Applied Math
Invasion of the Physicists
Wired recently published an article with the sensational title “Move Over, Coders — Physicists Will Soon Rule Silicon Valley” primarily concerned with physicists or former physicists working in…
Software
Articles
Applied Math
Should You Get Started in Data Science?
I recently received an inquiry on how to get started in the currently hot field of data science. Perhaps a better question is: should you get started in…
Applied Math
Data Science Boot Camps
Business Insider recently ran an article “Here’s what you should know about those 99% job placement rates at ‘coding bootcamps’— some of which boast $100,000 exit salaries” warning…
Applied Math
Regular Expressions for Numbers in BASH
Introduction This is a short post on how to recognize numbers such as simple integers, real numbers and special codes such as zip codes and credit card numbers…
Applied Math
Martin Fowler’s Design Stamina Hypothesis and Video Compression
Martin Fowler’s Design Stamina Hypothesis expresses a widely held belief among practicing software engineers and other technical professionals that is also taught in computer science curricula. Basically, the…
Applied Math
Eugene Goostman, Teenaged AI, and the Definition of Number
Eugene Goostman, an artificial intelligence program purporting to be a thirteen year old boy from the Ukraine, recently prompted a spate of breathless news articles reporting that an…
Applied Math
The Mathematics of Terminators
Can we make computers that think like or even better than human beings? If we can, will these computers make the world a better place as in Isaac…
Applied Math
The Refactoring
Hello Theo, You have asked me to send an account of the miraculous occurrence known as The Refactoring. In answer to your inquiry, I have consulted both our…
Applied Math
Seven Scientific Calculators for Computer Users
This is a brief post on scientific calculators for computer users. It is partially a followup to the post Ten Great Quick Calculators for Computer Users and overlaps…
Applied Math
Displaying Error Bars in GNU Octave
This is a brief post showing how to display error bars in GNU Octave, a free open-source numerical programming and analysis tool that is mostly compatible with MATLAB.…
Essential Math
Ten Great Quick Calculators for Computer Users
From time to time, computer users may need to perform a quick calculation such as adding or multiplying two large numbers. This is particularly true if the computer…
Applied Math
The Return of the Mythical Man Month
Underestimation of the cost, schedule, and risk of projects is common in software development and especially prevalent in mathematical software development. It is common to encounter extremely optimistic…