Good Will and Confidence

When Is a Confidence Measure Good Enough?

Confidence estimation has recently become a hot topic in image processing and computer vision. Yet, several definitions exist of the term ”confidence” which are sometimes used interchangeably. This is a position paper, in which we aim to give an overview on existing definitions, thereby clarifying the meaning of the used terms to facilitate further research in this field. Based on these clarifi...

A change will do you good.

The primary care physician is described as many things-generalist, information manager, chronic care coordinator, and specialist in disease prevention. But midlevel clinicians, the Internet, and self-motivated patients can provide most of these services quite ably on their own. Why, then, are we here? One indispensable role for the family doctor is to be an agent of change for our patients and ...

Confidence intervals and replication: where will the next mean fall?

Confidence intervals (CIs) give information about replication, but many researchers have misconceptions about this information. One problem is that the percentage of future replication means captured by a particular CI varies markedly, depending on where in relation to the population mean that CI falls. The authors investigated the distribution of this percentage for varsigma known and unknown,...

Peter Parker: Minister of Good Will

It is both a privilege and an honor for me, as the representative of His Excellency Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Ambassador of my country to the United States, to attend this celebration and to speak before this distinguished audience. After hearing the interesting addresses by Dr. Harvey and Professor Latourette, it is evident that I cannot add to what has already been said about Dr. Peter Parker as...

"...and on earth peace, good will toward men".