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How IBM’s Watson computer “thinks” on Jeopardy 27 Feb 2011 | 09:44 pm
A computer on Jeopardy soundly defeated 2 of the best human players of all-time in a 2-game event. In this article I will attempt to explain how this was achieved, using as my main source an article ...
How IBM’s Watson computer “thinks” on Jeopardy 27 Feb 2011 | 04:44 pm
A computer on Jeopardy soundly defeated 2 of the best human players of all-time in a 2-game event. In this article I will attempt to explain how this was achieved, using as my main source an article ...
The Higgs Particle For Semi-Dummies 17 May 2010 | 01:49 pm
With the LHC ramping up, the hype about the Higgs particle is at frenzy levels, but what exactly is it? You may have heard some frivolous descriptions, for example “the God particle”, but at the very...
The Higgs Particle For Semi-Dummies 17 May 2010 | 09:49 am
With the LHC ramping up, the hype about the Higgs particle is at frenzy levels, but what exactly is it? You may have heard some frivolous descriptions, for example “the God particle”, but at the very...
Why Time Flows from Past to Future 7 Apr 2010 | 06:58 pm
The direction of time is something most of us take for granted because it is so central and consistent in all of our experiences, but why does time seem to flow from past to future? Why doesn’t our u...
Why Time Flows from Past to Future 7 Apr 2010 | 02:58 pm
The direction of time is something most of us take for granted because it is so central and consistent in all of our experiences, but why does time seem to flow from past to future? Why doesn’t our u...
The Poincaré Conjecture Explained 14 Mar 2010 | 04:37 pm
The Poincaré Conjecture is first and only of the Clay Millennium problems to be solved. It was proved by Grigori Perelman who subsequently turned down the $1 million prize money, left mathematics, a...
The Poincaré Conjecture Explained 14 Mar 2010 | 12:37 pm
The Poincaré Conjecture is first and only of the Clay Millennium problems to be solved. It was proved by Grigori Perelman who subsequently turned down the $1 million prize money, left mathematics, a...
The Modern Banking Crisis 4 Mar 2010 | 07:28 pm
I thought I understood the basics of the 2009 financial crisis, but I did not understand how bad subprime mortgages could bring the entire US financial system to its knees. Well, browsing Greg Mankiw...
The Modern Banking Crisis 4 Mar 2010 | 02:28 pm
I thought I understood the basics of the 2009 financial crisis, but I did not understand how bad subprime mortgages could bring the entire US financial system to its knees. Well, browsing Greg Mankiw...
