Next journal club is Thursday 28th of May at 4 on the clock, in Kro. We’re going to be discussing the unreasonable effectiveness of data, since we don’t need a hypothesis any more. Or do we?
Three closely related papers, start by reading “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data” [1] from some top Googlers in the Googleplex. Move on to a short but provocative piece by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine about “The End of Theory” [2]. Then finish with a piece by Doug and Steve “Here is the evidence, now what is the hypothesis?” [3], which was written a few years before Google Inc. and Wired magazine published theirs.
For discussion: Is the hypothesis dead now? [4]
References
- Alon Halevy, Peter Norvig and Fernando Pereira (2009) The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 24, No. 2. (2009), pp. 8-12.
DOI:10.1109/MIS.2009.36 - Chris Anderson (2008) The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete (2008) Wired magazine 16.07
- Douglas Kell and Steve Oliver (2004) Here is the evidence, now what is the hypothesis? The complementary roles of inductive and hypothesis-driven science in the post-genomic era. Bioessays, Vol. 26, No. 1. (January 2004), pp. 99-105. DOI:10.1002/bies.10385
- The King is dead. Long live the King!
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