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Instead of mastering the chaos of learning to read and write in English, perhaps we should start spelling things the way they sound. ...



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The secrets of writing a truly useful executive summary

by Philip Yaffe

The purpose of an executive summary is not to summarize, but to direct the reader's interest. The wider the intended audience, the wider will be their range of specific interests. But however diverse the readership, they want the document to clearly direct them to what they must read, leaving any additional text they may wish to also peruse to their own judgement. ...


Interview

A conversation with Ella Peltonen: why theoretical machine learning and distributed systems researchers should find a common language

Interviewed by Bushra Anjum

In this interview, Ubiquity's senior editor Dr. Bushra Anjum chats with Dr. Ella Peltonen, a research scientist with the Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland, about the traditional divide between theoretical machine learning and the more applied fields of distributed systems. They then discuss the need for environments and opportunities where researchers from both theory and application areas can discuss, share their latest findings, and understand each other. ...