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The 3 Rs of Search: Relevance, Recall, and Ranking
From The Noisy Channel

The 3 Rs of Search: Relevance, Recall, and Ranking

In grade school, we were taught the three Rs: reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. In search, we can be thankful that the three Rs actually start with the letter R...

Unleash the Future of Innovation with HPC & AI
From insideHPC

Unleash the Future of Innovation with HPC & AI

This whitepaper, "Unleash the Future of Innovation with HPC & AI," reviews how cutting-edge solutions from Supermicro and NVIDIA are enabling customers to transform...

Decoding the Neural Activity of Computer Programming
From The Eponymous Pickle

Decoding the Neural Activity of Computer Programming

Intriguing, especially as it differs from other intense activity.    Is age dependence very different from individual dependence?  Language vs logic?  Kinds and...

Occams Razor and Ensemble Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Occams Razor and Ensemble Learning

Thoughtful piece.  Much more at the link.   Here the intro:Ensemble Learning Algorithm Complexity and Occam’s Razor   by Jason Brownlee on December 21, 2020 in ...

Identification of Plants and Weed
From The Eponymous Pickle

Identification of Plants and Weed

Have been testing a plant recognition system for some time.   Effectiveness varies, but continues to improve.Deere's Farm Version of Facial Recognition Coming to...

Effectively Mapping Business Terms
From The Eponymous Pickle

Effectively Mapping Business Terms

 Ultimately what can make such approaches work.   Have worked with TopQuadrant in the past.WEBINAR: Automating the Mapping of Data Elements to Business TermsJoin...

Amazon Group Calling and Captioning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Group Calling and Captioning

 Had just heard of this, ways to make group calls more efficient is very useful.  About to try.Amazon’s Echo devices gain group-calling and call captioning features...

AI For Vaccine Rollout and Tracking
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI For Vaccine Rollout and Tracking

In particular for tracking deployment in complex supply chains with complex data. How AI is Helping with COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout and Tracking December 17 Covid...

IBM and Salesforce Collaborate
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM and Salesforce Collaborate

New efforts underway to address verification of health status.IBM and Salesforce Join Forces to Help Organizations and Individuals Verify Vaccine and Health Status...

From Computational Complexity

Dr Jill Biden

(I was helped on this post by Gorjan Alagic, Andrew Childs,  Tom Goldstein, Daniel Gottsman, Clyde Kruskal,  Jon Katz. I emailed them for their thoughts on thehere...

Electric Amoeba efficiently Solves TSP
From The Eponymous Pickle

Electric Amoeba efficiently Solves TSP

Classic problem, usefully solved?Electronic Amoeba' Finds Approximate Solution to Traveling Salesman Problem in Linear Time  By Hokkaido University (Japan)Researchers...

Science and Technology links (December 19th 2020)
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Science and Technology links (December 19th 2020)

The Flynn effect is the idea that people get smarter over time (generation after generation). The negative effect is the recent observations that people are getting...

Quantum Computing Real Prblems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum Computing Real Prblems

 More advances in the quantum space.Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Optimization Problem  By Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)December 18, 2020Researchers...

On Predictability of Elections
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Predictability of Elections

Well done with useful linksOn Predictability of ElectionsBy Irving Wladawsky-BergerA collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation...

SANS Institute: SolarWinds  Attack: What You Need to Know
From The Eponymous Pickle

SANS Institute: SolarWinds Attack: What You Need to Know

Presentation:  The SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack:  What you Need to Know:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP3LQNsjKWwSANS Emergency Webcast: What you need to45...

Friday Squid Blogging: Christmas Squid Memories
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Christmas Squid Memories

Stuffed squid for Christmas Eve. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my bloghere...

SpaceX vs Kuiper on Internet Delivery
From The Eponymous Pickle

SpaceX vs Kuiper on Internet Delivery

Been following SpaceX for some time, and is use of multiple satellites to fill remote areas with high speed internet service.   Now in limited test.   And considering...

Find the Warning Signals
From The Eponymous Pickle

Find the Warning Signals

A classic kind of problem we addressed in practice: can we find signals of, or predictive signals of future occurrence?   Powerful idea. How possible is this, very...

Using AI to Control a Military Jet
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using AI to Control a Military Jet

As described a considerable application, combining  autonomous signals and human decisions.In a First, USAF Uses AI on Military JetThe Washington Post  By Aaron...

Solarwinds Intrusion Hack is Broadly Felt
From The Eponymous Pickle

Solarwinds Intrusion Hack is Broadly Felt

Continued attacks and potential consequences, as indicated by Solarwinds intrusion.  More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government...
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