Computer Science
sort by: Relevancy | Title try advanced search for more options
-
Worthington warns that a lot of entrepreneurs get so caught up in the technology or science behind their product that they forget to focus on the business metrics which drive success. It is essential to pay attention to the margins and avoid price erosions.
-
Ralph Horwitz, MD, professor of medicine at Stanford discusses how measurement can both strengthen and weaken clinical science and care. Often overlooked amid today's enthusiasm for quantifiable results, he says, are the real complexities of medicine.
-
Prof. Douglas Rae, Richard S. Ely Professor of Management and Professor of Political Science, reviews basic trends in globalization in relation to the world's poor
-
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, reveals that basic research and good ideas are the key components to creating a tremendous opportunity in the tech market. A lot of new knowledge is being created all the time and much of it can be used as the foundation for innovation.
-
Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255) The lecture reviews water law in the United States, and highlights challenges inherent in regulating water quality. Aging water infrastructure, pesticide and herbicide application, and surface water runoff all pose challenges in maintaining a clean drinking water supply. The lecture covers pesticide management through the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The management of pesticides and herbicide...more
-
As Ku says, pricing a technology is an art, not a science. She describes the process of determining the equity volume of the various technologies that her office sees.
-
Draper applies Moore's law to all science as it is growing exponentially and spreading very quickly.
-
Celebrated author Bill Bryson presents a lecture on the history of science in honour of the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society.
-
In the Apology, Socrates proposes a new kind of citizenship in opposition to the traditional one that was based on the poetic conception of Homer. Socrates' is a philosophical citizenship, relying on one's own powers of independent reason and judgment. The Crito, a dialogue taking place in Socrates' prison cell, is about civil obedience, piety, and the duty of every citizen to respect and live by the laws of the community.
-
-
-
We develop three different interpretations of mixed strategies in various contexts: sport, anti-terrorism strategy, dating, paying taxes and auditing taxpayers. One interpretation is that people literally randomize over their choices. Another is that your mixed strategy represents my belief about what you might do. A third is that the mixed strategy represents the proportions of people playing each pure strategy. Then we discuss some impli...more
