Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
April 2012
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teacher Complaints Against iBooks
Common teacher complaints against iBooks. And more generally against tablets. Better content rather than more is emphasized.
From Wild WebMink
Jailbird
Reblogged from The Global Mink: Jailbird, a photo by webmink on Flickr. Walking through the Sydney Botanical Gardens (a great place to relax) I was passing the railings around Government House and saw this fugitive from colonial…
From Wild WebMink
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Atlas Category Placement Tool
I have mentioned Herb Sorenesen's Atlas Category placement simulation tool a number of times. It has now moved to a new location. More about it here, and more background information.AtlasThe Category Placement ToolTM CanAtlas…
From Wild WebMink
? Gondola Yard
Squero di San Trovaso. I was in Italy on business this week and as I was flying in and out of Venice airport had the chance to spend a half-day in Venice. It was foggy and damp, but still enjoyable to walk around for a while.…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Know Where Your Data Comes From
In Adage: It is absolutely fundamental to know where your data comes from and how it was manipulated in route. I have seen this kind of mis-use many times.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hurdles for Google Glasses
Good piece on what augmented reality experts are saying about Google Glasses. The idea continues to intrigue me and my clients because it could produce a major change in how people buy in context. You can do much of this…
From The Eponymous Pickle
E-Book on Strategic Planning
Stengthening Brand America offers an ebook on strategic planning. It relates to an interesting regional topic, Ed Burghard writes: " ... Occasionally, there are disruptive events that test the strength of any strategic plan…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learn The Cloud. Make A Difference. @home with Windows Azure
How does learning about cloud computing while contributing to scientific research sound to you? Join us for @home with Windows Azure to get a solid understanding of the Windows Azure platform while giving back to a very deserving…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Articles about Analytics and Data Science
From Data Science Central: A good selection of articles about Analytics and Data Science from major publications. Largely non-technical.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Art
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Quick Tips for Teaching Mini-Courses
I've been running my 'Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls!' course for Carleton's annual Enrichment Mini-Course Program for five years now. And so at this year's instructor's luncheon, I was asked to share some advice…
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What is Your Greatest Accomplishments in the Teaching Profession?
I recently was surprised at a faculty meeting by receiving an award for teaching from my colleagues. After receiving the award I was given a writing assignment which was to respond to the question, "What is Your Greatest Accomplishments…
From Schneier on Security
A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response
The National Academies Press has published Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response.
When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large…From The Eponymous Pickle
More Screens are Better
In Think With Google: They states the obvious, but also that having your message clearly and efficiently delivered is important. We already know from lots of research that the message also needs to be tailored to each of the…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Video based Detection Methods
Some good points about video detection and analysis. This area continues to get more sophisticated and pervasive. Expect it to get even more common:" .... It's very likely that you've been on camera from the moment you left…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Transformative Research: Reflections on a NSF Workshop
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Michael E. Gorman, a Professor in the department of science, technology, and society (STS) at the University of Virginia. Mike recently completed a rotation as a program…
From Putting People First
Earth Institute publishes first ever World Happiness Report
The first ever World Happiness Report has been made public and states that our best chance at a contented life is to pack up and move to Scandinavia, writes Wired UK. Published by The Earth Institute at Columbia University and…
From Putting People First
Don Tapscott: The internet
All our global institutions
From Putting People First
Ambient Devices CEO Pritesh Gandhi on
Chris Ziegler of The Verge had a chance recently to chat with Ambient co-founder and CEO Pritesh Gandhi to hear about the company’s past, present, and future. “We’re perpetually bombarded with information, 24 hours a day. That’s…
From Wild WebMink
? Who Loses If Oracle Wins?
Talking to people about the Oracle-Google case which comes to court on April 16th, I realised much of the background knowledge that explains things is lost to the current generation of developers. My article on InfoWorld this…
From Schneier on Security
James Randi on Magicians and the Security Mindset
Okay, so he doesn't use that term. But he explains how a magician's inherent ability to detect deception can be useful to science.
We can't make magicians out of scientists -- we wouldn't want to -- but we can help scientists…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Have You Joined Microsoft Partners in Learning?
This is one of those announcements that hits my inbox that is for all teachers in K-12. Partners in Learning is a community of educators of all subjects and age groups. Something here for everyone.
Microsoft Partners in Learning…From The Eponymous Pickle
Optimizaing Networks
Fraunhofer report on software that uses simulation to optimize networks. Network technology is often used to understand and make networks more efficient. A common application addresses supply chain systems, which we actively…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Looking at Store Behavior with Data Mining
A Spectrum IEEE Techwise Conversation with data-mining expert Eric Siegel. Your favorite stores know you all too well. President of Prediction Impact. This company site contains a number of interesting papers on related topics…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Abacus Blog
I was just reminded of Kate Nieder's Social Abacus blog. " ... a social psych PhD who has worked in social media analysis for about 7 years. In September 2008 helped start Dachis Group, the world's leading social business firm…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Bit packing is fast, but integer logarithm is slow
In How fast is bit packing?, we saw how to store non-negative integers smaller than 2N using N bits per integer by a technique called bit packing. A careful C++ bit packing implementation is fast: e.g., over 1 billion integers…
From Schneier on Security
Helen Nussenbaum, Privacy, and the Federal Trade Commission
Good article.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kiosk and Mobile Connection
A less common approach, a means to deliver coupons to shopper smartphones via BlueTooth. We experimented with coupons that printed on a kiosk in store based on loyalty data.
From Computational Complexity
Guest post on Tom Cover by Yoav Freund
(Details on registration and student travel awards for the 2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity in Porto available at here.
New York Area Theory Day information here.)
Tom Cover passed away recently. Today…