Michelangelo, in creating David said, “I just chip away the stone that doesn’t look like David.” Looking at data, I sense that “David” lies inside -- a pattern. Chipping away, the pattern appears from noise. The future is hidden there, correlations waiting to be found, and more clues waiting to be unlocked through clustering. The right model is as critical as an artists’ choice of chisel. Mathematics gives me a special perspective to see meaning in data, to find connections between numbers, which records the past and the meaning for the future. >>Read More

I believe that art and science are two sides of the same coin, pursuing deep, universal, eternal and meaningful things in life. Both artist and scientist are sharing the sharpness of their eyes, seeing what people can not see. >>Read More