April 8 to 17 I travelled to Valencia and Barcelona (Spain).
In Barcelona I participated in the II Emergence Forum by Transbio Sudoe, a gathering of academics, companies & technological platforms from Spain, France, Portugal with the objective of setting up collaborative projects. I gave a lecture and participated in an expert panel.
The event allowed me to meet very interesting people, and visiting the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (with its Mare Nostrum supercomputer, in the most amazing set-up you could even imagine) and the Barcelona Scientific Park.
March 25 Google NY invited me to their Google Cloud Platform presentation in their Chelsea offices, 8 blocks away from my apartment.
Besides the interesting new features (here are the videos), and the delicious and healthy lunch buffet, I networked quite a lot, and had a few laughs about the highest concentration of Google Glasses per person I have seen so far. One thing is clear: genomics, which is one of the main things my two companies deal with, and the cloud, are closely related, and they will be even more in the near future.
Here are my travel destinations for the next three months (I`m afraid Asia will have to wait until Autumn):
Santiago (Chile) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Montevideo (Uruguay) New York (USA) Madrid (Spain) Nice (France) London (UK) Stuttgart (Germany) Basel (Switzerland) Valencia (Spain) Marseille (France) Genoa (Italy) Rome (Italy) Palermo (Italy) La Goulette (Tunisia) Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Stockholm (Sweden)
My wife took me to the amazing and discreet Japanese restaurant Kyo Ya for my birthday last month. What an amazing treat!
The menu were 11 courses that were all incredibly delicious:
“Zatsuki”: Spring Gobo Kara-age with Sansho Salt “Sakizuke”: Silky White Turnip Tofu Uni, Caviar, Umadashi-an “Oshinogi”: Ginger Sticky Mochi Rice Arima Sansho Miso-yaki “Owan”: Hakusai Cabbage Potage Tricolor Saitomo Patato Dango “Zensai”: Watercress Yellow Chive and Grilled Shitake Ohitashi; Oyster Moto-yaki on the Shell; Snow Crab and Yamato Potato Isobe-age; “Noresore” Noodle Like a Fresh Baby Sea Eel; Poached Hotaru Squid with Wakame Seaweed “Otsukuri”: Sashimi of the Day (Chef`s Selection) “Yakimono”: Washu Tajima Beef Hot Stone Grill; Sawara Spanish Mackerel Wakasa-yaki; Green Asparagus, Renkon and Shitake “Nimono”: Clay Potato Soup with Mozzarella Cheese, Ebishinjo, Turnip, Carrot, Wood Ear Mushroom and Poached Quail Egg “Tomezakama”: Braised Baby Octopus, Apple and Broccoli Rabe, Califlower and Kiwi Puree Vinegar “Oshokuji”: Canadian Shishamo and Yaki-daikon Kamadaki Rice, Asari Clam Miso Soup and Pickles Desert: Kyoya “Monaka” Red Bean Sandwich and Soba-cha Sorbet
Since I have been a few weeks without being able to post anything for several reasons (health, family, work, blog migration…), I am going to catch up “all at once”, writing in a couple of posts two month`s worth of activity.
February 23 to 26 my wife and I attended the healthcare tech trade show HIMSS, in Orlando, FL (USA).
We got a huge room at the Marriott Royal Palms, but we could not enjoy the city much due to work.
Actually, a couple people told me “Whats up with your blog? you havent posted anything for ages, and the categories are broken”. But other than that, nobody noticed, or cared, or both. Which is weird because on the other hand, my Google+ page is about to hit a million visits, and my LinkedIn profile is in the top 5%… :S
Oh, well. The truth is, the blog was indeed messed up because of a quick server migration, and I had not posted anything in a long time because I am insanely busy.
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