Detecting transient light curves (e.g., transiting planets) requires high-precision data, and thus it is important to effectively filter systematic trends affecting ground-based wide-field surveys. We ...
We are all immersed in an incomprehensible abundance of available information, and we can only read or watch or consume some meaningless fraction of it. What we see, and what we don’t see, is heavily ...
(CBS/What's Trending) - Are there too many algorithms determining your online experience? Eli Pariser, author of "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You" joins our Real Time ...
In February, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced a government probe into Facebook and Google. Among the issues to be investigated? A potential “consumer protection concern” ...
Did Facebook’s Big New Study Kill My Filter Bubble Thesis? Not really. Let’s dive into it and see why not. A few years ago, I gave a talk about how algorithms and social media shape what we know. I ...