August 2008 - Savas Weblog - Microsoft Research Community

Freebase Parallax

This is a break from my "travel blogging" :-) I just watched the video of the "Freebase Parallax" browsing interface demo . Really really cool. It's the power of semantics!!! Freebase Parallax . Read More...

Published 08-28-2008 8:37 AM by <savas:blog />

Photos: Zurich airport at sunset and after the rain, Greek food!

So, I arrived in Greece and it's already been fantastic. After a long trip that saw me waiting at Heathrow for 6 hours, at Zurich airport for 3, I finally arrived in Thessaloniki. My friend Kostas picked me up from the airport at 2am and drove me...

Published 08-27-2008 1:28 AM by <savas:blog />

"How Do I Model State? Let Me Count the Ways"

Long time ago, in a galaxy far away... there was OGSI, there was WSRF, there was HTTP, there were services... and there were heated discussions :-) Ian Foster suggested that we write a paper together explaining our different approaches in building applications...

Published 08-23-2008 10:34 AM by <savas:blog />

Radiohead at the White River Amphitheater

I found last-minute tickets for the Radiohead gig at the White River Amphitheater last night. It was absolutely amazing; loved it! The venue is great and it was absolutely packed. Here are some photos... A panorama of the venue before they started. I...

Published 08-21-2008 11:57 PM by <savas:blog />

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

EBS is another great service from Amazon . The company continues to innovate. Werner had talked about this service in the past but now it's available. Well done Amazon ! The Amazon Web Services Blog has more . I found the pricing model interesting...

Published 08-21-2008 10:38 AM by <savas:blog />

Chem4Word project

One of the projects on which I've been spending lots of my time is the Chem4Word one. Alex Wade is driving the project and just published a page for the world to see . The team over at the University of Cambridge is fantastic; a pleasure to work with...

Published 08-19-2008 1:59 AM by <savas:blog />

Extending “Famulus” using arbitrary data models

“Famulus” has always been the codename for our “Research Output Repository Platform", which I’ve discussed in previous posts. I am mentioning the codename in public for the first time only now because it makes the discussion of code samples so much...

Published 08-18-2008 8:30 PM by <savas:blog />

Tony Hey interviewed by Jon Udell

You can listen to the interview and/or read the transcript on “on10” . Read More...

Published 08-14-2008 3:13 AM by <savas:blog />

Having coding fun the Web 2.0 way

I’ve been working on a personal project for a month now. You’ll hear more about it in the coming months :-) As part of the coding part of the project, I’ve had to work against Google ’s authentication, YouTube , and GData APIs. Also, I’ve looked at creating...

Published 08-11-2008 2:27 AM by <savas:blog />

Our wonderful interns

Earlier this week I organized a BBQ gathering at my place for the great interns working with us this summer. I’ve been working with interns in two separate projects... Datacenter-related in collaboration with James Hamilton and Dan Reed ’s Data Center...

Published 08-09-2008 2:13 PM by <savas:blog />

Stunning visualization from the BBC

Paul Watson sent me a link to this short clip showing really stunning visualizations . I wonder whether we could reuse the technology for scientific data. Read More...

Published 08-03-2008 2:32 PM by <savas:blog />

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