Monthly Archives: February 2006

Mardi Gras parade

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Huimin Chen
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Slutskaya vs. Cohen

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Huimin Chen

As expected, the marquee figure-skating battle at the 2006 Winter Olympics came down to American Sasha Cohen and Russia’s Irina Slutskaya. However, I really did not expect that they were battling for the silver medal. I guess that my old … Continue reading →

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robustness vs. efficiency

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Huimin Chen

Distributed Kalman filters are often used in multisensor target tracking where the fusion center receives local track estimates and fuses them to obtain the global target state estimate. With such a fusion architecture, each local tracker can communicate less frequently … Continue reading →

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trend analysis or just like playing power ball?

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Huimin Chen

short CYPB Although previous sessions recovery, short term trend is bearish and price is likely to bounce back at 5.67.   Stock markets all over the world have the same basic characteristic. They are moved by human emotion. The trends … Continue reading →

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Noninformative prior does not exist

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Huimin Chen

Very good dialog! After reading the article, I become inclined to claim myself a Bayesianist.

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Happy St Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Huimin Chen

There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine’s Day.  Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity.  He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same … Continue reading →

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Lean Cuisine

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Huimin Chen

From today, I will change my lunch to Lean Cuisine and eat early before noon so that I will be physically there with students for each 3 hour lab throughout this semester. It might also be a good idea to … Continue reading →

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新奥尔良的回忆

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Huimin Chen

这个城市曾经伴我走过梦想，曾经带我走入狂欢节彩珠飞舞的喧嚣，曾经展现过它舒缓悠闲的一面：在密西西比河畔喝咖啡听爵士乐，在３６０度旋转餐厅静静俯瞰城市街道和急急缓缓的车流，在法国角的任意一个画廊欣赏那些并非名作但很耐看的油画。如今，人们挣扎在废墟边缘，寻找一个可以称作“家”的地方，有时回忆里的画面会告诉自己这三年多来已经无形中把异乡当做了自己第二个故乡。

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Engineering Building Partially Open to Students

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Huimin Chen

While the conditions of the Engineering building are still not good, the EE labs will be open starting next Monday. However, only those students who are attending a lab are allowed to enter the building for the lab in session. Once the lab … Continue reading →

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quiet engineering building

Posted on February 9, 2006 by Huimin Chen

I really did good exercise in the morning and had to climb to the 8th floor again for a few times today (after two classes). That is what my PhD advisor called Big Easy life in his email. There is … Continue reading →

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