Information Processing

I wrote about an earlier assassination, using similar methods, back in January. Several murders of physicists, using the same techniques? I...

The past two evenings I had dinner with an in-law (let's call him my uncle-in-law) who is a senior executive at Foxconn (makers of the ...

My neighbor in Eugene recommended this Atlantic article on Freeman Dyson, and now I'm recommending it to you :-) ... “It is said that...

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I had to give a seminar at National Taiwan University (Tai Da) yesterday, which took a little time, an...

My collaborator Robert Scherrer comments on my recent blogging from China :-) Steve, I have been enjoying your blog reports from China. T...

Unless I am mistaken I have been to China 4 times in the last year or so (Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai). Each time I am here I a...

1 USD = 6.64 RMB. Average salary in Shanghai is reportedly 65k RMB or about USD $10k per annum. A good Hadoop programmer might make USD $20...

I'm in Shanghai for a physics meeting , at the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). This new campus is about 15km sou...

If you are a Bruce Springsteen fan this interview of the Boss by Ed Norton can't be missed. Who were Springsteen's influences when ...

Title IX is killing a lot of non-revenue men's college sports, like swimming, gymnastics and wrestling. Oregon, which produced a number...

In an earlier post I investigated the variance (standard deviation) in IQ by country using PISA scores. Looking for additional data, I cam...

Next Tuesday I will give the following colloquium at National Taiwan University (Taida). Investigating the genetic basis of intelligence I ...

The article linked to below is about Asian students at elite Canadian universities. I spoke to the McLean's reporter about this while I ...

The picture above was taken in the early 80s (see earlier discussion here ). Does it look more 70s or 80s to you? Our cohort grew up in be...

A high school classmate (he's in the picture here ) writes regarding wrong but flashy scientific results. Incidentally, I also saw the ...

These are the 18 National Merit Finalists from my high school class. I'm in the back row near the middle and my brother is further to th...

According to the article we spend $100 billion per annum on this in the US :-( The Atlantic : Ioannidis [is] ... what’s known as a meta-...

I highly recommend this podcast discussion between Russ Roberts and John Quiggin (of Crooked Timber ) about Quiggin's recent book Zombi...

Slides for the talk I'm giving Saturday at this meeting . The talk is titled Dark Energy, with Signatures.

Happy birthday! Bookstore. Hats. Lego sheep. My daughter made this and then added a party hat. The office.

We have a bit of a scheduling conflict here -- a meeting on econophysics from Thursday until Saturday, and another meeting on dark energy a...

Here's a charming video in case you haven't seen it. I posted about the experiment before here -- includes links to the actual pape...

When I was growing up I did stage magic. I never reached the highest levels with sleights, but I did do shows for dozens of people at a time...

The U Oregon Ducks are ranked #1 in college football, after a decisive win over USC yesterday ( highlights ). Even the NYTimes has taken not...

A colleague sent me this interesting Science paper on the effectiveness of groups at solving problems. The effectiveness of a particular gr...