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%A D. Silver
%A et al ...
%A D. Hassabis
%T Mastering chess and shogi by self-play with a general reinforcement learning
   algorithm
%J arXiv
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K TR, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, Chess, Shogi, game, playing, program, AI,
   deep learning, reinforcement learning, AlphaGo Zero, AlphaZero, ANN, NN
%X "... we generalise [AlphaGo Zero's] approach into a single AlphaZero
   alg. that can achieve, tabula rasa, superhuman performance in many
   challenging domains. Starting from random play, & given no domain knowledge
   except the game rules, AlphaZero achieved within 24 hours a superhuman level
   of play in the games of chess & shogi (Japanese chess) as well as Go, &
   convincingly defeated a world-champion program in each case."
   -- 1712.01815@[arXiv]['17].
   (Also see RL@[wikip]['22].)
   [Also search for: AlphaGo].

%A C. Schensted
%T Longest increasing and decreasing subsequences
%J Canad. J. Math.
%V 13
%P 179-191
%D 1961
%K jrnl, c1961, c196x, c19xx, zz1217, longest increasing subsequence,
   ascending, LASS, problem, LISS
%X "... finite seqs. of ints.. Typical of the problems we shall treat is the
   determination of the # of sequences of length n, consisting of the ints.,
   1,2,...,m, which have a longest increasing subsequence of length a.
   Throughout the first part of the paper we will deal only with seqs. in which
   no numbers are repeated. In the second part we will extend the results to
   include the possibility of repetition. Our results will be stated in terms of
   standard Young tableaux."
   -- [doi:10.4153/CJM-1961-015-3]['17].
   [Also search for: LASS problem].

%A K. Papadopoulos
%A D. Christofides
%T A fast algorithm for the gas station problem
%J IPL
%V 131
%P 55-59
%M MAR
%D 2018
%K jrnl, IPL, c2018, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, gas, petrol, fuel, station,
   garage, travelling, trip, route, problem, graph, cheapest, algorithm,
   Khuller, Malekian, Mestre
%X "In the gas station problem we want to find the cheapest path between two
   vertices of an n-vertex graph. Our car has a specific fuel capacity & at each
   vertex we can fill our car with gas, with the fuel cost depending on the
   vertex. Furthermore, we are allowed at most D stops for refuelling. In this
   short paper we provide an alg. solving the problem in steps improving an
   earlier result by Khuller, Malekian & Mestre."
   -- [doi:10.1016/j.ipl.2017.11.009]['17].

%A D. Harvey
%A J. van der Hoeven
%T Faster integer and polynomial multiplication using
   cyclotomic coefficient rings
%J arXiv
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K TR, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, fast, integer, arithmetic, multiplication,
   BigInt, polynomial, algorithm, vanDerHoeven
%X "... computes the product of two n-bit integers in
   O(n log n (4 sqrt 2)^(log^* n)) bit operations. Previously, the best known
   bound was O(n log n 6^(log^* n)). We also prove that for a fixed prime p,
   polynomials in F_p[X] of degree n may be multiplied in O(n log n 4^(log^* n))
   bit ops; the prev. best bound was O(n log n 8^(log^* n))."
   -- 1712.03693@[arXiv]['17].
   [Also search for: fast integer multiplication].

%A R. Vidal
%A J. Bruna
%A R. Giryes
%A A. Soatto
%T Mathematics of deep learning
%J arXiv
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K TR, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, tute, intro, ANN, NN, deep learning,
   neural net
%X "... dramatic increase in the performance of recognition systems due to the
   introduction of deep architectures for representation learning and
   classification. However, the mathematical reasons for this success remain
   elusive. This tutorial will review recent work that aims to provide a
   mathematical justification for several properties of deep networks, such as
   global optimality, geometric stability, and invariance of the learned
   representations."
   -- 1712.04741@[arXiv]['17].

%A W. R. Taylor
%T A 'periodic table' for protein structures
%J Nature
%V 416
%N 6881
%P 657-660
%M APR
%D 2002
%K jrnl, MolBio, c2002, c200x, c20xx, zz1217, WRTaylor, protein, structure,
   folds, 3D, tertiary, possible, secondary, links, contacts
%X "... the number & variety of protein structures that exist. In the past,
   estimates have been made on the basis of the incomplete sample of structures
   currently known. These estimates have varied greatly (between 1,000 &
   10,000 ... Here I formalize both secondary & tertiary links to allow the
   rigorous & automatic definition of protein topology."
   -- [doi:10.1038/416657a]['17],
   11948354@[nlm]['17].

%A L. F. Wilson
%A et al ...
%A D. C. Whiteman
%T How many cancer cases and deaths are potentially preventable? Estimates for
   Australia in 2013
%J Int. J. Cancer
%V ?
%P ?-?
%M OCT
%D 2017
%K jrnl, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, human, health, medicine, cancer, death,
   stats, risks, alcohol, zzAlcohol, smoking, tobacco, diet, exercise
%X "... aimed to quantify the proportions & numbers of cancer deaths & cases in
   Australia in 2013 attributable to 20 modifiable factors in eight broad
   groupings that are established causes of cancer, namely: tobacco smoke
   (smoking & second-hand), dietary factors (low intake of fruit, non-starchy
   vegetables & dietary fibre; & high intake of red & processed meat),
   overweight/obesity, alcohol, physical inactivity, solar ultraviolet
   radiation, infections (seven agents), & reproductive factors (lack of
   breastfeeding, menopausal hormone therapy use, combined oral contraceptive
   use). ...  Of all cancer deaths in Australia in 2013, ~ 38% overall (males
   41%, females 34%) could be attributed to the factors assessed; the corr. PAF
   for cancer cases was 33% (males 34%, females 32%). Tobacco smoke was the
   leading cause of cancer deaths & cases, with PAFs of 23 & 13%, resp.,
   followed by dietary factors (5% deaths/5% cases), overweight/obesity (5%/4%)
   & infections (5%/3%). Cancer sites with the highest #s of potentially
   preventable deaths/cases were lung (n=6,776/9,272), colorectum
   (n=1,974/7,380) & cutaneous melanoma (n=1,390/7,918). We estimate that
   ~ 16,700 cancer deaths & 41,200 cancer cases could be prevented in Australia
   each year if people's exposures to 20 causal factors were aligned with levels
   recommended to minimise cancer risk."
   -- [doi:10.1002/ijc.31088]['17].

%A Y. Zhang
%A et al ...
%A F. E. Romesberg
%T A semi-synthetic organism that stores and retrieves increased
   genetic information
%J Nature
%V 551
%N ?
%P 644-647
%M NOV
%D 2017
%K jrnl, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, MolBio, DNA, DNA6, DNAplus, artificial,
   semi-synthetic, dNaM, dTPT3, unnatural codons, tRNAs
%X "... semi-synthetic organisms whose DNA harbours two additional letters that
   form a third, unnatural base pair. Previous efforts to generate such
   semi-synthetic organisms2 culminated in the creation of a strain of E.coli
   that, by virtue of a nucleoside triphosphate transporter from Phaeodactylum
   tricornutum, imports the requisite unnatural triphosphates from its medium
   and then uses them to replicate a plasmid containing the unnatural base pair
   dNaM-dTPT3. ... Here we report the in vivo transcription of DNA containing
   dNaM and dTPT3 into mRNAs with two different unnatural codons and tRNAs with
   cognate unnatural anticodons, and their efficient decoding at the ribosome to
   direct the site-specific incorporation of natural or non-canonical amino
   acids into superfolder green fluorescent protein. The results demonstrate
   that interactions other than hydrogen bonding can contribute to every step
   of information storage and retrieval ..."
   -- [doi:10.1038/nature24659]['17].

%A C. Zhao
%A S. Sahni
%T Cache and energy efficient algorithms for Nussinov's RNA folding
%J BMC Bioinformatics (Suppl. 15, ICCABS)
%V 18
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K conf, c2017, c20x, c20xx, zz1217, MolBio, RNA, fold, folding, Nussinov,
   algorithm, ByRow, ByBox, Transpose, speed
%X "... Three cache-efficient algorithms, ByRow, ByRowSegment & ByBox, for
   Nussinov's RNA folding are developed.  ... depending on the computational
   platform & programming language, either ByRow or ByBox give best run time &
   energy performance. The C version of these algs. reduce run time by as much
   as 97.2% & energy consumption by as much as 88.8% relative to Classical & by
   as much as 56.3% & 57.8% relative to Transpose. The Java versions reduce run
   time by as much as 98.3% relative to Classical & by as much as 75.2% relative
   to Transpose. Transpose achieves run time & energy efficiency at the expense
   of memory as it takes twice the memory required by Classical. ..."
   -- [doi:10.1186/s12859-017-1917-0]['17].
   [Also search for: RNA folding].

%A C. Y. Feigin
%A et al ...
%A A. J. Pask
%T Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and
   demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore
%J Nature Ecol. and Evol.
%V ?
%P ?-?
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K jrnl, MolBio, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, Australia, animal, marsupial,
   Tasmanian Tiger, thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus, genome, nGenome
%X "... Despite last sharing a common ancestor with the eutherian canids
   ~160 million years ago, their phenotypic resemblance is considered the most
   striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. The last known thylacine
   died in captivity in 1936 ... sequenced the genome of a preserved thylacine
   pouch young specimen to clarify the phylogenetic position of the thylacine
   within the carnivorous marsupials ... a long-term decline in genetic
   diversity starting well before the arrival of humans in Australia. ...
   amino acid homoplasies between the thylacine and canids are largely
   consistent with neutral evolution. ..."
   -- [doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0417-y]['17].
   "Genome sequence reads have been deposited in the Sequence Read Archive
   as BioProject PRJNA354646, BioSample SAMN06049672."
   (Also see the ABC[12/12/2017].)
   [Also search for: marsupial nGenome].

%A A. Sommerlad
%A et al ...
%A G. Livingston
%T Marriage and risk of dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis of
   observational studies
%J J. of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
%V ?
%P ?-?
%D 2017
%K jrnl, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, human, health, psychology, marriage,
   dementia, married, ageing, aging, risks
%X "...  We included 15 studies with 812,047 participants. Compared with those
   who are married, lifelong single (relative risk=1.42 (95% CI 1.07 to 1.90))
   & widowed (1.20 (1.02 to 1.41)) people have elevated risk of dementia. We did
   not find an association in divorced people. ... less education partially
   confounds the risk in widowhood & worse physical health the elevated risk in
   lifelong single people. Compared with studies that used clinical registers
   for ascertaining dementia diagnoses, those which clinically examined all
   participants found higher risk for being unmarried. ..."
   -- [doi:10.1136/jnnp-2017-316274]['17].

%A Anon
%T The Secret Lecturer: An Insider's Guide to Working in a Modern University
%P 110
%M NOV
%D 2016
%K book, c2016, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, university, academic, secret lecturer,
   academia, teaching, research, scholar, australia, australian, job, career,
   dean, deanitis, professor, student, ARC, eBook, dumb, funny,
   ha ha, haha, revenge
%X 1st ed 2016; ebook us$7; asin:B01MRFTP66; isbn13:978-1925333848.
   "... a darkly humorous look at what it is really like to work in a modern
   Australian university. Set against a backdrop of rising student numbers and
   falling staff numbers, it draws on extensive insider knowledge to highlight
   the often absurd and farcical decision-making that follows from letting a
   bunch of smart people try to run a business that sells 'education'. ..."
   (Also see [www]['17].)
   A sequel: 'Revenge of the Secret Lecturer', 2017.

%A E. A. Fong
%A A. W. Wilhite
%T Authorship and citation manipulation in academic research
%J PLoS One
%V ?
%P ?-?
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K jrnl, eJrnl, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, academic, university, science,
   publish, perish, scientific research, papers, publications, authorship,
   honorary author, coercive, citation, RLM, citations, grant, grants, ARC, NIH,
   journals, JIF, ethics, misconduct, abuse, fraud, scam, game, manipulation,
   rank, rankings, impact, gaming, Hindex, KPI, KPIs
%X "Some scholars add authors to their research papers or grant proposals even
   when those individuals contribute nothing to the research effort. Some
   journal editors coerce authors to add citations that are not pertinent to
   their work & some authors pad their reference lists with superfluous
   citations. ... Even though the majority of scholars disapprove of such
   tactics, many feel pressured to make such additions while others suggest
   that it is just the way the game is played. ..."
   -- [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187394]['17].
   [Also search for: publish perish]  and  [also search for: citation abuse].

%A M. Enserink
%T Swedish plastics study fabricated, panel finds
%J Science
%V 358
%N 6369
%P 1367
%M DEC
%D 2017
%K news, c2017, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, science, scientific, university, academic,
   research, fraud, misconduct, plastic, pollution, Uppsala, Lonnstedt, Eklov
%X "On 7 Dec., Uppsala U. in Sweden released a long-awaited report by
   its Board for Investigation of Misconduct in Research, which investigated a
   high-profile paper about the effects of microplastics on fish, published in
   Science in June 2016. The panel found that the paper's first author, Oona
   Lonnstedt, committed misconduct by fabricating data in the paper; her lone
   co-author and supervisor, Peter Eklov, bears responsibility for the
   fabrication as well ..."
   -- [doi: 10.1126/science.358.6369.1367]['17].

%A I. Stengers
%A S. Mucke (transl.)
%T Another Science is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science
%I Polity
%P 220
%D 2018 ?
%K book, text. c2018, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, science, scientific research,
   politics, policy
%X 1st ed 2018?; us$65; uk us isbn:1509521801; uk us isbn13:978-1509521807.
   "Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good,
   and it clogs up the system. ...  researchers should stop seeing themselves as
   the 'thinking, rational brain of humanity' and refuse to allow their
   expertise to be used to shut down the concerns of the public, or to spread
   the belief that scientific progress is inevitable and will resolve all of
   society's problems. Rather, science must engage openly and honestly with an
   intelligent public and be clear about the kind of knowledge it is capable of
   producing. ..."

%A A. Ananthaswamy
%T Purifying Physics: The Quest to Explain Why the "Quantum" Exists
%J FQXI
%M FEB
%D 2015
%K views, TR, physics, c2015, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, quantum theory, Chiribella,
   D'Ariano, dAriano, Perinotti, pure, mixed, purification principle,
   space time, arrow, irreversible, reversible
%X "... In 2010, Chiribella, D'Ariano and Perinotti identified a more
   commonplace set of alternative postulates [for Q.theory] from which all other
   physical properties - both classical and quantum - could be derived
   (Phys. Rev. A 84, 012311 (2011)). ... should be easy to grasp. For instance,
   their first postulate pertains to causality and says that the outcome of an
   experiment should not depend on operations made after the experiment has been
   completed ... Their five axioms are valid both for classical and q.systems.
   It is the sixth postulate, dubbed 'the purification principle,' which lies at
   the heart of the team's alternative take on q.theory. It marks out why
   particles behave so differently at the subatomic level compared with objects
   we see around us. ... [if] two entangled particles are taken together, they
   are said to be in a pure state - that means that you know all there is to
   know about the system. But if you study the evolution of any one of the
   entangled pair in isolation, you are said to be dealing with a particle in a
   mixed state; you'd never know all there is to know about that one particle
   until you include information about its partner. ..."
   -- 199@[fqxi]['17]
   (& [www]['17]).

%A J. Sieka
%T J2C
%D 2015
%K java, C++, J2C, j2c, c2015, c201x, c20xx, zz1217, Jacek Sieka, arnetheduck,
   programming language, convertor, converter, translate, convert, translator,
   CplusPlus, cc
%X "J2C will convert Java code into hopefully compilable C++(11) code.  It
   works on source level, translating Java source code constructs into their
   rough equivalents in C++ . The output will be reasonably valid C++ code that
   looks a lot like its Java counterpart & hopefully works mostly the same ..."
   -- j2c@[bitbucket]['17].
     ((Also see another "Java to C++ Converter"
       -- [tangiblesoftwaresolutions]['17], and
       "Java and C++ Equivalents"
       -- [www]['17].
       And a stackoverflow discussion
       -- [www]['17].))