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By Christoph Heitz (ZHAW) translated from original German language version published at Inside IT Can a prisoner be released early, or released on bail? A judge who decides this should also consider the risk of recidivism of the person to be released. Wouldn’t it be an advantage to be able to assess this risk objectively […]
By Nico Ebert (ZHAW) The original version of this post was published in German on Privacy Bits and English on vetri.global In a lecture for the Fair Data Forum, I dealt with the question “What value does data protection have for individuals and what are they willing to pay for it?” The three data privacy […]
Reviewed by Thoralf Mildenberger (ZHAW) Paul. D. Ellis, The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes. Statistical Power, Meta-Analysis and the Interpretation of Research Results. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010. Link to book on publisher’s website. In the last few years, statistical hypothesis testing – with the p-value still being THE standard for reporting results in many […]
By Lukas Tuggener (ZHAW) Twitter: https://twitter.com/ltuggener/ Reposted from https://medium.com/@ltuggener/who-is-scared-of-the-big-bad-robot-dc203e2cd7c4 There currently is much talk about the recent developments of AI and how it is going to affect the way we live our lives. While fears of super intelligent robots, which want to end all human live on earth, are mostly held by laymen. There are other […]
By Thilo Stadelmann (ZHAW) Reposted from https://dublin.zhaw.ch/~stdm/?p=350#more-350 I recently came about the notion of “type A” and “type B” data scientists. While the “type A” is basically a trained statistician that has broadened his field towards modern use cases (“data science for people”), the same is true for “type B” (B for “build”, “data science […]
Drew Conway´s data science Venn diagram is used by many (including me) to give a first impression of what data science is all about. And rightly so: I, for example, like it for its simplicity and “coolness”. When in a more in-depth discussion, moving from mere buzz to concrete skills and project possibilities, we at […]