Press coverage

Articles and interviews

Several of my research projects have been the subject of the popular press. This page provides links to the materials that are still available on the web.

1. Analyzing weblog stories

The Economist, March 11, 2010. Analysing the web: Blog mining: Scouring blogs for useful information. Article written by Matt Kaplan.

CanWest Canadian News Service, March 22-23, 2010. "Mundane" blogs could help train artificial intelligence computers: researcher. The Montreal Gazette, The Vancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen, Regina Leader-Post, Winnipeg Free Press, Kelowna.com. Article written by Shannon Proudfoot.

2. UrbanSim

Foreign Policy, September 29, 2011. Confessions of an Xbox general: Can a computer game teach the Army how to defeat the Taliban? Article written by Michael Peck.

The Atlantic Magazine, January/February 2010. SimCity Baghdad: A new computer game lets army officers practice counterinsurgency off the battlefield. Article written by Brian Mockenhaupt, Graphic by Nana Rausch.

American Forces Press Service, March 5, 2010. Computer Game Trains 'Art of Battle Command'. Article by Christen N. McCluney.

Armed With Science, March 7, 2010. Computer Game Trains 'Art of Battle Command'. Interview by John Ohab. (transcript). Number 8 of the top 10 most downloaded Armed With Science podcasts of 2010.

United States Army Homepage (www.army.mil), April 7, 2010. Gaming technologies improve Soldier readiness. Article by Kris Osborn.