We propose a mechanism for the promotion of high-standards in commercial Artificial Intelligence products, namely an association of companies which would regulate their own membership using a code of practice and the precedents set by previous cases. Membership would provide some assurance of quality. We argue the benefits of such a mechanism, and discuss some of the details including the propo...

There is increasing attention on the intersection of sports and politics, with a particular focus tying owners’ political donations to organization-level outcomes. However, extant research leverages within-league panels over time, so we know little about inter-league heterogeneities donations. Furthermore, work does not explicitly investigate effect election cycles donation patterns. These limi...

First, membership. If you are new to the IRSG, welcome you are in good company. Membership numbers have more than trebled over the past year, mainly through reaching out to audiences that the IRSG hadn't traditionally focussed on namely, the thousands of people in the BCS and further afield who have a professional (or indeed personal) interest in information search/retrieval, but aren't necessa...

propose: the stratification of iranian knowledge and information science academic member in viewpoint of presence and effectiveness and scientific and professional performance are the main aims of this article. methodology: in this applied research, descriptive survey and webometrics methods were implemented. the research population included the iranian knowledge and information science academi...

decline at the American Medical Association (AMA) shows no signs of slowing, which has some doctors worried that the national voice of their profession may one day fall silent. If that were to happen, the medical profession in the United States would lose its biggest advocate in Washington, DC, says AMA President Dr. Cecil Wilson. “What the AMA does, and does best, is in the advocacy arena,” sa...