Recently some academics from the mathematical community started a ban on Elsevier. This was spurred by the editorial company's support of the RWA and by, what seems to be, a greedy commercial policy. Now Elsevier is giving it a thought and changing some of its policies, is it? If that is the case, then academic rebellion, coordination, and self-empowerment among other things is proving to be a strong force, what can we expect to come in the near future?
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
The Scientist: Elsevier Abandons Anti-Open Access Bill
Monday, 23 January 2012
Free knowledge!
I've registered in two some online courses offered for free with lecturers form different universities (Stanford, Michigan, and Berkeley).Two of the courses are Game Theory and Model Thinking. The lecturers are Matthew Jackson and Yoav Shoham for the former and Scott E Page for the latter. I'm simply mad about learning and free knowledge sharing. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the subjects in themselves, but also about on line knowledge sharing.
The main site seems to be called Cursera, and a statement says:
Even if they are offering the courses for free as a trial and for learning by doing,to detect errors and for improvement of the service before they start selling diplomas (so we are going to be their guinea pigs) and I'm perfectly good with that.
They are offering the following online courses: Lean Launch pad, Technology Entrepreneurship, Anatomy, Making Green Buildings, Information Theory, Model Thinking, CS 101, Machine Learning, Software as a Service, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Game Theory, Probabilistic Graphical Models, Cryptography, Design and Analysis of Algorithms I, and Computer Security.
So, why don't give it a try? You can see all the courses they are offering at the bottom of this page Coursera. So enjoy!
The main site seems to be called Cursera, and a statement says:
"We are committed to making the best education in the world freely available to any person who seeks it. We envision people throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries, using our platform to get access to world-leading education that has so far been available only to a tiny few. We see them using this education to improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in"
Even if they are offering the courses for free as a trial and for learning by doing,to detect errors and for improvement of the service before they start selling diplomas (so we are going to be their guinea pigs) and I'm perfectly good with that.
They are offering the following online courses: Lean Launch pad, Technology Entrepreneurship, Anatomy, Making Green Buildings, Information Theory, Model Thinking, CS 101, Machine Learning, Software as a Service, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Game Theory, Probabilistic Graphical Models, Cryptography, Design and Analysis of Algorithms I, and Computer Security.
So, why don't give it a try? You can see all the courses they are offering at the bottom of this page Coursera. So enjoy!
Labels:
Academia,
Free knowledge,
Game Theory,
Model Thinking,
Online learning,
Science
Friday, 16 December 2011
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011). Adiós y gracias.
A Christopher Hitchens un adiós y un gracias. The Guardian: "For most of his career, Christopher Hitchens, who has died of oesophageal cancer aged 62, was the left's biggest journalistic star, writing and broadcasting with wit, style and originality in a period when such qualities were in short supply among those of similar political persuasion. Nobody else spoke with such confidence and passion for what Americans called "liberalism" and Hitchens (regarding "liberal" as too "evasive") called "socialism"."
Friday, 11 November 2011
Remembrance Day, por los mexicanos caídos
Hoy es "Remembrance Day" en Inglaterra, se recuerda a los caídos en la guerra ¿cuál guerra? La primera guerra mundial, pero no importa cuál guerra, todas las guerras son estúpidas e innecesarias, tal vez porque los seres humanos somos consistentemente estúpidos en muchos sentidos, ojalá no sea el caso que lleguemos a ser innecesarios. La guerra contra el narcotráfico en México es una guerra estúpida e innecesaria en el sentido de que jamas debimos permitir que nuestra estupidez nos hiciera llegar a esté punto. No repitamos los mismos errores, tampoco dejemos que otros los repitan. Hoy participo del "Remembrance Day" recordando a todos los mexicanos que han muerto en la estúpida ola de violencia que aqueja a mi querido país, en especial a todos aquellos que han muerto siendo inocentes. [Ojos de Remi (lo escribo en sentido serio)]
Monday, 24 October 2011
Roland Fryer. 2012 Calvó-Armengol Prize
Roland G. Fryer is the recipient of the 2012 Calvo-Armengol Prize for his research on racial interaction and education policy.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Lorenzo Meyer sobre Don Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa
En su columna de hoy en el periódico El Norte, Lorenzo Meyer escribe sobre Don Miguel Ángel. Vale mucho la pena leerlo, nos da cuenta del tipo de hombre que México necesita, un tipo de mexicano que rara vez se ha visto y que debería fomentarse en el seno de todas las instituciones, empezando por la familia. Un extracto:
Son cosas que sabemos, pero que olvidamos atrás en la memoria, muy escondido. Don Miguel Ángel nos hacía traerlo y entrar en conciencia.
Justamente en la entrega de la Belisario Domínguez en octubre de 2008, Granados Chapa usó la tribuna del Senado para hacer este diagnóstico: "El poder del dinero y el poder criminal de las armas sustraen ya ahora con marcas crecientes de la vida en común al imperio de la ley y la capacidad rectora del Estado. El ímpetu feroz de la delincuencia organizada parece no reconocer límites, los rompe todos... Los poderes fácticos, los que gobiernan sin haber sido elegidos, los que buscan y obtienen ganancia de negocios que atentan contra el interés general gobiernan en mayor medida que los gobiernos; la lucha de unos y otros poderes ilegítimos contra la sociedad, su éxito en el propósito de dominarla es favorecida por una situación económica, material cada vez más adversa, menos propiciatoria que la prosperidad y la expansión de la potencialidad humana". El resultado de este conjunto de males ha producido en México "enfermedades del espíritu colectivo" que de no sanarse nos llevarán a la desgracia.
Son cosas que sabemos, pero que olvidamos atrás en la memoria, muy escondido. Don Miguel Ángel nos hacía traerlo y entrar en conciencia.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Gracias Don Miguel Ángel
Después de 34 años de "Plaza Pública" al parecer ahora si se nos va de los medios. Finaliza Don Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa su última columna con las siguientes palabras:"Esta es la última vez en que nos encontramos. Con esa convicción digo adiós." Mi admiración y respeto al señor. Gracias Don Miguel Ángel por todo lo que nos ha dado a los mexicanos y a México.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Prestigio relativo
Creo que con esto de los neutrinos más veloces que la luz, la ciencia económica recupero prestigio relativo respecto de las "ciencias duras".
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Roland Fryer: 2011 MacArthur Fellow
Fuente: http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730831/k.9839/Roland_Fryer.htm
Pronósticos para los Nobel de este año de Thompson Reuters
Thompson Reuters publica sus pronósticos para los premios Nobel de este año. En economía son los siguientes:
Fuente: http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/science/2011-citation-laureates
Douglas W. DiamondMerton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
For his analysis of financial intermediation and monitoring
Anne O. KruegerProfessor of International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC USAyGordon TullockProfessor Emeritus of Law and Economics, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA USA
For their description of rent-seeking behavior and its implications
Jerry A. HausmanJohn and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USAyHalbert L. White, Jr.Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USAFor their contributions to econometrics, specifically the Hausman specification test and the White standard errors test
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