Andrew Kun have already made a post with the description of SIGdial 2007. Here I would like to mention my experience as a presenter. I had a presentation on the second day of the workshops (the event was two days long). On the first day I checked if I can use their computer for my …
Category Archive: International travel
Travel to non-US destinations for work.
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Aug
30
Travels in Hungary
Hello readers! I come to you with a post on my travels in Hungary. This summer I had the opportunity to vacation there. For those of you wishing for a change of scenery from UNH, I suggest you take advantage of the exchange program offered by UNH to go visit BUTE (Budapest University of Technology and Economics). The program is perfectly compatible with your …
Jun
07
Pervasive 2007 & Travelling to Toronto
It was great to showcase my work at Pervasive 2007, but it was even better being able to see the work that others have done in the field. An example of a paper that I found really interesting was given the best conference paper award and was entitled Shake well before use: Authentication based on …
Mar
07
The 2007 Geneva Auto Show
I am attending the Fully Networked Car workshop in Geneva and this workshop is collocated with the 2007 Geneva Auto Show. I have to say that the auto show is a flashy affair! The car companies exhibiting here spared no expense or effort to present their products. Many have giant booths with custom built platforms, …
Mar
07
At the Fully Networked Car workshop
The famous “Jet d’eau” of Geneva I’m writing from Geneva, Switzerland where I’m attending the Fully Networked Car Workshop and Exhibition. The workshop is organized by the ITU and its aim is to bring together telecommunications and automotive companies in a discussion about creating the networked car of tomorrow. The workshop is collocated with …
Feb
12
Living in Japan
reflections on 2006 Visit to TOkyo, Japan Background From May 2006 to January 2007, I spent nine months living in Tokyo as I served as a visiting Professor at the Center for Collaborative Research, the University of Tokyo (UT for hereafter) in Tokyo, Japan. I had the opportunity to visit because of a collaborative relationship …
Jan
25
Off to Japan!
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 …
Nov
13
Pictures from factory tour
Here are the pictures from the factory tour (click on picture to enlarge). In the first picture you see a worker inspecting a board, in the second one a board is being repaired and in the third picture you see a worker scanning a reel of parts to be used in the manufacturing process. The scanning …
Nov
13
Day one — factory tour
Today, we had meetings in the morning to help educate our worldwide team on selling our new software. Then, it was off to Alcatel Shanghai Bell for a tour of the facility and a demonstration of our software in action.
Nov
13
Travel day(s)
Hello from Shanghai! Well, I finally arrived here yesterday after 17 hours in the air. There was a little adventure leaving New Hampshire, since my flight from Manchester was cancelled. So, I had to get to Boston in time to catch a flight to Chicago, and make my connection to Shanghai. Anyways, it all worked …