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What is computer science and what is complexity theory?

And what is computer complexity? “In a complex world, it is better to keep it simple.”

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Research scientist Lance Fortnow infiltrates the New York Times with a computational complexity problem nobody but egg heads can comprehend.

Whether or not P equals NP.

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Unlike every other academic field, computer science uses conferences rather than journals as the main publication venue.

Lance Fortnow: While this made sense for a young discipline, our field has matured and the conference model has fractured the discipline and skewered it toward short-term, deadline-driven research. Computer science should refocus the conference system on its primary purpose … Continue reading

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Lance Fortnow rants against the too many conferences on computer science.

Lance Fortnow (PDF file): Our conference systems forces researchers to focus too heavily on quick, technical and safe papers instead of considering broader and newer ideas. Meanwhile we have focused much of our time and money on conferences where we … Continue reading

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Harvard CS286r: Topics at the Interface between Computer Science and Economics

Fall 2008 Topic: Social Computing CS286r Additional Resources

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Papers on prediction markets listed on Yiling Chen’s Harvard webpage:

- Publications An Empirical Study of Dynamic Pari-mutuel Markets: Evidence from the Tech Buzz Game [PDF, 380k] Yiling Chen, David M. Pennock, and Tejaswi Kasturi The 10th Workshop on Web Mining and Web Usage Analysis (WebKDD), in conjunction with the … Continue reading

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Computer beats human experts at poker…

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