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Wow, how long has it been since I’ve encountered an area of scientific research and thought “that would be really cool to work on!”  But this article on computational linguistics really captured my imagination.

I was beginning to wonder if I even still had an imagination.

Check this out:

“Traditionally, decipherment has been viewed as a sort of scholarly detective game, and computers weren’t thought to be of much use,” Barzilay said. “Our aim is to bring to bear the full power of modern machine learning and statistics to this problem.” – extracted from the article below at www.mnn.com:

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/computers/stories/simple-computer-program-decodes-lost-biblical-language

I was reading an article recently on graduate MBA programs.  This particular article happened to be focused on Duke University’s distance learning platform for their MBA program.  Online / remote / distance learning  graduate programs are becoming ubiquitous.  They provide educational value in a convenient, flexible format that is very attractive to working professionals.

MIT’s Technology Review website offers some great insights about distance learning.  Here’s a link:

http://www.technologyreview.com/CareerResources/career/qa/online.aspx

To quote from the website above:

“In a recent survey conducted among Boston University online students, almost half of them indicated that their online programs were superior to a face-to-face classroom experience. Many students noted that they have forged lasting personal and professional relationships through their online learning experiences.”

For quite some time, we’ve been planning to extend the IEM Program to a wider geography through distance learning, offering the same content and quality as the on-campus version.  We are now in the process of rolling that out.  It’s an exciting time for the program.

Thank you, Andy Grove.

If you haven’t read his article on job creation in the July 5 – July 11 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, you really ought to read it.

“What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work – and masses of unemployed?” (Quote from former Intel CEO Andy Grove)

Here’s a link to the article:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_28/b4186048358596.htm?chan=magazine+channel_top+stories

Very insightful.