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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Living by the Numbers: The Algorithm Builder - SPIEGEL ONLINE - 0 views

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  • Computer Grading The approach led him to his biggest triumph to date. The challenge was to write a program that could automatically and reliably evaluate student essays -- essentially a grading machine.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 Jul 15
     
    part of a series in Spiegel Online--this one focuses on building algorithms
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Living by the Numbers: The End of Inspector Chance - SPIEGEL ONLINE - 0 views

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  • Two professors, computer scientist George Mohler and anthropologist Jeffrey Brantingham, who specializes in crime scenarios, were instrumental in developing the predictive method of fighting crime. Their program is based on models for predicting the aftershocks of earthquakes.
  • The two data experts, Mohler and Brantingham, have since started a company and are marketing their product, Predictive Policing, worldwide
  • "Security is one of the biggest growth areas for Big Data applications," says Schröder. In addition to crime and terrorism, Splunk focuses on the growing number of attacks in, and by means of, the Internet and its software can detect hacker attacks or other cyber attacks. "We are positioning ourselves for an expanding cyber war," Schröder says. But the data hunters' new war also has many civilian aspects.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 Jul 15
     
    part of a series on Big Data, Spiegel
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Living by the Numbers: A Tyranny of Data? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - 0 views

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  • So far, many companies have tried to dispel such fears by noting that the data they gather, store and analyze remains "anonymous." But that, as it turns out, is not entirely accurate, in that it sells the power of data analysis radically short. Take the analysis of anonymous movement profiles, for example. According to a current study by the online journal Scientific Reports, our mobility patterns are so different that that they can be used to "uniquely identify 95 percent of the individuals." The more data is in circulation and available for analysis, the more likely it is that anonymity becomes "algorithmically impossible," says Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan. In his blog, Narayanan writes that only 33 bits of information are sufficient to identify a person.
  • A study by New York advertising agency Ogilvy One concludes that 75 percent of respondents don't want companies to store their personal data, while almost 90 percent were opposed to companies tracking their surfing behavior on the Internet.
  • Is it truly desirable for cultural assets like TV series or music albums to be tailored to our predicted tastes by means of data-driven analyses? What happens to creativity, intuition and the element of surprise in this totally calculated world?
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  • But for a modern society, an even more pressing question is whether it wishes to accept everything that becomes possible in a data-driven economy. Do we want to live in a world in which algorithms predict how well a child will do in school, how suitable he or she is for a specific job -- or whether that person is at risk of becoming a criminal or developing cancer?
  • Users, of course, "voluntarily" relinquish their data step by step, just as we voluntarily and sometimes revealingly post private photos on Facebook or air our political views through Twitter. Everyone is ultimately a supplier of this large, new data resource, even in the analog world, where we use loyalty cards, earn miles and rent cars.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 Jul 15
     
    #7 in a series on big data by Martin Muller, Marcel Rosenback and Thomas Schulz
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Living by the Numbers: The Database - SPIEGEL ONLINE - 0 views

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  • The self-confident founders of Kreditech lend money through the Internet: short-term mini-loans of up to €500, with the average customer receiving €109. Instead of requiring credit information from their customers, they determine the probability of default on their own, using a social scoring method that consists of high-speed data analysis. "Ideally, the money should be in customers' accounts within 15 minutes of approval.
  • Kreditech also requires access to Facebook profiles, so that it can verify whether a user's photo and location match information on other social networking sites, like Xing and LinkedIn -- and whether his or her friends include many with similar education levels or many colleagues working in the same company.
  • All of this increases the likelihood that Kreditech is dealing with a real person.
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  • Their real goal is to develop an international, self-updating creditworthiness database for other companies, such as online retailers.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 Jul 15
     
    #6 in a series on Big Data in Spiegel Online
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You're Probably Getting Scammed By the Crowdsourced Hive Mind - CityLab - 0 views

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  • researchers found that reviewers are easily manipulated by “social influence bias,” a feedback loop in which positive reviews beget more positive reviews
  • The Italian newspaper Italia a Tavola recently proved how necessary that enhanced insight is. Staffers scammed the ratings system by creating a profile for a fake restaurant in Moniga del Garda then posting 10 glowing ratings (under different usernames) over the course of a month, Jezebel reported. Within weeks, La Scaletta had the highest TripAdvisor ratings in town—despite the fact that it didn’t exist.
  • Why were people so quick to take the reviews at face value? “Stories that come from other people [are viewed as] much more believable than information from companies, because our working assumption is that [individuals] don't have an ulterior motive,” says Sarah G. Moore, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Alberta. Additionally, given a lack of identifying information, we
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 09 Jul 15
     
    Interesting article by Jessica Leigh Hester, July 7, 2015 on CityLab that shows impact of "social influence bias" in crowdsourced opinions--good case for crap detection. Don't know how to get around it except look at other review sites, business's website, etc.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Why Your Department Needs Social Media - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • Social media is crucial not only because it provides a fast way to share information, but also because it makes faculty workloads more transparent.
  • What’s also crucial about Facebook and Twitter is that they make clear the fact that faculty workloads stretch beyond teaching. Announcements of the talks we give, the articles we write, the exhibits we organize, the fellowships we win, and our media appearances emphasize that some of us work on contracts in which about half of our time is supposed to be devoted to research.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 14 Sep 15
     
    Very nice justification of why academic depts should and can use Twitter and Facebook, Rachel Hermann
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Fostering women leaders: A fitness test for your top team | McKinsey & Company - 0 views

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  • Part-time or other flexible work policies are a sore spot; they look great on paper, but few employees take advantage of them: McKinsey research has found that less than 1 percent of men or women did so at companies offering such options at the executive level. Clearly, policies that aren’t much used are great opportunities for management discussions, and while these conversations can be uncomfortable, they can also lead to new ways of working.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 30 Sep 15
     
    great McKinsey & Company blog post by Lareina Yee, January 2015
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Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Protect Us Anymore | WIRED - 0 views

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  • All a hacker has to do is use personal information that’s publicly available on one service to gain entry into another.
  • Since that awful day, I’ve devoted myself to researching the world of online security. And what I have found is utterly terrifying. Our digital lives are simply too easy to crack.
  • The common weakness in these hacks is the password. It’s an artifact from a time when our computers were not hyper-connected. Today, nothing you do, no precaution you take, no long or random string of characters can stop a truly dedicated and devious individual from cracking your account. The age of the password has come to an end; we just haven’t realized it yet.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 13 Aug 15
     
    It is ironic that this article on password vulnerability was published today. Mat Honan, Wired, August 11, 2015.
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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs - Jackie VanderBrug - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 02 Apr 14
     
    "Women's entrepreneurship has hit a media tipping point. The question is: Is it just a passing media fad that will soon be a blip on the radar screen, or is it actually a real, fundamental economic force that's reshaping the world? I think it's safe to say that it's the latter. Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally - a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. That's 224 million women impacting the global economy - and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank."
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

HBS Working Knowledge - Faculty Research at Harvard Business School - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 24 Jul 14
     
    Has great banner--WORKING KNOWLEDGE The Thinking That Leads
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How to Find a Job Where You Can Work From Home | Next Avenue - 0 views

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  • Here are four steps to find a work-from-home job that might be right for you:   First, learn about the at-home job market.
  • Next, determine your job-search goals.
  • Then, research companies that offer remote jobs.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 10 Feb 15
     
    Post by sara Sutton Fell, February 2, 2015 on working from home. Good guidance on finding and applying for part-time and full-time jobs that are remote, telecommuting, home-based, distributed or "geographically neutral."
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Hear and now: social media listening for operational decision-making - NixonMcInnes - 0 views

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  • Social media listening is not a new idea. But it’s usually done in the interests of marketing, reputation, research or customer service. Here – from a serious government body – is recommendation that organisations could use social media listening as real data to inform and assist with operations. It’s recognition that the data shared online, in realtime, by passengers, has more value than as mere reputational currency or customer service fodder.
  • How much useful information is being offered that might not be formally addressed to an organisation’s Twitter or Facebook presence?
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 16 Feb 15
     
    blog post by Clive Andrews at NixonMcInnes, creating meaning in business. 9/26/2013 on using immediacy of messages being shared on social media to make operational choices.
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How Networks Are Revolutionizing Scientific (and Maybe Human) Thought - Scientific Amer... - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 22 Jan 16
     
    interesting article on how networks of digital and human connections change us
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The Modern Meeting: Call In, Turn Off, Tune Out - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • Wainhouse Research, a consulting firm in Duxbury, Mass., estimates that a knowledge worker — one whose job focuses on handling information — in the United States spends an average of 104 minutes each month in conference ca
  • lls. Such calls have become an orgy of multitasking, serving as a backdrop for a free-for-all of household chores, personal hygiene, online shopping and last-minute income tax filing
  • Mr. Reece asks his clients to use videoconferencing. He says there are always people who will resist, telling him their Internet connection is too weak, for example. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, he asks that they put up a still photo. “Even if you only get a photo, it’s more humanizing,” he said.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 17 Feb 16
     
    The scoop on what happens in audio conference calls--Katie Hafner, December 4, 2015. 
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The power of habits - and the power to change them | Daniel H. Pink - 0 views

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  • every habit is made up of a cue, a routine and a reward
  • Duke University researcher in 2006 found that more than 40 percent of the actions people performed each day weren’t the due to decision making, but were habits
  • But that doesn’t mean that habits are destiny. Habits can be ignored, changed, or replaced. And studies show that simply understanding how habits work — learning the structure of the habit loop — makes them easier to control. Once you break a habit into its components, you can fiddle with the gears.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 Mar 16
     
    interview by Dan Pink with Charles Duhig, breaking down habits into cue, routine, and reward--and and replacing them with better alternatives.
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How Willpower Works: Decision Fatigue and How to Avoid Bad Choices - 0 views

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  • What the researchers found was that at the beginning of the day, a judge was likely to give a favorable ruling about 65 percent of the time. However, as the morning wore on and the judge became drained from making more and more decisions, the likelihood of a criminal getting a favorable ruling steadily dropped to zero.
  • It didn’t matter what the crime was — murder, rape, theft, embezzlement — a criminal was much more likely to get a favorable response if their parole hearing was scheduled in the morning (or immediately after a food break) than if it was scheduled near the end of a long session.
  • As it turns out, your willpower is like a muscle. And similar to the muscles in your body, willpower can get fatigued when you use it over and over again. Every time you make a decision, it’s like doing another rep in the gym. And similar to how your muscles get tired at the end of a workout, the strength of your willpower fades as you make more decisions.
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  • decision fatigue.
  • If you have a particularly decision-heavy day at work, then you come home feeling drained. You might want to go to the gym and workout, but your brain would rather default to the easy decision: sit on the couch. That’s decision fatigue.
  • 1. Plan daily decisions the night before.
  • 2. Do the most important thing first.
  • Start your day by working on the most important thing in your life.
  • 3. Stop making decisions. Start making commitments.
  • 4. If you have to make good decisions later in the day, then eat something first.
  • When you want to get better decisions from your mind, put better food into your body
  • 5. Simplify.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 Mar 16
     
    James Clear on how to use willpower and decisions more effectively
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To Get a Job in Your 50s, Maintain Friendships in Your 40s - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • To Get a Job in Your 50s, Maintain Friendships in Your 40s
  • researchers found that older people on average had smaller social networks than younger people, Professor Wanberg said. This is not necessarily bad — as we age, many of us find that the quality of our relationships is more important than the quantity. But in the job search process, the number of connections we maintain in our professional and personal networks is often critical.
  • Once you hit your early 40s, even if you are not looking for a job, work to learn new skills and stretch yourself, Professor Wanberg said. Also, keep your networks strong by staying in touch with former colleagues and classmates, along with current co-workers and clients whom you don’t see regularly, she said.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 08 Dec 15
     
    Phyllis Korkki, NYT, September 26, 2015, not a particularly helpful article but does document that on average it takes longer for older workers to find new jobs.  
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Blog: Combating loneliness and connecting communities - do we need a social movement fo... - 0 views

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  • community capital’
  • By strengthening and connecting communities, our research was able to demonstrate (in a small cohort) that a wellbeing dividend from social connectedness might mitigate against mental and physical ill health in the longer term – supporting the case for investing in efforts to make communities more socially connected.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 08 Dec 15
     
    how co-producing answers to problems in a community has a well-being dividend, too.  Rowan Conway, RSA, 11.30.15 
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Why Organizations Don't Learn - 0 views

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  • Biases cause people to focus too much on success, take action too quickly, try too hard to fit in, and depend too much on experts.
  • Challenge #2: A fixed mindset. The psychologist Carol Dweck identified two basic mindsets with which people approach their lives: “fixed” and “growth.” People who have a fixed mindset believe that intelligence and talents are largely a matter of genetics; you either have them or you don’t. They aim to appear smart at all costs and see failure as something to be avoided, fearing it will make them seem incompetent.
  • people who have a growth mindset seek challenges and learning opportunities.
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  • A partner at the firm, Karena Strella, and her team believed the answer was individuals’ potential for improvement. After a two-year project that drew on academic research and interviews, they identified four elements that make up potential: curiosity, insight, engagement, and determination.
  • Challenge #4: The attribution bias.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 Nov 15
     
    great HBR article by Gino and Staat on what organizational leaders need to do to learn and help their employees learn with reflection after doing among other actions. November 2015
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http://familyvaluesatwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nonstandard_work_final-1.pdf - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 29 Oct 15
     
    great study on costs of intermittent employment on low-income wage earners and their families, by Nancy K. Cauthen, Annette Case, Sarah Wilhelm, September 2015, funding by Annie B. Casey Foundation
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