Evening countdown to pi day 2015

March 14, 2015 Sorin Adam Matei

Pi Day Pie (Peach Berry - My Sugar Pie Bakery, Zionsville Indiana) — Pi Day Pie (Peach Berry – My Sugar Pie Bakery, Zionsville Indiana)

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Today is 3/14/15 and at 9:26:53 the date/time corresponds with the first 10 digits of the famous number. The value is, as it is known, indeterminate, as the diameter of the circle does not fit neatly in its circumference. If you missed the morning celebration of PI day in the US, eastern time, you get another chance to celebrate it with a pie (hint) …

Like the one above from the wonderful store My Sugar Pie, in Zionsville, Indiana…

Location of My Sugar Pie in Zionsville Village….

Sorin Adam Matei

Assistant Vice President for Partnerships in Strategic Defense Innnovation and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).

Sorin Adam Matei

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