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A Fictional Compression Metric Moves Into the Real World

Posted by Unknown on from the best-thing-since-sliced-scatterplots dept.

Tekla Perry (3034735) writes The 'Weissman Score' — created for HBO's "Silicon Valley" to add dramatic flair to the show's race to build the best compression algorithm — creates a single score by considering both the compression ratio and the compression speed. While it was created for a TV show, it does really work, and it's quickly migrating into academia. Computer science and engineering students will begin to encounter the Weissman Score in the classroom this fall."

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  1. It really works? by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "While it was created for a TV show, it does really work, and it's quickly migrating into academia."

    Somebody should explain that to Professor Tsachy Weissman and Ph.D student Vinith Misra, who specifically stated it doesn't really work, and then school them on it then.

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