Question and Answer: An Anniversary Interview with Jane Gitschier

Question and Answer: An Anniversary Interview with Jane Gitschier

Important interviews sometimes become iconic—think of Frost interviewing Nixon. More rarely, the interviewers themselves become ingrained in the cultural landscape—think of Mike Wallace from 60 Minutes or Terry Gross from NPR. Here at PLoS Genetics, Jane Gitschier (Image 1) has been conducting published interviews for five years, and her voice has become part and parcel with the journal. To mar...

The Language of Genetics In the Interviews of Jane Gitschier

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" The question that concludes Mary Oliver's poem, The Summer Day, reminds us not only of a poet inspired by her observations of the natural world but also of Jane Gitschier, a scientist, author, musician, and mother whose relationship with and observations of those around her have contributed so much to our community. This...

Important Question with Answer

Q1. What do you mean by computer graphics? Ans. The branch of science and technology concerned with methods and techniques for converting data to or from visual presentation using computers. Q3.What do you mean by interactive computer Graphics? Ans. Interactive computer Graphics like a website, it is only useful if it is browsed by a visitor and no two visitors are exactly alike. It means the w...

Efficient Question Answering with Question Decomposition and Multiple Answer Streams

The German question answering (QA) system IRSAW (formerly: InSicht) participated in QA@CLEF for the fifth time. IRSAW was introduced in 2007 by integrating the deep answer producer InSicht, several shallow answer producers, and a logical validator. InSicht builds on a deep QA approach: it transforms documents to semantic representations using a parser, draws inferences on semantic representatio...

A Question and Answer Session on the Meaning of Being Human , with Dr. Gholamreza Aavani