Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
April 2011
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Omega 3 Oil from Squid
New health supplement.
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Brief History of the Internet and it's Future
20th Annual E. Leonard Arnoff Memorial Lectureon the Practice of Management Science
From Michael Nielsen
Speaking about open science
Over the next few months, I
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What the Future Holds
Recently I had an opportunity to attend the Tapia Conference and an interesting keynote given by Irving Wladawsky-Berger which provided interesting food for thought about the future of computing research and innovation.
"The…From Schneier on Security
"Schneier's Law"
Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break.
In 2004, Cory Doctorow called this Schneier's law:
...what I think of as Schneier's…From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopping Companion
Just started taking a look at Myshopanion. An IPhone App that has just been updated. They write: " ... we have mastered the latest mobile shoppingconcepts
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Non-academic Career Paths
Becoming a professor isn't the only option after getting your PhD. There are plenty of non-academic options in both research and non-research areas. Take a look at the following advice from the 2011 CRA-W Grad Cohort and consider…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Progressive Grocers Using Analytics
Alison Bolen at SASCom writes about some examples they heard about how grocers are using data intense analytical methods.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google PageRank Overview
A good general overview of Google PageRank from the Search Engine Watch blog.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) — which last year announced
From Schneier on Security
Unanticipated Security Risk of Keeping Your Money in a Home Safe
In Japan, lots of people -- especially older people -- keep their life savings in cash in their homes. (The country's banks pay very low interest rates, so the incentive to deposit that money into bank accounts is lower than…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kinect For Windows is Coming
You know you want it. Ever since the Kinect was announced back when it was code-named Project Natal you know you were thinking
From The Noisy Channel
Social Utility, +/- 25%
I like Google… I’ve been a regular Google user since the day I first discovered its existence in 1999. Indeed, I’ve consistently found Google to be the most useful service on the web. That’s not love, but it’s a very strong +1…
From Wild WebMink
? Going To OSCON
I just got a very welcome e-mail – an acceptance for my talk at OSCON in Portland this July. I’ll be speaking on Thursday morning, on this subject: Most open source start-ups have some sort of lock on the code – dual licensing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
College Librarians Warm up to Wikipedia
From Inside Higher Ed: In recent weeks I have been asked by several people about the validity of using Wikipedia links for research, both inside a company and for an academic paper. I pointed out that there is still considerable…
From Computational Complexity
Going off topic in class: I think it worked--- this time
Recently I went off topic in a class. I think it was okay but I want YOUR thoughts. On Monday I
From Putting People First
Co-creation research journal
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Heartland Robotics
Rodney Brooks on Heartland Robotics See the site. It has been declared a 'top 300' startup. Brooks, you will remember was a professor of Robotics at MIT and the founder of IRobot, maker of the floor sweeping Roomba and a number…
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-04-14
Open Standards law approved in Portugal The law is a great thing, as long as the actual implementation leads to greater software freedom. I humbly suggest the Portuguese government consider my Sentinel Effect essay in this regard……
From Schneier on Security
Changing Incentives Creates Security Risks
One of the things I am writing about in my new book is how security equilibriums change. They often change because of technology, but they sometimes change because of incentives.
An interesting example of this is the recent…From Putting People First
Call to participate at the Core77 Design Awards
As one of the jury captains for the inaugural year of the Core77 Design Awards, I am calling upon all Putting People First readers to spread the news about the award and help us get as many strong entries as possible. The Core77…
From Putting People First
Book: Brave NUI World
Brave NUI World: Designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture by Daniel Wigdor and Dennis Wixon Paperback, 264 pages Morgan Kaufmann, 2011 (Amazon link) Natural user interfaces (NUIs) have been hailed as next evolutionary…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Books for Computer Science Students
Ever since I was told about a list of Movies for Computer Science Students and wrote some comments about that list I have been thinking book. Fiction books. Novels that tell stories that involve computer science and the sorts…
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Consumers Use Tablets
Small Biz Labs reports on a Google survey of how consumers use tablets. Not too surprising overall. They are replacing TV use.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Research Proposals
What exactly is a research proposal and how do you prepare a good one? The following advice, given at the 2011 CRA-W Grad Cohort, is mainly intended for your PhD thesis proposal, but can apply to other research proposals as well…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The Open Java API for OLAP is growing up!
Software is typically built using two types of programming languages. On the one hand, we have query languages (e.g., XQuery, SQL or MDX). On the other, we have the regular programming languages (C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby). A…
From CERIAS Blog
Panel #4: Securing Web 2.0 (Panel Summary)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Panel Members: * Gerhard Eschelbeck, Webroot * Lorraine Kisselburgh, Purdue * Ryan Olson, Verisign * Tim Roddy, McAfee * Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue Panel Summary by Preeti Rao The panel was moderated…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Black Swans
A conversation with Nassim Taleb on living with Black Swans. In KnowlegeAtWharton.
From CERIAS Blog
Panel #3: Fighting Through: Mission Continuity Under Attack (Panel Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Panel Members:
- Paul Ratazzi, Air Force Research Laboratories
- Saurabh Bagchi, Purdue
- Hal Aldridge, Sypris Electronics
- Sanjai Narain, Telcordia
- Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue
- Vipin Swarup, MITRE
From CERIAS Blog
Panel #2: Scientific Foundations of Cyber Security (Panel Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Panel Members:
- Victor Raskin, Purdue
- Greg Shannon, CERT
- Edward B. Talbot, Sandia National Labs
- Marcus K. Rogers, Purdue
Panel Summary by Pratik Savla
Edward Talbot initiated the discussion by presenting…