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I have spent last 5 days at Pulse , IBM's premier cloud computing conference. I am amazed with the interest among the developer community and transformation they are bringing into their business. Read my ThoughtsonCloud blog to see how IBM is facilitating you a free cloud web and mobile app development platform Codename: Bluemix for bringing your next million dollar idea into action. Let me know what you think and how we can help you prepare for the future of cloud computing. 

This is the day 13 years ago, I joined IBM. My dear friend Senthil Chandramohan had an important role to play in bringing me from Minnesota to sunny California. 13 years in the same company in silicon valley might seem odd to most of millennial workers  but its pretty common for IBMers in the development lab where I work. So what are the reasons kept me at IBM last 13 years? The legacy - The company who invented the first dial recorder in 1888 which later became the foundation for Tabulating and recording devices. The history keeps repeating.  The Vision - 100+ years of visionary ideas and breakthrough in technology. Look at the vision, IBM researcher H. P. Luhn had in 1958 and what he envisions about a Business Intelligence System is so true and relevant even today.  Innovation - What IBM has given to the world starting from 1880 till today is unmatched. Invention of Tabulating machine for Census Beauro in 1890, the electronic recording machine in 1920s to...

Today IBM is announcing early access availability of BLU Acceleration for Cloud. Its a big deal for me and my team. We have been working extremely hard last few months to bring this easy to use analytic solution powered by BLU acceleration in the cloud. The cloud enables us to offer our Line of business users a solution using which they can create their warehouse (without any IT and DBA skills), load the data and get it up and running in less than an hour. No up-front cost or commitments, not need to depend on IT procurement, long approval, or hard to find cloud virtualization skills. Take a look at this introductory video and join early access preview at  http://bluforcloud.com/ Also, learn 7 big Ideas behind BLU Acceleration technology , which powers BLU Acceleration for Cloud. You can also join a Linkedin discussion group and start discussing your ideas, opinion and experiences.

Project idea - GMO's effect on Human Health Abstract: Visualize the data set provided by USDA (200-2013) on how adoption of genetically modified corn, cotton and soybeans  in various states of america have grown in past 13 years. correlate with other available data on the following health effects on human and provide user some guidance, why buying organic food is important.  Harmful effects of GMOs: food allergy increased toxicity decreased nutritional value antibiotic resistance Data sets: Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.

This is my pet project. Looking for 3 highly motivated MS grad students to work on this project:

MS Project Ideas for Fall 2013 1. Webapp to provide statistics on which US college(university) is attracting most foreign students and why? This project requires data collection, analysis and visualization. Room for statistical and predictive modelling using R as well. Discuss with me in detail if interested.  2. plotR - SaaS based data visualization using R This is a cloud based offering for analyzing and visualizing data using R model. A data scientists can plugin his R script and pick different plotting function to generate visualization. Multiple data files are supported including rdbms, nosql and csv files.  Requires: db, data mining and java script skills. 3. CollageTime - Preparing for college is a big planning and effort for both parents and students. It includes financial preparation, college selection, preparing students with entrance tests and volunteer work etc.. inspired by  http://www.closingti.me/ 4. WrapupTime - similar idea as above f...

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