Menhardt

bio

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:46:44 Z

Wido Menhardt

Wido Menhardt is an seasoned technology executive with a passion for taking technology ideas from scratch to market, and to then scale them to volume deployment.

Mr. Menhardt is CEO of the Philips Innovation Center (PIC) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. This is Philips' largest product development site in Asia, with engineers working on programs for all Sectors (Healthcare, Lighting and Consumer Lifestyle) and Corporate Technologies (Research, IP). His ambition is to re-focus the activities at PIC on India and the emerging markets.

Within Philips, he came to Bangalore from his previous role as Vice-President, Engineering at Philips Healthcare Informatics, responsible for a global informatics infrastructure organization of more than 400 engineers in Silicon Valley, the Netherlands, Peru, Israel and, also, Bangalore.

As CTO of his last start-up, he managed to drive a cancer detection software product from proof-of-concept to successful FDA submission in only 18 months. After acquisition by Kodak, he stayed on as General Manager for another 2.5 years to launch the product in the US. At Eastman Kodak, he drove business development activities to broaden the product portfolio inorganically, and he initiated organic business growth in China.

After leaving Kodak, Dr. Menhardt focussed on products in the field of data mining, mostly using Ruby On Rails. He built a document classification and clustering engine for a personalized information discovery start-up, and designed several Web 2.0/Ruby on Rails websites for applications such as geo mash-ups, social networks, and wiki indexing. He is one of the organizers of the 2006 Bay Area RubyOnRailsCamp.

Previously, he served as CTO and Vice-President Engineering for Cedara Software, first in Toronto and later as the General Manager of Cedara’s Silicon Valley offices. He was responsible for Cedara’s (then “ISG”) flagship 3D visualization product at the time of the IPO, and as VP Engineering played a critical role in building a successful engineering consulting practice with a global customer list including GE, Siemens, Philips, Toshiba and Hitachi. As CTO, he provided technology leadership to close to 500 software engineers, and initiated several innovative incubator products including a domain-specific application framework and embeddable high-performance imaging software components.

Dr. Menhardt started his career at Philips medical systems in Hamburg (Germany) and Eindhoven (Netherlands) where he authored more than 50 papers in journals and at conferences on topics ranging from MRI physics to Fuzzy Logic. In his capacity as research leader he also started the highly acclaimed multi-national COVIRA project with EU funding and participation by IBM and Siemens.

Wido Menhardt holds a PhD in Computer Science from Hamburg University, and an MSc in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna.

His parents are Austrian (Dr. Walther Menhardt is an entrepreneur and physicist who did his postdoc with Werner Heisenberg, and Moje Menhardt Wipplinger is an internationally acclaimed artist). He grew up in Austria, Germany and Holland and now calls Los Gatos, California his home. At the moment, he lives in Bangalore with his wife and two children, Mats (born in Toronto) and Camilla (born in Los Gatos).

Moje_raeume

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:24:43 Z

<%= include('Moje_header') %>

Räume


Künstlerhaus Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien	MUSA Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien

Sieben Räume im Künstlerhaus	Künstlerhaus Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien

Künstlerhaus Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien	Künstlerhaus Wien	alpha Wien

Burgruine Weitenegg	Burgruine Weitenegg	Burgruine Weitenegg	Burgruine Weitenegg

Museum Moderner Kunst Passau	Museum Moderner Kunst Passau	Gotischer Kasten Gern Eggenfelden	Krems WEINSTADT museum

Passau Kunstverein	Pécs Müvestek Haza	Burgruine Weitenegg	Gotischer Kasten Gern Eggenfelden


Gotischer Kasten Gern Eggenfelden	Wien Spittelberg	Gotischer Kasten Gern Eggenfelden	Los Gatos Art Museum

St.Pölten NÖ Dokumentations-zentrum	Quito Ecuador Museo de la cuidad	New York Austrian Cultural Institute	Galerie Village Wien

HomePage

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:03:50 Z

wido_trips

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:35:48 Z

Nicaragua 09/10

Lima (Peru) 09

Acco (Israel) 09

Goa (India) 09

Nicaragua 08/09

Taj Mahal 08

Canada 08

Macchu Piccu - Peru 08

Nicaragua 07/08

Canada Summer 06

Mexico 05/06

Nicaragua 04/05

High Road to Taos

Baja 2002

Herdis

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:41:37 Z

bangalore

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:32:36 Z

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :width => 780, :height => 600,:marker => false, :lat => 12.987831, :long => 77.593689, :zoom => 11 %><%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :lat => 13.043359, :long => 77.620983, :thumbnail => 'http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/small/3203739.jpg', :content => '"PIC Bengaluru"' %><%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :lat => 13.170820, :long => 77.595856, :thumbnail => 'http://www.stonehillinternationalschool.org/uploaded/images/logo.gif', :content => '"Stonehill"' %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :lat => 13.021942, :long => 77.579473, :thumbnail => 'http://www.menhardt.com/files/attachments/menhardt/bangalore/collette%20house.jpg', :content => '"House"' %>

finance

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:44:33 Z

Moje_kh

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:51:48 Z

<%= include('Moje_header') %>

Moje Menhardt

Ausstellungseröffnung am 18. März 2010 im

kabelwerkARTspace in Wien

Ausstellungsdauer 19. - 30 März 2010

Diashow TV Interview Album (vergrößern, herunterladen)

Lebenslauf, Foto, öffentliche Sammlungen

Projekte

wido_skiing

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:18:13 Z

Kashmir Skiing: Warren Miller Gulmarg Video

Tahoe 09

Carson Pass May 2008

Apple/MobileMe (better quality)

Sonora Pass May 2007

Roundtop May 2006

Leavitt Lake 2005

Carson Pass May 2002

Sonora Pass - Ski Nazi

wido_patents

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:33:26 Z

Issued Patents

7,593,562	Method and system for computer aided detection (CAD) cued reading of medical images
7,494,045	Patient identification method for X-ray film user-interfaces
7,440,600	System and method for assigning mammographic view and laterality to individual images in groups of digitized mammograms
7,237,199	Architecture for an application framework
6,661,869	Image reconstruction using multiple X-ray projections
6,587,541	Three dimensional image reconstruction from single plane x-ray fluorograms
6,473,488	Three dimensional image reconstruction from single plane X-ray fluorograms
6,470,070	Image reconstruction using multiple X-ray projections

Pending Patent Applications

20060222228	Bone density screening and mammography CAD system
20060122467	Method and system for computer aided detection (cad) cued reading of medical images
20040181412	Medical imaging analysis using speech synthesis
20040024292	System and method for assigning a computer aided detection application to a digital image
20030118151	Image reconstruction using multiple X-ray projections
20030043969	Three dimensional image reconstruction from single plane X-ray fluorograms
20020106052	Three dimensional image reconstruction from single plane X-ray fluorograms
20020106051	Image reconstruction using multiple X-ray projections

geotest

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:55:50 Z

Embedding Google maps

Embedding Google maps is simple.

Default

All parameters have defaults, so the simplest call is:

<%= gmap %>

example

By longitude and latitude

Use longitude and latitude to define your location:

example

By Address

Use an address (similar to what you enter on maps.google.com):

<%= gmap :address => "100 Main Street, CA 95030" %>

example

Define Size of Map on Page

Define the size of the map on your wiki page, in pixels:

<%= gmap :address => "100 Main Street, CA 95030", :width => "500", :height => "300" %>

Zoom the map

The default zoom is 15 (street level).

<%= gmap :marker => false, :lat => 37.32, :long => -122.02, :zoom => 11 %>

example

Markers

By default, the map has a marker at the specified lat/long or address. The marker can be turned off by setting :marker => false - see previous example. In addition, other markers can be added to maps. In this case, the map has to be named using the :gmapid parameter. After that, multiple markers can be added by referring to the same :gmapid. If :content is defined, a click on the marker will open a window with the content.

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'mrkrmap',
:lat => 37.32, :long => -122.02 %>

<%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap',
:lat => 37.318, :long => -122.023,
:content => "Hello" %>

example

Boundaries

Boundaries can be added to a map using an array of long/lat pairs:

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'bdry', :width => 500, :height => 200,
:lat => 37.319, :long => -122.017, :zoom => 12 %><br /><br />

<%= gline :gmapid => 'bdry',
          :line => [ [-122.0322, 37.3344],
                     [-122.0217, 37.3343],
                     [-121.9955, 37.3208],
                     [-121.9963, 37.3090],
                     [-122.0077, 37.3104],
                     [-122.0214, 37.3095],
                     [-122.0322, 37.3124],
                     [-122.0322, 37.3344] ] %>

example

Multimedia Maps

A map with icons, photos and videos that are embedded in pop-ups can be added like this (a couple of youtube videos):

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'videomap', :marker => false,
:width => 700, :height => 400,
:lat => 36.72, :long => -118.9, :zoom => 12 %>

<%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap',
       :lat => 36.7032012939453, :long => -118.797996520996,
       :icon => '/images/Video.png',
       :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png',
       :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/qSyNLfSX2TQ/2.jpg',
       :content => '<h2>Weaver Lake</h2>' +
'<object width="280" height="230"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qSyNLfSX2TQ"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qSyNLfSX2TQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="280" height="230"></embed></object>' %>

example

wido_ror

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:55:27 Z

Ruby On Rails

I started with Ruby On Rails in 2006 – I was really impressed by Ruby as a language, and the simplicity of Rails as a framework. I hadn’t programmed for the prior 15 or so years, but it was really easy to slip back into it with RoR!

The first site I built is a flickr/youtube mashup with google maps (like everybody else!). Of course, this stuff is now ubiquitous, but Blue Okaapi was one of the first of its kind! This was also my first experience with open source technology – amazing how quickly you can build thing using free software others have contributed.

In November 2006, I organized – with my surfing buddy Max Dunn – the first Bay Area RubyOnRailsCamp. We ran it as an UNconference, charged a nominal 25$ per person, got IBM Alamaden Labs to provide the venue and raised sponsor money to fund the barista and the sushi dinner. 200 people showed up, and we got a nice, edgy write up in Infoworld. Besides a rich, participant-generated program, we had a speed geeking session, where I demoed Blue Okaapi and sliki (this a very simple on-line slide editor, much like Google Doc's presentation tools; I built it because I needed a short presentation for opening and closing remarks at the RubyOnRailsCamp, and I felt it only appropriate to create the slides in RoR!). One of the most fun things I've done in my life!

I also work with Max on MaxWiki, an RoR-based wiki (it runs the menhardt wiki also). MaxWiki is OpenSource, and used by a variety of commercial and non-commercial entities. It’s main differentations are (1) that it is easy to add additional functionality (eg plug-ins) using Ruby and (2) that we built connector technology so it can server as a publishing front-end to enterprise document management systems. More details at www.maxwiki.com.

A Data Mining project I have mostly implemented in Ruby is Okaapi, an automated document indexer. I used wikipedia as a sandbox for it, and got good results on document grouping

Finally, I’ve done work as a RubyOnRails and data mining consultant (under the name The New Unicorn Group) for several Web 2.0 start-up including www.adbidcentral.com, www.vuvox.com and www.ourmesh.com.

geotest_markers

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:53:35 Z

Markers

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'mrkrmap',
:lat => 37.32, :long => -122.02 %>

<%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap',
:lat => 37.318, :long => -122.023,
:content => '"Hello"' %>

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :lat => 37.32, :long => -122.02 %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'mrkrmap', :lat => 37.318, :long => -122.023, :content => '"Hello"' %>

geotest_multimedia

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:41:39 Z

Multimedia Maps

A map with icons, photos and videos that are embedded in pop-ups can be added like this (a couple of youtube videos):

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'videomap', :marker => false,
:width => 700, :height => 400,
:lat => 36.72, :long => -118.9, :zoom => 12 %>

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'videomap', :marker => false, :width => 700, :height => 400, :lat => 36.72, :long => -118.9, :zoom => 12 %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap', :lat => 36.7032012939453, :long => -118.797996520996, :icon => '/images/Video.png', :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png', :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/qSyNLfSX2TQ/2.jpg', :content => '

Weaver Lake

' + '' %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap', :lat => 36.7100982666016, :long => -118.811996459961, :icon => '/images/Video.png', :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png', :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/5HZUUHxmhwg/2.jpg', :content => '

Weaver Lake Trail

' + '' %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap', :lat => 36.7482986450195, :long => -118.974998474121, :icon => '/images/Video.png', :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png', :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/-OFS3mqEuW8/2.jpg', :content => '

General Grant Tree Interview

' + '' %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap', :lat => 36.7498016357422, :long => -118.97200012207, :icon => '/images/Video.png', :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png', :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/7n1VpiS3f1o/2.jpg', :content => '

General Grant Tree

' + '' %> <%= gmarker :gmapid => 'videomap', :lat => 36.7117004394531, :long => -118.817001342773, :icon => '/images/Video.png', :shadow => 'images/Shadow.png', :thumbnail => 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/thyu_UXTdzE/2.jpg', :content => '

Weaver Lake Trailhead

' + '' %>

geotest_boundaries

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:40:46 Z

Boundaries

Boundaries can be added to a map using an array of long/lat pairs:

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'bdry', :width => 500, :height => 200,
:lat => 37.319, :long => -122.017, :zoom => 12 %><br /><br />

<%= gmap :gmapid => 'bdry', :width => 500, :height => 200, :lat => 37.319, :long => -122.017, :zoom => 12 %> <%= gline :gmapid => 'bdry', :line => [ [-122.0322, 37.3344], [-122.0217, 37.3343], [-121.9955, 37.3208], [-121.9963, 37.3090], [-122.0077, 37.3104], [-122.0214, 37.3095], [-122.0322, 37.3124], [-122.0322, 37.3344] ] %>