Pictures from Stockholm, August 1999

Below are the pictures from the trip I took to Stockholm on August 1-6, 1999 to present a paper at the 1999 IJCAI conference.

During the week before the IJCAI conference, I spent a week bicycling in Denmark. Here is a link to my pictures from that trip.

All pictures were taken with a Kodak DC265 digital camera. The original images measured 1536x1024, and took about 1/2 MB each. I've compressed them and have reduced their dimensions for easy downloading over the Internet, but have not modified them in any other way.

Click on each small image to see a larger image.

(69K) 768 x 512 A street in Gamla Stan (the old town).
(45K) 512 x 768 A church in Gamla Stan. Unfortunately this picture is slightly blurry.

(86K) 768 x 512 Fountain in front of the Norra Latin (part of the conference center).
(76K) 768 x 512 Towers near the conference center.

(93K) 768 x 512 This old graveyard is part of a church yard, but it blends seamlessly into a city park.
(46K) 512 x 768 This building was in the same park; I don't know what it's for.

(34K) 768 x 512 Manuela Veloso, at the IJCAI opening reception in the Stockholm City Hall.
(46K) 768 x 512 Chitta Baral and his wife, also at the opening reception.

(78K) 768 x 512 Maria Gini and her husband, also at the opening reception. The room, by the way, is the one where the Nobel Prize dinner is held.
(65K) 768 x 512 Ryszard Michalski and me at the opening reception.

(64K) 768 x 512 Ryszard Michalski, outside the city hall.
(50K) 768 x 512 Me, outside the city hall.

(39K) 768 x 512 Statue in the courtyard of the city hall. Sorry about the low exposure: the subject was too far away for the flash to work properly.
(30K) 768 x 512 Tower in the courtyard of the city hall.

(63K) 768 x 512 Richard Korf and his friend, outside the city hall.
(84K) 768 x 512 Dave Wilkins, outside the city hall.

(60K) 768 x 512 Bridge over the street, on the way from my hotel to the conference center.
(42K) 768 x 512 David Smith, in the conference center. Unfortunately, this picture came out somewhat blurry.

(60K) 768 x 512 Sam Steel, in the conference center.
(55K) 768 x 512 Stephen F. Smith and Amadeo Cesta.

(45K) 768 x 512 Steve Chien.
(59K) 768 x 512 Thomas Vossen, shortly before he presented his paper.

(40K) 768 x 512 Jana Koehler.
(56K) 768 x 512 Craig Knoblock.

(75K) 768 x 512 Sofus Macskassy, Haym Hirsh and Pat Langley.
(69K) 768 x 512 Qiang Yang and me. (Qiang did his Ph.D. under my direction in 1989.)

(58K) 768 x 512 Dan Weld.
(49K) 768 x 512 Maria Fox.

(26K) 768 x 512 Ian Frank.
(36K) 768 x 512 Ian Frank and me.

(79K) 768 x 512 Stephen F. Smith and Dave Wilkins.
(70K) 768 x 512 Sylvie Cauvin, during the one-hour ferry ride to the conference dinner at the Vaxholm fortress.

(63K) 768 x 512 Drummers welcoming us to the Vaxholm fortress.
(82K) 768 x 512 Malik Ghallab.

(40K) 768 x 512 Haym Hirsh.
(54K) 768 x 512 The mainland, as seen from the Vaxholm fortress grounds.

(56K) 768 x 512 Ramasamy Uthurusamy.
(60K) 768 x 512 The commander of the Vaxholm fortress, explaining its history. The fortress took many years to build, but was apparently rather ill-conceived: by the time it was finished, advances in artillery power had made it structurally obsolete, and changes in Sweden's foreign policy had obviated the reasons for building it in the first place.

(51K) 768 x 512 Musicians and acrobats during the dinner party at the Vaxholm fortress.
(43K) 768 x 512 More of the musicians and acrobats.

(90K) 768 x 512 Royal horsemen riding through town. Here they come ...
(89K) 768 x 512 ... and there they go.

(76K) 768 x 512 A street scene I took while bicycling. I took my folding bicycle to Sweden with me, and used it for basic transportation for most of the time I was there.
(67K) 768 x 512 The mainland, as seen from the island on which the Vasa Museet is located.

(57K) 768 x 512 One of the many wood-carvings on the Vasa. The Vasa was built in the 1600s, and was the biggest warship of its time, but because of a design flaw it sank on its maiden voyage.
(61K) 768 x 512 Recreation of what the original paint probably looked like on the wood carving at left.

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(69K) 768 x 512	A street in Gamla Stan (the old town).	(45K) 512 x 768	A church in Gamla Stan. Unfortunately this picture is slightly blurry.
(86K) 768 x 512	Fountain in front of the Norra Latin (part of the conference center).	(76K) 768 x 512	Towers near the conference center.
(93K) 768 x 512	This old graveyard is part of a church yard, but it blends seamlessly into a city park.	(46K) 512 x 768	This building was in the same park; I don't know what it's for.
(34K) 768 x 512	Manuela Veloso, at the IJCAI opening reception in the Stockholm City Hall.	(46K) 768 x 512	Chitta Baral and his wife, also at the opening reception.
(78K) 768 x 512	Maria Gini and her husband, also at the opening reception. The room, by the way, is the one where the Nobel Prize dinner is held.	(65K) 768 x 512	Ryszard Michalski and me at the opening reception.
(64K) 768 x 512	Ryszard Michalski, outside the city hall.	(50K) 768 x 512	Me, outside the city hall.
(39K) 768 x 512	Statue in the courtyard of the city hall. Sorry about the low exposure: the subject was too far away for the flash to work properly.	(30K) 768 x 512	Tower in the courtyard of the city hall.
(63K) 768 x 512	Richard Korf and his friend, outside the city hall.	(84K) 768 x 512	Dave Wilkins, outside the city hall.
(60K) 768 x 512	Bridge over the street, on the way from my hotel to the conference center.	(42K) 768 x 512	David Smith, in the conference center. Unfortunately, this picture came out somewhat blurry.
(60K) 768 x 512	Sam Steel, in the conference center.	(55K) 768 x 512	Stephen F. Smith and Amadeo Cesta.
(45K) 768 x 512	Steve Chien.	(59K) 768 x 512	Thomas Vossen, shortly before he presented his paper.
(40K) 768 x 512	Jana Koehler.	(56K) 768 x 512	Craig Knoblock.
(75K) 768 x 512	Sofus Macskassy, Haym Hirsh and Pat Langley.	(69K) 768 x 512	Qiang Yang and me. (Qiang did his Ph.D. under my direction in 1989.)
(58K) 768 x 512	Dan Weld.	(49K) 768 x 512	Maria Fox.
(26K) 768 x 512	Ian Frank.	(36K) 768 x 512	Ian Frank and me.
(79K) 768 x 512	Stephen F. Smith and Dave Wilkins.	(70K) 768 x 512	Sylvie Cauvin, during the one-hour ferry ride to the conference dinner at the Vaxholm fortress.
(63K) 768 x 512	Drummers welcoming us to the Vaxholm fortress.	(82K) 768 x 512	Malik Ghallab.
(40K) 768 x 512	Haym Hirsh.	(54K) 768 x 512	The mainland, as seen from the Vaxholm fortress grounds.
(56K) 768 x 512	Ramasamy Uthurusamy.	(60K) 768 x 512	The commander of the Vaxholm fortress, explaining its history. The fortress took many years to build, but was apparently rather ill-conceived: by the time it was finished, advances in artillery power had made it structurally obsolete, and changes in Sweden's foreign policy had obviated the reasons for building it in the first place.
(51K) 768 x 512	Musicians and acrobats during the dinner party at the Vaxholm fortress.	(43K) 768 x 512	More of the musicians and acrobats.
(90K) 768 x 512	Royal horsemen riding through town. Here they come ...	(89K) 768 x 512	... and there they go.
(76K) 768 x 512	A street scene I took while bicycling. I took my folding bicycle to Sweden with me, and used it for basic transportation for most of the time I was there.	(67K) 768 x 512	The mainland, as seen from the island on which the Vasa Museet is located.
(57K) 768 x 512	One of the many wood-carvings on the Vasa. The Vasa was built in the 1600s, and was the biggest warship of its time, but because of a design flaw it sank on its maiden voyage.	(61K) 768 x 512	Recreation of what the original paint probably looked like on the wood carving at left.