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The artist and the machine 6 Feb 2013 | 11:12 pm
In September of 2012, a team of scientists released a photograph showing the most distant parts of the Universe ever seen by any human being. They obtained the photograph by pointing the Hubble Space ...
How you can help the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) become law 15 Feb 2012 | 02:38 am
As many of you no doubt know, the Federal Research Public Access Act; (FRPAA, pronounced fur-pa) was introduced into the US Congress a few days past. It’s a terrific bill, which, if it passes, will h...
On Elsevier 26 Jan 2012 | 08:22 am
Elsevier is the world’s largest and most profitable scientific publisher, making a profit of 1.1 billion dollars on revenue of 3.2 billion dollars in 2009. Elsevier have also been involved in many dub...
On Elsevier 26 Jan 2012 | 03:22 am
Elsevier is the world’s largest and most profitable scientific publisher, making a profit of 1.1 billion dollars on revenue of 3.2 billion dollars in 2009. Elsevier have also been involved in many dub...
If correlation doesn’t imply causation, then what does? 24 Jan 2012 | 05:00 pm
That’s the question I address (very partially) in a new post on my data-driven intelligence blog. The post reviews some of the recent work on causal inference done by people such as Judea Pearl. In pa...
If correlation doesn’t imply causation, then what does? 24 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
That’s the question I address (very partially) in a new post on my data-driven intelligence blog. The post reviews some of the recent work on causal inference done by people such as Judea Pearl. In pa...
Book tour 1 Nov 2011 | 04:46 am
Click through for event details. I’ve included a few private events at organizations where it’s possible some readers work. The Tech Museum (Bay Area) November 1 Harvard Book Store / Cambridge Forum...
(Some) garbage in, gold out 1 Nov 2011 | 03:49 am
During a recent talk David Weinberger asked me (paraphrasing) whether and how the nature of scientific knowledge will change when it’s produced by large networked collaborations? It’s a great questio...
Book tour 1 Nov 2011 | 12:46 am
Click through for event details. I’ve included a few private events at organizations where it’s possible some readers work. The Tech Museum (Bay Area) November 1 Harvard Book Store / Cambridge Forum (...
(Some) garbage in, gold out 31 Oct 2011 | 11:49 pm
During a recent talk David Weinberger asked me (paraphrasing) whether and how the nature of scientific knowledge will change when it’s produced by large networked collaborations? It’s a great question...
