Bayern Diagnostics Symposium 2002

I was asked to run a workshop on neural networks as an aid in medical diagnosis at the Bayer Diagnostics Symposium in Berlin, 7-9 April 2002. That was a lot of fun, an interesting experience for me, I've learned a lot and met interesting people. I skip the science and show here only the fun part.

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Kurfurstendam ... so this must be Berlin. Bob Djavan, our plenary speaker, caught at the rare moment between outside of the conference halls and his lab. 3 men, interesting statue on the Spree river - we took a cruise a did a short sightseeing. The day was a bit cold so a cold beer was necessary to survive.
Foyer of the Estrel hotel, I'm standing in Craig Niederberger's company. We had a lot of fun discussing many things. Craig is a real discovery for me, an urologist with a mind of mathematician? A great guy, for sure! I may not get very far this way ... what have I done wrong? Other Poles - and there was quite a large group, 24 people - are more decent.
Carol Cheli just before joining the crowd to bang others with a spoon. Banquet ended in madness. From time to time this is needed for mental health! Nothing like that happened in the end, this is just a wild imagination of Berliners (Leda with a swan?), placed in front of our hotel, at the entrance to a Biergarten.
Say "cheese" and than choose some. Craig with Ellen Sampson at a private high-class dinner (in a V restaurant - will the next one be V-2?). We finished our meal about midnight. We ended up in V because we could not find space in the Brasserie. Returing there we found other participants in full swing (David Okrongly, Jola Kunicka and Troy Galloway).
Seeing the opportunity first I grabbed Ellen ... and than grabbed also Jola. Life is short, one has to hurry! Danes look in disbelief ... maybe they have never seen Duch (ghost) at midnight ?
Ellen and Jola seem to be happy ... No wonder the world looked a bit blurred when we have left the restaurant. Surprisingly, we greet the morning with a smile and no headache. During our workshop with Gina Zini and Craig Niederberger ...


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