I Don’t Want This Party to End

July 12, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

"In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I didn’t understand it, but over time I came to realize it was perfect. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a … Continue reading I Don’t Want This Party to End

With Little Training, Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Uncover Hidden Scientific Knowledge

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

"Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that an algorithm with no training in materials science can scan the text of millions of papers and uncover new scientific knowledge."—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, "With little training, machine-learning algorithms can uncover hidden scientific knowledge." Techxplore.com. July 3, 2019.