Up now at the Wolfram Data Summit is Timothy Vaughan, Research Scientist from PatientsLikeMe – here is the quick overview of his presentation and an overview below: Drug Efficacy in the Wild Timothy Vaughan Research Scientist, PatientsLikeMe Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating illness that is uniformly fatal, typically within two to four years.Read… Read more »
Whenever I work with a new client, I always enjoy the “internal document/material review” phase quite a bit as I get to learn a great deal about the organization in a short period of time. Part of the process is of course digging through content on the client’s website. In the case of the CanadaRead… Read more »
When the summer started off, we broke into teams of two or three and worked on to build out developer tools for our chosen datasets, though soon enough we were constantly conferring and getting advice from each other. (We literally all worked side by side at what quickly became the “Interns’ Table”.) I choose withRead… Read more »
Peter Drucker wrote, “You manage things, you lead people.” I’ve nothing against management. The Army taught me “All computing is logistics.” Of course file cabinets mostly stand there and hold stuff. Took a quiet minute to think about the leadership phrase, “Asses and elbows.” Conjures what I see of someone in a crouch moving forwardRead… Read more »
Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University relates a conversation in the video above. He was asked the following question, and gives his response: Who cares weather or not the colleges and universities reduce their carbon footprints? You don’t have a big carbon footprint to begin with. You only have 2% – 3% of theRead… Read more »
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) and The Public Manager are pleased to add Kathryn Medina, Executive Director, CHCO Council, to our outstanding line up of government officials, including John Berry and Scott Gould, and subject matter experts like Tom Fox from Partnership for Public Service and Gustavo Crosetto from the U.S Government AccountabilityRead… Read more »
Today I will be live blogging from the Wolfram Data Summit. First up is Thomas Lee, Director of Sunlight Labs, Sunlight Foundation, here is an overview of his presentation: From Dollars to Ideas: New Tools for Measuring Influence Director of Sunlight Labs, Sunlight Foundation To date, analytic examinations of the problem of political influence haveRead… Read more »
Deltek Senior Analyst Chris Cotner reports. The national health care debate has waxed and waned for decades, with the obvious recent history of Clinton’s failed foray and Obama’s push for national health care reform. Two main drivers behind the discussion are the rapidly rising cost of health care (HC) and the massive baby-boomer generation enteringRead… Read more »
CREBs, grants, efficiency measures and creative thinking have turned one college into a sustainability leader. The video above explains how Mount Wachusett Community College has saved $4 million in energy costs, 17 million gallons of water and 36 million kWh of electricity since 2002. Even more, their curriculum has taken a turn towards greener subjectsRead… Read more »
The traditional view of the city as a densely populated urban center where people work in factories, offices, and can walk to shops that surround their homes has witnessed radical changes in the urban landscape of America. People’s lives are now predominantly based in the suburbs. American cities are now plagued with old infrastructure, failingRead… Read more »