Application Scheduling in CloudSim

[19/12/2013] Today was the last day at KTH, marking the completion of the semester 3. We did the final project presentations yesterday and today. My presentation slides on my project "Application Scheduling in CloudSim" are given below. I will miss my friends in the coming semester, as I am the only one EMDC guy returning to Lisbon.

Application scheduling in cloud sim from Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Ph.D.

Stockholm - Month 4

Scenic beauty of the lake..

[15/12/2013] - Finally we are completing our 4th month in Stockholm tomorrow. Few more days to complete the third semester, when all of us will disperse to different countries from Sweden. This month was interesting, but was dark with very little sun shine. Interestingly it didn't snow much yet here. Just snowed twice. Earlier this week once and today with rain. No evidence of snow remains either. All the snow has melted down. 

  

At the examination

[12/12/2013] - Today at the examination, the invigilator looked at my Swedish Residence permit with the photo taken just 100 days before, and then looked at me. Then again at the ID, then at me, and then asked me, "Is it really you?" (with a big smile of course). I said, "yes, it is me. Now I look older in the winter". She certainly was not satisfied. She asked from her colleague. He too was kinda confused. Then they decided to trust me. Probably they were just playing with me, because they were smiling. Probably my appearance has indeed changed drastically over the 100 days, away from the motherland of Sri Lanka and the loveland of Portugal. haha.. Nevertheless, that was fun. Blame my laziness for not shaving even past the Movember-deal.

Philosophy of Science 

We have received the results for the Philosophy of Science. An "A" for my essay, "Creation-Science vs. Evolution. An induction based analysis". I am happy about that, as I had done a considerable research on that area for the paper. We had so many presentations. I love student presentations. :D

Lots of Music

I have spent lots of time listening to music, or I often do other things having the music as a background. In the city of darkness, music keeps me alive. ♥ I am listing some of the music I enjoyed most in 2013 below. These songs are pretty old and not really released in 2013. But I happened to listen to them for the first time in 2013. So for me, they are music of 2013. :D I hope you will enjoy these songs, as much as I do.

1. Inna (Romania) - Amazing (video in Praia das Maçãs (The Apples beach), Sintra, Portugal).

 

2. The Myth (China) - Endless Love. [bilingual song - Chinese and Korean].

 

3. DaiQing Tana (China) - Qinghai Lake (video in Qinghai Province, China). [bilingual song - Chinese and Mongolian].

 

Death by PowerPoint - Cantopop

Today we did a presentation showing how not to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for our Scientific Writing and Communications class. As an example, we created a presentation titled "Death by PowerPoint", depicting the improper use of PowerPoint. We discussed Cantopop, Cantonese Popular Music.

We intentionally made the presentation to be a lousy powerpoint presentation to make a point. Although we made this presentation as a joke, we firmly believe that Chinese pop music is the best. :D

Death by PowerPoint from Kathiravelu Pradeeban

Seasons of Portugal

Tagus River, cloudy in Vila Franca de Xira

When I was in Sri Lanka, it was not really easy to differentiate each of the months. However, in Europe I am able to remember each events easily in a time line. This is, I recognize, mostly because of the different seasons. In Portugal, summer represents life. Winter is usually wet and boring, with many rainy days. My October visit to Lisboa - cloudy and drizzling. Winter is not here yet. The autumn days! Missing summer.

Stockholm - Month 2

KTH, red in Autumn!

[25/09/2013] - Now the time has started to go fast. Cooking has become a daily routine. Final year gives more pressure than the first year, though the workload is relatively low. This is because, now we have to look forward for our future, what is beyond EMDC? To focus on our next stop. First years do not have this to think about. Weather is getting colder. 4  °C right now, at 10.15 a.m. 

[16/10/2013] - Two months have passed in Stockholm. Autumn makes everything colourful. The KTH main campus, which looked green, looks red now! It gets to subzero temperatures. The central heating is still not turned on, in the apartment. But it doesn't get much cold inside yet, when the windows and doors are closed. Days are quite busy with the Philosophy of Science essay, and it is almost finished by now. Time to focus on the project.