The year 2008 - for me

As usual, I start blogging in this year, by reminiscing about the main events of my (both work and personal) life in 2008:

• Privilege to listen and interact with some really great and wonderful people
• Assisting my professor (guide) to setup a HPC Cluster for his new area of research on Computational Nanotechnology
• Publication of research papers in National Conference, International Workshop, and in a Journal
• Invited Talks at a couple of National Symposiums/Conferences and Faculty-Development Programs
• Introduced Multi-Agent Systems in the Advanced Web Module of our courses.
• Being part of an awareness project - to spread awareness about PKI and Digital Signatures
• Building a Unified Interface for a suite of Network Security products
• Understanding ISO and incorporating various Processes - as our organization is moving towards certification
• Project Guidance to MCA Students
• Handling Network and Web Application classes for students of a reputed Management Institute
• Travel - Hyderabad (for the 3rd Meeting of Internet Governance Forum) , Delhi, and Kerala (Trivandrum, Alleppey)
• Learning about: Complexities in Contextual IR, Agent-based Automation systems, Latest technologies in Web Applications, Cryptography and Information Security, E-Markets, Financial Markets and so on ...
• Personally, putting my daughter in a play school, and watching as she grows and learns ...
• Overall the year was full of learning.