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A finest partitioning algorithm for attribute grammars

The attribute dependence graph of a syntax tree may be partitioned into disjoint regions. Attribute instances in di€erent regions are independent of one other. The advantages of partitioning the attribute dependence graph include simplifying the attribute grammar conceptually and allowing the possibility of parallel evaluation. We present a static partitioning algorithm for attribute grammars. ...

Learning to Hire Teams

Crowdsourcing and human computation are being employed in sophisticated projects that require the solution of a heterogeneous set of tasks. We explore the challenge of composing or hiring an effective team from an available pool of applicants for performing tasks required for such projects on an ongoing basis. How can one optimally spend budget to learn the expertise of workers as part of recru...

Yeast : World ’ s Finest Chef

Hire for attitude, train for skill.

Hilton, Jose Colmenares surveys a group of 13 women and 3 men and wonders which — if any — have the “right stuff” to become flight attendants with Southwest Airlines. Colmenares is not looking for a fixed set of skills or experiences. He’s searching for something far more elusive and much more important — the perfect blend of energy, humor, team spirit, and selfconfidence to match Southwest’s f...

Top papers of 2011: recognizing our finest.

Y ou can tweet all day, but it is hard to distinguish the finest tweets among the noise. After all, there are about 50 million tweets in a single day at Twitter. Coincidentally, that just happens to be the total number of journal articles published in the world since 1665 when Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was started So which was the best paper ever written? 50 million is far...