Data Mining and Rafting

During the weekend that just passed, I was invited to the Academic Bootcamp organized each year by Microsoft Romania. This year, the location was the Parâng area with accommodation at Hotel Rusu, near the town of Petroşani.

I participated in some panel discussions related to Vista, Office, and .NET Framework 3.0. I also talked for more than one hour about Data Mining (here is the presentation, unfortunately only in Romanian).

Besides being a great opportunity to meet with the Romanian MVP's and to speak in front of some of the most promising young talents in Romania, the weekend at Rusu was an excellent excuse to go wild with some rafting on the Jiu river as wells as a tone of other different sports (football, tennis, climbing, and so on). Some of the photos taken during the weekend by our good friend Aurelian and his wife are available here.

All in all, it was an excellent weekend, spiced with the right mix of technology and fun.