Publication Venues in Computer Science

In academic Computer Science, there are basically three publication venues that "count": peer-reviewed conferences, peer-reviewed journals, and peer-reviewed workshops/symposia. There are of course many other perfectly credible ways to publish one's work (e.g., technical reports, books), but these are the top three.Unlike in most scientific fields, including our closest cousins Engineering and Mathematics, journals are not the de facto place to publish...

2010 was a very interesting year...we uprooted our life in charleston and moved to beaufort, we found out we were having a baby boy, i ate my first fried pickle (and loved every minute of it), i spent 13 wks on bed rest, my daughter turned 3, a best friend survived a near fatal car accident, i had the honor of being published, i turned 31, we made new friends, i gave birth to a healthy baby boy,...

wishing you and your loved ones a very merry christmas....xoxo, pink wallpa...

Comic strip: Nerd's confession

I continue sharing my Prague comic strips, since I have not been posting for a while. In fact, I was busy writing a paper, so this one may seem somehow connected. Disclaimer: There's nothing personal in the strip. Kids under 18 are not allowed. :)The next post is going to be about multimedia technologies for art. Stay tun...

A Gluten-free January

Are You Gluten Sensitive?Many people are totally unaware of the fact that they react poorly to gluten. Because they've been eating wheat, barley and/or rye products every day for virtually their entire lives, they don't know what their bodies feel like without gluten. In susceptible people, eating gluten is linked to a dizzying array of health problems that stem from an immune reaction to gliadins and other proteins in gluten (1). Are you a susceptible...

"You only got in because you are a [woman, person of color, person with disabilities]"

I recently stumbled across a fantastic blog called "What Is It Like To Be A Woman In Philosophy". Philosophy probably has more underrepresentation than CS does, or maybe we're tied, I'm not sure. In any case, this blog is set up in such a way that women in Philosophy submit anecdotes which get posted anonymously.Today I read this post, and the lines at the end really struck a chord:"As one of the only female graduate students, I was very involved...

Dairy Fat and Diabetes

IntroductionHaving access to embargoed news from the Annals of Internal Medicine is really fun. I get to report on important studies at the same time as the news media. But this week, I got my hands on a study that I'm not sure will be widely reported (Mozaffarian et al. Trans-palmitoleic Acid, Metabolic Risk Factors, and New-Onset Diabetes in US Adults. Ann Internal Med. 2010). Why? Because it suggests that dairy fat may protect against diabetes.The...

Potato Diet Interpretation

If you read my post on December 16th, you know that Chris Voigt saw remarkable fat loss and improvements in health markers as a result of two months of eating almost nothing but potatoes. This has left many people scratching their heads, because potatoes are not generally viewed as a healthy food. This is partially due to the fact that potatoes are very rich in carbohydrate, which also happens to be a quickly digested type, resulting in a high...

Trouble With RSS Feed?

I've received several comments that my blog posts are no longer showing up in peoples' RSS feeds. I've gone into my settings, and the blog is still set to full feed mode, so I don't know why that would be. I'm trying to understand if the problem is widespread or only affects a few people. Please let me know in the comments section if new posts (since the potatoes and human health series) are not showing up in your reader. Also, please let me...

Otak Sangat Rakus akan OksigenIrna Gustia - detikHealth- 17/11/2010 Jakarta, Otak rentan mengalami kerusakan saat mengalami kekurangan oksigen. Maka itu perbanyaklah oksigen yang masuk ke tubuh agar kondisi otak tetap terjaga, karena kekurangan oksigen bisa mengakibatkan kecacatan hingga kematian.Dilansir MayoClinic, Kamis (16/12/2010), otak sangat rakus akan oksigen. Meskipun komposisi otak hanya 2 persen dari total massa tubuh, bagian ini menghabiskan...

Interview with Chris Voigt of 20 Potatoes a Day

IntroductionChris Voigt is the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, which supports and promotes the Washington state potato industry (1). On October 1st, Mr. Voigt began a two month, potato-only diet to raise awareness about the health properties of potatoes. It was partially in response to the recent decision by the federal WIC (Women, Infants and Children) low-income assistance...

New Active Living Policy in Buffalo!

Active living advocates releasedthe report Healthy City on the Great Lakes. The report includes information about the current conditions in Buffalo including current behaviors and perceptions about walking and bicycling. The report is full of information about who we are as a city, what our city looks like for pedestrians and cyclists, and how our policies and neighborhoods either help or hinder...

exciting things are happening right now....please forgive me if things are a little sporadic around here for a little while...

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i want to crawl into these pictures....there is something so comforting about the color palette and vintage vibe they have going on.  and that bedroom looks pretty cozy considering it was just 13 degrees outside driving taylor to school!!*images courtesy of living inside...

The Wikileaks Drama Continues

In recent news of this drama-riffic story, hackers have been attacking any organization or individual who has been deemed "unsupportive" of Wikileaks. This includes Swedish prosecutors, MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and the Swiss Postal system. Largely these attacks have been ineffectual and meaningless, or, as one writer put it, "More like a cybermob than cyberwarfare".As for the 1337 hackers, I have to say I'm not really following the call to...

Dr. Mellanby's Tooth Decay Reversal Diet

I have a lot of admiration for Drs. Edward and May Mellanby. A husband-and-wife team, they discovered vitamin D, and determined that rickets is caused by poor calcium (or phosphorus) status, typically due to vitamin D deficiency. They believed that an ideal diet is omnivorous, based on whole foods, and offers an adequate supply of fat-soluble vitamins and easily absorbed minerals. They also felt...

15 days and counting....

i think i need to post these christmas images to remind myself that it is just around the corner....we have an advent calendar that taylor and i do every morning but somehow, it hasn't hit me that i might need to start shopping.....i am doing a giveaway on LGN (don't you love jenny's blog).... i am giving away one yd of fabric, your pick, from the ones shown above or any that are still on my site...

Digging to America

Under an avalanche of deadlines, travel, and other sundries I have been finding refuge in lightweight fiction. Last weekend at the library I borrowed Digging to America by Anne Tyler, which has at times had me rolling on the floor laughing. Other times it is less lightweight than I would have liked, but halfway through the book I'll still recommend it*.Several passages in this novel have reminded me of anecdotes told by online friends Pika and GMP....

please forgive me...

i had all intentions of a new post today but i was up all night with a sick little girl and am totally lagging this AM.  hope you have a wonderful hump day...off to get more coffee and maybe a cat nap.  see you tomorr...

Kudos to the American Mathematical Association

Hats off to the American Mathematical Association for creating a poster entitled, "Women Doing Mathematics". It highlights the accomplishments of nine women and has a personal quote from each about their interest in Math.Print it out and put it up in your department, the library, the mall, your kid's school, etc. This is a great poster to have in circulation. If I was a young woman considering a career...

its' beginning to look a lot like christmas....

well, kind of :)  at least for the organized people at southern flourish!  they were sweet enough to ask me and a couple of other fabulous bloggers to design a mantel for their online magazine (the newest edition just came out!!).  my instructions were to make it "city slick"...here's a sneak peek....in my real life, i am less organized.  we tried to knock out a lot of the christmas...

Interview with a Kitavan

Kitava is a Melanesian island that has maintained an almost entirely traditional, non-industrial diet until very recently. It was the subject of a study by Dr. Staffan Lindeberg and colleagues, which I have written about many times, in which they demonstrated that Kitavans have a very low (undetectable) rate of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and overweight. Dr. Lindeberg described their diet as consisting mostly of yam, sweet potato, taro, cassava,...

The Leaky Cauldron

I've been grimly amused reading about the latest wleaks webhosting drama over the past few days because of the astounding lack of understanding of how distributed systems work displayed by both the media and lawmakers. Perhaps this is our fault as technologists, maybe we're not explaining things clearly enough.I've decided to draw some pictures on virtual cocktail napkins to help. This is (mostly)...