It has certainly been a long time since I have written anything on this page. It isn't because I haven't wanted to, but mostly because I've been extremely busy. I am right now in Salt Lake City getting ready to make the flight back over the ocean. I visited the states for a research conference, IEEE-Virtual Reality. The conference was really enjoyable and I met a lot of fascinating people. Also, a student I have been working with presented a research paper and it was her first big presentation. I was impressed- she did a great job. She is the same student/friend I visited in Romania this past summer. She is back in Tuebingen enjoying the German life.
My trip to Salt Lake City went really well. I got to see a lot of people this time and I felt like I really got to talk to a few people in great depth. It is nice to be among really good friends and people that I just really admire a lot. Also, I have had some great food while I was here. I went for mexican food, vegan food, japanese food twice and well- other than that I guess I can still say I ate very well.
I also got a lot of work done. I'm helping to organize two conferences right now. For one I feel as if the work is picking up the pace and the conference is the end of May. For the other- the work is really just getting started and that conference will be in LA in August.
I miss my family. I thought I'd post a photograph of Oscar and me on-line though for those of you who actually check this page still and would like to see a photograph of Oscar and I when we recently visited the tallest mountain in all of the European Union. Oscar is great at planning trips and we have managed pretty well to see some cool places without spending a ton of money. ;) This specific photograph I am posting is of Oscar and I in Italy with Mt Blanc behind us.
