I am choosen by DSTA for attachment!!!

I received this email on 16/10/2006 (last monday).... damm happy man, I finally got a chance to work in a big company, a dream that I have for years... BUT, in order to go for attachment next sem, I need to tackle a big problem, that is to pass all the modules this sem... exams coming soon but I still got projects on hand... haiz...

Dear Yeo Ying Yong,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected by Defence Science & Technology Agency (Interviewing) after the interview.

Programme Allocated: To explore novel approaches to 2D-3D visualization for Constructive Wargaming [Programme Code : 1379]

Programme Scope: To look at suitable cost-effective and/or open-source libraries products, eg. WorldWind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_World_Wind), ESRI ArcGlobe, to facilitate geospatial-temporal data representaion.
A messaging layer (eg. using Java Messaging Service and HTTP protocol)shall be incorporated to facilitate interactions between applications. Design considerations shall include robustness eg. automate recovery upon abrupt/internittent disconnection from HTTP/JMS server.
To look into suitable data representation and interchange format. Open standards such as Goodle Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and ESRI shapefiles shall be considered. Suitable semantic data models eg. use of CityGML for urban buildings, maybe explored.
Performance (eg. efficient loading mechanisms for large datasets) adn usability (includes human computer interface (HCI)aspects)factors shall also be looked into.

Optional/advanced areas:
a. Techniques for Automated Data Extraction which will cove
r some of these areas:
- Automated Feature Extraction: Delineation, Attribution.
- Automated Target Recognition: Detection, Categorisation, Identification.
- Change Detection: Feature-level, Broad-Area.
- Spatio-Temporal Anaylsis and Topological Reasoning.
b. Human-Computer Interface. Advanced Interaction and Display Modalities and Multi-dimensioanl Visualization.

Pre-requisites: - Java (Swing)
- Familiarity with Eclipse development environment (http://www.eclipse.org/)is preferred.

Attachment Location: 71 Science Park Drive #02-05 Singapore (118253)

BY OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL ATTACHMENTS

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boring weekend (30/09/2006 to 01/10/2006)

last last weekend is a boring weekend...

on saturday(30/09/2006), I "book out" of hall after fighting DDP in my so-called "recess week" (while everyone is having holidays, I am doing project!)... my "book out" timing is in the late afternoon... no life right? on the way home, I visited cd-rama at JP and bought myself yanzi's latest compilation album, "My Story, Your Song 经典全记录" (I bought the 2CD version, only to discover there is a 4 CDs version the next day, damm you warner music)... It includes 2 new songs, 雨天 and 梦想天空, and 34 old songs, of which I like 雨天 a lot... I will write a review on the album when I got more time...



In the night, I went out for supper with mother and brother at the nearby Mcdonald's (at Ridout Tea Garden) till about 3am...


more photos at here

after supper, we took some pictures at the far east flora (behind Mc), where I used to work part-time with (from Dec 2001 to Feb 2002)... I still remember, I only receive $5/hour and have to do all sorts of heavy duty work...



on sunday(01/10/2006), I went out alone to orchard to walk walk... I bought some movie vcds from HMV and a taiwanese magazine from Kinokuniya...

happy times pass by very fast, on the same night, I have to "book in" at hall again and face the reality of projects, projects and more projects...

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New Look New Changes!

As you can see (unless your eye got problem), I had changed my entire blog layout!!! yeah! No more boring background... the main reason is that there are too much unnecessary things in my previous design, so I decided to change it completely...

2nd thing that I had added are tags... (nono.. not tag board)... tags are the links that you see at the bottom of each of my new posts, and also at the side bar (under del.icio.us tags)... when you click on the tags, it will bring you to a page, which you can find more related posts or even links to other websites... Cool right? I will be temporarily using these tags to categorize my posts until the new Blooger Beta (developed by Google) is stable to use...

I think my new blog still needs some tuning, it still feels strange... SO if you got any suggestions in improving the layout or tags or anything else on this blog, please please tell me by adding a comment or leaving a message on the shoutbox... thanks a lot! I really really needs advice, because I am not a good designer...

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speak good singlish lesson 1

Haha... just heard another funny podcast from www.mrbrownshow.com ... this time is a singlish lesson taught to foreign talents... I feel that our language is so efficient... we reduce the length of a phrase by 50%! Typical phrases are like "So how?" and "You win already lor"... download the podcast and have a good laugh!

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