Welcome to this week’s edition of Connect the Dots. Cutting-edge stuff I’m reading, watching and list
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December 5 · Issue #16 · View online
Top articles and news in emerging tech and healthcare. Topics and tips for innovators.
The right stuff for outperformers who think and drive change.
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Connect the Dots. Cutting-edge stuff I’m reading, watching and listening to as CEO of Spiritus. I’ll also share professional tips and top research for change agents moving at the “speed of relevance.“ If you like what you read, please forward to a friend so they can sign up.
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There's truth. Then there's "ground truth."
In pre-release, Google’s AI cloud service now includes continuous evaluation of trained machine learning models by assigning human reviewers to provide “ground truth” labels for prediction or allowing developers to provide their own ground truth labels. Otherwise known as Google-in-the-middle.
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Researchers spotlight the lie of ‘anonymous’ data –
Researchers from two universities in Europe have published a method they say is able to correctly re-identify 99.98% of individuals in anonymized data sets with just 15 demographic attributes. The internet knows I’m a Mets’ fan. (Yes, I’m possessed.)
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Government advisor not buying Huawei's "no back door" 5G pledge in India
Do you or your 3rd parties outsource development, IT support or operational activities to India? If so, you might follow the debate over whether Huawei should join India’s 5G trials. In June, a Huawei executive pledged there’ll be “no back door” - a commitment India’s senior scientific advisor isn’t buying. Concerns about national security and 5G’s roll-out remain in the US. In November, senators called for a 5G czar.
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Patients want technology, remain frustrated with healthcare system
While half of Americans have some health wearable or monitoring device, many are frustrated by health providers’ inability to marshal this data. There’s no shortage of solutions in the works, like this one, by well-funded startups, Big Tech, telecom firms and health systems. Many include use of video chat and/or text messaging for real-time interactions. With elderly patients and their clinicians in mind, here’s a tongue-in-cheek guide to texting abbreviations that first aired on “Car Talk.” My mom’s definitely OMG!
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The architect of modern algorithms
Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov pioneered data abstraction in the early days of AI. In this interview, she warns the challenges facing computer science today can’t be overcome with good design. She also talks about ongoing challenges for women in STEM. Have a great weekend. Susan @susan_ramonat P.S. - If you like what you read, please forward to a friend so they can sign up.
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