• The Plural of Anecdote is Anecdotes

    Updated: 2012-08-23 18:28:10
    Over at Lexology.com, there’s a story which starts: Medical-data blackmail is becoming more common as more health care providers adopt electronic health records systems and store patient data digitally. (“Hackers demand ransom to keep medical records private“) The trouble with (…)Read the rest of this entry »

  • New result about information cascades

    Updated: 2012-08-22 08:44:11
    Publish Date: Wed, 08/22/2012 - 00:39The talk I'm giving tomorrow morning is primarily about my democratic process research project, but it's also the public announcement of new, very recent, results suggesting that information cascades, considere...

  • PhD and Postdoc at IQOQI in Innsbruck Austria

    Updated: 2012-08-21 01:05:15
    PhD and postdoc positions at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Innsbruck, Austria Applications are invited for PhD and postdoctoral positions in the new theory group at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, … Continue reading →

  • Postdoctoral position in general relativity, high energy physics and black hole physics at CENTRA, Lisbon

    Updated: 2012-08-20 22:29:56
    The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be [...]

  • Changes in WorkingWiki code

    Updated: 2012-08-18 10:43:30
    Publish Date: Sat, 08/18/2012 - 02:40I've just committed several changes to WorkingWiki, including a simplified project management process, a change of file format for the HTML version of LaTeX documents, and more efficient merging of preview data...

  • networks and dynamics

    Updated: 2012-08-16 17:28:51
    Publish Date: Thu, 08/16/2012 - 09:27This "network theory" series is out of control! (In a good way.) Tags: newsnetwork dynamics

  • Talking to Google

    Updated: 2012-08-16 05:52:29
    Publish Date: Wed, 08/15/2012 - 21:50I'll be presenting my democratic deliberation research at Google in Mountain View on August 22. I guess it's not a public event, but I plan to post my slides here beforehand, and video afterward. Tags: ne...

  • Autocorrect, Unexpurgated

    Updated: 2012-08-05 15:56:57
    For those who cannot live without @scarthomas, the full version of my Autocorrect piece is here.

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