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Teaching Data Science Research Methods to Human Resources Practitioners: Part Three
How we took advantage of students' expertise in the application domain component of data science.
From BLOG@CACM
Evaluating Research Results for Practical Applications
The role of the application of research results in assessing the achievements of scientists.
From BLOG@CACM
Did Grace Hopper Create the First Compiler?
Heinz Rutishauser (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) is regarded as the developer of automatic programming.
From BLOG@CACM
How do Authors' Perceptions about their Papers Compare with Co-Authors' Perceptions and Peer-Review Decisions?
Does peer review change authors' perception of their own papers?
From BLOG@CACM
Can Transaction Costs Explain Scale-Free Networks Born by Preferential Attachment?
Centralization leads to more efficient communication and control, which leads to lower transaction costs, which increases the useful work each node can spend on...
From BLOG@CACM
Early Computers in Continental Europe
About the Bark (binär automatisk relä-kalkylator, binary automatic relay computer) and Besk (binär elektronisk sekvens kalkylator, binary electronic sequential...
From BLOG@CACM
The Legacy of Peer-to-Peer Systems
What happened to peer-to-peer as a technological concept?
From BLOG@CACM
What Does Meta AI's Diplomacy-Winning Cicero Mean for AI?
Hint: It's not all about scaling.
From BLOG@CACM
In Pursuit of an International Computation Center in Europe
The story of the UNESCO International Computation Center.
From BLOG@CACM
New Research Vindicates Fodor and Pylyshyn: No Explainable AI Without 'Structured Semantics'
In this short article, we generalize recent research results that clearly make the point that "there can be no explanation without semantics."
From BLOG@CACM
Communing on Computing
Conferences can renew our professional commitment and inspire thought on problems we face.
From BLOG@CACM
Why Are There So Many Programming Languages?
Most languages differ less in what they make possible, and more in terms of what they make easy.
From BLOG@CACM
Where is the Cradle of the Computer?
The digital computer of today arose in the first half of the 1940s independently in three different countries: Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.
From BLOG@CACM
Turing's Influence on Computer Construction is Overestimated
How great was Turing's influence on early British automatic computers? Opinions differ considerably.
From BLOG@CACM