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mentions.
This year Valentine’s day and the Tata Crucible Campus edition commencement
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Kwizzer 4 – Valentine’s Special Biz Quiz and RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer
4 - " Ready for TATA Crucible 2009 ? " Biz Quiz and win a lotta bucks !!
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PS - Answers and Winners of Quinkie Belated Happy Birthday Special posted on
bizdom.blogspot.com would be posted alongwith the answers of RVs Viktoriin
Serial Kwizzer 4 – Valentine’s Special Biz Quiz and " Ready for TATA
Crucible 2009 ? " Biz Quiz in March.
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RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer 3 - 2009 Happy New Year Special – Some Answers
1.) Logos –
a) McGrath Foundation
b) Vedanta Resources
c) Betfair
d) 99acres.com
2.) Whatzzit –
a) Bernard Madoff Disaster Recovery kit/s on auction on eBay
b) This visual /ad can be found on the McGrath foundation’s website
asking for donation – more donation , more nurses .. as depicted in the
visual. Fundoo idea.
c) The Retail DNA test – Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year
2008
d) Google doodle on the American Presidential elections
Congrats winners ... Great work by all of you .... but I really had to assess
and re-assess the responses due to very close finishes for all spots – very
close gap between the winners made my job very very hard .. hence the delay ..
next time aisa hoga then I am gonna jump off the Qutab Minar – can’t take so
much of EmotionalAttyachar !
1st Prize of Rs 5000 - joint winners Krish Ganesh & Saket Ranjan
1st Runners Up Prize of Rs 3000 - joint winners Udai Bhan Singh, Chandan Shahi &
Rishabh Banthia
2nd Runners Up Prize of Rs 1000 - joint winners Deepanshu Berry & Aditya Modi
Gift Hamper winners -- Ashish Bhatt, Arun Chatterjee, Pranesh, Mridul Tewari,
Manjul Tyagi, Vishal Singh, Alex and S Rajashekhar
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RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer 2 – Some Answers
1.) Taco Bell
2.) The scarf she was wearing resembled a Arabic Kaffiyeh scarf, perceived in
the West to be worn by Islamic hardliners / fundamentalists or simply put –
terrorists / jehadis.
3.) Leap Year ( 2008 was a leap year and hats off to Google for this “leapy”
idea – Croak Croak !)
4.) Lalit Modi ( IPL ka Big Boss ! )
Took into account correct answers & explanations & the early bird / time factor
while deciding on the winner ---- please spare me so many cliffhangers or I will
jump off a cliff !
Jay Prakash Chhajer and Rabi Shankar Saha jointly win RVs Viktoriin Serial
Kwizzer 2 and 1000 bucks.
But you had very very tough competition from Ashok Prabhu ( Wipro, Bangalore )
– a cliff hanger of a finish !
Notable mentions – Manjul, Kumar Vaibhav, Jayant Gupta, P. Rajesh, Miraj Vora,
Anubhav, Tanuka Chatterjee, Ashish Jain etc.
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Kurukshetra '09, the annual international techno-management festival of
the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India, is
to be held from Jan 21 - 24 with a myriad of events to test your skills
and showcase your talents in front of some of the brightest brains of
the country.
Do check out the Open Quiz. From its inception, the Open Quiz has been
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tradition. The K! Open Quiz has proved to be one of the toughest and
most interesting quizzes happening in the country, with participants
from all over India. So be there, or be squared.
Visit the official site www.kurukshetra.org.in for more details.
Dear all,
The 2009 Happy New Year Special RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer series 3
Biz Quiz is uploaded on my quiz blogs
ranjeetsviktoriinquizzine.blogspot.com and howrzzat.blogspot.com .
Deadline for Responses / Answers by midnight (IST)19th January 2009.
Keep up the good show ... But the early bird / time factor plays a part
here too....
The winners and answers of 2009 Happy New Year Special RVs Viktoriin
Serial Kwizzer series 3 Biz Quiz will be uploaded on my quiz blogs
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before 25th January 2009 alongwith the answers and the names of the
winners of RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer series 2 (already mentioned
earlier on this esteemed blog).
Participants / Notified Winners are kindly requested to mail me your
Address & A/c no & Mobile no please alongwith your responses / replies.
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cells and win a lot of V bucks) which would be posted by V day -
GOD willing !
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ONES.
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Watch out for the 2009 Happy New Year Special RVs Viktoriin Serial
Kwizzer series 3 -
Winner get Rs 5000, 1st Runners Up Rs 3000 and 2nd Runners Up Rs 1000
cash and not to mention gifts from SPYKAR, RAYBAN, TITAN, NOKIA, SONY
courtesy a leading media brand of India and HOWRZZAT, your own upcoming
quiz club.
The 2009 Happy New Year Special RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer series 3
Quiz will be uploaded on my quiz blogs
ranjeetsviktoriinquizzine.blogspot.com and howrzzat.blogspot.com by 9th
January 2009.
Deadline for Responses / Answers by midnight (IST)19th January 2009.
Keep up the good show ... But the early bird / time factor plays a part
here too....
The winners and answers of 2009 Happy New Year Special RVs Viktoriin
Serial Kwizzer series 3 Quiz will be uploaded on my quiz blogs
ranjeetsviktoriinquizzine.blogspot.com and howrzzat.blogspot.com on or
before 25th January 2009 alongwith the answers and the names of the
winners of RVs Viktoriin Serial Kwizzer series 2 (already mentioned
earlier on this esteemed blog).
Sorry for being late in posting answers and results of the previous quiz
and uploading the new 2009 special quiz on the block owing to a plethora
of reasons .. promise to be regular and consistent in the future....
Check my blogs ranjeetsviktoriinquizzine.blogspot.com and
howrzzat.blogspot.com for the same at the aforementioned date / period.
Participants / Notified Winners are kindly requested to mail me your
Address & A/c no & Mobile no please alongwith your responses / replies.
PS* -
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cells and win a lot of V bucks) which would be posted by V day -
GOD willing !
GOD IS GREAT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND LOVED
ONES.
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What is the problem? The link works. It is available at
http://ruralinformatics.nic.in/files/4_9_0_273.doc
Dr D.C.Misra
Dear Dr Misra,
I am not able to locate this paper. Can you pl help?
Rgrds and thanks
Sudeep Lakhtakia
--- On Sun, 17/10/04, Dr D.C.Misra <dc_misra@...> wrote:
From: Dr D.C.Misra <dc_misra@...>
Subject: [cyberquiz] Cyber Quiz: Occasional Paper Review-2: Hariharan, Rama
(2004): Rural Informatics
To: cyberquiz@...
Date: Sunday, 17 October, 2004, 9:01 PM
This paper*, according to the website,gives an overview of the rural
development strategy adopted by government of India and major e-
governance initiatives that have been undertaken in the rural
development domain,in particular by National Informatics Centre
(NIC),New Delhi.
NIC,an organisation under Department of Information Technology(DIT)
of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT)is
mandated,among other things,to provide informatics services to
various user agencies in the government.This paper provides a
comprehensive coverage of various departments and official
institutions and various systems developed by the NIC.It also
provides a number of useful URLs.Descriptive in nature,it is a
useful introduction to official rural informatics in India.
Dr D.C. Misra
October 17,2004
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*Hariharan,Rama (2004):Rural Informatics in India:An Approach Paper,
New Delhi,National Informatics Centre (NIC),CRISP Group.
Available http://ruralinformatics.nic.in/files/4_9_0273.doc.
(Uploaded:March 3,2004;Accessed:October 17,2004).
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According to a report,* Microsoft Imagine Cup National Final will be
held on May 9, 2008 at Bangalore. Check the write-up for details.*
Dr D.C.Misra
May 6, 2008
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*Microsoft's Imagine Cup India National Final 2008
Date: 9th May, 2008
Venue: NIMHANS Convention Center,
Near Dairy Circle, Hosur Road.
Bangalore. India.
Microsoft is deeply committed to the cause of technology innovation for
a better world, and to engaging with the youth. The Imagine Cup
(www.imaginecup.com <http://www.imaginecup.com/> ), an annual worldwide
student-technology competition, showcases our commitment to both these
causes. Each year, students compete in multiple categories bound by a
unifying theme and this year's theme is "Imagine a world where
technology can enable a sustainable environment."
In the software design invitational (SDI) category of the competition,
teams of students design software-based solutions and applications to
address issues related to theme. The top eight teams will showcase their
solutions at the national final, with the top three teams presenting at
the main event. The panel of judges includes Mr. Kiran Karnik (Past
President of NASSCOM), Prof. Samir Barua (Director of IIM-Ahmedabad),
and Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (GM - Operations, GE Global Research
Bangalore).
The highlights of the event include a video message from Dr. R. K.
Pachauri (Chair of the Nobel-Prize-winning IPCC), as well as key-note
addresses by Mr. Kiran Karnik, and by Mr. R. K. Misra (Winner of the
Lead India Campaign). There will also be a panel-discussion on the role
of the ecosystem in spurring innovation among India's youth. The
discussion will be hosted by Rajdeep Sahrawat (Vice-President, NASSCOM)
and will also feature Prof. Samir Barua, Dr. Gopichand Katragadda, Prof.
S. Sadagopan (Director, IIIT-Bangalore), and Paul Murphy (Director of
Innovation, Microsoft India). Mr. Ravi Venkatesan (Chairman, Microsoft
India) will award the winners.
The agenda is as follows:
o 0900 to 1130: Registration (only for confirmed attendees)
o 1000 to 1200: Project exposition featuring the top eight teams
o 1200 to 1245: Lunch
o 1245 to 1305: Welcome address and video message from Dr. Pachauri
o 1305 to 1400: Presentations by the top three teams
o 1400 to 1415: Key-note address by Kiran Karnik
o 1415 to 1445: Panel-discussion
o 1445 to 1515: Awarding of winners and closing key-note by R. K.
Misra
o 1530 to 1630: Press-conference (invitees/press)
The colleges represented include the following:
o BITS Pilani Goa Campus
o NIT Kurukshetra
o Chennai Mathematical Institute
o Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication
Technology (Gandhi Nagar)
o Delhi University
o Vivekananda Educational Society's Institute of Technology
(Mumbai)
o Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering (Mumbai)
o Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology (Mumbai)
Registration
If you would like to register and attend the event, please e-mail
imaginecup@... <mailto:imaginecup@...> with the
following details:
o Full-Name
o E-Mail ID
o Contact Phone-Number
o College/Institute/Organization
o Designation (Job-Title/Faculty/Student)
Feel free to share this with others who might be interested.
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According to a report*, Dr Tony Storey and Professor Wenfei Fan have
been awarded the British Computer Society Lovelace Medal and Roger
Needham Award respectively. Check the details at
http://www.publictechnology.net:80/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file\
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=article&sid=15300
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=a\
rticle&sid=15300>
<http://www.publictechnology.net:80/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fil\
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e=article&sid=15300
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=a\
rticle&sid=15300> >
Dr D.C.Misra
April 21, 2008
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*Dr Tony Storey and Professor Wenfei Fan have been awarded the British
Computer Society Lovelace Medal and Roger Needham Award respectively.
Between them, the two internationally renowned figures represent the
world's leading authorities on mission critical computing and open
standards, and database research.
The Lovelace Medal and Roger Needham Award are presented annually by the
BCS in recognition of contributions made by individuals to the
development of IT.
Dr Tony Storey has been given the award in recognition of his
contribution in the advancement of information systems to mission
critical computing. He is recognised as one of the leading UK IT
industry role models and has architected and guided development of
software that underpins much of the global economy.
Dr Storey's work at IBM's UK Labs has led to the transformation and
revitalisation of CICS, the invention of MQSeries and extensions of Java
for use in the server environment. He has championed major national UK
e-Science initiatives and has encouraged IBM to embrace open software
standards, bringing together Web Services and GRID computing
technologies to deliver open mission critical computing.
Commenting on Dr Storey's achievements, David Clarke, BCS chief
executive says: "I am delighted that the BCS is able to recognise Dr
Storey with this prestigious award. The contribution he has made to the
UK's standing in IT is exceptional. He is a worldwide authority on
high-availability, continuous operations and fault tolerant computing
and his GRID computing collaboration with UK academia has shaped
industry thinking on the middleware infrastructure needed for commercial
GRID exploitation. Tony's influence on open standards continues with Web
Services, so shaping the future evolution of the IT industry. A truly
deserved recipient of the Lovelace Medal."
The Roger Needham Award, sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge, is
presented to Professor Wenfei Fan who is universally recognised to be a
world leading researcher in both theory and practice of databases.
The general goal of Professor Fan's work has been to bring the
efficiency and functionality of databases, which has been built up over
the past 30 years and has solid theoretical foundations, to bear on data
on the web. In the past a few years his research has contributed to the
UK's standing in this area, and in particular, to the UK's worldwide
lead in the studies of integrity constraints for XML, XML publishing,
and data quality. His work has resulted in not only a number of
fundamental results, but also several practical developments including
schema-directed XML publishing techniques, XML access control solutions,
and a method of data cleaning based on conditional dependencies, a form
of dependencies that Professor Fan invented for this purpose.
Dr Andrew Herbert, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge
says: "Professor Fan's work is truly advancing the state of the art in
database theory and practice. The purpose of the Roger Needham award is
to recognize and support talented researchers such as Professor Fan,
whose work is an example of the academic significance and technical
impact of UK based-researchers and institutions."
The BCS Lovelace Medal was established in 1998 in honour of Lady Augusta
Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron. She was the
assistant and patron of Charles Babbage and wrote programs for his
"Analytical Engine", now recognised as the first computer program.
The Medal is presented annually to individuals who, in the opinion of
BCS, have made a significant contribution to the advancement of
Information Systems.
As winner, Dr Storey will be invited to give the BCS Lovelace Lecture in
2009
The Roger Needham award, part of the British Computer Society's remit to
encourage and recognise personal endeavour in computer science, is
sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge and established in memory of
Microsoft's first director of research outside the US. It is awarded for
a distinguished research contribution in computer science by a UK based
researcher within ten years of their PhD. It offers a 5000 prize
together with an opportunity to give a public lecture on their work at
the Royal Society.
As winner, Professor Fan will be invited to give the Roger Needham
Lecture in November 2008.
(Source:
http://www.publictechnology.net:80/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file\
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=article&sid=15300,
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=a\
rticle&sid=15300,> April 18, 2008)
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The nearly 4-decade old "road colouring problem" has been
solved* by an Israeli mathematician Avraham Trahtman. Although the news
item has appeared only this month, the solution of the problem appeared
in Israel Journal of Mathematics, 21 December 2007. Trahtman's paper
is available at
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.0099v4 <http://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.0099v4>
Comments on this problem are welcome as it has important implications
for computer science, for example, in ensuring that an email reaches the
specified destination no matter from where it originated.
Dr D.C.Misra
March 22, 2008
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*Israeli mathematician cracks 38-year-old math riddle
Associated Press
Posted online: Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 0018 hrs
JERUSALEM, MARCH 21 : A mathematical mystery that has baffled the top
minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades
has recently been cracked by a 63-year-old former security guard.
Avraham Trakhtman, a mathematician who worked as a labourer after
immigrating to Israel from Russia, has succeeded where dozens failed,
solving the elusive Road Colouring Problem.
The conjecture essentially assumes that it is possible to create a
"universal map" that would direct people to arrive at a certain
destination, at the same time, regardless of their original location.
Experts say this proposition, which seems to defy logic, could actually
have real-life applications in the fields of mapping and computer
science.
"In math circles, we talk about beautiful results this is
beautiful and it is unexpected. Even in layman's terms it is
completely counterintuitive, but somehow it works," said Stuart
Margolis, a colleague who recruited Trakhtman to Bar Ilan University
near Tel Aviv.
He said the discovery was especially remarkable given Trakhtman's
age and background. "The first time I met him he was wearing a night
watchman's uniform," he said.
The Road Colouring Problem was first posed in 1970 by Benjamin Weiss, an
Israeli-American mathematician, and a colleague, Roy Adler, who worked
at IBM at the time.
Weiss said he believed that given a finite number of roads, one should
be able to draw up a map, coded in various colours, that would lead to a
certain destination regardless of the point of origin.
For eight years, he tried to prove his theory. Over the next 30 years,
some 100 other scientists attempted to as well. All failed, until
Trakhtman came along and, in eight short pages, jotted the solution down
in pencil last year.
Trakhtman said it took him a year to solve the problem. But that
wasn't nearly as impressive as the journey he took to get to his
current lofty position.
Originally from Yekaterinburg, Russia, Trakhtman was already an
accomplished mathematician before he came to Israel in 1992, at the age
of 48. But like many immigrants in the wave that followed the breakup of
the former Soviet Union, he too struggled to find work in the Jewish
state and was forced into stints working maintenance and security before
landing a teaching position at Bar Ilan in 1995.
The soft-spoken Trakhtman declined to discuss his arduous odyssey,
saying those were the "old days." He said he was "lucky"
to be recognized, but played down his recent achievement as a
"matter for mathematicians" and said it hasn't changed him a
bit.
"The solution is not that complicated. It's hard, but it is not
that complicated," he said in heavily accented Hebrew. "Some
people think they need to be complicated. I think they need to be
simple."
Trakhtman's solution will soon be published in the Israel Journal of
Mathematics.
Joel Friedman, a math professor at the University of British Columbia,
said probably everyone in the field of symbolic dynamics has tried to
solve the Roadmap Coloring Problem at some point, including himself. He
said people in the related disciplines of graph theory, discrete math
and theoretical computer science have also tried.
"The solution to this problem has definitely generated
excitement," he said in an e- mail message. Trakhtman's
achievement is hardly the longest open problem to be solved recently. In
1994, British mathematician Andrew Wiles solved Fermat's last
theorem, which had been open for more than 300 years. Margolis,
Trakhtman's colleague at Bar Ilan, said the solution could have many
applications.
"Say you've lost an e-mail and you want to get it back it
would be guaranteed," he said. "Let's say you are lost in a
town you have never been in before and you have to get to a friend's
house and there are no street signs the directions will work no
matter what."
(Source: The Indian Express, New Delhi, Saturday, March 22, 2008, p-16
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/287398.html
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Appears to have been started in February 2008. A very good initiative.
Check it at
http://eceiitroorkee.blogspot.com/
Dr D.C.Misra
March 19, 2008
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