#research
2024
blog Unpacking OpenAlex topics classification.
Sep 2024
In this post I have taken a closer look at the classification of scientific disciplines in OpenAlex, a recently developed database of scientific works. The topics classification has been entirely generated computationally using a mix of citation clustering techniques and LLM-based labeling. The results, although not always so precise, are definitely worth exploring further.
2023
blog Paperpile: a PDF manager with Google Drive backend.
Jan 2023
Paperpile is an online PDF manager that stores your personal data in your Google Drive folder.
2015
blog Notes from the Force11 annual conference.
Jan 2015
I attended the https://www.force11.org/ conference in Oxford the last couple of days (the conference was previously called 'Beyond the PDF').
2011
blog Working toward meritocracy in Italy.
Jan 2011
It's no news that thousands of italian researchers left their home-country in order to be able to carry on doing what they like; the news though is that now we're got also a scientific study shedding some light on the phenomena. It's been done by the Via Academy, an association dedicated to the creation of statistical analyses of the research outputs of italians (which are published on the TIS reports website).
2009
blog Social Reference Manager: Mendeley.
Aug 2009
A colleague mentioned the existence of Mendeley to me - a new and free reference manager. I've stuck with Papers for a while and was really really happy with it, but I have to admit that Mendeley seems to have quite a few cool features there.
2008
blog How semantic is the semantic web?.
Jan 2008
Just read this article thanks to a colleague: I share pretty much everything it says about the SW, so I though it wouldn't be too bad to pass it on to the next reader. Basically, it is about some very fundamental issues: what do we mean by semantics? Does a computer have semantics? If not, what's the point of the name 'Semantic Web'? I think that it's quite un-controversial the fact that the choice of the name 'semantic' web is controversial.
2007
blog Article: 'The Semantic Web: The Origins of Artificial Intelligence Redux'.
Jun 2007
A very interesting article from Harry Halpin, whose work lies at the borderline between history of science (of computer science especially, I gather) and (Semantic) Web. I think it should be a must-read for all SW practitioners, so to understand where we (yes - I'm part of them..) stand in relation to the past...
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