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Long-awaited @Yale STEM report calls for new research institutes
https://YaleDailyNews.com/blog/2018/06/14/long-awaited-stem-report-calls-for-new-research-institutes Top recommendation is a new #DataScience institute! Followed by one for #Neuroscience. Cross-cutting recommendations on grad. student support & sci. cores (https://research.Yale.edu/ussc-report)

Blog post itself has some interesting “text evolution”:
http://meetings.gersteinlab.org/2018/06.20/Text-evolution-of-USSC-news-article

Points from the new University Science Strategy Committee Report :

Under Five Ideas for Top-Priority Investment: (University-wide Institute for) Integrative Data Science and its Mathematical Foundations and Neuroscience, from Molecules to Mind

Under Five Additional Priority Ideas: Computer Science, Conquering Cancer, Precision Medicine, Regenerative Medicine

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Mark Gerstein — a professor of biomedical informatics— similarly emphasized the value of a new data science institute that would integrate Yale’s science campuses and discourage research “silos.” …
Another concern is establishing the specific role of the institute amid the various departments and programs at Yale that perform data science research, Gerstein said. For example, he said, Yale’s new Center for Biomedical Data Science, which Gerstein co-directs, might eventually be folded into the proposed institute.
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https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1345465

The London Mastaba: Christo launches a temporary sculpture in Hyde Park
http://artdaily.com/news/105478/The-London-Mastaba–Christo-launches-a-temporary-sculpture-in-Hyde-Park#.Wylji1Mvyu4

near:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Serpentine/@51.5060006,-0.1738078,16.68z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x487605486f1f5995:0x487605494a1ba2a6!8m2!3d51.5053635!4d-0.1662832

https://www.wired.com/story/feds-bust-nigerian-email-scammers?mbid=social_twitter

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/29/why-work

$430K/yr & $10M
vs
$1.1M/yr & $43M for .1%

https://dqydj.com/who-are-the-one-percent-united-states/

EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly
available data https://CEN.ACS.org/policy/regulation/US-EPA-chief-proposes-agency/96/i18 Non-obvious implications of encouraging for #OpenData &
#ReproducibleResearch

To monitor the health of cities’ residents, look no further than their
sewers https://CEN.ACS.org/environment/water/monitor-health-citiesresidents-look-further/96/i18 Urban metabolism metrology & wastewater-based epidemiology. Big application is measuring illicit drugs. Interesting #privacy issues.

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“In a response to STAT’s questions, Memorial Sloan Kettering said international journals are part of the literature it provides to Watson, including the Lancet, the European Journal of Cancer, Annals of Oncology, and the BMJ. “As we do in all areas of cancer research, we will continue to observe and study how Watson for Oncology impacts care internationally, follow the evidence, and work with IBM to optimize the system,” the hospital said.”
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https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/05/watson-ibm-cancer/

How a few companies are bitcoining it
https://www.Economist.com/business/2018/05/19/how-a-few-companies-are-bitcoining-it “Bitmain & Bitfury…are designing ever-cleverer ASIC chips for their [#bitcoin] products. Bitmain’s individual mining machines sell for $1,300…on Amazon”

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Bitmain and Bitfury, a firm based in the Netherlands, are designing ever-cleverer ASIC chips for their products. Bitmain’s individual mining machines sell for $1,300 each on Amazon, and Bitfury will install shipping containers filled with mining machines for a price that is undisclosed but is thought to be around $1m-2m.
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