I had a wonderful time in the DR. It was warm (no calor) and beautiful. Of all the latin countries I have spent time in, this one, by far, is the most friendly and gracious. They held a press conference with the Secretary of State in our honor. We were introduced to the country and made to feel very welcome. TV and newspapers covered the conference. We met with the Presidents of the Unversities and visted campuses in Santiago and Santo Domingo: UNAPEC, UASD and INFODUSO, and various BioTech labs throughout the country.
I was impressed with the interest this country has in technology and the efforts they have already made to bring the country into the world of computers. The UASD library was extremely impressive, as well as the technology in use at UNAPEC and INFODUSO. UASD, the largest university, with 150,000 students just finished computer labs that were impressive. The US research team consisted of Lex Shakespeare, myself and Deepak Subramony as the PI. The Biotech team consisted of Bart Weimer (PI), Kamal Rashid and Kathy McConkie. I left my pictures on my PC that is, at the moment, several hundred miles away.
I am enjoying Xmas in the country with my family. We will be presenting our research in Orlando, Florida in March. And I will be presenting an offshoot of that research in Philadelphia in February. More later..........
