Issue #27

December 1, 2019

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1. 1. AI takes on popular Minecraft game in machine-learning contest [nature.com]
2. 2. Google's new 'Explainable AI" (xAI) service [towardsdatascience.com]
3. 3. Understanding the generalization of 'lottery tickets' in neural networks [ai.facebook.com]
4. 4. What makes an image memorable? Ask a computer [news.mit.edu]
5. 5. How machine learning is revolutionising market intelligence [economist.com]
6. 6. Are Neural Networks About to Reinvent Physics? [nautil.us]
7. 7. DeepFovea: Neural Reconstruction for Foveated Rendering and Video Compression using Learned Statistics of Natural Videos [research.fb.com]
8. 8. The Difference Between Blockchains & Distributed Ledger Technology [towardsdatascience.com]

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• • Causality for Machine Learning (B. Schölkopf)
• • Rigging the Lottery: Making All Tickets Winners (U. Evci, T. Gale, J. Menick, P. S. Castro, E. Elsen)
• • Long-term decline in intergenerational mobility in the United States since the 1850s (X. Song, C. G. Massey, K. A. Rolf, J. P. Ferrie, J. L. Rothbaum, Y. Xie)
• • A Time Series Analysis of Emotional Loading in Central Bank Statements (S. Buechel, S. Junker, T. Schlaak, C. Michelsen, U. Hahn)
• • Network Embedding: An Overview (N. Arsov, G. Mirceva)
• • Quantifying segregation in an integrated urban physical-social space (Y. Xu, A. Belyi, P. Santi, C. Ratti)
• • Blockchains: a Systematic Multivocal Literature Review (B.-J. Butijn, D. A. Tamburri, W.-J. Van den Heuvel)
• • More (or Less) Economic Limits of the Blockchain (N. Gandal, J. S. Gans)

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Mitzi Morris: Bayesian Inference for Fun and Profit | PyData New York 2019

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