Be warned, art world! In addition to the usual philosophical debates endemic to your disciplines -- What is art? What is beauty? Is that a pipe? -- you may have to contend with some of the classic science conundrums as well. Using computer vision algorithms and machine learning techniques, researchers have scanned 1,700 paintings to identify similarities. Notionally, the presence of similarities might suggest an influence of one artist on the other, or a shared influence on both. And, indeed, the search identified … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Picasso & Rockwell & Correlation & Causation
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Week in Review: Abbreviated Thanksgiving Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about over Thanksgiving break? Anything special with some time off or is there too much going on with the holiday? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. In addition, if you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Tom's supervisor passed along a helpful slide show on how slide shows work. Time for some upgrades? Do you agree with the … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Abbreviated Thanksgiving Edition