The problem of fairly dividing a cake (as a metaphor for a heterogeneous divisible good) has been the subject of much interest since the 1940’s, and is of importance in multiagent resource allocation. Two fairness criteria are usually considered: proportionality, in the sense that each of the n agents receives at least 1/n of the cake; and the stronger property of envy-freeness, namely that eac...

The power of digital simulation combined with the elementary simplicity of Universal Computational Models (e.g. Turing Machines, Church's λ-calculus, Curry's Combinatory Logic, cellular automata, …) is apparently the Pythagorean dream made true, but because of the remoteness and gratuitousness of Computational Models it is also the original sin of Computing. In effect, the dynamics of token/sym...

The experimental systems community relies on benchmarks to evaluate proposed innovations. Therefore, the choice of benchmarks and the programming language in which they are written is a gating function for innovation in our field. While application developers are increasingly embracing managed languages such as Java and C#, systems researchers have not. This disconnect between researchers and a...

one of the central issues in shāh-nāma studies concerns the question of “essence” and “art.” in the shāh-nāma’s perspective, the demiurge has created the microcosm (humankind) and the macrocosm (the universe), each with a particular essence. both cannot but submit to the command of their essences. however, the creator has bestowed his discernment on the human world. for this reason, the human b...

This paper argues that “YOU” and “I” (“I” “THOU”) are fundamental elements of human thought, present as distinct words (or signs) in all languages. I first developed this thesis my 1976 article “In defense YOU ME” (and before that, introduced it 1972 book Semantic Primitives; cf. also 2021 “‘Semantic Primitives’, fifty years later”). Since then, has been confirmed by wide-ranging cross-linguist...