Nathan Purmort

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Name: Nathan Purmort
Date registered: July 26, 2011

Latest posts

  1. 2008 IEEE Homeland Security Conference – Waltham, MA — May 21, 2008
  2. Cognitive Biases & Scientific Research — October 1, 2007
  3. Science-Oriented Video Website — August 19, 2007
  4. Interesting Microsoft Image Research — June 14, 2007
  5. Off to Japan! — January 25, 2007

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  1. Off to Japan! — 5 comments
  2. Interesting Microsoft Image Research — 2 comments
  3. Cognitive Biases & Scientific Research — 2 comments
  4. Science-Oriented Video Website — 1 comment
  5. 2008 IEEE Homeland Security Conference – Waltham, MA — 1 comment

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May
21

2008 IEEE Homeland Security Conference – Waltham, MA

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Last week, May 12-13, the IEEE held a conference on Homeland Security technologies in Waltham, MA. Eric Ramsey, a former Project54 employee, was presenting a paper related to his master’s thesis on the development of a Project25 data radio basestation. I went down to accompany him for the 2nd day of the conference and view …

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Oct
01

Cognitive Biases & Scientific Research

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One of the most important qualities of a good researcher is his/her ability to remain impartial in the work conducted. Unfortunately, basic human nature doesn’t always make this possible. Such intrinsic biases are called “cognitive biases” and affect decisions we all make daily. I am no expert in the subject and actually just learned of …

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Aug
19

Science-Oriented Video Website

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Skimming Slashdot today, I stumbled across a Youtube-esque site for the science community. It’s called SciVee and is operated by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). According to their about page, SciVee provides a place for scientists to attach video content to papers …

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Jun
14

Interesting Microsoft Image Research

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I stumbled across an interesting video this past week which showcases some very interesting image mapping and assembly techniques. The research was done by Microsoft and presented at the TED conference in California. To avoid retelling the whole story, here is a link to the video of the conference presentation. One of the products the …

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Jan
25

Off to Japan!

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As the previous entry stated, my name is Nathan Purmort and I am an electrical engineering graduate student at the University of New Hampshire as well as an employee of Project54. Recently, I had the opportunity to accompany a friend of mine on vacation to Japan. Here’s the story. It all started back in late …

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