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The New York Times is Creating a New Data-Driven Journalism Venture
March 9, 2014
The New Republic has this story: [David] Leonhardt will take over a new Times website located “at the nexus of data and news [that] will produce clear analytical reporting and writing on opinion polls, economic indicators, politics, policy, education, and sports” Initial contributors will include Nate Cohn, Justin Wolfers, Amanda Cox and Michael Beschloss. We’re happy at The Monkey Cage to see this get off the ground. Political and policy journalism is going through a quiet transformation,...
March 9, 2014
The New Republic has this story: [David] Leonhardt will take over a new Times website located “at the nexus of data and news [that] will produce clear analytical reporting and writing on opinion polls, economic indicators, politics, policy, education, and sports” Initial contributors will include Nate Cohn, Justin Wolfers, Amanda Cox and Michael Beschloss. We’re happy at The Monkey Cage to see this get off the ground. Political and policy journalism is going through a quiet transformation,...
OUTERNET: Company Plans to Beam Free Wi-fi to Everyone from Space
March 9, 2014
You might think you have to pay through the nose at the moment to access the Internet. But one ambitious organisation called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to turn the age of online computing on its head by giving free web access to every person on Earth. Known as Outernet, MDIF plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit by 2015. And they say the project could provide unrestricted Internet access to countries where their web access is censored, including...
March 9, 2014
You might think you have to pay through the nose at the moment to access the Internet. But one ambitious organisation called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to turn the age of online computing on its head by giving free web access to every person on Earth. Known as Outernet, MDIF plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit by 2015. And they say the project could provide unrestricted Internet access to countries where their web access is censored, including...
What’s Your LinkedIn Type?
March 9, 2014
In 2013, LinkedIn exploded in popularity among professionals, but not all LinkedIn users are created equally. Below are seven levels of LinkedIn users. See if you can identify your type. • The Absentee. • The Duplicate. • No Face. • Friends with Strangers. • The Benevolent. • The Closers.
March 9, 2014
In 2013, LinkedIn exploded in popularity among professionals, but not all LinkedIn users are created equally. Below are seven levels of LinkedIn users. See if you can identify your type. • The Absentee. • The Duplicate. • No Face. • Friends with Strangers. • The Benevolent. • The Closers.
Neudesic Pulse: Like a Law Firm’s Private LinkedIn
March 9, 2014
A challenge for large law firms is keeping tabs on their talent. Which lawyers have which skills and knowledge? Who are the go-to partners or associates for specific problems or issues? The larger and more dispersed the firm, the more difficult this becomes. Lateral comings and goings only further complicate the problem. A firm may house skills and expertise that others in the firm are unaware of or unable to identify. What if a firm could have a searchable, LinkedIn-like directory, accessible...
March 9, 2014
A challenge for large law firms is keeping tabs on their talent. Which lawyers have which skills and knowledge? Who are the go-to partners or associates for specific problems or issues? The larger and more dispersed the firm, the more difficult this becomes. Lateral comings and goings only further complicate the problem. A firm may house skills and expertise that others in the firm are unaware of or unable to identify. What if a firm could have a searchable, LinkedIn-like directory, accessible...
Good Laugh at Conference Calls
March 8, 2014
While many issues highlighted here are applicable also to video conferences, at least there is no need to constantly state who’s talking (“hi, this is Beth”).
March 8, 2014
While many issues highlighted here are applicable also to video conferences, at least there is no need to constantly state who’s talking (“hi, this is Beth”).
Copyright Office Ex-GC Calls Foul on Google Books
March 8, 2014
What does the former general counsel of the Copyright Office, Jon Baumgarten, think about the Southern District of New York’s...
March 8, 2014
What does the former general counsel of the Copyright Office, Jon Baumgarten, think about the Southern District of New York’s...
Exponentials: Artificial Intelligence
March 7, 2014
Artificial intelligence Computer science researchers have been studying Artificial Intelligence (AI) since John McCarthy introduced the term in 1955.5 Defined loosely as the science of making intelligent machines, AI can cover a wide range of techniques, including machine learning, deep learning, probabilistic inference, neural network simulation, pattern analysis, decision trees and random forests, and others. For our purposes, we focus on how AI can simulate reasoning, develop knowledge, and allow...
March 7, 2014
Artificial intelligence Computer science researchers have been studying Artificial Intelligence (AI) since John McCarthy introduced the term in 1955.5 Defined loosely as the science of making intelligent machines, AI can cover a wide range of techniques, including machine learning, deep learning, probabilistic inference, neural network simulation, pattern analysis, decision trees and random forests, and others. For our purposes, we focus on how AI can simulate reasoning, develop knowledge, and allow...
Government Calling for Public Opinion on Big Data
March 5, 2014
President Obama is calling on senior government officials to review how Big Data affects the lives of Americans, according to a recent statement in the Federal Register. Public input into this effort is now being requested, as the inquiry examines the challenges for both public and private sectors, whether the U.S. can create international norms on how to manage data and promote the free flow of information that is consistent with both privacy and security. Responses to the following questions...
March 5, 2014
President Obama is calling on senior government officials to review how Big Data affects the lives of Americans, according to a recent statement in the Federal Register. Public input into this effort is now being requested, as the inquiry examines the challenges for both public and private sectors, whether the U.S. can create international norms on how to manage data and promote the free flow of information that is consistent with both privacy and security. Responses to the following questions...
Challenging Technical Inertia at Law Firms
March 5, 2014
Roberta Gelb has seen many things in her position as President of Chelsea Office Systems, which she has run since its inception in 1984. She began the panel “Why Does it Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?” at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum with a story. While working with a firm to improve document automation, Gelb encountered a secretary who refused to implement a new fix. Every time the secretary needed to fill out a purchase form, for example, she would find and fill...
March 5, 2014
Roberta Gelb has seen many things in her position as President of Chelsea Office Systems, which she has run since its inception in 1984. She began the panel “Why Does it Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?” at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum with a story. While working with a firm to improve document automation, Gelb encountered a secretary who refused to implement a new fix. Every time the secretary needed to fill out a purchase form, for example, she would find and fill...
Click Fraud Detection: Adversarial Pattern Recognition Over 5 Years at Microsoft
March 3, 2014
Abstract. Microsoft adCenter is the third largest Search advertising platform in the United States behind Google and Yahoo, and services about 10% of US traffic. At this scale of traffic approximately 1 billion events per hour, amount-ing to $2.3 billion ad dollars annually, need to be scored to determine if it is fraudulent or bot-generated [46], [51], [58]. In order to accomplish this, adCenter has developed arguably one of the largest data mining systems in the world to score traffic quality,...
March 3, 2014
Abstract. Microsoft adCenter is the third largest Search advertising platform in the United States behind Google and Yahoo, and services about 10% of US traffic. At this scale of traffic approximately 1 billion events per hour, amount-ing to $2.3 billion ad dollars annually, need to be scored to determine if it is fraudulent or bot-generated [46], [51], [58]. In order to accomplish this, adCenter has developed arguably one of the largest data mining systems in the world to score traffic quality,...
