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Norman Fung29-Jan-04 21:48
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Just want to add... there're a lot of cool things that lie in the intersection between mechanical engineering and software development. Most of the exciting development will lie in the "algorithm" and "research" part of the project cycle. For instance, we've had CAD/CAM, FEA (Finite Element Analysis) , CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) system around for a long time. But things are moving ahead. It's not a stagnant field. Example: Interaction with deformable 3D solid models in REALTIME with Data Gloves (Still in R&D phase last time I read about it in publication from UBC two years ago). How about reconstruction of 3D models from digital photos? This is possible by extending current image segmentation techonologies (edge detection, object recognition) and lotsa old school matrix algebra. But, it's already in mass production phase - Last time I saw in trade show a couple of years back. German manufacturer I think - they have cutting edge engineers - people who make their country proud.

These are the stuff that the majority of us aren't doing. These are closed source advantage. These are the stuff that hasn't been devalued by Chinese/Indian competition, yet. But there're a lot of potential in these area - probably much more than trying to optimize area like processor scheduling. Web Dev is dead. Not that the technology is dead, quite the opposite indeed. But if you're looking at decreasing profit margin. On the other hand, things like network optimization seems to be much easier problems... easier to tackle, and faster to see real result (well, faster to see the end of the improvement too). I worked on a project with N??tel before. They were considering integrating financial metrics into their network management systems. That's perfectly doable - but it's easy to get duplicated at the same time.

Enough babbling, time for me get back to work. Don't forget to let me know if you run into anything profitable and requires my assistance Smile | :)



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