Teaching machines to understand – and summarize – text
We humans are swamped with text. It’s not just news and other timely information: Regular…
Karuna Pande Joshi and Tim FininJune 28, 2017
EU referendum – how the polls got it wrong again
Estimating the likely outcome of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU was…
Where is Donald Trump’s statistician?
When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States, he included a…
Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesJuly 30, 2015
Was anyone right about the pre-election polls?
There has been much wailing and gnashing of blogs since the dismal performance of the…
David SpiegelhalterMay 18, 2015
What’s behind the awesome rise of Twitter?
After Twitter was successfully floated on the New York Stock Exchange this November, its share…
Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2013
Understanding the outflow of money from Ireland
An age old debate in economics is which gives you a better idea of overall…
Michael MernaghAugust 1, 2013
