bchandle

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by bchandle 18y ago
AFAIK, Markram (leader of Blue Brain) isn't officially connected to SyNAPSE. He's one of the external advisors for a closely related project housed out of my department, though, so you could say he has an informal link. (it's a small field)
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by bchandle 18y ago
Well, it depends. :-) Drop me an email with some information on where you're coming from and what kinds of roles you're looking for and I may be able to point you to the right people. (bchandle at gmail)
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by bchandle 18y ago
The BBC article left out a critical constraint from DARPA. The final deliverable (with the "complexity of a cat's brain") isn't just a model or a simulation. It has to be a physical artifact which requires no more than two liters of volume
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by bchandle 18y ago
It doesn't necessarily matter that he wasn't working with highly dangerous or toxic chemicals. My roommate works in quality at a medical devices company, and many of the regulations they deal with have to do with things like proper labeling
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by bchandle 18y ago
Read the original article: http://www.telegram.com/article/20080809/NEWS/808090323/1008... Neither source is all that complete, but the original article indicates this guy was violating zoning law, as well as safe handling and disposal re
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by bchandle 18y ago
I strongly agree. The PhD is an apprenticeship, so the people you'd be working for (and with) are the most significant factor. Make sure you fit with the research and social philosophies of a program before applying if you can, and certainl
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by bchandle 18y ago
Try taking a look at part II of this: http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2008/05/twitter-imagined-ident... (complements of HN a day or two ago) Personally, I'm still not a user, but the conceptualization of Twitter as more than a simple messag