I’ve always (not really \ud83d\ude42 ) dreamed of being in Physics Today (and not in the obituary section!), but I never imagined that when it happened I would be called a computer scientist! From Physics Today, Aprill 2007 edition, in the web watch box (sorry subscribers only!):<\/p>\n
\nScirate<\/b>
\nDave Bacon, a computer scientist at the University of Washington, has devised a way to filter the torrent of preprints from arXiv and other servers. His experimental website, Scirate, works like flickr and other social websites. Individual users rank the preprints they come across. Scirate then gathers those rankings and lists the preprints according to their popularity.
\nhttp:\/\/scirate.com\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My apologies to all you real computer scientists for whom calling me a computer scientist is very much quite an insult! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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