Pervasive Primary Care Informatics

This may be an interesting Firefox plug-in for research:

http://www.zotero.org/

Google Blog contains gives some insight about Google's current efforts in establishing a health search engine.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/is-there-doctor-in-family.html

How to get a paper accepted to OOPSLA:
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2 (includes Beck's advice)

Inside the mind of the SIGGRAPH paper selection meeting

Very interesting talk about research by Dr. Richard Hamming. Here for inspiration, not directly about writing.

General advice about scientific research writing:
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For anyone interested in expanding their software engineering horizons this podcast provides some interesting discussions of various seng topics:
Software Engineering Radio

It's also available through itunes :)

OpenMRS and AMIA Seeking Student Applicants for
Google Summer of Code 2007 Program

Computer science and software developer students: need a summer job?
Have you ever imagined that writing code could save lives?
Would you like to receive a stipend to work on an open source medical record=
system?

Why not apply to OpenMRS for the Google Summer of Code 2007?

- Help develop free, open source software
- Gain experience by working alongside experienced open source developers
- Earn a summer-long stipend so that you can focus on your work
- Make a difference in the world by helping in the fight against HIV/AIDS,=

VICTORIA -- Don’t even think of using your mother’s maiden name, your spouse’s name or the dog’s name. Ditch birthdates, addresses and any word in any language.

If you want to create a computer password that’s tough to crack, avoid all of the above, say security experts.

Instead, put together a random string of at least eight characters, says Jens Weber-Jahnke, associate professor in the University of Victoria’s computer science department and co-founder of the Pervasive Primary Care Informatics Laboratory, aimed at developing information technology to improve health-care services.

The new BC Industrial Internship Program connects BC businesses with university researchers in all disciplines who have advanced levels of expertise in areas that address vital research opportunities.

It partners graduate student and postdoctoral fellow interns and their supervising professors with BC companies, hospitals, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. These connections help partners utilize new tools, technologies and methodologies to address issues that are vital to an organization’s success. Partner organizations benefit from the power of advanced research while interns and professors benefit from new research opportunities.

Linse was back in town...

IBM has recdently asked academic teachers to submit email addresses of students they teach, so that they can be contacted for recruiting purposes. In their instructions, IBM does not ask academics to solitic consent of their students. Does submitting this information without consent represent a violation of the University's privacy policy?

Here is an excerpt of IBMs message to the professors:

if you teach courses or perform research using IBM and/or open source technologies, please use these simple steps to provide your students access to the SOS.

Go to http://ibm.com/university/ecma/campaign/er.jsp?id=227337