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Greg Laden is a blogger, writer and independent scholar who occassionally teaches. He has a PhD from Harvard in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, as well as a Masters Degree in the same subjects. He is a biological anthropologist, but for many years before going to graduate school to study human evolution, he did archaeology in North America. He thinks of himself as a biologist who focuses on humans (past and present) and who uses archaeology as one of the tools of the trade. Greg blogs regularly on ScienceBlogs at http://www.scienceblogs.com/gregladen/.
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Dr. Joseph J. Salvo attended Phillips Andover Academy, received his A.B. degree from Harvard University and his Master and Ph.D. degrees in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University. Dr. Salvo joined the GE Global Research Center in 1988. His early work focused on the development of genetically modified bacteria and fungus, for the production of novel high performance polymers. In the mid 1990's he turned his group's efforts towards developing large-scale internet-based sensing arrays to manage and oversee
business systems. Most recently, he and his team have developed a number of complex decision engines that deliver customer value through system transparency and knowledge-based computational algorithms. Commercial business implementations of his work are currently active in Europe, and Asia as well as North and South America.
Dr. Peter Tu received his undergraduate degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and his doctorate from Oxford University England.
In 1997, he joined the Visualization and Computer Vision Group at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. He has developed algorithms for the FBI Automatic Fingerprint Identification System. He is the principle investigator for the ReFace program, which has the goal of automatically computing the appearance of a person’s face from skeletal remains. Dr. Tu has also developed a number of algorithms for the precise measurement of specular and high curvature objects. His current focus is the development of intelligent video algorithms for surveillance applications.
Please visit From Edison's Desk, which is Peter's home blog at GE Global Research.
February 16, 2010
Even if you've grown up in a world where computers and the Internet were around, you likely remember a time when they weren't such a big part of business, personal and educational life. Over the past 20 years, how information...
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:32 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 6, 2010
IE flaw gives hackers access to user files The complete Symbian platform is now available for download and use under open-source licences. Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.1 alpha...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:22 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 5, 2010
Category: Digital security
The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States' cybersecurity army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the country's vulnerability online. The bill, which passed 422-5, requires the Obama administration to conduct an agency-by-agency assessment...
Posted by Greg Laden at 2:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Data mining
Bill Gates, Ray Ozzie and a bunch of other heavy-hitters from Microsoft are named as inventors on a newly issued patent for a "personal data mining" system that would analyze information and make recommendations with the goal of aiding a...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:27 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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