Jim Waldo
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The Effects of Mixing Machine Learning and Human Judgment
Collaboration between humans and machines does not necessarily lead to better outcomes.
Embedded EthiCS: Integrating Ethics Across CS Education
A Harvard-based pilot program integrates class sessions on ethical reasoning into courses throughout its computer science curriculum.
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blockchain Universe
Blockchain remains a mystery, despite its growing acceptance.
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
Privacy, Anonymity, and Big Data in the Social Sciences
Quality social science research and the privacy of human subjects require trust.
How can the expected interactions between caller and implementation be guaranteed?
A Threat Analysis of RFID Passports
An RFID-passport attack is more plausible than skimming RFID information. Do RFID passports make us vulnerable to identity theft?
Scaling in Games and Virtual Worlds
Online games and virtual worlds have familiar scaling requirements, but don't be fooled: Everything you know is wrong.
When the Network Is Everything
Two major properties will characterize networks in the future. They will be ubiquitous; by default, everything will be connected to a network of some form and work in coordination with other devices, services, and network-enabled entities. And they will be invisible, always there and always in use; we will notice them only in those rare […]
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