October 25, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. The 2013 gubernatorial...

October 25, 2013

Watson on Jeopardy! And IBM's Decision to Put Him There

Of course one of the most prominent examples of congitive computing is Watson’s famous victory on Jeopardy!. Below is a video produced by Engadget that documents Watson’s appearance with Ken Jennings, Alex Trebek, et al. And below that is an...

October 24, 2013

South Asian Studies Titles on Sale!

From Bollywood and Buddhism to Bonded Labor and the Bomb, we are offering a wide range of titles in South Asian religion, politics, and culture during our special sale. Use the coupon code SASIA and save 30% on dozens of...

October 24, 2013

Steve Hamm on Smart Machines and the Era of Cognitive Computing

Yesterday we heard from John E. Kelly III in a lengthy conversation about his experience as a researcher at IBM and his take on the history of computing as well as his vision of its future. Today we hear from...

October 23, 2013

Sera Young, author of Craving Earth, wins 2013 Margaret Mead Award

Columbia University Press is pleased to announce that Sera Young, a research scientist in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, is the recipient of the prestigious Margaret Mead award for her book, Craving Earth: Understanding Pica–the Urge to...

October 23, 2013

Video: John Kelly Discusses Cognitive Computing and Watson at the Computer History Museum

John Kelly III, co-author of Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing, discusses IBM’s Watson and cognitive computing as well as other topics ranging from his background and the path that led him to IBM and the...

October 22, 2013

Interview with Steve Hamm, coauthor of Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing

In the following interview, Steve Hamm coauthor of Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing, discusses cognitive computing and how it is changing the work and research being done at IBM and elsewhere: Q: What is the...

October 22, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Catch a Wave, Smuggle Pot, Go to the Movies, Read a Magazine

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter; With a Foreword by David Farber Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New...

October 18, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. In case you...

October 18, 2013

Lynne Huffer's Open Letter to Sheryl Sandberg on her Advice to Working Women

In an essay for Al Jazeera , Lynne Huffer, author of Are the Lips a Grave writes an open letter to Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook corporation. Huffer considers the suggestions to rise up the corporate ladder from Sandberg’s new...

October 17, 2013

Huffer: The New Normal Not Good Enough

This week our featured book is Are the Lips a Grave? by Lynne Huffer. This whole week, we will share interesting articles related to the book and its author, Lynne Huffer. In a piece for the Huffington Post, Huffer writes...

October 17, 2013

Lynne Huffer on a Queer Feminist Ethics of Eros from "Are the Lips a Grave?"

This week our featured book is Are the Lips a Grave? by Lynne Huffer. In the following excerpt from the book, Huffer delves into the associations between sexuality and morality and the perspectives of queers and feminists on the ethics...