Irfan Essa’s Academic Activities

Irfan’s Office Hacked

My students decided to play a very nice joke on me. This morning I walked in to find my office open (and it was not!)

check out the left image, with door closed and the right image with the door open.

And, then the inside of the office was kinda different too.

Spring 2008 Term at GA Tech begins Monday 1/7/2009. It will be a busy term with the following activities, in addition to my research related activities.

• Teaching
  • CS4803cj/8803cj: Computational Journalism
  • CS4001c: Computing, Society, and Professionalism
• Events
  • Computation and Journalism (CnJ) Symposium in Atlanta, Feb 22-23, 2008
  • AAAI 2008: Special Track on Physically Grounded AI (Abstract Deadline: January 25, Paper Deadline: January 30, Meeting: July 13–17, 2008.)
  • CVPR 2009, Miami, FL, USA Planning. (Jun 21-27. 2009).

“Three Cups of Tea” By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
This is a great book. I have just started reading it, but many have recommended it.

Also see

• Pennies for Peace, a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI).
• Facebook Group for “Three Cups of Tea”