By then Windows 2000, which embeds most major cryptographic algorithms and protocols, may hit critical mass.
The intrigue within the intrigue is whether the fairest and most accurate method is to just use numbers, mathematical formulas and algorithms.
Computers armed with sophisticated algorithms and filters are doing most of the work, but they do still pass human eyes.
The high-value targets in big data are invariably human: highly adaptive adversaries such as terrorists and cybercriminals whose ingenuity frustrates even the most advanced algorithms.
Facebook (a company Scoble praises for its technical acuity) has worked hard to create algorithms that show you the most important and relevant information.
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It is surprising, however, that the rogue program in this case belonged to Knight Capital, one of the most adept and experienced hands in this new world of algorithms that grapple for control of our money.
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Much of the talk in the digital marketing industry today is about how search engines like Google are continually updating their algorithms to provide the most relevant search results and content possible.
But in the absence of actual evidence to that effect, my bias is that cancer is too individualized and too complex a process to believe that even the most sophisticated algorithms can provide a technologically-accelerated shortcut to optimal cancer care.
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Using text-mining algorithms, researchers culled more than 10, 000 mentions and summarized the most relevant comments.
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In December, when it becomes a stand-alone company, AOL will begin to tap a new digital-newsroom system that uses a series of algorithms to predict the types of stories, videos and photos that will be most popular with consumers and marketers.
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