Fwd: TPDL2013 - Call for Participation

2013-08-16 Thread Uldis Bojars
Call for Participation 17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries Valetta, Malta, September 22-26, 2013 (TPDL 2013, http://www.tpdl2013.info) The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries constitutes a leading European scientific forum on d

voting assistance applications and use of semantic technologies

2013-08-16 Thread ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program
I am currently doing a small research project involving voting assistance applications (VAAs) which help voters reach informed decisions on which political parties or candidates suit best their own personal political preferences. Since VAAs apply algorithms withe weights and are based on analyz

Re: voting assistance applications and use of semantic technologies

2013-08-16 Thread Gannon Dick
Milton, It's only my opinion, but when "The Surveillance State" seems quite convinced that voter suppression (the opposite of your goal) is possible with semantic methods, then perhaps a step backwards toward determinism might be wise.  I am not suggesting that you change your methods, only tha