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My name is Xiaolei Li. I am an Applied Researcher at Microsoft. I graduated in May of 2008 with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I was in the Database and Information Systems Laboratory under the guidance of Prof. Jiawei Han. My thesis was on the topic of spatiotemporal data mining. Other topics I have interest in include general data mining, OLAP, data indexing, and machine learning.


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Mt Hood


Mt Hood

Windy Ridge


Windy Ridge

Mt St Helen


Mt St Helen

Windy Ridge


Windy Ridge

Windy Ridge


Windy Ridge

Norway Pass


Norway Pass

Norway Pass


Norway Pass

Norway Pass


Norway Pass


last.fm recent plays >>

1.

ESPN 980 -- September 2 2010 The Tony Kornheiser Show Part 1

Played on 12-31-1969 4:00pm

2.

Caspian -- Concrescence

Played on 09-02-2010 6:36pm

3.

Caspian -- Of Foam and Wave

Played on 09-02-2010 6:29pm

4.

Caspian -- Epochs in DMaj

Played on 09-02-2010 6:26pm

5.

Caspian -- Malacoda

Played on 09-02-2010 6:21pm

6.

Caspian -- Ghosts of the Garden City

Played on 09-02-2010 6:10pm

7.

Caspian -- La Cerva

Played on 09-02-2010 6:05pm

8.

Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay -- MacBreak Weekly 210: Apple's Fall Announcement

Played on 09-02-2010 9:42am

9.

John C. Dvorak -- The September Apple Issue, The Death of Digg, No More OED?, Amazon's Subscription Service, Tablet Wars and more! | CrankyGeeks Episode 234 – H.264 Version

Played on 09-02-2010 9:08am

10.

Caspian -- Epochs in DMaj

Played on 09-01-2010 4:54pm

11.

Caspian -- Malacoda

Played on 09-01-2010 4:49pm


weekly top artists >>

08-22-2010 to 08-29-2010  

1.

Imogen Heap

Played 10 time(s)

2.

Mono

Played 8 time(s)

3.

Adam Curry & John Dvorak

Played 3 time(s)

4.

Leo Laporte and the TWiTs

Played 3 time(s)

5.

John C. Dvorak

Played 1 time(s)



recent events >>

Finally Back

I forgot the password to my stupid blogger form and couldn't remember it for the life of me. Finally got them to reset it for me and now I can finally write to this! Some random musings...

  • Red Dead Redemption is a pretty awesome game
  • Pansonic GF1 is a pretty decent camera but I'm having a hard time seeing it replacing the 5D mk II
  • Kobe sucks. Fisher sucks. Lakers suck.
  • Still using my iPad everyday, not a fad
  • Tired of the iPhone though, looking to jump ship
  • Listening to podcasts at 2X speed at the gym, a very good idea

TK Back on the Radio

Seriously. Best show on the radio. People still listen to the radio, right?

Fire Walk with Me

I recently watched Twin Peaks again. That show still holds up after all these years. Weird wild stuff in there. It's even more weird that I live so close to the supposed location of Twin Peaks.

Home Owner

Closed on my condo earlier today. I'm now a proud home owner! Pics later.

As a house warming gift to myself, I've been contemplating upgrading my stereo setup. I'm either going to upgrade the amp or the record player. I've currently got a NAD C320 BEE and a Music Hall MMF 2.1. I'm thinking of getting the Vincent SV-236MK or Music Hall MMF 5.1. Gonna cost a pretty penny though. The Vincent is about $2k and the MMF 5.1 is $1k. We'll see exactly how much I care about my audio setup...

Looking for some ambient music? Check out Sweden's Library Tapes.