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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI

From Schneier on Security Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration … B. Schneier | February 29, 2024

From My Biased Coin

New Year's Thanks

There are many things I'm thankful for this year. Perhaps most notably, the new year marks the halfway point of my 3-year stint as "Area Dean for Computer Science"... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 30, 2011 at 08:51 PM

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Cross-Cultural Learning Curve: Sending a Paper to Science

We decided to submit our paper on MIC and MINE to Science it's a venue that my co-authors were familiar with and very interested in applying to. I was happy to... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 29, 2011 at 01:07 PM

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Some of The Fun of Collaborating...The Other People

One of the things I enjoy most about working in algorithms is the breadth of work I get to do. And while I've worked on a variety of things, almost all have been... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM

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Wasted Hour(s)

Last night I was running some code for a queuing simulation related to some research I'm doing. This is the Nth time I've used this code; I wrote up the basic... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 27, 2011 at 04:24 AM

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MIC and MINE, a short description

I thought I should give a brief description of MIC and MINE, the topic of our Science paper. Although you're probably better off, if you're interested, looking... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 23, 2011 at 04:01 AM

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Congratulations to Hanspeter Pfister

Despite our really very good track record for the last decade or so, there are some people out there who remain under the misimpression that it's impossible toHanspeter... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 18, 2011 at 10:38 PM

From The Noisy Channel

HCIR 2011: Now on YouTube!

The Fifth Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR 2011), held on October 20th at Google’s main campus in Mountain View, California... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | December 17, 2011 at 09:28 AM

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This Week, I Am A Scientist

This week, I am a scientist; I know this, because I have an article in Science. It's nice to have something to point to that my parents can understand. I don't... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 16, 2011 at 12:39 PM

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Consulting

As I've probably mentioned, I generally enjoy my consulting work. Besides the obvious remunerative aspects, consulting provides challenges, insights, and experiences... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 16, 2011 at 02:47 AM

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Grading

Some folks at the NSDI meeting were nice enough to say that it was nice that I was blogging again. Sadly, I've been under-the-gun busy for the last several weeks... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 15, 2011 at 04:19 AM

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Plane Work

I dislike flying, but I have a few flights coming up.I find that engaging in "real thinking" about problems while on a plane is generally beyond me. (I'm jealous... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 6, 2011 at 09:18 PM

From The Noisy Channel

Jim Adler: The Accidental Chief Privacy Officer

Privacy is the third rail of the cloud. On one hand, the ease of sharing information and the power of analytics have produced extraordinary value for consumers,... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | December 4, 2011 at 10:49 PM

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The End (of the Semester) is Nigh

If you've missed it (which probably means you're not a theorist and/or a blog-reader), you should check out the (entertaining) controversies of the last week or... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 3, 2011 at 03:36 PM

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Letters of Recommendation Time. Ugh.

I don't mind writing letters of recommendation for students. It's part of the job. It's a good thing to do. I just mind dealing with the new e-application sites... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | December 1, 2011 at 07:58 PM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Slides and Summaries

I’ve posted slides and summaries for all ten CIKM 2011 Industry Event presentations: Stephen Robertson (Microsoft Research): Why Recall Matters John Giannandrea... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 28, 2011 at 06:23 AM

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CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Ilya Segalovich on Improving Search Quality at Yandex

This post is last in a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 28, 2011 at 06:10 AM

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CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Vanja Josifovski on Toward Deep Understanding of User Behavior on the Web

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 27, 2011 at 09:14 PM

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CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Ed Chi on Model-Driven Research in Social Computing

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 25, 2011 at 09:23 PM

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CIKM 2011 Industry Event: David Hawking on Search Problems and Solutions in Higher Education

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 23, 2011 at 01:45 AM

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CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Ben Greene on Large Memory Computers for In-Memory Enterprise Applications

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 22, 2011 at 05:39 PM

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