Quality measures in classification algorithms

Accuracy and coverage are two of the most commonly used measures to evaluate the performance of a classification algorithm. Both measure how well behaved the algorithm, but from a different point of view. In this post we will give an

Microsoft, how old am I?

A few days ago the most important conference of Microsoft developers ended, // Build. They explained the latest advances in technologies  and  the company’s vision. It was also showed apublic a tool for a demo in which they could detect faces

Surviving in the console (Part I)

Normally computer users cannot live without using a mouse because graphical interfaces that exist today force us to use it in 90% of the cases. For those who are like me that even programm in vim (which we tuned to look like a

Torifying all the computer

It is often necessary to connect to the Tor network for multiple reasons. Mainly for anonymity, but some others are due to the possibility of using different IP addresses easily. In recent experiments I have needed a huge amount of data from certain

The marketing behind zero-day vulnerabilities

In recent times, the landscape of zero-day vulnerabilities has been modified by a curious phenomenon, the marketing. And I am not referring to the technique used by hackers and security researchers to sell them, but to the system used for

A smartphone behind the peephole

Our phones know where we walk, which are our friends, when do we go shopping, etc. The worst part, is that they don’t do it just for knowledge, they do it with one goal in mind, money. And who do you think that gives