Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 9:32 PM
The paper for my skeletal figure recognizer was accepted to SBIM! I found out this last weekend, and I've been using this week for putting the finishing touches on the final version. Although I submitted a final version already, I got some other suggestions for revision. I'll hopefully finish those this weekend, and submit another version. I also need to prepare a presentation for Monday on this paper I finished reading a short time ago, on texture reconstruction on a scanned 3D object using computer vision stuff.
But I need to also see about getting myself to SBIM, which takes place in Annecy, France! I'll be able to send off the application for the passport on Monday ( $160 bux, geez ), which should hopefully get here on time. The expedited process takes two weeks or so. I already transferred a bunch of money from my savings and purchased the conference registration, plane tickets, rail tickets, and hotel reservations, all-and-all about $3000. Luckily I'm getting reimbursed. I was considering renting a car, but I guess the train will do. I don't know how to drive stick anyway ( although I get the idea behind it ).
Also I've been recently playing through Deadly Premonition, an amazing 360 game. The more I play it, the harder it is to describe. It's amazing. Super amazing. Each bit of it is incredibly B-quality, but the experience as a whole is fantastic. I don't feel like describing it in detail right now, but it's the epitome of "so-bad-it's-good".
I also finally got a call back from Microsoft the other day. Although the interviews went quite well, they said that all the internal restructuring they were doing that resulted in it taking so long for them to get back to me also results in the position not being available. They said to try again in August, and that they usually ask people to try again the next year. Saying that conditions would be more favorable then. I'll hold them to that, as it sounds reasonable.
In the interim, my professor offered for me to work in his lab over the summer. He said he would probably have a set project in mind, but that's fine. Unless something else comes my way, I'll probably go ahead and do that! I have this room leased through the summer anyway, so it's a pretty easy thing to do. There are some other advantages as well, which shall remain unnamed.
But I need to also see about getting myself to SBIM, which takes place in Annecy, France! I'll be able to send off the application for the passport on Monday ( $160 bux, geez ), which should hopefully get here on time. The expedited process takes two weeks or so. I already transferred a bunch of money from my savings and purchased the conference registration, plane tickets, rail tickets, and hotel reservations, all-and-all about $3000. Luckily I'm getting reimbursed. I was considering renting a car, but I guess the train will do. I don't know how to drive stick anyway ( although I get the idea behind it ).
Also I've been recently playing through Deadly Premonition, an amazing 360 game. The more I play it, the harder it is to describe. It's amazing. Super amazing. Each bit of it is incredibly B-quality, but the experience as a whole is fantastic. I don't feel like describing it in detail right now, but it's the epitome of "so-bad-it's-good".
I also finally got a call back from Microsoft the other day. Although the interviews went quite well, they said that all the internal restructuring they were doing that resulted in it taking so long for them to get back to me also results in the position not being available. They said to try again in August, and that they usually ask people to try again the next year. Saying that conditions would be more favorable then. I'll hold them to that, as it sounds reasonable.
In the interim, my professor offered for me to work in his lab over the summer. He said he would probably have a set project in mind, but that's fine. Unless something else comes my way, I'll probably go ahead and do that! I have this room leased through the summer anyway, so it's a pretty easy thing to do. There are some other advantages as well, which shall remain unnamed.
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