Evolving the consenting process: Step 2 – Raising standards

GeneMarkS-2: Raising Standards of Accuracy in Gene Recognition

Motivation: Ab initio gene prediction in prokaryotic genomes is supposed to be so accurate that RNASeq data are rarely produced to bring in an additional layer of evidence. In 2016 more than 60,000 prokaryotic genomes were re-annotated by the NCBI pipeline. Given the sheer volume of prokaryotic DNA data flowing from next generation sequencing facilities into genome databases, the annotation acc...

Raising the Standards of AI Products

We propose a mechanism for the promotion of high-standards in commercial Artificial Intelligence products, namely an association of companies which would regulate their own membership using a code of practice and the precedents set by previous cases. Membership would provide some assurance of quality. We argue the benefits of such a mechanism, and discuss some of the details including the propo...

The Internet Standards Process - Revision 2

Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Notice This informational memo presents the current procedures for creating and documenting Internet Standards. This document is provisional, pending legal review and concurrence of the Internet Society Trustees. It i...

Raising standards in reading: Achieving children's targets

Raising the Standards: ICT and the Teacher of the Future

The last five years in Australia have seen the intensification of activity around teacher standards. There have been a number of initiatives at the national level, including the development of standards for accomplished teachers of Mathematics, Science and English. A number of state education systems have also undertaken work in this area—for example in Western Australia (EDWA 2001) and Queensl...