A NEW SANATORIUM CHAIR.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Sanatorium Treatment

aspects of tuberculosis is the outcome of ten years' observation and work by the author in open-air sanatoria. It gives the matured convictions of one whose life has been given up to this kind of study. His experience has been large, and he is more than ever convinced that the sanatorium movement has not only revolutionised the treatment of consumption, but has shown to the world a way for the ...

Letter from the New TCDE Chair

I am deeply humbled and honored for the opportunity to serve as the Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Data Engineering (TCDE). TCDE is the flagship international society for data management and database systems researchers and practitioners. I thank the trust of all TCDE members. Let me start to pay our tribute to my predecessor, Kyu-Young Whang. Under his leadership, the visibility of TCDE ...

Letter from the new TC Chair

Data mining is being applied with profit in many applications. Clustering or segmentation of data is an important data mining application. One of the problems with traditional clustering methods is that they require the analyst to define distance functions that are not always available. In this paper, we describe a new method for clustering without distance functions.

Why creating a NEW CHAIR? : Competence building for Innovation

A New Version of the Beuchet Chair Illusion

The Beuchet Chair is a powerful and highly popular optical illusion. The illusion involves two reasonably large pieces of apparatus: an oversized chair seat and four normal-sized chair legs. When properly arranged and viewed from a precise location, a person standing on the seat appears to be much smaller than they actually are. Although compelling, the illusion is relatively challenging and ex...