Go beyond ticking boxes this year

Checking lists, ticking boxes.

Although not original, the story makes an interesting introduction to the topic: Boeing’s prototype B-17 bomber stalled and crashed in 1935 on its first f light because the elevator control was left locked.1,2 The combination of the loss of life and the potential loss to the firm of the US government procurement demanded an innovative approach – and thus the checklist was born. The B-17 program...

Ticking the boxes: a survey of workplace-based assessments

Aims and method To survey the quality of workplace-based assessments (WPBAs) through retrospective analysis of completed WPBA forms against training targets derived from the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Portfolio Online. Results Almost a third of assessments analysed showed no divergence in assessment scores across the varied assessment domains and there was poor correlation between domain s...

"This Sucker Could Go Down"

"Chaos," "disarray," "unprecedented political wrangling," Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on bended knee pleading for a lifeline, and President George W. Bush warning, "if money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down [2]." These were the dramatic scenes in Washington yesterday where the historic $700 billion bailout plan now looks very much in doubt, The New York Times, Wall Street Journ...

Deep Cuboid Detection: Beyond 2D Bounding Boxes

We present a Deep Cuboid Detector which takes a consumer-quality RGB image of a cluttered scene and localizes all 3D cuboids (box-like objects). Contrary to classical approaches which fit a 3D model from low-level cues like corners, edges, and vanishing points, we propose an end-to-end deep learning system to detect cuboids across many semantic categories (e.g., ovens, shipping boxes, and furni...

Beyond X 2.0: Where Should We Go?