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The Base-Rate Neglect Cognitive Bias in Data Science
The Base-Rate Neglect Cognitive Bias in Data Science
07.05.2022

Using Bayes' Theorem, the correct answer to both the medical diagnosis problem and to the lion classification question, can be …

Why Are There So Many Programming Languages?
Why Are There So Many Programming Languages?
07.05.2022

Most languages differ less in what they make possible, and more in terms of what they make easy. 

Where is the Cradle of the Computer?
Where is the Cradle of the Computer?
06.20.2022

The digital computer of today arose in the first half of the 1940s independently in three different countries: Germany, the …

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Toe-Tapping Test for Parkinson's Patients
Toe-Tapping Test for Parkinson's Patients
07.06.2022

A new smart insole can evaluate a Parkinson's disease patient's …

Acoustic Levitation Used to Build Complex Structures in Mid-Air
Acoustic Levitation Used to Build Complex Structures in Mid-Air
07.06.2022

A new system incorporates a robotic arm that generates sound …

Robotic Arms Connected to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allow Him to Feed Himself
Robotic Arms Connected to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allow Him to Feed Himself
07.06.2022

Johns Hopkins University researchers led a team that developed a …

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On Sampled Metrics for Item Recommendation
07.01.2022
On Sampled Metrics for Item Recommendation

This paper investigates sampled metrics and shows that it is possible to improve the quality of sampled metrics by applying …

Brain Implants Get Real
07.01.2022
Brain Implants Get Real

Universities, and a growing number of companies, are producing brain-computer interfaces.

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