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
Security Fears of Wi-Fi in London Underground
The London Underground is getting Wi-Fi. Of course there are security fears:
But Will Geddes, founder of ICP Group which specialises in reducing terror or technology-related threats, said the plan was problematic. He said:…From The Eponymous Pickle
AisleBuyer Makes Credit Card Use Easier
I have mentioned innovative mobile retail tech company Aislebuyer here before. Now they announce that they will add a capability that will use optical character recognition technology to scan a credit card from a picture taken…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Be Careful What You Wish For
Mark Guzdial had a guest post by Eric Roberts of Stanford today titled - Guest Post: Eric Roberts on the Dangers of Escalating Enrollments which really got me thinking. While the focus of the post was increasing CS enrollment…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogging for Free is Exploitation
I have been asked by several groups to post for their blogs in technology and innovation areas. Mostly for free, with the argument that it gives me publicity. I have played with the idea, but it does not pay. Now a major news…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Opens Data Explorer
Rather late to this, just now started to examine it. " ... [W]e
From The Eponymous Pickle
Optimizing Your Linkedin Profile
Good, straightforward article about optimizing your Linkedin article for recruiting. I have helped several people get started with Linkedin lately and this is a good place to start understanding how it works.
From Computational Complexity
Workshop/Award/Conference/Who wants to review books?
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-04-13
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
Euro Coin Recycling Scam
This story is just plain weird. Regularly, damaged coins are taken out of circulation. They're destroyed and then sold to scrap metal dealers. That makes sense, but it seems that one- and two-euro coins aren't destroyed very…
From Wild WebMink
? Sentinel Principle Article Available
My article proposing using openness sentinels – the existence of an open source co-developer community working on an implementation as validation of the openness of a standard – is now available in the Essays section.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trivantis E-Learning Software
I was recently introduced to Trivantis. And their e-learning delivery software Lectora. " ... Lectora Inspire makes online course development fast and simple. Bundled with the leading flash content creation, screen capture,…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google's Cloud
In GigaOm: Google's infrastructure czar talks about the advantages of the cloud for making Google run.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Competing With or Capitalizing On Pop Culture
How do we try to encourage students to do computer science or engineering? How much does pop culture play into it? Does it hurt it? Can it help?
I recently found out that Mattel released a new Barbie - Computer Engineer Barbie…From The Eponymous Pickle
Open IDEO
Tom Holme, the design director of IDEO, talks about an open IDEO, from Intersections. We worked with IDEO a number of times in the enterprise innovation spaces. Plus some other design related talks. Via Stan Dyck.
From Schneier on Security
Israel's Counter-Cyberterrorism Unit
You'd think the country would already have one of these:
Israel is mulling the creation of a counter-cyberterrorism unit designed to safeguard both government agencies and core private sector firms against hacking attacks. …From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Ad Services
Amazon adds product Ad Services.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel on Digital Signage
Very good report on experimental field trials with digital signage in retail by Intel. Via their acquisition Cognovision. I like the fact that this is real observational data. This study uses Anonymous Video Analytics (AVA)…
From CERIAS Blog
Panel #1: Traitor Tracing and Data Provenance (Panel Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Panel Members:
- David W. Baker, MITRE
- Chris Clifton, Purdue
- Stephen Dill, Lockheed Martin
- Julia Taylor, Purdue
Panel Summary by Nikhita Dulluri
In the first session of the CERIAS symposium, the theme…From Computational Complexity
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Lots of CS Goodness going on at FCRC June 4-11. New for 2011 the STOC Poster Session: Share your exciting research on theory's greatest stage! Submission deadline May 2. Come and enjoy the posters and some refreshments Monday…
From CERIAS Blog
Opening Keynote: Neal Ziring (Symposium Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Keynote Summary by Mark Lohrum
Neal Ziring, the current technical director for the Information Assurance Directorate at the NSA, was given the honor of delivering the opening keynote for the 2011 CERIAS…From Wild WebMink
? Freedom and Long Life
Freedom through a clear governance model But the observation that I found most telling was that the governance model has actually freed up blockages in the decision-making processes. This is despite initial concerns expressed…
From Schneier on Security
How did the CIA and FBI Know that Australian Government Computers were Hacked?
Newspapers are reporting that, for about a month, hackers had access to computers "of at least 10 federal ministers including the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defence Minister."
That's not much of a surprise. What is…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links
I
From BLOG@CACM
A Successful NY Celebration of Women in Computing!
A recap of our recent New York regional Celebration of Women in Computing.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Banking Analytics Blog
New, A Banking Analytics Blog. Though it is not my field, it is worth seeing analytics from a different decision perspective."How are banking leaders using analytics to power innovation and growth? What new research, trends…
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
A Fortnight in Boston, Massachusetts
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to participate in the CRA-W Grad Cohort for a third and final time. I love this program because not only do we get to meet a lot of amazing women grad students in computer science and…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robots and Disasters: The Last 10 Years, The Next 2 Years
(The following piece was contributed by
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Champions for The US Imagine Cup 2011
We just announced the winners in the US Imagine Cup for game development and software design. The winning software design team will be representing the United States in the World-wide Imagine Cup Finals this summer in New York…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE
The NSF‘s CISE Directorate has called for proposals for Expeditions in Computing: The far-reaching impact and rate of innovation in the computing and information disciplines has been remarkable, generating economic prosperity…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping the Brain's Connections
Via the ACM: University College London maps the complexity of the brains connections. A new field called Connectomics. Which among other techniques uses MRI and 3D Electron Microscopy.