Author Archives: Candidasa dasa, UK

Forget meditation! A company called HeartMath provides the anti-stress iPod that uses bio-feedback. Hear about the device here.
It is a little box, about the size of an iPod, that takes your pulse when you put your thumb on it. It measures the micro-va…

Forget meditation! A company called HeartMath provides the anti-stress iPod that uses bio-feedback. Hear about the device here.
It is a little box, about the size of an iPod, that takes your pulse when you put your thumb on it. It measures the micro-va…

I have been reading an excellent booklet entitled “Taking Care of Krishna’s Devotees” by H.H. Niranjana Swami. It outlines his experience and advice regarding the counseling system successfully used in Chowpatti Temple, as well as in many parts of Russ…

I have been reading an excellent booklet entitled “Taking Care of Krishna’s Devotees” by H.H. Niranjana Swami. It outlines his experience and advice regarding the counseling system successfully used in Chowpatti Temple, as well as in many parts of Russ…

I was listening to an interview with radio talk show host Michael Krasny. Among other things, he talks about his interview with James Watson and Edward Wilson, which he writes about in his new book (Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life). …

I was listening to an interview with radio talk show host Michael Krasny. Among other things, he talks about his interview with James Watson and Edward Wilson, which he writes about in his new book (Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life). …

I attended a presentation by Michael Uschold of Boeing corporation Phantom Works. He talked about ontologies and semantic applications and the pressing need for them in today’s software industry. I thought it was a great presentation. The following is …

I attended a presentation by Michael Uschold of Boeing corporation Phantom Works. He talked about ontologies and semantic applications and the pressing need for them in today’s software industry. I thought it was a great presentation. The following is …

Yippee! Today I submitted my PhD thesis. All 256 pages of it are now in the graduate office being processed. Copies will eventually be sent to my examiners. So, now the only thing left to do is wait for my final viva.

Yippee! Today I submitted my PhD thesis. All 256 pages of it are now in the graduate office being processed. Copies will eventually be sent to my examiners. So, now the only thing left to do is wait for my final viva.

I gave a presentation at the K-CAP 2007 conference. It, along with all my other papers, can be found in the publications section of this website.
You can view the research paper, the slides of my presentation, and an animated movie of my presentation (…

I gave a presentation at the K-CAP 2007 conference. It, along with all my other papers, can be found in the publications section of this website.
You can view the research paper, the slides of my presentation, and an animated movie of my presentation (…

I gave a presentation at the WoMO 2007 workshop (co-located with the K-CAP 2007 conference). It, along with all my other papers, can be found in the publications section of this website.
You can view the research paper, the slides of my presentation, a…

I gave a presentation at the WoMO 2007 workshop (co-located with the K-CAP 2007 conference). It, along with all my other papers, can be found in the publications section of this website.
You can view the research paper, the slides of my presentation, a…

Interactive Knowledge Externalization and Combination for SECI model
Yoshinori Hijikata from Osaka University in Japan talked about capturing both tacit and explicit knowledge from two people while they are engage in a conversation. Stages of the conve…

Interactive Knowledge Externalization and Combination for SECI model
Yoshinori Hijikata from Osaka University in Japan talked about capturing both tacit and explicit knowledge from two people while they are engage in a conversation. Stages of the conve…

Maintaining Constraint-based ApplicationsTomas Eric Nordlander talked about a brilliant constraints programming system for hospital inventory control. He defined Knowledge Acquisition as: “the transfer and transformation of problem-solving expertise fr…

Maintaining Constraint-based ApplicationsTomas Eric Nordlander talked about a brilliant constraints programming system for hospital inventory control. He defined Knowledge Acquisition as: “the transfer and transformation of problem-solving expertise fr…

Papers and presentation that I found interesting from day 1 of the K-CAP 2007 conference:
Everything I know I learnt from Google: Machine Reading of Web Text
Oren Etzioni talked about his TextRunner knowledge extracting search engine. TextRunner gather…

Papers and presentation that I found interesting from day 1 of the K-CAP 2007 conference:
Everything I know I learnt from Google: Machine Reading of Web Text
Oren Etzioni talked about his TextRunner knowledge extracting search engine. TextRunner gather…

Amory Lovins (from the Rocky Mountain Institute) is a visiting professor for energy and the environment at Stanford University. He gave a series of talks about using clever design to improve energy efficiency in a variety of industries. I found the tal…

Amory Lovins (from the Rocky Mountain Institute) is a visiting professor for energy and the environment at Stanford University. He gave a series of talks about using clever design to improve energy efficiency in a variety of industries. I found the tal…

I attended the recent Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2007) conference in Whistler, Canada. I will write more on the interesting papers and presentation from the conference in future blog post. However, for now, some pictures from the conference and surroundi…

I attended the recent Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2007) conference in Whistler, Canada. I will write more on the interesting papers and presentation from the conference in future blog post. However, for now, some pictures from the conference and surroundi…

After almost four years of living in Manchester I took the opportunity of a friend visiting to explore the city. Here are some pictures of this mighty city in the North of England.
Pictures are from the Trafford Centre, my flat, Imperial War Museum, an…

After almost four years of living in Manchester I took the opportunity of a friend visiting to explore the city. Here are some pictures of this mighty city in the North of England.
Pictures are from the Trafford Centre, my flat, Imperial War Museum, an…

I’ve heard a number of people express their intuitive belief in some kind of universal mind, great mysterious force, universal super-consciousness, or great white light. This mysterious energy guides us all and can facilitate the fulfillment of our des…

I’ve heard a number of people express their intuitive belief in some kind of universal mind, great mysterious force, universal super-consciousness, or great white light. This mysterious energy guides us all and can facilitate the fulfillment of our des…

B12 is an essential vitamin for the human body. The body can’t create it itself, so it needs to be supplied from an outside source. However, there are very few good vegan and vegetarian sources of B12.
Dr. Philip Weeks told me about the B12 crisis on m…

B12 is an essential vitamin for the human body. The body can’t create it itself, so it needs to be supplied from an outside source. However, there are very few good vegan and vegetarian sources of B12.
Dr. Philip Weeks told me about the B12 crisis on m…

I just had a paper accepted for publication at the Second International Workshop on Modular Ontologies (WoMo 2007) co-located with the Knowledge Capture conference (K-CAP 2007). My paper is “The State of Multi-User Ontology Engineering”.
You can downl…

I just had a paper accepted for publication at the Second International Workshop on Modular Ontologies (WoMo 2007) co-located with the Knowledge Capture conference (K-CAP 2007). My paper is “The State of Multi-User Ontology Engineering”.
You can downl…

An upcoming film about a Buddhist cook. This begs the question: why didn’t they make a film like this with the Hare Krishna’s instead? What’s the “kitchen religion” Buddhism or Vaishnavaism (Krishna consciousness)?
There is obviously a market for and …

An upcoming film about a Buddhist cook. This begs the question: why didn’t they make a film like this with the Hare Krishna’s instead? What’s the “kitchen religion” Buddhism or Vaishnavaism (Krishna consciousness)?
There is obviously a market for and …

I hosted another Saturday Feast at my flat today. The last time I hosted a feast I was a bit late cooking. I guess my multi-person cooking skills were a bit rusty, since it had been a while since I had done something like this. However, I seem to have …

I hosted another Saturday Feast at my flat today. The last time I hosted a feast I was a bit late cooking. I guess my multi-person cooking skills were a bit rusty, since it had been a while since I had done something like this. However, I seem to have …

On the advice of Dr. Weeks I’ve started using the local swimming pool’s sauna to improve my health. Sauna vary in heat and humidity. The one in the Manchester Aquatic Center consists of a room heated to 80 C with relatively low humidity. They also have…

On the advice of Dr. Weeks I’ve started using the local swimming pool’s sauna to improve my health. Sauna vary in heat and humidity. The one in the Manchester Aquatic Center consists of a room heated to 80 C with relatively low humidity. They also have…

Corporations in the United States are increasingly hiring chaplains for the workplace. These clergymen come into the offices maybe once a week and employees can talk to them if and when they wish. The chaplains give confidential advice on all life’s pr…

Corporations in the United States are increasingly hiring chaplains for the workplace. These clergymen come into the offices maybe once a week and employees can talk to them if and when they wish. The chaplains give confidential advice on all life’s pr…