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An AI Hedge Fund Created a New Currency to Make Wall Street Work Like Open Source
To see entire article click https://www.wired.com/2017/02/ai-hedge-fund-created-new-currency-make-wall-street-work-like-open-source/
Buying green doesn’t make you green: QUT study
From www.eurekalert.com Queensland University of Technology Company bosses need to walk-the-walk when it comes to greening their business with technology, with new QUT research finding that just buying green IT, doesn't make you green. Professor Jan Recker, from the...
Creative people have better-connected brains
From www.eurekalert.com Highly creative people have significantly more nerve connections between the right and left hemispheres Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Seemingly countless self-help books and seminars tell you to tap into the right side of your brain to...
The secret of scientists who impact policy
From www,eurekalert.com University of Vermont Why does some research lead to changes in public policy, while other studies of equal quality do not? That crucial question - how science impacts policy - is central to the research of University of Vermont (UVM) Prof....
Scholar to talk about role of science in law
From www.eurekalert.com Northwestern Law professor will examine barriers to effective engagement Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Shari Diamond, one of the foremost empirical researchers on jury process and legal...
Communications expert explains how science should respond to fake news
From www.eurekalert.com University of Wisconsin-Madison BOSTON -- The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last U.S. election cycle. But fake news is not at all new in the world of science, notes University of Wisconsin-Madison Life Sciences...
Who benefits from praise?
From www.eurekalert.com Konstanz researcher publishes study on how recognition affects motivation University of Konstanz The researchers conducted an experiment with a cohort of more than 300 first-year students in the Netherlands who attended microeconomics tutorials...
International science collaboration growing at astonishing rate
From www.eurekalert.com Cross-border studies more than doubled in 15 years Ohio State University BOSTON - Even those who follow science may be surprised by how quickly international collaboration in scientific studies is growing, according to new research. The number...
New AAAS report presents recommendations to engage scientists and engineers with policy around the world
From www.eurekalert.com American Association for the Advancement of Science WASHINGON, D.C. -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will release a new report Connecting Scientists to Policy Around the World: Landscape Analysis of Mechanisms...
Birmingham’s early warning system flags global financial crises
From www.eurekalert.com University of Birmingham Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new 'early warning system' that could help policymakers around the world take action to avert or lessen the impact of financial crisis. Existing prediction...
To please your friends, tell them what they already know
From www.eurekalert.org Association for Psychological Science We love to tell friends and family about experiences we've had and they haven't--from exotic vacations to celebrity sightings--but new research suggests that these stories don't thrill them quite as much as...
For decision-makers who want the best, focus on the strategy
From www.eurekalert.com Society for Personality and Social Psychology Washington, DC - People make decisions every day, some trivial, like what to eat for lunch, while others are more significant -- career, marriage, buying a home. A series of studies conducted by...
Simulated ransomware attack shows vulnerability of industrial controls
From www.eurekalert.com Credit: Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that can take over control of a simulated water treatment plant. After gaining access, they...
Wikipedia readers get shortchanged by copyrighted material How intellectual property hampers access to digital information
From www.eurekalert.com University of California - Berkeley Haas School of Business UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--When Google Books digitized 40 years worth of copyrighted and out-of-copyright issues of Baseball Digest magazine,...
The damage of discrimination Study finds that working under biased managers can impact workplace performance
From www.eurekalert.com Harvard University Researchers have long known that bias can have an impact on hiring, but a new Harvard study suggests that it may also affect workplace performance. Co-authored by Amanda Pallais, the Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political...
University incubators may lead to lower-quality innovation, new study shows
From www.eurekalert.com Baylor University Incubators compete against other university activities for integral resources, Baylor professor says Credit: Courtesy of Peter Klein WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2017) - The establishment of university-affiliated incubators is often...
Minorities, Latino immigrants face greatest risk of injury, disability on the job, Bias in the workplace may be a factor in high-risk job assignments for minorities
From www.eurekalert.com University of Southern California Credit: Susanica Tam, USC Hispanic immigrant and African American men work in jobs with the highest risk of injury, according to a new study of workplace injuries and disability. "We found that their risk was...
The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think
From www.eurekalert.com Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 9, 2017) Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays--streaming music and video, checking email and social media, or obsessively reading the news--few of us know about the mathematical...
The Myth of Apple’s Great Design
To see entire article click https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/the-myth-of-apples-great-design/516093/
More order with less judgment: An optimal theory of the evolution of cooperation
From www.eurekalert.org ... University of Vienna Optional moral assessment can promote cooperation more effectively than compulsory moral assessment Moral systems are key to distinguishing between "good" and "bad" and are essential to the establishment of social...
Researchers add human intuition to planning algorithms Incorporating strategies from skilled human planners improves automatic planners’ performance
From www.eurekalert.com Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Every other year, the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling hosts a competition in which computer systems designed by conference participants try to find the best...
Study shows exercise, sleep are key to keeping employees from bringing home work frustrations
From www.eurekalert.com University of Central Florida A brisk walk or a long swim may be the key to preventing a bad day at the office from spilling over into the home. A study published this month in the Journal of Applied Psychology tracked participants' sleep...
Study outlines steps that growing startups must follow to succeed
From www.eurekalert.com Credit: UT Dallas Many entrepreneurs dream of leading a successful company. But launching a startup is only the first step. By using more than three decades of experience as an entrepreneur and turnaround executive, Dr. Joseph Picken of the...
In crowd wisdom, the ‘surprisingly popular’ answer can trump ignorance of the masses
Link: www.eurekalert ... Princeton University Crowd wisdom such as what might arise from online voting is popularly assumed to provide better answers than any one person by aggregating multiple perspectives. Democratic methods, however, tend to favor the most popular...
Building a better model of human-automation interaction
Link: www.eurekalert.org ... Human Factors and Ergonomics Society People generally make decisions using two ways of thinking: They think consciously, deliberate for a while, and try to use logic to figure out what action to take -- referred to as analytical cognition....
How to Survive a Russian Hack: Lessons from Eastern Europe and the Baltics
From www.theatlantic.com February 2, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/02/russia-disinformation-baltics/515301/
Certainty in complex scientific research an unachievable goal
University of Toronto From www.eurekalert.org ... TORONTO, ON (Canada) - A University of Toronto study on uncertainty in scientific research could shed light on anomalies that arose in early attempts to discover the Higgs boson and even how polls failed to predict the...
Toxic bosses are bad for your health and bad for your reputation
From www.eurekalert.org British Psychological Society People who work for bosses who display psychopathic and narcissistic traits not only feel more depressed due to their bosses bullying behaviour they are also more likely to engage in undesirable behaviours at work....
You’ve got mail — personality differences in email use
From www.eurekalert.org British Psychological Society A new study shows that while many of us cannot do our job without email, it can stress us out - and that personality differences affect how we use email and what we find stressful. The results of the study are...
Open-source plant database confirms top US bioenergy crop
From www.eurekalert.com Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: Miscanthus plots (left and right) tower over kitty-corner plots of switchgrass (top and bottom) at the University of Illinois Energy Farm. A new...
New personality model sets up how we see ourselves — and how others see us
From www.eurekalert.org University of Toronto IMAGE: Brian Connelly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at U of T Scarborough. view more Credit: Ken Jones A new model for identifying personality traits may help organizations save money by...
What do Google search queries reveal about brand attitudes?
www.eurekalert.org Drexel University It has been widely thought that brand search volume -- the counts of queries that a search engine receives from users that include specific brand names, like "iPhone" -- can predict sales for that brand. Google makes this...
China’s innovation future depends on intellectual property rights protection
From www.eurekalert.org ... If China wishes to move from investment-led growth to sustainable, innovative growth, it will need to improve its intellectual property protection INSEAD As China's working age population shrinks and cheap labour dries up, the country's...
Streamlining the Internet of Things and other cyber-physical systems
Michigan Technological University IMAGE: Shiyan Hu of Michigan Tech studies cybersecurity and how it impacts cyber-physical systems like smart grids and self-driving cars. view more Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Link: www.eurekalert.org 3-Jan-2017 Sometimes...
Tenfold jump in green tech needed to meet global emissions targets
Duke University From www.eurekalert.org ... Green innovations must be developed and spread globally 10 times faster than in the past if we are to limit warming to below the Paris Agreement's 2 degrees C target A hybrid wind and solar power system in Zirje, Croatia,...
Big Business Is Killing Innovation in the U.S
To see the entire article, please click http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/10/americas-monopoly-problem/497549/
Consistency builds cohesion in the animal kingdom
To see the entire article, go to: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160927082738.htm
If It Needs a Sign, It’s Probably Bad Design
Link: www.propublica.org ... More words won’t solve your design problem. by Lena Groeger ProPublica, Sep. 21, 2016, 10 a.m. This story was co-published with Source. The EpiPen, the potentially life-saving device that delivers a dose of medicine to people having a...
Digital photography: The future of small-scale manufacturing?
To view this article, go to: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919132306.htm
Rushing to complete work on deadline could mean more mistakes
To view this article, go to: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919133449.htm
Five ways to tackle the reproducibility crisis in biomedical research
Link: www.eurekalert.org ... 13-Sep-2016 Cell Press IMAGE: This figure shows issues contributing to suboptimal reproducibility of preclinical research. view more Credit: Daniel Drucker/Cell Metabolism 2016 Daniel Drucker's unofficial laboratory slogan is "I'd rather...
NIH scientists publish new metric to measure the influence of scientific research
Link: www.eurekalert.org ... 6-Sep-2016 A new metric, known as the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), will allow researchers to measure the influence of a scientific article, regardless of publication and scientific field. While RCR cannot replace expert review, it does...
New study suggests women do ask for pay rises but don’t get them
Link: www.eurekalert.org ... 5-Sep-2016 University of Warwick IMAGE: This is Andrew Oswald. view more Credit: University of Warwick New research from the Cass Business School, the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin shows that women ask for wage...
HFES Annual Meeting presentations to focus on human factors in cyber security
Link: www.eurekalert.org 2-Sep-2016 Papers and panels will address human-centered issues in cyber operations, including situation awareness, vigilance, task-switching, and training Human Factors and Ergonomics Society As the incidence of data breaches that threaten...
‘Gambling’ wolves take more risks than dogs
Link: www.eurekalert.org ... 1-Sep-2016 Frontiers IMAGE: Etu and Ela, two wolf pups at the Wolf Centre view more Credit: Rooobert Bayer Would you rather get 100 euros for certain, or have a fifty-fifty chance of receiving either 200 euros or nothing? Most choose the...
A data-cleaning tool for building better prediction models
Link: www.eurekalert.org... August 31, 2016 A data-cleaning tool for building better prediction models Researchers develop interactive system for cleaning massive data sets Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science IMAGE: Tested on a...
Friends are no better than strangers in accurately identifying emotion in emails
Link: www.eurekealert.org ... 30-Aug-2016 Friends are no better than strangers in accurately identifying emotion in emails Reliance on friendship and context to interpret emotion in email is ineffective International Communication Association Washington, DC (August...
Intelligent technology: The evolution and future of automation
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 29-Aug-2016 Intelligent technology: The evolution and future of automation Control 5.0: From Newton to Merton in Popper's Cyber-Social-Physical Spaces Chinese Association of Automation The world's oldest board game still has a few moves to...
Businesses that show commitment to sustainability inspire greener customers
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 26-Aug-2016 Businesses that show commitment to sustainability inspire greener customers Simon Fraser University Spending a little to prove a commitment to sustainability can help tourism industry businesses such as hotels inspire customers...
Study finds changes to retirement savings system may exacerbate economic inequality
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 23-Aug-2016 Study finds changes to retirement savings system may exacerbate economic inequality American Sociological Association SEATTLE -- A shift to defined-contribution retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans, has led to an income and...
Music at work increases cooperation, teamwork
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 23-Aug-2016 Music at work increases cooperation, teamwork Cornell University IMAGE: Cornell University researchers found that music can have important effects on the cooperative spirits of those exposed to music. view more Credit: Cornell...
Streamlining accelerated computing for industry
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 23-Aug-2016 Streamlining accelerated computing for industry PyFR code combines high accuracy with flexibility to resolve unsteady turbulence problems DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory IMAGE: A simulation of flow over five jet engine...
Strong external governance makes top managers more prone to cheat
Link: www.eurekalert.org... 22-Aug-2016 Strong external governance makes top managers more prone to cheat Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 22, 2016) - When top-level managers find governance mechanisms too coercive, they're more likely to commit fraud, according to a...
Engineer Challenges into Advantages
Specific problems can serve as catalysts to improve your business infrastructure. For example, you may be facing some of the following problems, or more likely, a constellation of them: Federal and State funding cuts Security in a Cloud environment New focus on DCAA...
Message to Practicing Accountants in the Southwest
Message to Practicing Accountants in the Southwest An opportunity to improve the business lives of clients through collaboration. Automation Consultants is a small group of expert information system, software, and business professionals. We are Microsoft Partners, but...
ACInm and The Hawthorne Effect
The Hawthorne effect — an increase in worker productivity produced by the psychological stimulus of being singled out and made to feel important. Between 1927 and 1932, Harvard Business School professor Elton Mayo and his...
Why Automation Consultants?
Automation Consulting is a the leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics solutions in New Mexico. Our methodology, expertise, and experience is critical in helping clients reduce risk when implementing new business solutions. Automation Consultants has been supporting...