View from the trenches

The view from the trenches

Commentary Almost 25 years have passed since the emergence of Harm Reduction in the Asian region. The first harm reduction programmes began as social movements that were driven by NGOs and civil society concerned about the potential spread of HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs (PWID). More than half the global population lives in the Asian region, with two of the most densely populated...

The view from the health plan trenches.

Scientific Discovery: A View from the Trenches

One of the primary goals in discovery science is to understand the human scientific reasoning processes. Despite sporadic success of automated discovery systems, few studies have systematically explored the socio-technical environments in which a discovery tool will ultimately be embedded. Modeling day-to-day activities of experienced scientists as they develop and verify hypotheses provides bo...

Language Technology: A View From The Trenches

Computers that can listen and talk? Helpers that read your books and answer complex questions? Natural language processing has always made big promises, and has left many people with a healthy dose of skepticism. The truth is that language technology has had a bigger impact than you may think, by working behind the scenes. In this talk, I will discuss the changing role of NLP in applications, a...

Torsion Physics: A View from the Trenches

It is difficult to talk about what torsion really is. In most of my activities that involve reviewing technical papers, I always ask authors to expand upon their views or definitions on certain terms to make sure that I understand what they are really talking about. That may sound like a trivial comment or requirement but it can lead to interesting conversations when people learn that they may ...