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Why Businesses Must Untether Deep Learning
Deep learning only took a few years to make the leap from another theoretical piece of future-tech to a very real tool that's…
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Evaluating Research Results for Practical Applications
The role of the application of research results in assessing the achievements of scientists.
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Did Grace Hopper Create the First Compiler?
Heinz Rutishauser (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) is regarded as the developer of automatic programming.
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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?
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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...
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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...
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The Legacy of Peer-to-Peer Systems
What happened to peer-to-peer as a technological concept?
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What Does Meta AI's Diplomacy-Winning Cicero Mean for AI?
Hint: It's not all about scaling.
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In Pursuit of an International Computation Center in Europe
The story of the UNESCO International Computation Center.
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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."
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Communing on Computing
Conferences can renew our professional commitment and inspire thought on problems we face.
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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.
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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.
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Turing's Influence on Computer Construction is Overestimated
How great was Turing's influence on early British automatic computers? Opinions differ considerably.
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InnovateFPGA: Wrong Strategy Drives One of the Best FPGA Development Contests into Crisis
In my opinion, the main problem of the InnovateFPGA contest is the lack of a permanent team to lead.
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The Mesm: Ukraine Beats Russia
The Mesm is considered the first stored program digital computer in Continental Europe.
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Anti-Sanctions: New Operating System for Mobile Devices
There comes a time not only of crisis, but also of great opportunities. And here, it is important to take advantage of these new opportunities.
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