Historical Notes Spring semester 1999, in RPI’s Graduate Research Seminar class, the topic I researched and presented on was “Applications of Multi-Agent System (MAS) in Transportation System”. My professor’s feedback? “The ideas are creative and enticing, but borderline daydreaming“. The
The ISEE Trajectories
(First created: 01/03/2026 |Personal Opinion) As a high school band parent, each year I go through the cycle of the Fall excitement when the marching season starts followed by the Spring emotions when the band program wraps in a final
The 3V Levels
“When a wise man points at the moon the bystander examines his finger.” — Confucius (?) I was invited to a meeting on integration with Groq, the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for LLM inference that’s recently “bought” by Nvidia
The Three Worlds of AI/ML
Dividing is an infant’s first attempt to make sense of the world. When presented the first time ever with the mother’s milk, before the sweet and warm sensations, the baby must first divide the self from the non-self (is this
GenAI Gateway
(First created: 12/08/2024 |Personal Opinion) As the loner level-headed person among the GenAI frenzies at where I work, I question a lot on GenAI use cases beyond domains of texts and code. But that doesn’t mean I’m a doubter of
American shadow
I’m a registered independent who never voted until Donald Trump emerged onto the political scene. I still believe politics, like religion, is a personal matter which I rely on gut feeling and spend no time thinking or talking about. But
The first bird
As my daughter successfully transitioned into college life, I thought I post the ad we put up in her yearbook here so she can have easy access. It may sounds like hyperbole and cliche, but what’s truly behind each word,
Reverse Diversity
This is the first provocative piece I know I should not say it out loud but still do it anyway here. Hey, I’m anonymous[1] : ) While the pendulum swings back and forth between DEI and de-DEI, probably never settling
Celebration
With two kids in high school, I got my share of the uncomfortable talks about sex and alcohol. So I did my research, consulted experienced parents, watched YouTube videos and mock talked with my wife, before anxiously knocked on the
ML Experience
(First created: 07/31/2024 |Personal Opinion) In earlier posts, I have pondered over analytic experiences (AX) and what an ideal analytic platform entails to deliver great AX. Recently my mind has been on machine learning experiences. Impossible to reduce to two-letter