More travel stuff - this time to Austria over Christmas!!!

Panda bears,
originally uploaded by bernd ploderer.

I'm still in San Diego for my studies. My only sightseeing activities have been Sea World and the famous zoo, as you can see on the photo.

I wanted to announce that I will be in Austria over Christmas. I will arrive on the 22nd of December and leave probably on 6 January. That's just a short period of time, but I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Auersbach, Feldbach, Graz, Salzburg, ...?
I will then have the great opportunity to spend 3 months in the UK as a visiting student in Sheffield. That's really close from Austria as compared to Melbourne. It would be great if anyone wants to visit me in Sheffield and / or travel with me in the UK.

Trip across California - the academic part

view from the hotel room in san diego,
originally uploaded by bernd ploderer.

The second part of my trip across California is all about academic stuff. I had the honour to be a guest at UC Irvine last week. In that week I was worked in the Lab for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction, gave a presentation there, and met great and very supportive people working on similar research.

This week I am at a conference for computer-supported cooperative work, one of the top conferences in my area of research. Yesterday, I took part in a workshop for doctoral students, and Tuesday will be my first talk at such a big conference - please keep your fingers crossed for me. The photo shows the view from my hotel room - the environment is just gorgeous. I went to the zoo today, but now I'm working on my slides again, although I know that I will never feel perfectly prepared.