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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Of course, the most annoying thing is an unexpected, unsolicited phone call. Once I’ve determined that it’s a legitimate aggressive sales… Continue reading on ...
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Stemming and Lemmatization
Different forms of a word often communicate essentially the same meaning. For example, there’s probably no difference in intent between a… Continue reading on ...
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I’ve done both.
I’ve done both. Much of the work I do involves helping teams with prioritization, evaluation, choosing among architectural or algorithmic options, hiring, etc....
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Living The Dream
A year ago, I decided to take a break from full-time employment and explore a mix of consulting, advising, writing, and speaking. Continue reading on Medium »
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Spelling Correction
Spelling correction is a must-have for any modern search engine. Continue reading on Query Understanding »
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What can history tell us about today's infrastructure crisis?
On Tuesday, the University of Virginia's Miller Center released the eighth volume in its far-reaching First Year Project, an ongoing initiative to provide nonpartisan...
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Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Cheery robots may give people the creeps and serious robots may actually ease anxiety depending on how users perceive the robot''s role in their lives, according...
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Six things we learned at the Detroit auto show
This year's North American International Auto Show reflects an industry that's flush with cash but uncertain about the future.
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Data Analytics for Public Services: Beyond the Hype
Data analytics is the new buzz phrase these days. Public service agencies all over the world are looking at data in order to optimize service delivery, as wellelectricity...
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Study: How new Airbnb nondiscrimination policy may be worse
The sharing economy is a booming industry, with companies such as Uber and Airbnb generating billions in value each year. Technology, combined with informal peer...
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Drones could soon get crucial medical supplies to patients in need
Aerial drones could one day ferry life-or-death medical supplies between hospitals now that Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have figured out how to keep blood...
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Science DMZ is focus of latest library of network training videos aimed at global audience
For members of the established research and education (R&E) networking community, attending conferences or sitting in on workshop sessions is the normal way to...
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America's crumbling infrastructure
No matter how big the issue—national security, health care, gun rights—it's been nearly impossible for Washington lawmakers to find common ground given the deep...
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Cruise company Carnival gets personal with concierge tech
What if your room on a cruise ship were to unlock automatically as you approach, or if the wait staff could bring your favorite cocktail before you even ask?
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FDA probes dangers of exploding e-cigarette batteries
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is probing the dangers of exploding batteries in e-cigarettes, following dozens of reports of devices that have combusted,...
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Lessons in trust from America's experience with electronic voting
It reads like a Hollywood movie. Elite hackers, allegedly sponsored by the Russian government, infiltrate the computer systems of the Democratic National Committee...
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Museum getting a massive geodesic dome with 61 glass eyes
A massive geodesic dome with 61 glass eyes is coming to Arkansas' Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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Alexa a witness to murder? Prosecutors seek Amazon Echo data
Authorities investigating the death of an Arkansas man whose body was found in a hot tub want to expand the probe to include a new kind of evidence: any comments...
From Blog@Ubiquity
Dealing with Infrastructure Disruption: IoT Security
Congress should incentivize universities and industry to partner to build security into Internet of Things (IoT) devices by design. The post Dealing with Infrastructure...
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