I passed both my Foundations and my AI qual. I had to appeal for a rescore for my AI qual because the original grade showed that I failed. Thankfully the regrade was accepted and I passed with the new score. Now I passed all 4 of my exams: Foundations, AI, Compilers and Software Construction. I… Continue reading Quals
Multi-team Systems
A multi team system consists of multiple teams where each team may have their own goals, but system in general has a common ultimate goal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiteam_system. This is really interesting. I think that this would be an interesting direction to move bounties. Also, on a different note, I think that a survey of this field would… Continue reading Multi-team Systems
QRE
Quantile Response Equilibrium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantal_response_equilibrium a definition of equilibrium when the agents have bounded rationality. I think that this has been the equilibrium definition that I have been looking for.
Codebox
I found out about https://www.codebox.io/. It is an online ide and it supports a ton of langs (including java). It is open source, so you don’t have to use their services. It also has desktop apps so you can work outside your browser. The ide is customizable and you can make custom plugins etc. Sounds awesome… Continue reading Codebox
Car insurance data
Did you know that auto insurance companies allow you to look up a quote online. All you need is your name, address and date of birth and they will show you your cars! That means you can with a little effort find out what cars people have! Year and Model at least. That could be… Continue reading Car insurance data
fun autonomous vehicle ideas
Would be cool in the future with autonomous cars we will be able to have events where instead of having stations in a building that you walk to you would be in cars. And whenever you switched you would change cars. Bathroom car! Would be too cool to have an autonomous bus/car that just… Continue reading fun autonomous vehicle ideas
Cloud Storage
Well this is the end of 2014. I just found this amazing energy storage company LightSail Energy. They use compressed air to store energy. It sort of reminds you of how the water cycle or weather systems work. Cloud storage :). http://daniellefong.com/ — Founder’s website has some nice articles.
Texting Restaurants
You should be able to text/IM any restaurant.
Karaoke for google glass
Karaoke for google glass seems like a good idea. Found someone who has already done it
Entangled FindSet
Would be cool to use quantum entanglement to do instant FindSets (seeing if two elements are contained in the same set) for Kruskal MST algorithm. Say each vertex is a photon. Whenever you do a union you entangle the photons. Then all you have to do to compare if the photons belong to the same… Continue reading Entangled FindSet