August 2005 Archives
2005-08-31
New position paper and poster: Application of Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis in Open Distributed Systems Management
I have presented a poster (in A0 format) and a two-pages position paper, at the JSSST SPA-SUMMER 2005 workshop (4th Summer Workshop on Systems for Programming and Applications), that took place at the Isawa hot spring, 2005-08-22 to 23.
2005-08-30
New logo for the Chiba Shigeru Group
We have a new logo for our laboratory! It consists simply of the laboratory's acronym letters (C, S, and rotated g):
One may think that it is very similar to Java™'s coffee cup logo... But of course our logo represents a Japanese tea cup, not a coffee cup! If one turns the cup, one can clearly see the tea bag label, proving that it is a tea cup:
I also proposed a rice bowl version of the logo, but the other group members did not like it... Don't you think that this version is nice?
2005-08-30
I passed my Japanese examination!
This semester, I have been following the J1 (“Elementary I”) level Japanese language class at Tokyo Tech. The Tokyo Tech J1 level is the absolute beginner level, which corresponds to volume 1 of the Minna No Nihon Go (みんなの日本語) method book. I have passed the exam for that class, so I will take the J2 (“Elementary II”)level class (volume 2 of みんなの日本語) next semester! 乾杯！