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Advanced Maths Win Wall Street
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advanced Maths Win Wall Street

A view of what used to be called 'rocket scientists' in Wall Street.  I recall going to a talk at the Santa Fe Institute and hearing a talk about this phenomenon...

Informs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Informs

Informs is a A professional organization I have been part of for many years.   The science of better ...   Industrial mathematics and decision making.  It usesTheir...

From Computational Complexity

Longest time between posing a math problem and it being answered?

(We were asked to remind you: ITCS 2014 Call for papers: call for papers.) What problem in math had the longest time between POSING IT and SOLVING it? This might...

Big Data for the Masses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data for the Masses

Can everyone be a data scientist?  You will at very least need the strong support of data scientists. Similar to delivering analytics to everyone.  Its not so much...

The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
From Schneier on Security

The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership

Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carryenormous...

Interesting Links 5 August 2013
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 5 August 2013

I turned 3C years old yesterday.  That’s in Hex of course.  110  1100 in binary. In place of presents post a link to my blog on your blog, Facebook and/or Twitter...

Smart cities workshop with the Design Center Busan
From Putting People First

Smart cities workshop with the Design Center Busan

A few days ago Experientia’s latest collaboration with Korea’s Design Center Busan wrapped up, as 21 South Korean students completed a summer study program in Turin...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Crypto Aspects of The Jacobian Conjecture

Crypto concepts promise partial progress via partial inversion cropped from source. Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali recently won the prestigious Turing Award...

Nature Blog on Visualization
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nature Blog on Visualization

Just discovered this blog that covers visualization methods for Nature Methods.  This post acts as an index to all other pieces in the blog.  Points of view, certainly...

On Not Trusting Data Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Not Trusting Data Science

Language Lab of the University of Pennsylvania comments on a recent article about the nature of the data scientist.  Essentially making the case that the label"...

Innovation Excellence Weekly
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation Excellence Weekly

I quote this group frequently.  Here is their weekly review.  I am loosely connected to this effort. Worth following.  " ... News and Insights from the Global Innovation...

Retail Glossary
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retail Glossary

A useful glossary of retail terms.  " ... The Path to Purchase Institute’s Shopper Marketing Glossary is an evolving work-in-progress. We invite your critiques,...

On Saving Center Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Saving Center Store

In Retailwire:  Retail center store is where the staples are, but the profits are not.  " ... As traditional retailers attempt to reinvent their perimeter with...

One Tablet per Child
From The Eponymous Pickle

One Tablet per Child

Not available in the developed world.  But the concept of universal tablets (formerly universal laptops) is spreading again.  Aimed at kids.  Launches at Walmart...

Active Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Active Intelligence

Brought to my attention: Active Intelligence by Teradata.  Might this be usable for applications like P&G's Business Sphere?  " .... Teradata's customers lead the...

GE Re-Imagines the Home
From The Eponymous Pickle

GE Re-Imagines the Home

Always looking at the future of the home, we looked at the technology involved in the home and tracked their progress.  In particular in the area of appliances....

Tableau Visualization in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tableau Visualization in the Cloud

Visualization in the Cloud.   A simple thing really, but useful in many cases. Demonstrated to me.  " ... Tableau Online, priced at $500 per user per year, is in...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Watch
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Watch

I like watches with no numbers. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

Has the Office Started to Look Like the Home?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Has the Office Started to Look Like the Home?

The home office has not killed the office,  But is mobile starting to kill the office?  Further has the office started to look like the home?  This article from...

XKeyscore
From Schneier on Security

XKeyscore

The Guardian discusses a new secret NSA program: XKeyscore. It's the desktop system that allows NSA agents to spy on anyone over the Internet in real time. It...
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