30/2012 Saying that well....

Discovered a very nice, useful, and informative resource :: http://www.phrases.org.uk/

29/2012 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science

Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS) is taught in many of our institutions. It is also called as "discrete mathematics". One of the main hurdles in teaching MFCS is about deciding what exactly should be the coverage of this course. Here is an initiative by IEEE to catalogue the contents of MFCS. This effort is available for review at :
http://computer.centraldesktop.com/swebokv3review/

The effort is being directed by an Indian, based in India : Nabendu Chaki, University of Calcutta,

My colleague teachers, and people who plan our curricula, are invited to have a look.

partha

28/2012 Flute making

Useful links on "the art of flute making" ::

FluteMaking.html

Making-Simple-PVC-Flutes

Mark Shepard’s Flute Page

You can never stop being creative.

partha

27/2012 Math makes you more crazy

In my last blog post, I named one crazy area where I started working recently. I found one more area which I find fascinating:: using maths to design musical instruments. I took the humble "bamboo with a hole" instrument called flute. Here is what I found

Flute Theory and Maths

Blame it on maths, if you find me behaving crazy.

partha

26/2012 In outer space, which side is north ?

It is amazing how much the w-w-web can distract you and entice you into random directions. I am now getting addicted to some fascinating questions about astronomy. Here is one I picked up at ::

http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/

The question I am refering to is :: Is there such a thing as “North” in outerspace?
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On Earth, North is determined by the magnetic poles of our planet. Is there such a thing as "North" in outerspace? To put it another way, is there any other way for astronauts to navigate besides starcharts? For instance, if an astronauts spaceship were to be placed somewhere (outside of our solar system) in the milkyway galaxy, would there be a way for them to orient themselves?
UNQUOTE

There is still so much to discover and learn. There is so little time left.

partha

25/2012 One more small discovery

Discovered a very good source of maths for cryptographers. Wish I had seen this before.

http://www.di-mgt.com.au/maths.html

24/2012 Improvements@home

Made some improvements in my home page :: http://propartha.webs.com Added a new page for testing your LaTeX, and added a LaTeX starter page :: http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/startlatex.htm Take a look. Have fun. partha

23/2012 Guess who came for lunch ?

It is not every day that we get a chance to have lunch with a great personality. Richard Stallman (aka RMS) was in town today, and I got invited to have lunch with him. RMS, as we all know, is the founder of Free Software Foundation, prime mover of the GNU project, and the person who changed the way the world looks at software.

I thank IIITH which organised the event, and my friend Venkatesh Choppella, who got me into this event. This was indeed a memorable day for me.

22/2012 Ignored in India, recognised abroad

As usual, Partha gets recognised once again. Partha is now on the Editorial Board of a reputed international journal published by Elsevier Publishers from UK. People in his own native India are blissfully ignorant of the jewel they have at home. After all, swines do not recognise or appreciate the value of pearls. Partha is not proud of this recognition, he is ashamed of the ignorance of his own compatriots.

The Editorial Board of EAAI is listed here:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering-applications-of-artificial-intelligence/editorial-board/


Do you realise your mistakes, you swines who ruled over me for 13 years ? Your ignorance and indifference sank the ship you were steering, and drove away people who could have saved you from a calamity.

21/2012 Do you own a telescope ?

NO problem, if you dont have one. You can get a virtual telescope and go star-gazing. You can do it from home, office, school, or anywhere. Do it in broad daylight, if you want. Here is your virtual telescope :: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/#Telescope



Try CELESTIA :: Celestia is another software bundle which will help you understand how stars and planets work. It is the perfect companion to your virtual telescope.Get Celestia from ::http://www.shatters.net/celestia/