3 pts)
PHYS GR6018: Physics of the solid state
PHYS GR6037: Quantum mechanics


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Posts Tagged 'short stories'
Six New Voices Stories to Read on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is this weekend, and to celebrate we have compiled a list of some of our favorite stories from our New Voices section, which features fiction and narrative nonfiction by emerging writers published online. Whether you want to celebrate your love for your partner, your family, or your pet—or if you simply want to read a tale in which all men are zombies—we have a story for you.
If You Love Your Pet
If your furry companion occupies a special place in your heart, you will adore Jessica Lee Richardson's story "House Hunt." In it, a woman searches for a new home with her best friend, who just so happens to be a lion. One of our favorite lines: "The love I had for this lion was like a stake made of piano keys driven through the throat. Thick, painful, echoing." Just read it.
If You Love Star Wars
While intergalactic travel may be the principal factor uniting the Star Wars series and Samuel Jensen's brilliant, quiet "Sarajevo," I think that we can all agree that love stories are infinitely more romantic when they're set in space. "Sarajevo" takes place in the future on a moon that is light years away from earth. In a cave on this distant moon, a deaf geologist miraculously hears—for the first time—the voice of her lost love. Trust us: you will be moved. Read the story here.
If You're Feeling Cynical
If you're looking for a story about relationships that is realistic, but not romantic, you will love "That Was Me Once" by Megan Cummins. In this story, a man facing possible jail time spends an afternoon tagging along with his ex-wife. While he entertains romantic notions about this past relationship, his current girlfriend waits for him at home. He says about the two women: "I turn away from Dani, but the idea that I would go to her, if beckoned, keeps a steady pace with my love for Mara." Continue reading here.
If You're Into the Supernatural
In "Clean Hunters" by Lena Valencia, Emily and her husband Gabe share a passion for ghosts. They are clean hunters, searching for spirits not with fancy detection equipment, but with their natural Sense. However, when they travel to a famously haunted New England inn to celebrate their anniversary, tension in their relationship mounts. "Clean Hunters" is an illuminating examination of the notions of dependency and deception in relationships. Dive in here.
If You Want to Celebrate Your Family
William Pei Shih's "The Golden Arowana" is a beautiful examination of the love of family across different generations. In this story, a man and his grandmother take a road trip to claim a valuable fish. "The Golden Arowana" was the second runner up in our Short Story Award for New Writers and each one of its sentences shimmers. Read the whole story.
If You're Just So Over It
If you are simply done with all of the Valentine's Day sappiness, let us suggest "Life After Men" by Dale Bridges, in which all men are zombies. The author had this to say about his piece: "Turning the male population into mindless, bloodthirsty zombies allowed me to reduce "men" to a convenient metaphor without being too literary about it. Emily has been hurt by all the men she has ever known, but she's still drawn to them. She loves them, but she also wants them to die. I think that's how I would feel about men if I was a young woman." Read on.
Browse our full New Voices archive here.
by Sadye Teiser
Cover Art for Our Favorite Stories
Novels often get the makeover treatment. Publishers redesign covers for paperback releases, anniversary and special volumes, and to update outdated imagery. Artists also love the challenge, and commonly produce alternative cover art for their favorite books. But what of the short story? Those special gems we treasure so much? We decided to make cover art for some of our favorites, and have included a song we feel best suits the mood, tone, or subject of the story below. Enjoy!
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson debuted in 1948 in The New Yorker and was an instant hit among readers. It received the largest number of letters to the magazine than any other story at the time and it's easy to see why. Jackson went on to become an authoritative voice on the dark and sinister and has many bestsellers to her name. Read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson here.
Accompanied song: "The Killing Type" by Amanda Palmer
"The Ceiling" by Kevin Brockmeier is on almost everyone's favorite short stories list. It won the O. Henry Prize in 2002 for Best Short Story and is about an object that appears in the sky that grows ever closer. The townspeople call it "the ceiling" and you can read about it here.
Accompanied song: "The Wilhelm Scream" by James Scream
"Ponies" by Kij Johnson was published by Tor in 2010 and won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story that year. In "Ponies" Barbara is invited to a "cutting out" party for her talking unicorn. As you can probably guess, Barbara and her pony, Sunny, are in for more than they bargained for. You can read "Ponies" by Kij Johnson, here.
Accompanied song: "You Gotta Suffer A Lot to Be Happy" by Sunny & Share Love You
"St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell was originally published in Granta and is the titular story for her first collection. In this piece, a group of girls who spent their childhood raised by wolves is sent away to live with nuns so they can transition into young women. Russell's imaginative stories and beautiful writing have made her a favorite among short story readers. Read "St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves" here.
Accompanied song: "Running With The Wolves" by AURORA
Kim Winternheimer
Anthology Judge Kevin Brockmeier's Fifty Favorite Short Stories
Submissions for our 2015 anthology are now open! Our guest judge Kevin Brockmeier says he is "looking for the kind of stories that result when a writer combines imaginative daring with dynamic, exact, emotionally suggestive prose." To give you a better idea of the sorts of stories he admires, here is a list of his fifty favorites. And, if you're looking for still more inspiration, check out this list of Brockmeier's favorite fantasy and science fiction in our May interview.
Several Rules: (1) I have listed these stories in alphabetical order by the author's last name, rather than in order of preference—though I've marked my ten current favorites with an asterisk. (2) I have chosen no more than one story (or in a few cases one novella) per author. (3) I have tried to be honest, which is why there are so many contemporary English-language stories on this list, as well as so many stories by science fiction writers, magic realists, and assorted other fantasists.
—Kevin Brockmeier, August 7, 2014
Fifty Favorite Stories
1. "Tickets on Time (Extracts from the diary of Jules Flegmon)" by Marcel Aymé
2. "The Voices of Time" by J.G. Ballard (*)
3. "Gryphon" by Charles Baxter
4. "The Last Song of Sirit Byar" by Peter S. Beagle
5. "The Accordion Player" by John Berger (*)
6. "Three Versions of Judas" by Jorge Luis Borges
7. "The State of Grace" by Harold Brodkey (*)
8. "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler
9. "The Time Machine" by Dino Buzzati
10. "The Light-Years" by Italo Calvino (*)
11. "American Dreams" by Peter Carey
12. "Sins and Virtues" by Jim Crace
13. "White Angel" by Michael Cunningham
14. "Pet Milk" by Stuart Dybek
15. "The Prophet from Jupiter" by Tony Earley (*)
16. "The Twenty-seventh Man" by Nathan Englander
17. "Grace" by Paula Fox
18. "From the Fifteenth District" by Mavis Gallant
19. "The Torturer's Wife" by Thomas Glave (*)
20. "Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold" by Theodora Goss (*)
21. "Two Gentle People" by Graham Greene
22. "Monday" by Mark Helprin
23. "It Didn't Bother Me" by Jeremy Jackson
24. "Emergency" by Denis Johnson
25. "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" by Franz Kafka
26. "The Joy and Melancholy Baseball Trivia Quiz" by Ken Kalfus
27. "The Dark Princess" by Richard Kennedy
28. "Bobcat" by Rebecca Lee
29. "Catskin" by Kelly Link
30. "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean
31. "The Boat" by Alistair MacLeod
32. "The Briefcase" by Rebecca Makkai
33. "Man in the Drawer" by Bernard Malamud
34. "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin
35. "Singular Pleasures" by Harry Mathews
36. "The Thistles in Sweden" by William Maxwell (*)
37. "Twins" by Megan Milks
38. "The Next Thing" by Steven Millhauser
39. "Faith and Mountains" by Augusto Monterroso
40. "A Window" by Haruki Murakami
41. "Sugar Among the Chickens" by Lewis Nordan
42. "Reeling for the Empire" by Karen Russell
43. "Akhnilo" by James Salter
44. "Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz" by George Saunders
45. "The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter" by Lucius Shepard
46. "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy (*)
47. "Extracts from Adam's Diary and Eve's Diary" by Mark Twain
48. "Escapes" by Joy Williams (*)
49. "The Dreamed" by Robert McLiam Wilson
50. "The Private Lives of Trees" by Alejandro Zambra
NYC Midnight – Short Story Challenge
NYC Midnight is doing another fun fiction challenge, this time in the format of short stories. (On occasion they've hosted flash fiction, screen writing, and others.) Registration is open now until February 21, 2013. Here is some more info about the contest from the site. Check it out and dust off your short story skills!
The 7th Annual Short Story Challenge is a creative writing competition open to writers around the world. There are 3 rounds of competition. In the1st Round (February 22-March 2, 2013), writers are placed randomly in heats and are assigned a genre, subject, and character assignment (see examples of past assignments here). Writers have 8 days to write an original story no longer than 2,500 words. The judges choose a top 5 in each heat to advance to the 2nd Round (April 11-14) where writers receive new assignments, only this time they have just 3 days to write a 2,000 word(maximum) short story. Judges choose a top 25 from the 2nd Round to advance to the 3rd and final round of the competition where writers are challenged to write a 1,500 word (maximum) story in just 24 hours (May 17-18). A panel of judges review the final round stories and overall winners are selected!


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Edva Jacobsen, née le , est une économiste et femme politique féroïenne.

Biographie
Le 29 octobre 2011, elle a été élue membre du Parti de l'union au Løgting (parlement des Îles Féroé). Elle n'a pas été réélue en 2015.

Edva Jacobsen vit à Fuglafjørður, un village situé sur la côte est d'Eysturoy. Après avoir travaillé dans le secteur bancaire pendant 25 ans, elle est entrée en politique en 2010, en remplacement de Johan Dahl au Løgting. Elle a obtenu son diplôme en économie de consommation en 2002, avec une spécialisation en gestion financière.

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Naissance en août 1964
Femme politique féroïenne

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Guest blog: Lynn Conway
Posted on June 3, 2009 by paulmcl
Today's guest blog is by Lynn Conway, who is the Conway of "Mead and Conway," the book on VLSI Design that first moved VLSI Design from its priestly guilds within a few semiconductor companies and into first the universities and research institutes and then the mainstream. Lynn Conway was at Xerox PARC and Carver Mead at Caltech. Depending on your age, you either lived through this VLSI revolution or else this is the recent history of how the current approaches to design you use today first came into being. She has recently collected together a lot of the documents from that period into the…
The VLSI Archive
When reflecting back in time with friends and family, we often use albums of snapshots to trigger shared memories—memories that bind us together and reveal how we got to where we are.
But what about the career-adventures of folks in Silicon Valley and beyond? More often than not we see final products of their work, but mementos of what happened along the way are often lost. Only too late do folks realize what "should have been saved."
Somehow it was different for the VLSI revolution of the late 70's and early 80's. Perhaps it was the exciting visual nature of the artifacts. Whatever the reason, many original treasures from that era have been saved—stored away in people's attics and basements for decades now—from old notes, to chip photos, to huge color check-plots.
During the past two years, members of the VLSI research team along with colleagues in academia and industry have been gathering up many original artifacts—archiving them at the Computer History Museum and scanning and posting many online. It's a work in progress, and whatever we can find we put in there.
The resulting VLSI Archive is bringing the old adventures back to life and now includes things such as:
The 1976 letter from Ivan Sutherland to Bert Sutherland that framed the research opportunity then at hand and proposed the Xerox PARC/Caltech collaboration to develop radically-improved VLSI design methods and EDA tools.
Prepublication versions of the Mead-Conway text used to document, teach and evolve the new design methods and tools. Written on Alto personal computers at PARC and demand-printed on the newly-invented laser-printers there, they were used in trial-runs at several universities prior to publication of the text.
The handwritten course notes for the first modern VLSI design course, taught at MIT in 1978. These became the Instructor's Guide and along with the Guide to LSI Implementation and the Mead-Conway text were used to spread the course to over 100 universities around the world.
Many documents and notes from MCP79 the internet-based, rapid-chip-prototyping effort that implemented design projects at a dozen universities in 1979, and proved out the Mead-Conway methods. Included are documentation and chip photos of the 124 design projects – projects that led to many innovations in chip architectures, some (for example Jim Clark's Geometry Engine) leading to major startups such as SGI, Sun Microsystems and MIPS.
As a side note: demand for QTA chip prototyping later led to institutionalization of the MPC79 service as the MOSIS system—used for decades now to support chip prototyping by students and researchers in U.S. universities and industry—and MOSIS-like services later sprang up in many other countries too.
The VLSI movement also started it's very own VLSI Conferences, which helped build a cohesive, forward-looking research community, and short-intensive courses were offered (such as the one by VLSI Technology) to faculty preparing to teach VLSI design and to early adopters in companies eager to exploit the new methods.
EDA was a vital dimension of the VLSI revolution, and the archive includes key documents from the development of modern design tools, from the early beginnings in Doug Fairbairn's and Jim Rowson's work on ICARUS and Lynn's invention of scalable design rules, to the specification of CIF 2.0 by Bob Sproull and Dick Lyon, to Randy Bryant's work on MOSSIM, to John Ousterhout's work on CAESAR and MAGIC, on to the startups of VLSI Technology, Cadence, Valid Logic, Daisy, Mentor Graphics, Viewlogic and more.
The revolution also had its own magazine: Created by Doug Fairbairn and Jim Rowson, LAMBDA (later VLSI Design) showcased important new advances and played a key role in the propagation of the new design methods and design tools.
As a result of all these wild happenings, the VLSI revolution really took off. Electronics Magazine spread the alert in a 1981 feature article, and as they say "the rest is history."
You'll sense the excitement of the times by browsing among the mementos, using the archive sprea
dsheet to access individual items. For further reading see my report The MPC Adventures and the National Research Council book Funding a Revolution in which much of Chapter 4 is devoted to the VLSI work
On reflection, it's clear there are many other adventures out there—stories as yet untold—carried only in the shared memories of the folks who've built our industry. It would be great if their treasured mementos could be gathered up and shared online too!
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The village church dedicated to Saint Editha largely dates from the 12th century, having a square west tower with a spire, a large '7-light' east window of fine stained glass depicting scenes from the life of Christ, and "the broken and repaired remains of an elaborate early 12th century font, closely related to the font at Bradley," and that at Lilleshall, except that the font at Bradley is in much better condition. Pevsner also states that these fonts were all made at Gnosall.
Church Eaton also has a successful cricket club. Playing in Division 2 of the Staffs Club Cricket Championship.
The one and only public house in the village is The Royal Oak.
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 18:21,22.


I have mostly been busy lately, with living. Editing the book has been a task and a half and my respect to editors everywhere, it is not a simple job. Luckily my editor is incredible. I often wonder how regularly I should be on here. All the media experts have an opinion on being ever-present on the web. That doesn't work for me. I need to disengage and be a part of planet earth. That usually means being out running in nature or creating art in the form of music with talented musicians. This morning I went running in the grass, barefoot. The dewy grass massaging my toes and connecting me to the ground. Take off your shoes this week and feel the earth beneath you. Your inner child will thank you.


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Things are about to get a bit more interesting for Cablevision and its management - it was revealed on Friday that Harbinger Capital Partners Funds had upped its stake in the company from 4.9 to 8.1%. This represents a total stake of almost 19 million shares, which is worth over $615 million dollars.
Harbinger Capital is not known as being a quiet shareholder - they are known as agitators, a company which purchases large blocks of shares and then pushes for change. They declared in their filing that they believe that Cablevision is undervalued, and that they "hope to meet with the company in the very near future to discuss our thoughts". Others clearly think that the company is undervalued as well - the Dolan family tried to take the company private last year for $36.26 and were rejected by investors who thought that the price was too low. The stock currently trades at $32.40, giving it an overall valuation of $9.61 billion dollars. The company reached a high of nearly $90 in 2001.
Harbinger Capital launched in 2001 with $25 million in seed money from parent company Harbert Management Corp. The company now manages $25 billion in total assets, helped by a banner 2008 (so far) that has seen total hedge fund assets grow by about $6 billion dollars. Harbinger Capital is on track to be one of the biggest hedge fund winners in 2008. The company is powered by the immensely talented Phil Falcone, one of the shrewdest and most successful traders in the world.
Things are about to get more interesting for Cablevision with Harbinger Capital as one of its major shareholders.


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