Amancio Bouza's Research Blog » PhD Life http://blog.cpoet.net My research and activities Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Upcoming Public Research Day at the Department of Informatics http://blog.cpoet.net/2009/08/21/upcomming-public-research-day-at-the-department-of-informatics/ http://blog.cpoet.net/2009/08/21/upcomming-public-research-day-at-the-department-of-informatics/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:55:25 +0000 bouza http://blog.cpoet.net/?p=363 The Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich helds its 1st Research Day on the 23th of September 2009 for the public. The public has the chance to investigate what challenges and open problems all the different people from different research groups are facing and intending to find the best solutions. I think it’s a great possibility to get informed about all the innovative projects the department is running and to get informed about the newest trends in science and its future impact in our life.

The Research day starts at 16.15 at the Department of Informatics. My adviser Prof. Abraham Bernstein opens the session with his talk on “Dem Gehirn beim Denken zusehen – Wie die Informatik neue Welten erschliesst”. Afterwards, all people present their current work on posters. Everyone will be open for questions and discussions.

I’ll participate and will present two different posters. One poster is about a distributed collaborative recommender system approach. My second poster is about a , OMORE, a Firefox Add-on that enables cross-site recommendation for movies.

You may find additional informations about the upcoming Research Day. Here you get important information how to reach us.

Distributed Collaborative Recommender System

Distributed Collaborative Recommender System

OMORE - Firefox Add-on for cross-site recommendations

OMORE - Firefox Add-on for cross-site recommendations

]]> http://blog.cpoet.net/2009/08/21/upcomming-public-research-day-at-the-department-of-informatics/feed/ 0 Starting my PhD http://blog.cpoet.net/2007/07/01/starting-my-phd/ http://blog.cpoet.net/2007/07/01/starting-my-phd/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:56:53 +0000 Amancio Bouza http://blog.cpoet.net/?p=152 I’m starting my PhD in July. I’m associated with two research groups from the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich. That are the Software Evolution and Architecture Lab (s.e.a.l.) headed by Prof. Harald C. Gall and the Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems (DDIS) headed by Prof. Bernstein. I’m lucky to start working on the hot topic of recommender systems. The overall goal of the joint work with an industry partner is the development of a web-based location recommender system. This project is partially supported by the CTI (commission of technology and innovation) because of its high potential use in different areas like tourism. The CTI is the national agency for innovation. The CTI supports the knowledge transfer between companies and universities to create innovation and not just inventions.

Well, I’m extremely happy and proud having this chance to promovate advised by excellent advisors even if I get payed less then I would get in the industry. But who cares about money, right?. What I looked for was a great challenge that only a PhD can provide.

Kick-Off Meeting of the Localina project

Kick-Off Meeting of the Localina project

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