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Software becomes Humanware

Software becomes Humanware

Image created by the Author using Midjourney The term "software" was coined by American statistician John Wilder Tukey in a 1958 article titled "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics." The introduction of this term helped distinguish the intangible aspects of...

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Constant and Constant Changes

Constant and Constant Changes

We live in a world of constant changes This piece was originally written by Isaac Shi on January 15, 2013 More than 3000 years ago near the Yellow River basin, early Chinese language was invented.  It was called Jia Gu Wen (means “shell bone writing”) because it was...

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From It to Bit

From It to Bit

Legendary quantum theorist John Wheeler coined the phrase “It from Bit”, arguing that our perception of the physical world (the “It") and the mathematical information of the world (the “Bit”) are intimately related. Without being overly metaphysical, we also believe...

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The Tower of London and Cybersecurity

The Tower of London and Cybersecurity

As I marveled at the thousand year old castle’s sturdy walls and impressive moat, I couldn’t help but notice how similar the castle’s fortifications were to our own robust cyber security efforts. Last year I visited our office in Aberdeen, during the trip I made a...

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