As someone interested in data mining and forms of large-scale pattern recognition, I reacted to the plans for the Total Information Awareness project at first like everone else did (“Calling Orwell…”) but then realized that the sort of ideas I work with would be very helpful to such a project. Despite the title (Informatics helps in the fight against terrorism) an article by our dean in the Buffalo News makes an argument that we can help to secure the free flow of information and knowledge.
Terror informatics
As someone interested in data mining and forms of large-scale pattern recognition, I reacted to the plans for the Total Information Awareness project at first like everone else did (“Calling Orwell…”) but then realized that the sort of ideas I work with would be very helpful to such a project. Despite the title (Informatics helps in the fight against terrorism) an article by our dean in the Buffalo News makes an argument that we can help to secure the free flow of information and knowledge.
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