Exposing both minefields

Detecting Mines in Minefields With Linear Characteristics

We consider the problem of detecting minefields using aerial images. A first stage of image processing has reduced the image to a set of points, each one representing a possible mine. Our task is to decide which ones are actual mines. We assume that the minefield consists of approximately parallel rows of mines laid out according to a probability distribution that encourages evenly spaced, line...

Navigating the Minefields of Medicine and Journalism.

Despitehermanyprofessionalaccomplishments,NancySnyderman,MD— head and neck surgeon, network medical correspondent for nearly 25 years— might best be remembered for the take-out soup incident of 2014. Snyderman was caught violating her self-imposed21-dayquarantineafter returning from reporting on theEbola epidemic in Liberia for NBC News in October. She was spied waiting in a car while a compani...

Negotiating the Minefields of Corporate Vote-Buying

Corporate vote-buying has received significant attention in the last decade, in several legal cases that illustrate the fine line between legitimate use of vote harnessing as a useful corporate strategic tool on one hand, and its negative connotations as a potential instrument of fraud that attempts to disfranchise shareholders on the other hand. After a brief outline of the legal history of co...

Linked Data – Exposing Uncertainty

Malicious cryptography - exposing cryptovirology