The aspirant future technology leaders might find the following article useful. You must start working on the required skills. All the best!!
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Technology Leaders”
Communications of the ACM, March 2007
As a result of the ever-changing challenges within the IT sector, a business school professor at Villanova advises that technology leaders should [...]
Steven Gerrard made sure England avoided one of the most embarrassing draws in history after his second-half goals gave Steve McClaren’s men a much-needed 3-0 win over Andorra. The Liverpool skipper netted twice to give England all three points, after a woeful first-half, to ease the pressure on the squad. David Nugent poached a late [...]
1. Computing drives innovation in the sciences (human genome project, AIDS vaccine research, environmental monitoring and protection just to mention a few), so if you want to make a positive difference in the world, study computing.
2. Computing majors will provide you with a foundational knowledge of problem solving and logical thinking that will be helpful [...]
Over its 40 years, the University of Mauritius has contributed significantly to the development of Mauritius by producing high profile citizens. They now occupy leading positions in Mauritius and abroad.
In its drive to rekindle the sense of belonging to the University, a platform is being set up to give Alumni opportunities to associate themselves [...]
The Thinking Machine
Wired (03/07) Vol. 15, No. 3, P. 104; Ratliff, Evan
Engineer Jeff Hawkins, who counts the creation of the Palm Pilot and the Treo among his credits, is focusing on the fulfillment of a long-gestating dream through his new company, Numenta: The development of software that mimics the human brain and that can [...]
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Le professeur médiocre affirme. Le bon professeur explique. L’excellent professeur démontre. Le grand professeur inspire.
~William Arthur Ward
In my pursuit for academic excellence, I hope I will be able to inspire my students to become good human beings.
The future of [...]
Some snaps from the Crocodile Park in the South of Mauritius – have been there after a very long time. There are lots of places to discover or rediscover in Mauritius. Hope will have time to explore other places in the near future. (22/03/2007)
New Technology Enables Mouse-Free Web Surfing
Stanford Daily (03/14/07) Mesher, Kelsey
A Stanford University computer science doctoral student has designed a system that enables users to interact with software using only their eyes. Gaze-enhanced User Interface Design uses eye-tracking technology: Infrared lights implanted in the computer that shine into the user’s eyes and a camera picks [...]
Model Based Computing
HPC Wire (03/16/07) Vol. 16, No. 11, Feldman, Michael
RMS (recognition, mining, and synthesis) is an application software model for terascale computing that Intel thinks will be the future killer application. The manipulation of complex models–objects or events–is what RMS applications are designed for. Recognition is the definition of the model, mining is [...]
Ubiquitous Computing
Kavi Khedo
15 March 2007
“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.”
– Mark Weiser (1991)
Ubiquitous computing, or calm technology, is a paradigm shift where technology becomes virtually invisible in our lives. – Marcia Riley (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.)
The main aim [...]
Computer-Science Slide
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN) (03/04/07) Stockman, Krista J.
The perception that computing jobs are hard to come by is prevalent among today’s students, although it could not be further from the truth: The sector is the fastest growing in all of science and engineering. There will be 1.4 million new computing jobs over [...]
Is Computer Science Dead?
The Age (03/13/07) Timson, Lia
Some experts say IT professionals are a dying, increasingly unnecessary breed, and many undergraduates are focusing on careers outside of computing, even though Australia faces a national shortfall in IT personnel, a growing reliance on technology, and a population crazy for gadgets. IT school directors assign culpability [...]
These Robots Are Inspired by Ants
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ) (03/08/07) Washington, George C.
MIT Ph.D. candidate James McLurkin studies ants to better develop his robots’ ability to communicate with one another. In his office at the school’s Computer Science ad Artificial Intelligence Lab, McLurkin has an ant farm of about 500 ants, which he says “are on [...]
Flag-raising Ceremony at University of Mauritius on Friday 09 March 2007 at 1300 hours in the Raised Plaza, Academic Complex Tower Block.
Mauritius attained independence on the 12th March 1968 and on the date of the year 1992 became a Republic
Glory to thee, Motherland,
O motherland of mine.
Sweet is thy beauty,
Sweet is thy fragrance,
Around thee we gather
As one people,
As [...]
The Promise of Supercomputers
Technology Review (02/23/07) Greene, Kate
The announcement of Intel’s project to create a programmable “terascale” supercomputer on a chip signifies changes that present incredible possibilities but will require a significant leap in software and hardware development. Intel will use the chip to test techniques for improving the programmability of multicore technology. Such [...]
