Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
November 2011
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
GEC12:
Nearly 300 researchers, entrepreneurs, infrastructure providers, city managers, and others from around the country are gathered in Kansas City, MO, this week for the
From Wild WebMink
? T-DOSE in Eindhoven
I’m just setting out for Eindhoven in The Netherlands, where I will be delivering the keynote at 10:00 tomorrow (Saturday November 5th) at T-DOSE. I’ll be considering how open source springs from a wider trend that also includes…
From Schneier on Security
Weaponized UAV Drones in the Hands of Local Police
Why does anyone think this is a good idea?
The police in Montgomery County
From Wild WebMinkNews Roundup
I just posted an open source news roundup over on ComputerWorldUK, covering UK government procurement, Microsoft and Samba, LibreOffice and IBM’s MQTT.
From Daniel Lemire's BlogReal scientists never report fraud
Diederik Stapel has been a psychology professor at major universities for the last ten years. He published well over 100 research papers in prestigious journals such as Science. Some of his research papers have been highly cited…
From The Eponymous PickleGS1 Annual Report
See the extensive GS1 Annual Report. In particular their sections on B2C progress in the last year. It is a time when the consumer is increasingly empowered with information and sensors. " ... GS1 is an international not…
From The Eponymous PickleBeauty of Near Misses
Todd Henry in Accidental Creative on the Beauty of Near Misses. " ... how often do I curse my fate when things don
From The Eponymous PickleShare of Wallet Isn't Enough
Professor Byron Sharp, Director of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute sends along a link to his post on this subject. I also like his comment: "... One of the roles of the Institute is to help protect our Corporate Sponsors…
From Schneier on SecurityJournal Article on Cyberwar
From the Journal of Strategic Studies: "Cyber War Will Not Take Place" (full article is behind a paywall):
Abstract: For almost two decades, experts and defense establishments the world over have been predicting that cyber …
From Putting People FirstDigital product strategy, gamification, and the evolution of UX
Greg Laugero writes about two trends that have recently entered the realm of digital product development. First is the incorporation of gaming concepts into products that seemingly have nothing to do with gaming. Second, the…
From Computational ComplexityJournals
What is the purpose of an academic journal? To provide a permanent vetted record of a specific research endeavor.
The ways we communicate scientific research has vastly improved, particularly with the advent of the Internet…
From The Eponymous PickleAnalytics in Action: Office Depot Price and Promotion Optimization
An excellent example of the use of business analytics to improve business process. I gave a talk to a corporate client just yesterday on the integration of data, process, model and visualization delivery to provide real value…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Most of us have sat down to dinner and wondered just how many calories we are about to consume. Now, thanks to undergraduate researchers at Harvard University, there’s a way to do it quickly, easily, and quite reliably — all…
From The Eponymous PickleAnalytics Magazine
The latest Analytics Magazine from Informs. Full of useful articles including: The Value of Business Analytics, Strategic Data Management Yields Competitive Advantage, Corporate mobile software-as-a Service Forecast, Predictive…
From Putting People FirstJawbone releases UP, a wristband for tracking your wellness
Priced at $100, the device is a leap for Jawbone. And its aimed at nothing less than making its wearers happier and healthier. Fastco Design reports. “The UP wristband is meant to be worn 24 hours a day. When you’re awake, its…
From Schneier on SecurityUnderage Children on Facebook
Interesting research on how parents help their children lie about their age to get onto Facebook.
One reaction to our data might be that companies should not be allowed to restrict access to children on their sites. Unfortunately…
From The Eponymous PickleTwenty Five Dollar Computer
A very minimalist, business card sized, computer. Aimed at technical education. The way I understand it monitor and keyboard are extra. I have been intrigued by cheap laptops and tablets, and there is no reason that a…
From The Eponymous PickleJim Goodnight of SAS on Business Analytcs
Always interesting Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, spoke at the Kelly School of Business. Some of my past colleagues were on the included panel." ... Mark Zozulla said his company, Deloitte Consulting, predicted that business analytics…
From The Eponymous PickleMuseum Street Views
Streetview lets you look into some museums and look at the art. An interesting move forward in virtualizing real spaces.
From The Female Perspective of Computer ScienceCourse Blogs vs Wikis
If you're a professor or TA for a course and want to use online technology for the betterment of your students, which is superior: a course wiki or a course blog? I've been using the latter for the course I'm TA'ing this term…
From My Biased CoinThis Week, We Were Doing Security
If you look on Yelp's engineering blog (http://engineeringblog.yelp.com/2011/10/output-filtering-failure.html), you'll see Yelp's VP of Engineering, Michael Stoppelman, crediting our team (myself, John Byers, and Giorgos Zervas)…
From The Eponymous PickleCustomized Subscriptions to Staples
In Mashable: Something we looked at in the early years of cell phone based shopping lists. Subscriptions to staples can be a powerful concept.
From The Eponymous PickleBetter to Call than E-Mail
In the HBR Blog, email may be easier, but it is less impactful:" ... But the bigger need is just for more live conversations to occur, period. This is especially true when people are trying to resolve a conflict or communicate…
From The Computing Community Consortium BlogCan You Reconstruct Shredded Documents?
That’s the question being posed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which recently announced
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonHow Many Sorting Algorithms Do Beginners Need To Learn
Do beginners even need to learn sorting algorithms? Let
From The Noisy ChannelInterview in Forbes: What is a Data Scientist?
Dan Woods has been interviewing a variety of folks to answer the question: “What is a data scientist?“, and I had the honor to participate in his series. Here is a teaser of my interview: Above all, a data scientist needs to…
From The Eponymous PickleKYield Executive Summary
Mark Montgomery gives a new executive summary of his work on the KYield blog. And announces seeking candidates for a CTO role. Check it out and pass it on.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonWriting My ISTE Keynote
I had mail today saying that ISTE was looking for nominations to present a keynote in San Diego this summer. They asked “could it be you?” Well unlikely it would be me but I asked myself “what would I say if I was asked to give…
From Schneier on SecurityDARPA Cyber Colloquium
I note that the three "industry leaders" speaking at the DARPA Cyber Colloquium next week have about 75 years of government experience between them.
From The Eponymous PickleBoot Camp Digital
Boot Camp Digital, by former colleague Krista Neher, Social Media tips and tricks and useful connections.