Google Research in Deep Learning
(T) I attended last month a presentation from Ilya Susdskever from Google Research about Deep Leaning, part of the SF Big Analytics meet-up in San Francisco. Ilya, along with Alex […]
Deciphering the Internet of Things With a Developer Eye
(T) When I worked at Sun Microsystems, we used to say “The Network is the Computer”…now maybe that has changed and… “The Sensor is the Computer”. It took thirty years […]
The Decline of the Price of Silicon PV Cells
(B) The quest toward highly efficient solar photovoltaics (PV) cells is still rapidly advancing. That progress is well summarized by the declining price of silicon photovoltaics (PV) cells. While there […]
The Finest Summer Chamber Music Festival
(E) The Thirteenth Season of Music@Menlo one of the best music festivals in San Francisco Bay Area, organized by Music Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, is starting today until […]
Deep Dive and History of the Greek Debt
(B) John Cassidy from the New Yorker has written a good summary of the true story of the Greek debt and today’s Greek historical vote against austerity. Mr. Cassidy’s article […]
Facebook Research in DeepFace
(T) Facebook has definitely pioneered many new techniques for face recognition. This month, the social networking company is launching a new app “Moments” to get from your family and friends […]
Google’s Data Center Switching Fabric
(T) Google on its Cloud Platform Blog and at the 2015 Open Networking Summit (ONS) disclosed for the first time some details about the architecture of its latest data center switching […]
Today La Fete De La Musique in Palo Alto
(E) La Fete de La Musique, also known as World Music Day, is taking place today on June 21st, the summer solstice – the longest day of the year! On […]
Second Festival of French Classical Music
(E) The second Silicon Valley Festival of Classical Music starts tonight at the Tateuchi Recital Hall in Mountain View. The first concert tonight at 8 pm will feature Ensemble San […]
Learning AngularJS
(T) No doubt that all front-end JavaScript developers are rushing to learn AngularJS. Out of all JavaScript framework (Angular, Backbone, Ember…) for front-end Web developments definitely Angular seems to be […]
Reducing Water Consumption by 35% from 2013
(E) I went a few weeks ago to a meeting organized by CalWater in an elementary school in Atherton where I learned that I have to reduce, like everyone else […]
The Darpa Robotics Challenge for Semi-Autonomous Ground Robots To Help During a Disaster
(T) Darpa had its Robotics Challenge over this weekend in Pomona in Southern California. “Launched in response to a humanitarian need that became glaringly clear during the nuclear disaster at […]
Wacky, Awesome, and Joyous Maker Faire 2015
(E) This year, I noticed a lot of interest into Marker Faire, from Facebook requests to even ads in my neighborhood, probably because of its 10 year anniversary for the […]
How Google Manages its SDN Network
(T) I attended this week a presentation at Google from one of the network architects Bikash Koley. The topic of the presentation was about how Google manages its SDN network. […]
Be Prepared!
(E) I attended last week a two-hour basic emergency preparedness class from the US Geological Survey and the Menlo Park Fire Protection District (MPFD). The geologist from the USGS did […]
The Innovation Sandbox
(B) For the last few years, the RSA Security Conference holds the Innovation Sandbox which showcases a number of emerging security technologies and start-ups. Last year, the winner was RedOwl […]
Y Combinator Demo Day Winter 2015
(B) This week at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Y Combinator has its Winter 2015 Demo Day but for the first time, the event was over two days. […]
From Black Holes to Superconductors – Part 2
(E) This is the second lecture from Professor Sean Hartnoll from the Stanford Institute of Theoretical Physics, that attempts to articulate some of the properties of Black Holes in order to better understand […]
2015 SXSW Accelerator Finalists
(B) This year, I did not notice a big crowd from Silicon Valley going to SXSW in Austin. SXSW is mostly about music, film, and entertainment. But with the evolution of computing […]
Young and Experienced Performers
(E) Qu’il fait bon de vivre à San Francisco si vous aimez l’art! How nice is it to live in San Francisco if you love art! In less than three months, violinist […]
