Ten holes on a white background

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Above is an exact replica of ten holes on a white background that Nil and I saw today at an art museum.  Only the background was a white wall and the holes were drilled into the wall.

 

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Our contribution to the art world is Eleven holes on a white background :).

Some of the art had these black pieces of tape on the floor surrounding them so if someone crossed the black tap a beep would sound and a security person would tell you to step away from the art.  So, we need a break so we found the average time between someone setting the alarms off :).  It was 40 seconds!  So on average every 40 seconds someone crossed one of those black lines.  They really should have used a brighter color other than black like red that maybe even had words like do not cross.

Smart Logistics and the Knowledge Genesis Group

These are two pretty awesome companies/contractors.  They provide muliagent systems approach to solving real world problems.  They implement real time schedulers and optimization algorithms in the real world and not just as academics.  Pretty cool, too bad they aren’t based in the US (though they do have a branch in Florida).

 

http://www.knowledgegenesis.co.uk/home/what-we-do

http://smartlogisticsinc.com/partnerships/

http://goaleurope.com/2012/02/10/russian-science-put-to-a-commercial-use-real-time-multi-agent-optimization-know-how/

Russia and the rest of Europe are not only doing cutting edge research they are so much more advanced in their logistics and preparedness than the US!  Seems like the US is losing  in the multiagent systems race ;).