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 Avinash Kak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Avinash Kak (born in Srinagar, Kashmir on 22 October 1944) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University who has done pioneering research in image processing, tomography, computer vision, and computer languages.
In 2003, a group of researchers that included Kak developed a tool for content-based image retrieval that was demonstrated by clinical trials to markedly improve the performance of radiologists.
With regard to the pathbreaking contributions made by Kak and his collaborators: In 1989, Chen and Kak published 3D-POLY that is still the fastest algorithm for recognizing 3D objects in depth maps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avinash_Kak   (484 words)

  
 Subhash Kak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kak is a founder of a biannual conference on science and consciousness that has been held in North Carolina beginning in the 90s.
Subhash Kak (born March 26, 1947, Srinagar, Kashmir) is Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Kak maintains that a fundamental subject-object dichotomy makes it possible for science only to deal with objects and not with the perceiving subject and, therefore, it is impossible to create a formal science of consciousness.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subhash_Kak   (536 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Kashmiris
Ram Chandra Kak (June 5, 1893- February 10, 1983) was prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1946-7.
Mushtaq Kak (1961-) was born in Kashmir and brought up in Jammu.
Manju Kak is a Kashmiri writer and film-maker.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Kashmiris   (536 words)

  
 subhash kak
Subhash Kak (born March 26, 1947, Srinagar, Kashmir) is poet, historian of science, and scientist.
Kak discovered an astronomy in the altar construction connected with Vedic ritual and showed how these numbers are reflected in the very organization of the Rigveda.
Kak's scientific research is in information theory, artificial intelligence including neural networks, and quantum theory.
www.fact-library.com /subhash_kak.html   (585 words)

  
 Tomographic reconstruction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Avinash Kak and Malcolm Slaney (1988), Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging, IEEE Press, ISBN 0-87942-198-3.
In practice, a stabilized and discretized version of the inverse Radon transform is used, known as the filtered back projection algorithm.
This page was last modified 15:48, 21 February 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomographic_reconstruction   (423 words)

  
 Know Islam: Memorable Writings of Anwar Shaikh
Subhash Kak has to his credit, another two books of poetry, namely "The conductor of the Dead" and "The London Bridge, " but here we are talking about his work: "THE SECRETS OF ISHBAR." This anthology comprises thirty- two poems and spans over sixty-two pages.
However, nature has been generous to Subhash Kak of Louisiana; he originally comes from the Valley of Kashmir, whose natural scenery testifies to the fact that the Creator made this tract of land with the materials, which may be termed as marvel, mystery and munificence.
Subhash possesses the virtue of couching simplest situations in the manner that is creative and elaborate.
www.islamreview.org /AnwarShaikh/reviews/Subhash.html   (715 words)

  
 Mushtaq Kak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mushtaq Kak (1961-) was born in Kashmir and brought up in Jammu.
He is presently at the Shri Ram Centre as the artistic director.
You are still welcome to make a donation or purchase Wikimedia merchandise.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mushtaq_Kak   (715 words)

  
 RVL Publications
Kak and J. Edwards, "Experimental State of the Art in 3D Object Recognition and Localization using Range Data," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Vision for Robots, Pittsburgh, PA., pp.
Kak "Model-Based Vision for Mobile Robot Navigation Using Metrical and Non-Metrical Models of Environment," 1993 SPIE Conference on the Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Orlando, April 1993.
Kak, C. Brodley, C. Pavlopoulou, M. Chyan and L. Broderick, "A web-based CBIR-assisted learning tool for radiology education" in Proceedings IEEE Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2000.
rvl.www.ecn.purdue.edu /RVL/publications.htm   (2623 words)

  
 Article - Vol. V 1997
Subhash Kak, Professor at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, is one of the world’s leading historians of science.
He is known for his outstanding contributions towards decipherment of the Indus-Sarasvati script of the third millennium BC and the discovery of astronomical code in the design of the fire altars of the ancient world.
Man has mastered the outer world and Vedic science formed the basis for that enterprise; it is now possible that the exploration of the inner world, which is the heart of modern science, will also be along paths long heralded by Vedic rishis.
www.ignca.nic.in /nl_01102.htm   (3578 words)

  
 David Frawley Books -How I Became A Hindu My Discovery Of Vedic Dharma - Ancient India: Myth Of The Aryan Invasion(Page4)
Subhash always emphasized the pursuit of truth, not simply defending a particular religion or culture, however noble it may be.
Kak made several brilliant contributions to science in the Vedas, showing the sophistication of mathematics and astronomy that existed at an early era, particularly in the Satapatha Brahmana.
One of the most notable American Hindus and Vedic scholars that I have known is Subhash Kak.
www.hindubooks.org /david_frawley/how_i_became_a_hindu/the_myth_of_the_aryan_invasion/page4.htm   (282 words)

  
 Talk by Dr. Subhash Kak
Subhash Kak is a poet, historian of science, and scientist.
Kak's scientific research interests are in information theory, artificial intelligence including neural networks, and quantum theory.
The insights of science will be compared to those from Indian texts.  Dr. Kak has also been invited by IEEE to give a talk on neural networks and a talk on science in ancient India for Duke Hindu Students Association the same day.
www.ncsu.edu /stud_orgs/hsc/SubhashKak_Flyer.htm   (278 words)

  
 The Wishing Tree (The Presence and Promise of India)
Subhash Kak is a widely known scientist and Vedic scholar.
Subhash Kak's language is lucid; it is at times very poetic.
In the Wishing Tree: The Presence and Promise of India, Subhash Kak presents what is arguably the most complete, articulate and up-to-date overview on the entire Indic tradition.
www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDC845   (392 words)

  
 Kak neural network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kak neural network is an instantaneously trained neural network that creates a new hidden neuron for each training sample, achieving instantaneous training for binary data and also for real data if some small additional processing is allowed.
This network has been successfully used in a variety of applications in finance, pattern recognition, signal processing, and time-series extrapolation.
Kak, New algorithms for training feedforward neural networks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kak_neural_network   (135 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
Born in Kashmir and brought up in Jammu, Mushtaq Kak is presently at the Shri Ram Centre as the artistic director.
Mushtaq feels that the Rajatarangini has ample scope for drama and this potential can be utilised at the national level.
An attempt has been made to present the play in a manner so as to make it easy for the common man to understand the suffering that was faced by the people during that period.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010422/spectrum/main6.htm   (135 words)

  
 DBLP: Avinash C. Kak
Jean Gao, Avinash C. Kak: A multi-frame based motion estimation for semantic object tracking in the presence of occlusion.
Jae Byung Park, Avinash C. Kak: A truncated least squares approach to the detection of specular highlights in color images.
Seth Hutchinson, Avinash C. Kak: Spar: A Planner that Satisfies Operational and Geometric Goals in Uncertain Environments.
sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de /dblp/db/indices/a-tree/k/Kak:Avinash_C=.html   (617 words)

  
 Khaleej Times - Online
Kak has reflexively branded Chakraborty as a 'leftist'.
It isn't wrong for a film star to support a particular party, but is it right for them to use their status as a star to attract and directly or indirectly influence the illiterate masses in favour of a particular political party?
THE reply that Avinash Kak gave ('Blame it on capitalism, February 7) to Debashish Chakraborty's critique ('Example of Argentina', February 4) got me thinking.
www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /tuesday/letters.htm   (957 words)

  
 Programming with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Object Oriented Programming with C++ and Java - Book Reviews - Nik Makris
Kak, who is legendary as a inspiring teacher, uses all his skills to abstract the main ideas of the two languages in such a manner that is illuminating.
I recommend this book enthusiastically as a text for college courses and as a book for self study.
I believe this is an innovation that should be universally adopted.
www.nikmakris.com /shop?asin=0471268526/us.html   (290 words)

  
 DBLP: Subhash C. Kak
Subhash C. Kak: General qubit errors cannot be corrected.
Subhash C. Kak: A two-layered mesh array for matrix multiplication.
Subhash C. Kak: A class of instantaneously trained neural networks.
informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/k/Kak:Subhash_C=.html   (186 words)

  
 Dr. Subhash Kak
Subhash Kak is one of the world's leading historians of science.
Author of ten books and more than three hundred journal articles, Dr. Kak is equally at ease when dealing with science subjects and Vedic studies.
Among his many awards are the Science Academy Medal, Halliburton Award, UNDP Tokten Award and the Goyal Prize.
artsandscience.concordia.ca /religion/subhash.html   (131 words)

  
 Subhash Kak - WikiQuote
Subhash Kak (26 March 1947-) Indian American philosopher, poet, and scientist.
Once scientists and scholars invest parts of their career in support of a paradigm, it becomes a sort of a self-betrayal to abandon it.
This page was last modified 00:49, 22 Dec 2004.
quotes.localadsearch.com /index.php/Subhash_Kak   (71 words)

  
 ESSAYS
Subhash Kak, On the Science of Consciousness in Ancient India, Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol.
Subhash Kak, The Speed of Light and Puranic Cosmology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April 1998.
Subhash Kak, Vaisnava Metaphysics or a Science of Consciousness, Prachya Pratibha, Vol.
www.clubs.psu.edu /clubs/vedicsociety/Essays.htm   (219 words)

  
 Interview Chronology of the Vedic Texts
http://www.swaveda.com/interview.php?action=show&id=2 Subhash Kak is Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs Louisiana State University, as well as a poet and Vedic scholar.
Kak has worked at many high profile institutions including IIT Delhi, Imperial College, Bell Laboratories, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
Dr Kak's responses to selected questions will be posted on Thursday, May 20, 2004.
www.talkaboutreligion.com /group/uk.religion.hindu/messages/14117.html   (186 words)

  
 Calendar for Grad Students: New Light on Ancient India - Revisiting the Roots of Vedic Civilization
Subhash Kak Author, Cradle of Civilization and Professor, Louisiana State University When: Saturday, April 15th 1:00 - 2:15 pm Where: History Building (Building 200), Room 34 Stanford University The History Building is located in Stanford's Main Quad.
klamath.stanford.edu /~molinero/calendus/Grads/read/event_8826_Grads_read.html   (165 words)

  
 Historical Development Of Hinduism
Subhash Kak, Vedic Studies and History: Subhash Kak, born in Srinagar, Kashmir, obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1970.
Kak, The Wishing Tree: The Presence and Promise of India.
Subhash Kak, Adjunct Professor Hindu University of America,
www.hindu-university.edu /hin_hist_kak.htm   (253 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior.........State
Mushtaq Kak is the only theatre director belonging to Jammu and Kashmir State who has been invited to attend the festival.
Mushtaq Kak has been working as Artistic Director at Shri Ram Centre for the past five years and his productions ‘Nagar Udas’, ‘Mahabrahman’ and ‘Kamloos Ki Macchillian’ have received rave reviews in the national press and won a number of awards.
Kak will be presenting his play Mahabrahman written by Premanand Gajvi in Marathi and translated into Hindi by Vasant Dev, in the festival on October 17 with the artists of Shri Ram Centre Repertory.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03oct06/state.htm   (253 words)

  
 Atrocities on Women and Children
Mushtaq Ahmed Butt, a prominent businessman was shot dead.
B.L. Kak, Executive Engineer was shot dead outside his office.
His mutiliated body was recovered from the village after 3 days.
www.kashmiri-pandit.org /atrocities/atrocities4.html   (253 words)

  
 Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging
Kak and Malcolm Slaney, Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2001.
Kak and Malcolm Slaney, Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging, IEEE Press, 1988.
You are free to use this electronic version of Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging for your personal use.
www.slaney.org /pct   (186 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging (Classics in Applied Mathematics, 33): Books: Avinash C. Kak,Malcolm Slaney
Avinash C. Kak is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Kak and Slaney go beyond theory, emphasizing real-world applications and detailing the steps necessary for building a tomographic system.
In addition to the purely mathematical and algorithmic aspects of these algorithms, the book also discusses the artifacts caused by the nature of the various forms of energy sources that can be used for generating the projection data.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/089871494X?v=glance   (987 words)

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