(1/2) Data Compression: Theory and Applications - Stanford Course 👇🏼
Stanford University released a new course on data compression methods taught by Prof.Tsachy Weissman, Shubham Chandak, and Pulkit Tandon. As the demand for data increases at an exponential rate, data compression plays a pivotal role in providing efficient storage solutions. The course focuses on the foundations and theory of data compression.
I’ve finished doing perspective corrections on 250 photos of NHCP #HistoricalMarkers! 🎉 I have been doing this sort of photo editing on and off since 2017 and this is in support of the historical markers @wikidata /Commons project I and a few others are working on (e.g., my Panandâ mobile app).
Generating the mosaic image in my previous toot was an interesting micro-coding project. I conjectured but didn't expect that it was possible to arrange photos of varying sizes into a near square. I just used a naïve randomized heuristic to essentially solve a variation of the bin packing problem¹ and the results turned out to be good enough™ though obviously not rigorously optimal. Thanks also to the MediaWiki Action API!
#AI#AGI#ComputerScience#Hype#Ideology: "This introductory essay for the special issue of First Monday, “Ideologies of AI and the consolidation of power,” considers how power operates in AI and machine learning research and publication. Drawing on themes from the seven contributions to this special issue, we argue that what can and cannot be said inside of mainstream computer science publications appears to be constrained by the power, wealth, and ideology of a small cohort of industrialists. The result is that shaping discourse about the AI industry is itself a form of power that cannot be named inside of computer science. We argue that naming and grappling with this power, and the troubled history of core commitments behind the pursuit of general artificial intelligence, is necessary for the integrity of the field and the well-being of the people whose lives are impacted by AI."
Next was an excellent talk by @shriramk on the human factors of formal methods at ACM India. Even in something as seemingly divorced from humans as logic verification, Krishnamurthi demonstrates how human interpretability of method outputs dramatically changes outcomes and why it's essential to integrate a variety of disciplines to effectively build socio-technical systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrYEdt8NKE (11/12) #HCI#ComputerScience
(1/2) Introduction To CS And Programming Using Python 🐍 - New MIT Course 🚀👇🏼
MIT released an introductory course for computer science by Dr. Ana Bell. This full semester course (26 lectures) focuses on the foundations of programming using Python. This is a beginner level and does not require previous programming experience.
If you teach #computerscience or #programming and use #Canvas as your #learningmanagementsystem please join the conversation requesting restoration of file preview for common programming languages. Instructors can no longer annotate student submissions. It has been working for 5 years and now Instructure claims it’s not supported.
A team of computer manufacturers, users, & university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
Throughout her career, Hopper made significant contributions to computer science, including the development of the concept of machine-independent programming languages, which greatly facilitated software development. Her compiler converted English terms into machine code understood by computers.
Fascinating article from IEEE Spectrum that discusses the carbon footprint of software and how we can both measure and improve it: https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-software
The benefit is not only less carbon, but following some of the principles that are outlined can decrease costs and improve efficiency.
The article references tools such as Firefox Profiler and Ecograder as well as an open source Sustainable Software Engineering course.
“One day in 1979, while logged in to San Diego State University’s principal computer from his home, #VernorVinge found himself chatting to another user via the #TALK program, both using implausible names and trying to figure out each other’s true name. “Afterwards, I realised that I had just lived a #ScienceFiction story – at least by the standards of my childhood,””
Please join us for the second SIGCAS Works in Progress event of 2024 where Julia Gersey will be giving an opening talk on "Fine-Grained Air Quality Sensing with Internet-of-Things" and Dr. Trystan Goetze will be giving a talk on "Soothsayers, Illusionists, Con Artists, and 'Artificial Intelligence'"!
The talks will be on May 3rd 2024 at 12pm EDT (4pm UTC).
Registration is required for the event where you can register here:
The Evolution of Computer Science | Studying in the Early Nineties => Short clip from the Leanpub Frontmatter podcast with Simon Brown, author of Software Architecture for Developers => The link to the full interview is here => https://youtu.be/PLjVbjmGe5U#podcastclips#books#computerscience#technology
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» The scientist later implanted sensors and a microchip into the nerves in his arm, similar to an implant he also gave to his wife, so that when someone grasped her hand Prof Warwick was able to experience the same sensation in his. « ?? !!