Switching to using MathJax for LaTex support

I reset my LaTex support in blogspot to use MathJax. Looks like it is rendering, $$A = B^T$$

Setting up LaTex support using MathJax is straightforward. Just put the following script before the </head> element in your blogger template.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js">
MathJax.Hub.Config({
extensions: ["tex2jax.js","TeX/AMSmath.js","TeX/AMSsymbols.js"],
jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"],
tex2jax: {
inlineMath: [ ['$','$'], ["\\(","\\)"] ],
displayMath: [ ['$$','$$'], ["\\[","\\]"] ],
},
"HTML-CSS": { availableFonts: ["TeX"] }
});
</script>

SyntaxHighlighter

I wanted to add syntax highlighting to my blog, and decided to try out Alex Gorbatchev's SyntaxHighlighter. Looks pretty good to me! Here is a link on a quick setup for blogger.

alert('Looks like this works!');

An article on how to think

I came across this blog post by Ed Boyden last summer when I made a trip to MIT. I have been thinking of posting a link to this article for a while now; it has excellent advice for not just students but for anyone who would like to be more efficient in their work. Here is the link.

New blog for machine learners/data miners

Alex Smola has started writing a blog, Adventures in Data Land. I have looked at a few entries, and I already like what he is doing. He is sharing tips and tricks that machine learners and data miners would love to have in their repertoire. I hope he also shares his ideas on some machine learning problems that, in his opinion, are the most challenging. Thanks Alex.

"Write Blog"

I have to apologize for not being regular. It has been really long since the last time I wrote; things have been pretty busy, with research projects, full load of classes, grading, and all the usuals of being a graduate student. I have been able to attend a number of great machine learning talks as well, which I was planning to write something about, but just never got around to doing that.

I think I really need to put 'write blog' in my calendar.

AI taking over?

Here's something that is worth reading.