David,
i lost the hotel info & I'm getting inquiries. Could you send it to me?
Also. I didn't realize this was a conference. What can I do to promo it?
-d-
On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Prof David West wrote:
Two come to mind
1- My first two Smalltalk programs, one a simulation of a Tibeta
Great observations from both Steves. But I would add that the map -- as
helpful as it is -- strikes me as very English- and perhaps U.S. - centric.
For example, we have recently learned of the close connections in Latin
America among those who coming from both physics and philosophy to study
Compl
On Mar 17, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
OK, lots of us have noticed that computing is not all that fun
anymore. Its a grind. Sure the outcome of the grind might be
rewarding. But is it fun?
So my challenge to us here is: What's the most fun computer project
you can think of.
Owen Densmore wrote:
> OK, lots of us have noticed that computing is not all that fun
> anymore. Its a grind. Sure the outcome of the grind might be
> rewarding. But is it fun?
>
> So my challenge to us here is: What's the most fun computer project
> you can think of. Or have done, for t
In 1996, when I was working in the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon, I
wrote an Applet to answer d-separation questions. D-separation is an important
concept in statistical causal reasoning. I was just learning Java and had
never written a program to be deployed on the Web. Java (vers
The journal article referenced in the NY times piece is at
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004803 and is
worth a read. Lots more pretty pictures. Also some intriguing stuff about
how they built this map. Basically, it's from readers' clickstreams: this
map is actually
Hi All:
I am Stephen Thompson and relatively new to this email stream. I
recently completed an MS in software engineering however, I am employed
as an investment analyst for the past 25 years. I listen in on this
conversation to learn interesting things. The Map of Knowledge
discussed in
It would be REALLY NICE if this presentation could be recorded for web
viewing! A good introduction would be very helpful to lots of folks
on the net.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Stephen Guerin
wrote:
> This week, Owen and Steve will take 40 minutes before the Arts group meeting
> at Santa
My day job is for the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters.
I'm pretty sure someone did something similar using citation indexes.
If only I could find the link.
~~James
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
>
> Map of knowledge
> at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/science/16v
