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hpc

2009-12-24T01:12:03Z

Wamageed:

'''Approximation algorithms for Kernel Methods on Multi-core CPUs and GPUs'''

We are exploring the opportunities of utilizing new architectures such as GPUs, multi-core processors, and distributed clusters (cloud computing) to efficiently solve research problems related to multimedia content analysis, large-scale data analysis, and machine learning techniques.

== People ==

* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda] (Assistant Professor)

* [http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~wamageed/ Wael Abd-Almageed] (Assistant Research Scientist at UMD)

* Fei Gao (MSc Student)

* Taher Dameh (MSc Student)

== References and Links==

* M. Hussein and W. Abd-Almageed, [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mhussein/papers/sc09_BAG_ha.pdf Efficient Band Approximation of Gram Matrices for Large Scale Kernel Methods on GPUs], In Proc. of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SuperComputing'09), Portland, OR, November 2009.

* [http://www.mit.edu/~andoni/LSH/ Locality Sensitive Hashing]

* [http://openmp.org/wp/ OpenMP]

* [http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/ MPICH2 (an MPI implementation)]

== [[Private:hpc-discussion| On-going Research Problems and Discussion (Login Required)]] ==

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2008-06-30T20:58:48Z

Wamageed:

--[[User:Wamageed|Wamageed]] 13:48, 30 June 2008 (PDT)

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''' Searching Textual Annotations '''
* Instead of developing our own search technology which will be way behind others, can we use get powered by Google? Two benefits:
** We do not have to develop our own search methodology. Instead we use the best in business
** We force Google to have an eye on us

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2008-06-30T20:48:26Z

Wamageed:

--[[User:Wamageed|Wamageed]] 13:48, 30 June 2008 (PDT)

''' Searching Textual Annotations '''
* Instead of developing our own search technology which will be way behind others, can we use get powered by Google? Two benefits:
** We do not have to develop our own search methodology. Instead we use the best in business
** We force Google to have an eye on us

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2008-06-30T20:48:06Z

Wamageed:

''' Searching Textual Annotations '''
* Instead of developing our own search technology which will be way behind others, can we use get powered by Google? Two benefits:
** We do not have to develop our own search methodology. Instead we use the best in business
** We force Google to have an eye on us

VS:VS-USA Registration Issues

2008-06-30T07:50:30Z

Wamageed:

--[[User:Wamageed|Wamageed]] 00:50, 30 June 2008 (PDT)

== Which state is better for registering startups? ==
'''Two Md. state agencies top national list of venture investors'''
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20040721/ai_n10062486

'''What's the best state to incorporate in?'''
http://slashstar.com/blogs/tim/archive/2007/07/23/what-s-the-best-state-to-incorporate-in-hint-delaware.aspx

'''What is the Best State of Incorporation?'''
http://www.askthevc.com/blog/archives/2007/05/what-is-the-bes.php

'''Top 5 Reasons to Incorporate in Delaware'''
http://www.thestartuplawyer.com/incorporation/top-5-reasons-to-incorporate-in-delaware

== Conclusion Regarding Where to Register VS-USA==
My conclusion is that for the time being it is probably better to stay in MD because:
*MD has a number of funding opportunities for startups
*MD will probably be the home of the angel investors
*I work with an MD institution and we will be able to obtain joint Univ./VS-USA funding
*In the future, we can move the registration to Delaware (as per our discussion with Jim Chung)

== LLC, C-corp or S-corp ==
* Forming a Company
http://www.gaebler.com/C-Corp-Versus-S-Corp.htm
* LLC vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp (The 3-Minute Version)
http://www.simplesubjects.com/tax/llc-vs-s-corp-vs-c-corp-the-3-minute-version.html

== Conclusion Regarding What Kind of Corporation ==
* It appears to me that the best type of registration is S-corp for now since it offers some tax advantages
* This remains pending until we talk to the corporate lawyer later this week