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‘On Expert Testimony’: A Response
This post was created in response to the Cerf's Up article "On Expert Testimony" that appeared in the December 2023 issue of Communications.
The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part Two
Exploring how interdisciplinary research projects enable computer science students to acquire a variety of skills.
Cook-Levin: The Ugly Underbelly is Good for Us
Don't just tell your students that SAT is NP-Complete; show why.
The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One
The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.
What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?
Digitization is on everyone's lips. What does digitization mean and when did it begin?
Social Protest, War, and the Organizational Culture of the Israeli Science and Engineering Academia
Our institution's organizational culture has changed; social and political issues now constitute a vital part of the discourse taking place on campus and on the Technion's social media.
The last week of October in the year 2023 may be remembered as the week when lawmakers made a real effort to outpace technology.
The Perils of ‘Stay In Your Lane’
That phrase translates roughly to "do your job and let others do theirs," but in our division, it was intended to stifle troublesome question-asking.
Let’s Be Objective about Large Language Models
Credit: Walid S. SabaCreated using Generative AI Tools 1. Large Language Models: The End of History? Since the advent of the transformer and attention mechanisms [1] large language models (LLMs) have been all the rage, not only in the artificial intelligence (AI) community but in all of science and technology and even in business and […]
The Israeli Social Protest from a Data Science Perspective: Part Two
I discuss the social protest from the data science perspective, highlighting the challenges arise in the different steps of a data science process.
How to Ace IT Product Localization: The 101 Guide
Unlock global success with IT product localization. Discover how you can expand your reach and boost customer satisfaction through effective localization strategies.
Gary Marcus considers it appropriate that governments are stepping up on artificial intelligence, but finds some of the resulting signals deeply worrisome.
Chat Generative Pre-trained… Testimony
Questions about testimony as a means of knowledge acquisition may apply to AI chatbots.
Generative AI may turn out to be disruptive technologies for computer science education, but generative AI can also be conceived of as an opportunity for computer science education.
The Life-or-Death Importance of Medical Device Security
Cybersecurity was not always top of mind when these devices were being created.
Can LLMs Really Reason and Plan?
Nothing in the training and use of LLMs would seem to suggest remotely that they can do any type of principled reasoning.
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