# Academic Published articles for Academic. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## New site for my John Snow Cholera Map data DevFeed: [New site for my John Snow Cholera Map data]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-09-10T12:13:16Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [data](), [GeoJSON](), [CSV](), [Website]() Tags: [academic](), [blog](), [csv](), [data](), [formats](), [gis](), [map](), [website]() ### AI overview The author announces a new website hosting digitized data from John Snow's cholera map. The site provides downloads in GeoPackage, GeoJSON, Shapefile, and CSV formats, and older blog posts now redirect to it. ### Source excerpt I've finally crossed something off my todo list, after putting it off for years. I've created a new site to host the data from John Snow's cholera map that I digitised back in 2012. Previously the data was only available from posts on this blog (specifically this original post and a follow-up), and it wasn't [...] ## From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment DevFeed: [From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab Published: 2026-09-02T20:25:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [ibm](), [Reinforcement learning](), [Computing](), [LLMs]() Tags: [academic](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [algorithms](), [alumni-ae](), [aram-harrow](), [artificial-intelligence](), [atari-games](), [careers](), [collaboration](), [computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [computing](), [data](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [fair-ai](), [graduate-postdoctoral](), [graduate-students](), [ibm](), [industry](), [irene-ko](), [isaac-chuang](), [language-models](), [learning](), [luca-daniel](), [machine-learning](), [mit-ibm-computing-research-lab](), [mit-ibm-watson-ai-lab](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [pulkit-agrawal](), [quantum-computing](), [quantum-machine-learning](), [research](), [school-of-engineering](), [srinivasan-arunachalam](), [trustworthy-ai](), [vllm-hook](), [zhang-wei-hong]() ### AI overview MIT graduate students and a former postdoc who moved to IBM describe how work with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab helped translate rigorous research into industry applications. Their areas include quantum machine learning, reinforcement learning, AI agents, and trustworthy and fair AI. ### Source excerpt MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems. ## Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate DevFeed: [Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Denise Brehm | MIT Center for Real Estate | Department of Urban Studies and Planning Published: 2026-09-01T21:25:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Finance]() Tags: [academic](), [ai-and-real-estate](), [architecture](), [artificial-intelligence](), [center-for-real-estate](), [civil-and-environmental-engineering](), [education-teaching-academics](), [executive](), [faculty](), [hashim-sarkis](), [leadership](), [machine-learning](), [master-of-science-in-real-estate-development-program-msred](), [media-lab](), [mit-center-for-real-estate](), [mit-cre](), [mit-dusp](), [mit-leadership](), [mit-sloan-school-of-management](), [operations](), [pandemic-effect-on-real-estate](), [program](), [real-estate](), [residential-real-estate](), [school-of-architecture-and-planning](), [school-of-engineering](), [siqi-zheng](), [urban-studies-and-planning](), [walter-torous]() ### AI overview Walter Torous, a senior lecturer at MIT and director of the Master of Science in Real Estate Development Program, became executive director of the MIT Center for Real Estate effective July 1, 2026. He will oversee the center's teaching, consortium activities, fundraising, events, staff, budget, and strategic direction. ### Source excerpt The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center's activities and operations. ## Some recent, and not so recent, talks and activities DevFeed: [Some recent, and not so recent, talks and activities]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-08-22T15:51:12Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [geospatial](), [Database](), [Web](), [Cloud]() Tags: [2025](), [academic](), [cloud](), [computing](), [conference](), [geospatial](), [gis](), [programming](), [python](), [qgis](), [remote-sensing](), [server](), [talks](), [uk]() ### AI overview A personal account of recent and past talks and activities, including an accepted FOSS4G UK 2026 talk and a recap of a FOSS4G UK 2025 workshop on generating live vector tiles from PostGIS with pg_tileserv. ### Source excerpt There has been a long gap between posts (again!), and a lot of the stuff that I'm going to talk about in this post is fairly old too. Oh well, life keeps getting in the way of blogging. Anyway, I've recently submitted a talk for the FOSS4G UK 2026 conference in Leeds in October, and [...] ## How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing DevFeed: [How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Emma Foehringer Merchant | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Published: 2026-07-29T14:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [data](), [Database](), [datasets]() Tags: [academic](), [artificial-intelligence](), [data](), [database](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [global-data-sharing](), [harvard-mit-health-sciences-and-technology](), [harvard-mit-health-sciences-and-technology-hst](), [health](), [health-care](), [health-data-nexus](), [health-sciences-and-technology](), [history](), [history-of-mit](), [history-of-science](), [history-of-science-and-technology](), [information-systems](), [institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes](), [internet](), [medical-data-sharing](), [medicine](), [mimic-medical-information-marked-for-intensive-care](), [mit-imes](), [mit-rle](), [physionet](), [repositories](), [research](), [research-laboratory-of-electronics](), [school-of-engineering](), [science](), [thomas-heldt](), [tom-pollard]() ### AI overview An MIT-developed collection of digitized electrocardiogram recordings became the foundation of PhysioNet, a global repository for biomedical and clinical data. The platform now hosts hundreds of databases and supports research users worldwide. ### Source excerpt The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence. ## How to bypass SSL for PROJ reprojection DevFeed: [How to bypass SSL for PROJ reprojection]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-03-23T16:23:36Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [Geographic Information System](), [Security](), [SSL](), [import](), [Linux](), [osx](), [Windows]() Tags: [academic](), [command](), [computing](), [gis](), [how-to](), [import](), [linux](), [osx](), [remote-sensing](), [security](), [ssl](), [windows]() ### AI overview This tutorial explains how to temporarily disable SSL verification for PROJ during coordinate reprojection when self-signed or misconfigured certificates cause downloads of conversion data to fail. It notes the security trade-off and points to setting a PROJ environment variable. ### Source excerpt A friend was using GDAL's ogr2ogr command to import some data to PostGIS recently, and as part of the import they were doing a reprojection of the data. They got the following error: PROJ: Cannot open https://cdn.proj.org/uk_os_OSTN15_NTv2_OSGBtoETRS.tif: schannel: the certificate or certificate chain is based on an untrusted root They've had various SSL errors on [...] ## Pharmacy late-night opening hours analysis featured in the Financial Times DevFeed: [Pharmacy late-night opening hours analysis featured in the Financial Times]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-02-04T14:10:37Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [Data analysis](), [geospatial](), [Geographic Information System](), [Python](), [pandas]() Tags: [academic](), [analysis](), [article](), [data](), [data-analysis](), [geospatial](), [gis](), [pandas](), [python]() ### AI overview The article describes an analysis of NHS data on community pharmacy opening hours in England. It reports that the number of pharmacies open past 9pm on weekdays fell by approximately 95% between 2022 and 2025, leaving large areas without late-night pharmacy access. The analysis used Python, pandas, geospatial tools and mapping libraries, and was featured in the Financial Times. ### Source excerpt Some data analysis I've done has been featured in the Financial Times today - see this article (the link may not work any more unless you have a FT subscription - sorry). The brief story is that I had terrible back pain over Christmas, and spoke to an out-of-hours GP on the phone who prescribed [...] ## Academic Chat with Murat and Aleksey: 5 Cs of the Invisible Curriculum. DevFeed: [Academic Chat with Murat and Aleksey: 5 Cs of the Invisible Curriculum.]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Aleksey Charapko Published: 2025-10-10T22:31:34Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Aleksey Charapko]() Topics: [abstraction](), [Continuation]() Tags: [academic](), [collective](), [craft](), [curiosity](), [discussion](), [other-thoughts](), [research]() ### AI overview A discussion about the skills and qualities needed for PhD research, framed around the five Cs: Curiosity, Clarity, Craft, Community, and Courage. It especially considers research taste, levels of abstraction, curiosity, stopping points, and the influence of academic communities. ### Source excerpt Instead of reading papers, last night, Murat and I engaged in an interesting discussion on skills, traits, and qualities needed for a PhD. This discussion came as a follow-up to Murat's recent blog on "The Invisible Curriculum of Research." In his blog, Murat discusses "Curiosity, Clarity, Craft, Community, and Courage" as skills/qualities of a good [...] ## How an Independent Researcher Got the SkewDB Paper Published DevFeed: [How an Independent Researcher Got the SkewDB Paper Published]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2022-01-25T12:50:28Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Database](), [data-processing]() Tags: [academic](), [advice](), [blog](), [dna](), [paper](), [publication](), [research]() ### AI overview An independent researcher describes how a series of blog posts led to the acceptance of the SkewDB paper by Nature Scientific Data. The article shares practical advice on journal selection, preprints, public data and software, reproducibility, manuscript preparation, and reviewer responses. ### Source excerpt And we're back! As noted in part 1 and part 2 I thought it might be possible that I had discovered something interesting in biology. Lacking an academic peer group, I had decided to use a series of blog posts to gather feedback and to keep myself honest. I'm very pleased to report that this process worked! I just received word that Nature Scientific Data has formally accepted my paper "SkewDB, a comprehensive database of GC and 10 other skews for over 30,000 chromosomes and plasmids" for publication! ## Mitigating Social Bias in Knowledge Graphs DevFeed: [Mitigating Social Bias in Knowledge Graphs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Published: 2020-12-04T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog]() Topics: [Graphs](), [Embeddings](), [amazon]() Tags: [academic](), [amazon](), [bias](), [embeddings](), [graph](), [graphs](), [knowledge-graph](), [knowledge-graphs](), [paper]() ### AI overview The article discusses an Amazon team's paper on mitigating social bias in knowledge graph embeddings. It views the approaches as a useful starting point while noting that they are not panaceas. ### Source excerpt Something to consider ## Threat Model Thursday: Data Flow Diagrams DevFeed: [Threat Model Thursday: Data Flow Diagrams]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Published: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog]() Topics: [Security](), [trust](), [Architecture & Design](), [data]() Tags: [academic](), [diagram](), [paper](), [security](), [software-engineering](), [trust]() ### AI overview The article discusses an academic paper on whether data flow diagrams are sufficient for security threat modeling. It reviews the paper's treatment of diagram strengths, weaknesses, effort tradeoffs, and three meanings of a trust boundary, then proposes a fourth meaning: separation of principals by a controlling mechanism. ### Source excerpt This week's threat model Thursday looks at an academic paper, Security Threat Modeling: Are Data Flow Diagrams Enough? by Laurens Sion and colleagues. ## Career and Tenure Advice Through the Experience of Raising a Child with a Rare Genetic Disease DevFeed: [Career and Tenure Advice Through the Experience of Raising a Child with a Rare Genetic Disease]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-08-18T16:33:03Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Matt Might]() Topics: [Computer science]() Tags: [academic](), [advice](), [career](), [computer](), [howto]() ### AI overview The article discusses academic tenure and career advice through the author's experience as a computer science professor raising a child who was diagnosed with NGLY1 deficiency. It describes how the family helped identify the rare genetic disease, found other patients online, and became involved in biological and medical research. ### Source excerpt Even before I got tenure, folks have told me they're "looking forward to an academic advice post on tenure." From how to get a Ph.D. to monthly resolutions for grad students, I've found it easy to write academic posts on just about every topic. Except this one. I got tenure over a year ago, yet every time I tried to sum up my views on tenure, I froze. Every path to tenure is inherently unique and non-repeatable. How could I possibly provide general advice? Plus, I wouldn't wish an exact repeat of the last seven years of my life on even Reviewer Number 3 - for reasons that will soon be obvious. And then, while walking to work in Boston on a recent summer morning, a question on Quora gut-punched me without warning: How can I minimize my chances of having a disabled child? I don't want an autistic or Downs child, for example. I am planning on having a strong career in computer science or medicine, and I want to marry someone who is doing the same and have kids some day, but I'm terrified that they'll be severely disabled, and my wife won't agree to abort the fetus. I (maybe naively) believe in love, so I wouldn't necessarily be able to leave my wife if I truly loved her and she refused to abort. Note that this is purely hypothetical. I am only 16 years old at the moment, but I have thought about this a lot. This question burrowed deep into my consciousness, a parasite sapping my ability to think about anything else. When I got to my office, the raw response below ejected out of my brain through my fingertips. And, in the course of answering, I ended up giving general advice on tenure. I've distilled specific thoughts on my experience with tenure below as well. Click here to read the rest of the article ## The depth and breadth of Python DevFeed: [The depth and breadth of Python]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Guido van Rossum (noreply@blogger.com) Published: 2011-06-03T16:17:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Guido van Rossum]() Topics: [Python](), [Algorithms](), [Computer science]() Tags: [academic](), [algorithms](), [personal](), [programming-languages](), [python](), [technology]() ### AI overview A personal account of conversations with Python users, emphasizing the language's range from academic algorithm research to practical translation of formal specifications. The article also recounts an anecdote about the origins of Python's indentation-based code blocks. ### Source excerpt As of late I'm noticing a trend: I'm spending more time having in-person in-depth conversations, and less time coding. While I regret the latter, I really enjoy the former. Certainly more than weekly meetings, code reviews, or bikeshedding email threads. (I'm not all that excited about blogging either, as you may have guessed; but some things just don't fit in 140 characters.) Two conversations with visitors I particularly enjoyed this week were both with very happy Python users, and yet they couldn't be more different. This to me is a confirmation of Python's enduring depth and breadth: it is as far away of a one-trick language as you can imagine. My first visitor was Annie Liu, a professor of computer science (with a tendency to theory :-) at Stony Brook University in New York State. During an animated conversation that lasted nearly three hours (and still she had more to say :-) she explained to me the gist of her research, which appears to be writing small Python programs that implement fundamental algorithms using set comprehensions, and then optimizing the heck out of it using an automated approach she summarized as the three I's: Iterate, incrementalize, and implement. While her academic colleagues laugh at her for her choice of such a non-theoretical language like Python, her students love it, and she seems to be having the last laugh, obtaining publication-worthy results that don't require advanced LaTeX skills, nor writing in a dead language like SETL (of which she is also a great fan, and which, via ABC, had some influence on Python -- see also below). Annie told me an amusing anecdote about an inscrutable security standard produced by NiST a decade ago, with a fifty-page specification written in Z. She took a 12-page portion of it and translated it into a 120-line Python program, which was much more readable than the original, and in the process she uncovered some bugs in the spec! Another anecdote she recounted had reached me before, but somehow I had f