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		<title>John McCormick &quot;Political Theology and Biblical Atheism&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This event has been supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities. John P. McCormick is Professor of Political Science. His research and teaching interests include political thought in Renaissance Florence (specifically, Guicciardini and Machiavelli), 19th and 20th century continental political and social theory (with a focus on Weimar Germany and Central European emigres to the US), the philosophy and sociology of law, the normative dimensions of European integration, and contemporary democratic theory. He is the author of Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Against Politics as Technology (Cambridge, 1997), and Weber, Habermas and Transformations of the European State: Constitutional, Social and Supranational Democracy (Cambridge, 2006). His latest work is Machiavellian Democracy (Cambridge, 2011).]]></description>
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		<title>School of Management/Ericsson 2012 Tech Strategy Case Comp Winning Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The team from the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill was awarded the top prize of $25,000 at the 2012 BU School of Management International Tech Strategy Case Competition sponsored by Ericsson. Team members included Jae Lee, Rohan Vaidyanathan, Christophe Renaud, and Maciej Dudek. This year’s competition focused on the role a Networked Society could play in innovating education. Each team was asked how Ericsson could develop successful business models that will create value for the world in a Networked Society through education and the sharing and combining of expertise. The winning team took a holistic, two-pronged approach to closing the gaps in communication and access to information with their “Education Technology Platform” (ETP).]]></description>
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		<title>School of Management/Ericsson 2012 Tech Strategy Case Comp 2nd place team presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was awarded second place at the 2012 BU School of Management International Tech Strategy Case Competition sponsored by Ericsson. This year’s competition focused on the role a Networked Society could play in innovating education. Each team was asked how Ericsson could develop successful business models that will create value for the world in a Networked Society through education and the sharing and combining of expertise.]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Assistants &amp; Self Service: Are Animated Digital Characters for Real?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you are curious about the potential benefits of Virtual Assistant Technology for your organization, there are a number of issues that must be considered to ensure that any implementation of a digital character for self-service is successful. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips for Communicating with a Robot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Incurbacini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Cool, I just added you on Facebook . If you, like Jeopardy contestant Ken Jennings, are ready to welcome “our new computer overlords,” chances are you won&#8217;t have to wait long. Progress in the field of artificial intelligence has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past few years, churning out incredible machines like IBM&#8217;s Watson, which soundly defeated Jennings and fellow player Brad Rutter at America&#8217;s toughest trivia game. Now, scientists at Georgia Tech&#8217;s Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM) say they are within a decade of creating personal robots capable of cleaning our homes, taking us on guided tours and caring for our grandparents in nursing facilities. However, computer scientists simply won&#8217;t be able to program every robot to do all the things we will want them to do. This means we&#8217;ll have to tell robots what do to and how to do it. How will we do that? Tip 1: Use English Scientists want our interaction with robots to be as intuitive as possible, so that means designing them to process our natural language. Usually, computers are programmed using math-based languages, but most people don&#8217;t want to earn a degree in computer science just to tell a machine to vacuum the floor. With this in mind, scientists are developing programming languages based on English syntax rather than mathematical symbols, which is no small feat. Math-based languages allow for only one means of expression, while natural languages like English can phrase a single thought in half a dozen ways. When programming in a natural language, scientists must factor in all, or most, possible phrasings of input commands—a tedious task, but one that won&#8217;t leave future citizens guessing for the exact phrasing that will get robots to take out the trash. Tip 2: Throw Away that Keyboard Though almost anyone can type a command into a computer, that kind of input method will prove impractical when granny needs her robot to help her out of the bathtub. Scientists know that personal robots will be expected to operate on voice commands for ease and efficiency of use. Some of this technology is already available through mediums like the iPhone&#8217;s Siri software, which allows users to make phone calls, send texts and search the Internet by voice. However, tomorrow&#8217;s robots will need to do more than just process simple voice commands; they will also need to learn the tasks their owners want them to do. This will require them to have electronic brains capable of being programmed with both visual and auditory information in the human-like process of “active learning.” RIM&#8217;s Maya Cakmak, Ph.D., is bringing this advanced technology to life by programming a robot named Simon to learn new tasks by asking questions. Her study on the subject, entitled “Designing Robot Learners that Ask Good Questions,” was recently presented at the 7th ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Cakmak&#8217;s work will someday allow ordinary people to program robots without ever touching a keypad or phrasing commands in seemingly bizarre ways. However, you may still have to demonstrate for your robot exactly how to line up your collectible action figures. Tip 3: Teach It to Ask the Right Questions Robots can&#8217;t ask just any kind of question if they are to learn and communicate effectively with their human masters. People don&#8217;t want to spend all day teaching their robots how to hang up a jacket, for instance. So, what kinds of questions should a robot ask to facilitate a smooth robot-human interaction? Surprisingly, humans have provided the answer. In an experiment, Cakmak asked a group of people to pretend to be robots bent on learning a new task. The questions participants asked in the course of their learning were sorted into three categories: label query, demonstration query and feature query. Cakmak found that 82 percent of the questions fell into the feature query category. When Cakmak asked the group to then rate which questions were “smartest,” 72 percent chose feature queries. Since humans seem to overwhelmingly prefer feature queries, this is the type of question learning robots will ask in the future. A feature query seeks to define the features a particular task. The example given in Cakmak&#8217;s study was, “Can I pour salt from any height?” Technically, anyone can pour salt from almost any height, but it may not be appropriate or desirable to do so, especially when the flavor of your mashed potatoes is at stake. This differs widely from a label query (“Can I pour salt like this?”), which simply yields a &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217; response. Tip 4: Observe the Subtle Cues There&#8217;s more to communication than just verbalizing. Eye contact, hand gestures, tone of voice and body language are all part of the equation, and things that robots will have to master to truly integrate into our world. “Other human beings understand turn-taking,” says Aaron Bobick, chair of Georgia Tech&#8217;s School of Interactive Computing. “They understand that if I make some indication, they’ll turn and face someone when they want to engage with them, and they won’t when they don’t want to engage with them. In order for these robots to work with us effectively, they have to obey these same kinds of social conventions.&#8221; In the future, robots will be able to wave, beckon and communicate in other non-verbal ways. They&#8217;ll also be able to analyze their masters&#8217; social and physical communication cues and respond to them appropriately. Researchers at Georgia Tech found that when they equipped their robot Simon with cameras, it could predict with 80 percent accuracy whether or not it had attracted a person&#8217;s attention with a simple mechanical gesture. Talking to a socially conscious robot means you won&#8217;t feel the urge to scream to make your wishes understood. Tip 5: Remember, It is Still a Robot Scientists are working hard to give robots more human-like qualities, such as smooth movements and somewhat random behavior. The purpose in doing these things is to make human-robot communication as natural and productive as possible. Someday, people may even be able to learn tasks by observing how robots perform them. No matter how human they seem, though, they&#8217;re still machines incapable of acting beyond their programming. This is especially important to remember if you ever find yourself in a hospital about to get a sponge bath from Georgia Tech&#8217;s &#8220;Cody.&#8221; No, the robot isn&#8217;t touching your arm to comfort you. It doesn&#8217;t have that capacity. You can climb down from the ceiling, now. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bed Alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assisted living communities and nursing home residents are extremely vulnerable to accidental and negligent death. When a person is sleeping, they are the most susceptible to negligence, medical error, and sudden death due to age and compounding diseases. Two major preventable errors that frequently occur are delayed emergency response and failure to turn a patient in the night. These are both errors that occur out of ignorance. Typically, no one realizes that a patient is in need of emergency services or that they have not been turned in hours. Therefore, we can successfully address these problems by implementing a system that records a patients vital signs and movement and alerts a health care provider when assistance is required. Using this technology in the form of a bed sheet instead of clothing allows for a true one-size-fits-all product. Nursing homes and assisted living would only need to buy enough sheets for the number of beds they owned; they would not need to worry about having the right size shirt for the resident. Additionally, it provides the resident freedom in what they wear to bed. It is a much less restrictive, but potentially equally effective, use of an up-and-coming technology.]]></description>
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		<title>Divide &amp; Conquer: Using Predictive Analytics to Segment, Target and Optimize Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Data collected by the Aberdeen group in August 2011 (Predictive Analytics for Sales and Marketing: Seeing Around Corners) found that companies using predictive analytics enjoyed both higher click through rates and higher sales lift than companies that did not use this technology. However, new research shows that even among users of predictive analytics there are significant differences in the level of business performance achieved. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>Chalk Talk for Disaster Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many enterprises that do implement DR find that they have a difficult time meeting their goals for data protection and recovery. At Riverbed, their technology can do a lot to make the protection and restoration of data more reliable in disasters, helping you to meet your enterprise goals. If you have DR requirements that are not being met, before you think about buying more bandwidth or looking at other complex solutions, you should really look at Riverbed WAN Optimization. Watch the video to learn more. Request Free! ]]></description>
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		<title>BU Inspire: Bryan Snyder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BU Inspire: A Call to Arts Brian Snyder- BU MBA Alum and CEO of Madbrook Publishing Capturing Parents' Attention: Kids, Technology, and Creativity]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation &#8211; Stanford</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanford Technology Ventures Program's Executive Director Tina Seelig shares rich insights in creative thinking and the entrepreneurial mindset. Her talk, based on her 2009 book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, cites numerous classroom successes of applied problem-solving and the lessons of failur...]]></description>
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