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Most of these should be available upon request at the Computer Science Club office to be burnt to CD or DVD should you so choose. |
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<mediaitem title="Spam Filters: Do they work and Can you prove it"> |
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<p> Do spam filters work? Which is the best one? How might filters be |
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improved? Without standards, one must depend on unreliable evidence, |
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such as subjective impressions, testimonials, incomparable and |
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unrepeatable measurements, and vendor claims for the answers to these |
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questions.</p> |
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You might think that your spam filter works well and couldn't be |
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improved. Are you sure? You may think that the risk of losing |
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important mail outweighs the benefit of using a filter. Could you |
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convince someone who holds the other opinion? If I told you that my |
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filter was 99-percent accurate, would you believe me? Would you know |
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what I meant? Would you be able to translate that 99-percent into |
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the risk of losing an important message?</p> |
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Gord Cormack talk about the science, logistics, and politics of Spam Filter Evaluation. |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam-xvid.avi" type="XviD" size="473M" /> |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.avi" type="DiVX" size="473M" /> |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.mpg" type="MPG" size="472M" /> |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.ogg" type="OGG/Theora" size="481M" /> |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.rm" type="Real Media" size="471M" /> |
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<mediafile file="cormack-spam.wmv" type="Windows Media" size="476M" /> |
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<p> Simon Law leads the Quality teams for Ubuntu, a free-software operating system built on Debian GNU/Linux. As such, he leads |
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