Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 29, 2022 UN launches privacy lab pilot to unlock cross-border data sharing benefits Information Age, Aaron Hurst from January 25, 2022 The UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics is launching a pilot lab programme, to make international data […]
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Data Science newsletter – January 26, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 26, 2022 This is an important thread. Another big problem is that the field is overfunded. Overfunding means poorer and poorer work gets money thrown at it, gets legs, and often wreaks havoc on the standards of the field Twitter, Mar Hicks, Christoph Molnar from […]
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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 25, 2022 DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman leaves Google Engadget, K. Holt from January 21, 2022 Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of artificial intelligence research company DeepMind, has left Google to join venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Suleyman has brought to an end an eight-year run at […]
Read More →Data Science newsletter – January 24, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 24, 2022 eScience will be home to a new Scientific Software Engineering Center Twitter, UW eScience Institute from January 20, 2022 where software engineers will bring their unique expertise to the UW and collaborate with researchers, computer scientists, and data scientists for cutting edge research […]
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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 21, 2022 ‘Community of the eager’: Pitt’s Year of Data and Society plans for spring University of Pittsburgh, The Pitt News from January 14, 2022 The Office of the Provost identifies Pitt’s “Year of” theme for the upcoming academic year at the end of every […]
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Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 20, 2022 Microsoft’s Surface Laptop SE Teardown Video Is a Major Win for Right to Repair Gizmodo, Phillip Tracy from January 10, 2022 When Microsoft released its first Surface devices 10 years ago, people were quick to make comparisons to Apple products not only because […]
Read More →Data Science newsletter – January 19, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 19, 2022 Evergrande reneges on multimillion-dollar pledge to Harvard-led COVID project, another stumble in its ties to school The Boston Globe, Rebecca Ostriker and Deirdre Fernandes from January 16, 2022 A financially troubled Chinese real-estate developer has reneged on a major pledge to Harvard University, […]
Read More →Data Science newsletter – January 17, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 17, 2022 Leaders across healthcare, academia and technology form new coalition to transform healthcare journey through responsible AI adoption Microsoft, News from January 13, 2022 On Thursday, leading public, private, educational and research organizations across the U.S. healthcare and life sciences industries announced the formation […]
Read More →Data Science newsletter – January 12, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 12, 2022 How the AI Revolution Impacted Chess (1/2) ChessBase, Joshua Doknjas from January 07, 2022 The wave of neural network engines that AlphaZero inspired have impacted chess preparation, opening theory, and middlegame concepts. We can see this impact most clearly at the elite level […]
Read More →Data Science newsletter – January 10, 2022
Newsletter features journalism, research papers and tools/software for January 10, 2022 Yale and Princeton Take a Stand Against Student Freedom Bloomberg Opinion, Tyler Cowen from January 06, 2022 For anyone who believes that America’s elite institutions of higher learning are taken far too seriously — and I count myself among the believers — the […]
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