How many of us are smart enough to just get the Liskov Substitution Principle, Theories of Special and General Relativity, Quantum Particle Physics, Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Latin???
Not me.
optionsScalper has brought together a group of .Net people here in Milwaukee, with the goal of having each of us just get Genetic Algorithms, within a period of about 90 minutes (over lunch). I, and everybody I talked to that were there that day, were amazed at how he pulled it off. I have spent hours over the last few months talking with oS on the phone about this, and many other techniques and technologies...
I know firsthand that Wisconsin has it's share of University Professors, Biotech scientists, Lawyers (ahem), Computer and Information Scientists, Neurologists, Cariologists, Miscellaneologists, on and on... We're truly privileged to have a Mathematician of oS' caliber, that has the rare ability to dumb it all down to the level of those around him. I've known many professors (dare I say most?) who don't have this ability, even though their profession calls for it.
My hat goes off to He Who Must Continue To Remain Unnamed For Some Reason (I think we're still waiting for someone to decrypt his name), for his demo on Genetic Algorithms, and his upcoming release of GAI.Net. I know much more about GA than I did before the demo (um, which was close to nothing), and I still wonder what I might use it for, but oS' passion shines through when he posts and discusses this stuff, and it's just a matter of time before I just get it.
[optionsScalper] - [GAI.NET Post] - [Decrypt optionsScalper's Name]
While we're on the subject... I've been reading “The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality”, by Brian Greene. His ability to dumb down topics like Quantum mechanics and String Theory is unbelievable. I highly recommend this book, and “The Elegant Universe”, also by Brian Greene.
Print | posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:52 PM