At TEI 2008, Hiroshi Ishii gave a very interesting keynote, presenting highlights of the incredible amount of research he had been involved over the last decades. However, it was the last slide that has stayed in my mind since then:
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How would you like to be remembered by the people who will live in 2200?
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on March 25, 2012
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/how-would-you-like-to-be-remembered-by-the-people-who-will-live-in-2200/
Wiley’s Major Reference Works available for free (sort of)
Update (08. March 2012): Wiley has informed me that they just fixed the issue. 70 GB of digital content from Wiley’s Major Reference Works can be downloaded for free from Wiley’s web server. This is probably not intended, as Wiley still charges hundreds or even thousand of Euros for each one. I notified them of [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on December 30, 2011
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/wileys-major-reference-works-available-for-free-sort-of/
Why you should not trust Sheridan Printing with your conference paper
In 2009 I found a pretty obvious security flaw in Sheridan Printing’s submission management system. It allows anyone to view and modify all papers in the conference proceedings of many major computer science conferences prior to printing and publication. Over the last two years I have continuously tried to get this problem fixed silently – [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on September 7, 2011
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/sheridan-security/
Kernel talking to me
Message from syslogd@seamless at Nov 11 04:01:37 … kernel:[2972477.277368] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason a0 on CPU 0. Message from syslogd@seamless at Nov 11 04:01:37 … kernel:[2972477.277368] You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus. Message from syslogd@seamless at Nov 11 04:01:37 … kernel:[2972477.277368] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue Message [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on November 15, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/kernel-talking-to-me/
Best {Paper, Demo, Poster} Awards Considered Harmful
Many academic conferences award one or more “best paper”, “best demo” or “best poster” awards. The awardees are either selected by the program committee or by an anonymous audience vote. However, in my opinion, we should get rid of these awards. For three reasons I think these are a bad idea. 1. The big question [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on November 10, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/best-paper-demo-poster-awards-considered-harmful/
ITS 2010 – Day 2
I’m attending ITS 2010 – the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010 in Saarbrücken, Germany. This is a short collection of interesting stuff I’ve seen and heard on day 2 (Monday, 6. November 2010). (The demo and poster session is like a huge, dark playground with (literally) tons of amazing touch interfaces.) [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on November 10, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/its-2010-day-2/
ITS 2010 – Day 1
I’m attending ITS 2010 – the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010 in Saarbrücken, Germany. This is a short collection of interesting stuff I’ve seen and heard on day 1 (Sunday, 6. November 2010). (people testing the multitouch device they just built) Sunday started with four tutorials: Sheelagh Carpendale (University of Calgary) [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on November 9, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/its-2010-day-1/
Emotiv EPOC Brain-Computer Interface cracked open
The Emotiv EPOC is a relatively cheap ($300) EEG headset intended for gaming. I have considered buying such a device for some time. Unfortunately, the device is sold out at the moment and only available in the US. A developer headset ($500, sold out, too) is available worldwide. However, you would need to purchase an [...]
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on September 13, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/emotiv-epoc-brain-computer-interface-cracked-open/
Computer Science Conference Domains Grabbed
Seems like someone grabbed a number of domains for upcoming computer science conferences like ITS 2011 and 2012. The (anonymous) registrations took place on July, 23rd 2010. I’m curious whether any conference organizers will indeed buy back the domains. The URLs registered so far are:
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on August 12, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/computer-science-conference-domains-grabbed/
Hello world!
Hi. My name is Raphael Wimmer. I am a PhD student / research assistant in the Media Informatics Group at the University of Munich. I just switched from my.opera.com/raphman to WordPress.com for most of my blogging. Unfortunately, my.opera.com lacks many nice features.
Posted by Raphael Wimmer on February 16, 2010
http://raphaelwimmer.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/hello-world/
