Baum’s private thoughts

Measuring anonymity: a few thoughts and a differentially private bound

Measuring the quality of protection offered by security mechanisms, including anonymous channels, is of paramount importance. It allows architects to compare designs, and reliably improve them. It also allows them to understand the impact improvements in other aspects of a design, for reliability, performance or usability, may have on the overall security of systems. In the absence of security ...

Bewertung des UB-Baums unter Berücksichtigung der Sortierung

The Public Thoughts Of A Private Foundation Leader: A Conversation With Alvin Tarlov

Diagrams about Thoughts about Thoughts about Diagrams

The study of diagrammatic reasoning often focuses on computational models of diagram use rather than on studies of human performance. This paper considers diagrams as a notational system that can be used and studied in an experimental context. It presents a review of the experimental psychology literature rather than a complete theoretical framework, and is intended as an introduction to the fi...

Parting Thoughts

It has been said that there is no stronger urge than the urge to edit someone else's writing. Upon my retirement from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and concurrently from my position as co-editor-in-chief of Environmental Health Perspectives, I find that perhaps the stronger urge is not to edit but rather to editorialize. Therefore, I would like to provide some...