Privacy is a micro concern, i.e. it refers to individual database records, while data mining tools want to learn macro rules that hold for a large fraction of the database. Techniques that publish data while preserving the right balance between individual
Do you hate going to networking events? Do you hide at the back of the room when you have the opportunity to present your business? Are you uncomfortable approaching people you don't know? Does the thought of speaking in public fill you with dre
Google To Release "Stalker Search" in Public Beta posted @ 01:33 by Kate Zimmermann We speak lightly of the "Google empire", about Google's "big brother" tendencies, and the many instances in which Google has acted "evil". But as nervous as we may be, G
Leading academics in fields as diverse as biology, computer science, and law have spoken out and taken action for “open access” which includes novel publishing models that do not set up barriers to access, models where neither Wiley nor Elsevier nor e
ASN would strengthen the collaborative nature of the Internet... to act as a public commons that engages citizens in civil society... an infrastructure for trusted relationships across the [web]...enabling innovation in democratic governance, alternative
Our professors do the research. They write the papers and proofread them. They even do the peer review. Then they sign the copyright over to publishers, who don’t pay them a dime —they’re paid by grants and salary, our taxes, and tuition. Harvard th
Petition for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research. The Petition for "Public Access to Publicly Funded Research in the United States" is open to individuals and organizations of all types.
Michael Fumento writes artfully and originally on health topics/health politics. From Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, and breast implants to stem cells, road rage, and attention deficit disorder (ADD)...
The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," will be an experimental new wiki project that combines public participation with gentle expert guidance. It will begin life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia. But we expect
The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," will be an experimental new wiki project that combines public participation with gentle expert guidance. It will begin life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia. But we expect
Part of the allure of classifying things by assigning tags to them is that the user can give free reign to sloppiness. There is no authority —human or computational— passing judgment on the appropriateness or validity of tags, because tags have to mak
Part of the allure of classifying things by assigning tags to them is that the user can give free reign to sloppiness. There is no authority —human or computational— passing judgment on the appropriateness or validity of tags, because tags have to mak
Welcome to openSubcriber openSubscriber is a simple and easy to use mail to web gateway which provides tools for managing and customising mailing list subscriptions.
Welcome to openSubcriber openSubscriber is a simple and easy to use mail to web gateway which provides tools for managing and customising mailing list subscriptions.