Aligned with the The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European promotion of privacy encompasses the protection of individual's data from both state and commercial entities. Whereas personal data is strictly protected both in the EU and in China from commercial entities, the state retains full access in China. Shocking to Europeans, this practice is readily accepted by Chinese citizens, accustomed to living in a protected society and have consistently shown the highest trust in their government. Chinese parents routinely have access to their children's personal information to provide guidance and protection. This difference goes back to the Confucian tradition of trusting and respecting the heads of state and family.

This Web page is aimed at shedding some light on the perennial R-vs.-Python debates in the Data Science community. As a professional computer scientist and statistician, I hope to shed some useful light on the topic. I have potential bias -- I've written 4 R-related books, and currently serve as Editor-in-Chief of the R Journal -- but I hope this analysis will be considered fair and helpful. This is subjective, of course, but having written (and taught) in many different programming languages, I really appreciate Python's greatly reduced use of parentheses and braces: This is of particular interest to me, as an educator. I've taught a number of subjects -- math, stat, CS and even English As a Second Language -- and have given intense thought to the learning process for many, many years.

The United States enjoys a long track record of dominating conventional military operations, driven in large part by our technological superiority -- the nation's ability to develop new capabilities and rapidly integrate them into military operations. However, continued dominance is not assured. Whereas in the past the military funded most major technology breakthroughs and thus could prevent potential adversaries' access, today commercial entities lead the development of cutting-edge technology, providing rivals with the opportunity to obtain and rapidly operationalize advanced capabilities, weakening America's traditional advantages. To protect the U.S. military's technological edge, government, industry and academia must work together to develop and operationalize artificial intelligence, the technology most likely to drive outcomes on future battlefields. The 2018 National Defense Strategy places a strong focus on AI as an emerging technology that will change society and ultimately the character of war.

The United States enjoys a long track record of dominating conventional military operations, driven in large part by our technological superiority -- the nation's ability to develop new capabilities and rapidly integrate them into military operations. However, continued dominance is not assured. Whereas in the past the military funded most major technology breakthroughs and thus could prevent potential adversaries' access, today commercial entities lead the development of cutting-edge technology, providing rivals with the opportunity to obtain and rapidly operationalize advanced capabilities, weakening America's traditional advantages. To protect the U.S. military's technological edge, government, industry and academia must work together to develop and operationalize artificial intelligence, the technology most likely to drive outcomes on future battlefields. The 2018 National Defense Strategy places a strong focus on AI as an emerging technology that will change society and ultimately the character of war.