Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, writer, archivist, political organizer, and Internet activist. Swartz co-authored the "RSS 1.0" specification of RSS, and built the Web site framework web.py and the architecture for the Open Library.
Swartz also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism. In 2010 he was a member of the Harvard University Center for Ethics. He cofounded the online group Demand Progress (which recently voiced its support for Richard O'Dwyer) and later worked with US and international activist groups Rootstrikers and Avaaz.
Teaching Computers to Hear Emotions
New research can detect five different emotions with 81 percent accuracy
IBM’s Watson Goes to Med School
This AI program mastered “Jeopardy!” Next up, oncology
Harvard’s Alternative to Google Books
Universities launch a digital public library
Computers: It's Time to Start Over
Computer scientist Robert Watson, putting security first, wants to design with a “clean slate”
Putting Quantum Computers to the Test
Quantum boson sampling machine could show whether future quantum devices will really be faster
