Shawn Lankton Online
Archive for June, 2008
06 29th, 2008
In addition to work and science, last week I spent some time ascending ice in Alaska! Rome and I rented a car and drove north from Anchorage to the Matanuska Glacier [map]. There we met our guide, got geared up, and headed into the white. It is amazing to see a 26 mile glacier snaking into the huge snow-capped mountains looming all around.
06 29th, 2008
I return today from a week-long trip to Anchorage, Alaska. I spent the week enjoying the beautiful mountains, and the exciting science being presentented at the Conference for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2008) [here are some links to lots of papers from the conference]. This was my first trip to this conference, and I must say that I was impressed with the quality of the work presented. Below, I list some of my favorite papers and give a (very) brief overview:
06 18th, 2008
Some background: LaTeX is a typesetting tool used to layout documents. Beamer is a package for LaTeX that helps make nice looking slides and posters. Recently Philippe Dreuw devised a very nice way to make really slick posters using LaTeX and Beamer. These posters are a great way to demonstrate your work at presentations and conferences.
I’ve been making posters this way sine my friend introduced me to them. He and I spent time figuring things out, and I wanted to share! Below you’ll find a simple to use template for making posters as well as examples and some how-to’s that will help you make posters like this one I made for an up-coming conference in Alaska!
[pdf of this poster]
First, you’ll need to install LaTeX and the Beamer class. Next, download the zip file below which has some style files as well as a sample tex file.
06 5th, 2008
This salad that combines flavors that you might not expect to see together. All together it is light and refreshing while at the same time being hearty and filling! It has lots of parts to it, but the whole thing can be put together very quickly.
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