Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
January 2010
From The Eponymous Pickle
ThinkVine Addresses CMO Priorities.
A few posts ago I mentioned ThinkVine's 'editors pick' award, they worked with us in the enterprise, here are more details from their press release:" ... ThinkVine, a marketing simulation & planning tool provider, announces that…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Some Local Quant Seminars of Interest
Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management, University of Cincinnati SEMINAR 1: Mathletics: The Math of WinningProf. Wayne Winston, Indiana University, February 4, 2010 - 4:00-5:30 PM - 108 Lindner HallThis…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Too Disruptive Innovation?
In HBR Blogs, good illustrative post on this issue:Is This Innovation Too Disruptive for My Firm?One of the trickiest decisions in business is to assess: is this innovation too innovative for my firm? You need to decide whether…
From The Eponymous Pickle
In the Days of the Robo Recession
In IEEE Intelligent Systems: Where's My Personal Robot? A good current view of personal robots, their uses and progress and the long way to go before there is an intelligent robot in every home. Anthromorphic robot applications…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Attracting a More Diverse Group of Students
In the fall of 2009 Georgia Tech started a high school weekend computing program. We asked for teacher recommendations for students with at least a B average that have had some computing experience. We weren't looking for the…
From Computational Complexity
Guest post on ICS 2010 (x of y for some x and y)
(Another Guest post about ICS 2010. From Aaron Sterling. Is he on his way to break the MOST GUEST POSTS IN A YEAR record? I doubt it- I think I hold it from before I became a co-blogger, and I think its at least 10.)
Bill…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Newton and the Apple
The Royal Society has published a manuscript history of the 18tth century that relates the story of Newton and the inspirational-apple. Though most historians are still skeptical. The Royal society's version simulates manuscript…
From Schneier on Security
Scanning Cargo for Nuclear Material and Conventional Explosives
Still experimental:
The team propose using a particle accelerator to alternately smash ionised hydrogen molecules and deuterium ions into targets of carbon and boron respectively. The collisions produce beams of gamma rays of…From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-01-27
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EU Oracle Sun Investigation: Carlo Piana
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonCan Movie Computer Screens Help Us Design Better
NPR did a story recently on the computer screens that we see in the movies. You know the ones with big read
From The Eponymous PickleProcter and Facebook
A good detailed article on Procter & Gamble's proposed uses of Facebook and social media. ' ... Procter & Gamble Co. loves Facebook after all, and besides encouraging brands to develop a presence there, the world's biggest marketer…
From The Eponymous PickleGroupThink
Interesting piece on social pressure and networks, lessons for marketing?" Can you persuade someone to like a product by telling them that it
From The Eponymous PickleSeer Technology
I was recently pointed to Seer Technology by a client's vendor connection. Their catchphrase is '... see what can't be seen ...'. Was led to this by the general requirement of safety tracking people inside of buildings, where…
From My Biased CoinTeaching, Day One
First day of classes for me today. It's "spring", sort of, so I must be teaching Algorithms and Data Structures.Last year there were about 80 students in the class, a remarkable reversal after several years of decline -- the…
From Schneier on SecurityMore Surveillance in the UK
This seems like a bad idea:
Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the "routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers…
From Wild WebMinklinks for 2010-01-26
Excellent start to an explanation of Mozilla's position on H.264 and patent-encumbered CODECs. Still plenty of remaining questions, which will hopefully be addressed…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonDigiGirlz Days Spring Schedule
Well the latest batch of DigiGirlz Days are starting to get scheduled. What are DigiGirlz Days? They are fun, interesting and educational events, sort of like a cool field trip, that show girls what technology and technologyThis…
From Computational ComplexityThe First Pseudorandom Generator--Probably
(The following was told to be by Ilan Newman at Dagstuhl 2009. His source was the book The Broken Dice and other mathematical tales of chance.)
What was the first pseudorandom number generator? Who did it? While these type…
From The Eponymous PickleAugmented Reality: Hype or Reality?
Good overview article in Computerworld that introduces you to mobile augmented reality, the players and possible directions. Value and adoption by the typical consumer using their own smartphones in their daily contexts will…
From The Eponymous PickleShould You Consider an App?
A good 16 page Forrester report, via ATG, requires registration. Is An iPhone Application Right For You?How to Decide if a Mobile Application Should be Part of Your Brand's Road Map The size of the smartphone market
From The Eponymous PickleCGT Picks ThinkVine
I have mentioned Thinkvine here a number of times, and have met with their management. Now they are among the Consumer Goods Technology Editors Picks.ThinkVine Corporation aims to help companies make better marketing investments…
From Schneier on SecurityPenny Shooter Business Card
Nice. Of course, this means that the TSA will start banning wallets on airplanes.
From Computer Science Teachers AssociationThe Peacock Dances
January poses two challenges for high school computer science programs.
For many high school sophomores and juniors, January can mean scheduling decisions for next year. It does in my school and the schools in my area. Since…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACMHill Tech Happenings, Week of January 25
January 25
Meeting The Election Assistance Commission is holding a meeting to handle regular business. 1 p.m., 1225 New York Avenue, Suite 150, Washington
January 27
Hearing The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a…
From The Eponymous PickleMore CPG Activity in e-Commerce
Large CPG has always had a reluctance to interfere with their very profitable existing channels by setting up their own e-commerce stores, lest brick-and-mortar retailers feel they are going into competition with them. Is this…
From Computational ComplexityWhen is a theorem really proven?
One of the comments on this blog pointed out correctly that for a theorem to be accepted by the community is not a Eureka Moment. It is a social process. The author of the comment was probably alluding to an excellent article…
From The Noisy ChannelWorkshop on Search and Social Media (SSM 2010)
The 3rd Annual Workshop on Search in Social Media (SSM 2010) will be held on Wednesday, February 3rd at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, NY. It’s co-located with the WSDM 2010 conference on Web Search and Data Mining. As…
From Schneier on SecurityThe Abdulmutallab that Should Have Been Connected
The notion that U.S. intelligence should have "connected the dots," and caught Abdulmutallab, isn't going away. This is a typical example:
So you'd need come "articulable facts" which could "reasonably warrant a determination"…
From Wild WebMink? Making A Stand
The issue at stake here is what some call "common-carrier status" for networks. Regardless of the excuse - be it China's hatred of protest, Italy's…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonInteresting links 25 January 2010
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