Derrick Harris
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Wisconsin, United States
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A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved
Richard Socher discusses advances in NLP, and how the experience for AI startups has changed since the early days of deep learning. → Read More
Why SQL Needs Software Libraries
Fivetran CEO George Fraser discusses the lack of software libraries for SQL, and how their emergence could change the nature of data analysis. → Read More
Why embracing the cloud means preparing for problems you can't control
Cloud computing; cloud-native computing; software as a service. They're all secure and reliable - except when they're not. → Read More
How you talk on Twitter can tell the world how much money you make
New research confirms that all those Twitter comments about the global economy and humble-brags about your nonprofit donations can let people know you’re making a lot of money, assuming that ... → Read More
How you talk on Twitter can tell the world how much money you make
New research confirms that all those Twitter comments about the global economy and humble-brags about your nonprofit donations can let people know you’re making a lot of money, assuming that ... → Read More
How you talk on Twitter can tell the world how much money you make
New research suggests that the language we use and the topics we discuss on Twitter can accurately predict income level. → Read More
How you talk on Twitter can tell the world how much money you make
New research confirms that all those Twitter comments about the global economy and humble-brags about your nonprofit donations can let people know you’re making a lot of money, assuming that ... → Read More
Here’s how Ford is using connected car data
As Ford Motor tries to evolve into a car company for the 21st century, it’s using data generated by its connected vehicles to hone product design, improve driver experience, and even discover new businesses. → Read More
How Tinder is using data to make your right swipes count
Mobile dating app Tinder is not always thought of as a wholesome place to find a date, but even it has some unwritten rules. And when users break them, Tinder takes action—sometimes by analyzing ... → Read More
Pivotal open sources tech for SQL and machine learning on Hadoop
Releasing long-proprietary code as open source can be a noble gesture, or an admission of defeat. → Read More
Meet the startup that might help Disney avoid another Christmas without Elsa toys
Parents of young girls probably remember the Christmases of 2013 and 2014 well, if not for the fond family memories then at least for the struggle of finding somewhere—anywhere!—that still had ... → Read More
Quantum computing research carries on at Google and NASA
The quest for an entirely new type of computer will continue at NASA’s Ames Research Center, which is nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley. The space agency, along with Google ... → Read More
Survey shows huge popularity spike for Apache Spark
Apache Spark is the Taylor Swift of big data software. The open source technology has been around and popular for a few years. But 2015 was the year Spark went from an ascendant technology to a bon... → Read More
Google improves voice search (again) for its mobile apps
Google GOOG is claiming better voice search on its Android and iOS mobile apps, thanks to a new approach to the artificial intelligence technique the company... → Read More
New 'mind-reading' research could change communication and virtual reality
You know the TV-show trope where someone is able to read other people’s minds just by touching them? Well, scientists have devised a way to let people actually read minds—in a sense—and t... → Read More
From carwashes to karaoke: See China’s advanced mobile economy in action
The sharing or on-demand economy, epitomized by companies like Uber, Airbnb and Instacart, is a booming business in the United States, but it might be nothing compared with what’s happening i... → Read More
What if those ads you’re blocking were actually useful?
Some of the world’s most popular websites try hard to show users only ads that interest them, in ways that won’t offend them. A backpacker is more likely to appreciate a sales pitch for... → Read More
Meet the computer that could pass high school geometry
Some top Silicon Valley executives and a members of the public at-large fear that super-intelligent computers will someday use their smarts to take over humanity. Current technology is far too rudi... → Read More
Better driving through artificial intelligence
You’ve been on the road for hours, trying to make good time back home after an exhausting weekend in Vegas. With each blink your eyes stay closed a little longer. Your head nods and then snap... → Read More
Has big data finally found its killer app?
For years, the open source Hadoop project for managing huge amounts of data has been in the spotlight, but it hasn’t necessarily lived up to its hype. Now it might have finally found its kill... → Read More