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From: Rick Lyons on 12 Apr 2010 16:43 On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:07:05 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > >First, I want to thank everyone who came to the conference. That made >the COMP.DSP-2 gathering a lot of fun. There were interesting >presentations and discussions, and, of course, many social talks. >Special thanks to Rick Lyons for being our chairman, and Al Clark for >the great idea of having the conference. > >During the next few days, conference presentations and pictures will be >published at the web site (RBJ: gun range pictures, also. The "howitzer" >of Jerry Avins was simply amazing). > >Rick Lyons wrote: >>>> >>>>>http://www.abvolt.com/misc/compdsp2010.JPG >>>>> >>>Left to right: >>> >>>Grant Griffin, Yuriy Khapochkin, Rob Gaddi, Christopher Felton, Dale >>>Dalrymple, Maurice Givens, Al Clark, Jerry Avins, Daniel Umbach, >>>Vladimir Vassilevsky, Eric Jacobsen, Rick Lyons, Clay Turner. > >There are two more members of the conference who are not in this >picture: Cale Yates, the vice chair of Kansas City IEEE, who gave the >great support to the conference, and my dear wife Lena. She is the one >who deserves the biggest credit for the organizational part. > >> I say, Thanks Vlad for all your work, >> thanks to your lovely wife Lena for her >> "even more work" and her warm hospitality. >> Without you two there would not have been a >> conference at all. > >It was pleasure to meet in person with such a group of nice, energetic >and highly intelligent people. The presentations were interesting and >enlightening. It is such a rewarding feeling to talk with the people who >understand every concept and formula that you are deriving. > > >> It was nice to meet Grant Griffin, and >> experience his calm, mild-mannered, humor >> and DSP wisdom. I was tickled to see Eric >> Jacobsen again, ...with his hearty laugh and >> his rational and tolerant opinions on signal >> processing and life in general. I enjoyed seeing >> Colonel Maurice Givens again and listening to >> his cogent insights on advanced signal processing. >> I was happy to see that Al Clark still has both >> red blood and hardcore DSP flowing in his veins. >> It was neat to meet DSP expert Dale Dalrymple. >> When I think of Dale the phrase "Renaissance man" >> comes to my mind. I enjoyed listening to Jerry >> Avins (a true "Mr. Wizard") and his stories. It was >> terrific to finally meet Clay Turner, and sit back >> and try to absorb an inkling of his brilliance, >> philosophy, and humor. And finally I met Vladimir. >> His technical expertise is well known to us all. >> I learned that Vladimir is *NOT* "Vlad the Impaler", >> but quite the opposite. He's both friendly and >> considerate, ... a sweet combination indeed! > >Hm, what could be the opposite to impaling? Sure nothing good! >But anyway, I like your idea: > >http://www.abvolt.com/misc/vlad_the_impaler.jpg > > > >Vladimir Vassilevsky Hi Vladimir, Lena said a nice thing to me. Do you remember when we all met in that small room at the Chinese restaurant (with the Heinekin beer)? Lena said that when we were all in that small room, she thought the average IQ of the outside world dropped by two points. Ha ha. We sure had Lena fooled, didn't we? See Ya', [-Rick-]
From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 12 Apr 2010 17:55 Rick Lyons wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:07:05 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky > <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > >> >>First, I want to thank everyone who came to the conference. That made >>the COMP.DSP-2 gathering a lot of fun. There were interesting >>presentations and discussions, and, of course, many social talks. >>Special thanks to Rick Lyons for being our chairman, and Al Clark for >>the great idea of having the conference. >> >>During the next few days, conference presentations and pictures will be >>published at the web site (RBJ: gun range pictures, also. The "howitzer" >>of Jerry Avins was simply amazing). >> >>Rick Lyons wrote: >> >>>>>>http://www.abvolt.com/misc/compdsp2010.JPG >>>>>> >>>> >>>>Left to right: >>>> >>>>Grant Griffin, Yuriy Khapochkin, Rob Gaddi, Christopher Felton, Dale >>>>Dalrymple, Maurice Givens, Al Clark, Jerry Avins, Daniel Umbach, >>>>Vladimir Vassilevsky, Eric Jacobsen, Rick Lyons, Clay Turner. >> >>There are two more members of the conference who are not in this >>picture: Cale Yates, the vice chair of Kansas City IEEE, who gave the >>great support to the conference, and my dear wife Lena. She is the one >>who deserves the biggest credit for the organizational part. >> >> >>>I say, Thanks Vlad for all your work, >>>thanks to your lovely wife Lena for her >>>"even more work" and her warm hospitality. >>>Without you two there would not have been a >>>conference at all. >> >>It was pleasure to meet in person with such a group of nice, energetic >>and highly intelligent people. The presentations were interesting and >>enlightening. It is such a rewarding feeling to talk with the people who >>understand every concept and formula that you are deriving. >> >> >> >>>It was nice to meet Grant Griffin, and >>>experience his calm, mild-mannered, humor >>>and DSP wisdom. I was tickled to see Eric >>>Jacobsen again, ...with his hearty laugh and >>>his rational and tolerant opinions on signal >>>processing and life in general. I enjoyed seeing >>>Colonel Maurice Givens again and listening to >>>his cogent insights on advanced signal processing. >>>I was happy to see that Al Clark still has both >>>red blood and hardcore DSP flowing in his veins. >>>It was neat to meet DSP expert Dale Dalrymple. >>>When I think of Dale the phrase "Renaissance man" >>>comes to my mind. I enjoyed listening to Jerry >>>Avins (a true "Mr. Wizard") and his stories. It was >>>terrific to finally meet Clay Turner, and sit back >>>and try to absorb an inkling of his brilliance, >>>philosophy, and humor. And finally I met Vladimir. >>>His technical expertise is well known to us all. >>>I learned that Vladimir is *NOT* "Vlad the Impaler", >>>but quite the opposite. He's both friendly and >>>considerate, ... a sweet combination indeed! >> >>Hm, what could be the opposite to impaling? Sure nothing good! >>But anyway, I like your idea: >> >>http://www.abvolt.com/misc/vlad_the_impaler.jpg >> > > Hi Vladimir, > Lena said a nice thing to me. Do you remember > when we all met in that small room at the Chinese > restaurant (with the Heinekin beer)? Lena said > that when we were all in that small room, she > thought the average IQ of the outside world dropped > by two points. > > Ha ha. We sure had Lena fooled, didn't we? Unlikely. She has enough wit herself to create a local anomaly. VLV
From: Michael Plante on 13 Apr 2010 18:05 Al Clark wrote: >There is a tentative plan to combine papers from compdsp 1 & 2 into a single >site, probably hosted at Grant's dspguru site. The compdsp.com URL will be >redirected there. dspguru gets quite a few Google hits, so it might improve >our exposure. It also includes the original compdsp tricks. Two links seem to be broken (NOT counting the one that is obviously not a link) : 1) Vlad's intro (I was able to guess at it and find this: the presentations/ prefix was missing) 2) Dale's presentation (I have not been able to guess where this is)
From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 13 Apr 2010 18:29 Michael Plante wrote: > Al Clark wrote: > >>There is a tentative plan to combine papers from compdsp 1 & 2 into a > > single > >>site, probably hosted at Grant's dspguru site. The compdsp.com URL will be > > >>redirected there. dspguru gets quite a few Google hits, so it might > > improve > >>our exposure. It also includes the original compdsp tricks. > > > Two links seem to be broken (NOT counting the one that is obviously not a > link) : Rick Lyons's "Improving FIR Filter Coefficient Precision" is pending publication in a magazine; we have to wait until that. > 1) Vlad's intro (I was able to guess at it and find this: the > presentations/ prefix was missing) > > 2) Dale's presentation (I have not been able to guess where this is) The web page is not yet complete. It will be announced. Did everybody made it home OK ? I haven't heard from Jerry Avins. Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com
From: Jerry Avins on 14 Apr 2010 13:59
On 4/10/2010 12:15 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > > i hope there weren't any shooting accidents. anybody bring their uzi? Not only was no one shot, no one was shot at. Lena (pronounced, as far as I could tell, like Vienna but with a leading 'L') thought my 35-year-old Winchester was a joy to shoot, and upon seeing her tight cluster, Vlad called it a sniper rifle. As much fun as the shooting was, the two days of presentations that came before were enlightening and uplifting. It was good! Jerry -- "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Thomas Jefferson to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776. ��������������������������������������������������������������������� |