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Franz Dill | May 18, 2011 at 05:06 PM
From Schneier on Security
From the Associated Ptress:
Bin Laden's system was built on discipline and trust. But it also left behind an extensive archive of email exchanges for the U.S. to scour. The trove of electronic records pulled out of his compound…
schneier | May 18, 2011 at 01:45 PM
From Putting People First
This might come as a shock, but everything you think is wrong. Much of what you take for granted about day-to-day existence is largely a figment of your imagination. From your senses to your memory, your opinions and beliefs,…
Experientia | May 18, 2011 at 12:33 PM
From Putting People First
Targeting women with mobile phones and mobile-based projects can bring great benefits and opportunities, as MobileActive outlined in Part 1 of its series on women and mobiles [see also this blog post]. But, there is a
Experientia | May 18, 2011 at 12:27 PM
From Putting People First
What technologies will have the biggest impact on the next decade? New Scientist peers into the crystal ball and picks the ideas, concepts and gadgets that are set to shake things up. Be nice to the telepresence robot If you’re…
Experientia | May 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM
From Putting People First
Jan-Christoph Zoels, Experientia’s design director, took part in an interesting discussion on socially responsible design for the
Experientia | May 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
As I write this I am at St Joseph
Alfred Thompson | May 18, 2011 at 09:31 AM
From BLOG@CACM
Pushing computer science classes into the high schools is a top-down approach. If there was required computer science in undergraduate education, the high schools would be seeking us out. That's the way it worked with calculus…
Mark Guzdial | May 18, 2011 at 09:15 AM
From The Eponymous Pickle
An interesting multi part history history post on Alan Turing. His work in cryptology and artificial intelligence were inspirational to me when I worked on AI in the enterprise.
Franz Dill | May 18, 2011 at 02:50 AM
From The Eponymous Pickle
I have been looking at the process of adding simple games to E-learning to promote engagement. At the recent Lectora conference I saw a presentation by Benjamin Pitman on adding visual interaction to Lectora. These are only…
Franz Dill | May 17, 2011 at 09:13 PM
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
I feel strongly that the convention peer review process needs to evolve to a publish-then-filter model. That is, I do not believe that a few select individuals should decide what is worth publishing. But
Daniel Lemire | May 17, 2011 at 08:18 PM
From Schneier on Security
Entries due by the end of the month.
schneier | May 17, 2011 at 06:35 PM
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A reminder that the deadline for applications to the 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Project is 5pm EDT on Tuesday, May 31. Graduates awarded the Ph.D.
Erwin Gianchandani | May 17, 2011 at 06:00 PM
From Putting People First
Eli Pariser, executive director of the progressive political action committee MoveOn.org, explains in a CNET interview why he thinks we should beware of the substantial risks inherent in the increasing personalization of the…
Experientia | May 17, 2011 at 06:00 PM
From Michael Nielsen
Several years ago I wrote a set of introductory notes (pdf) about expander graphs, an exceptionally useful concept from computer science. I’m a long way from being an expert on expanders, but the notes were more popular than…
Michael Nielsen | May 17, 2011 at 05:41 PM
From Putting People First
Growing numbers of mobile applications are aimed at keeping patients engaged in their treatment. The Boston Globe reports. “Patient engagement, doctors say, is a crucial factor in health outcomes. Office visits are brief; once…
Experientia | May 17, 2011 at 05:39 PM
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cray and Sandia have established a Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems . Press Release. From Mark Montgomery of KYield. " ... Located at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, SILKS will leverage…
Franz Dill | May 17, 2011 at 05:09 PM
From Wild WebMink
Cloud computing is not just disruptive to the software market; it’s also disruptive to software freedom advocacy. Software freedom has been defined as being present when any recipient of a software binary has the freedom to also…
Simon Phipps | May 17, 2011 at 05:00 PM
From Computational Complexity
The 2011 G
Lance | May 17, 2011 at 03:44 PM
From The Eponymous Pickle
From the Harvard Blogs: Design Lessons from the Bottom of the Consumer Pyramid. " ... At the BOP, affordability is necessary but not sufficient. Tastes and aspirations change rapidly. This is precisely what can make the BOP such…
Franz Dill | May 17, 2011 at 03:14 PM
From The Eponymous Pickle
ShoutOMatic. A kind of audio twitter. " ... Think of each shout as an audible status update. In between some of your regular 'text' tweets and status updates, use ShoutOMatic to allow your followers to hear your actual voice…
Franz Dill | May 17, 2011 at 03:04 PM
From The Eponymous Pickle
A number of solutions to the problem, imperfect, but useful. The methods I have tried in the past have not worked well.
Franz Dill | May 17, 2011 at 02:59 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Do today
Alfred Thompson | May 17, 2011 at 02:14 PM
From Schneier on Security
Scanning fingerprints from six feet away.
Slightly smaller than a square tissue box, AIRprint houses two 1.3 megapixel cameras and a source of polarized light. One camera receives horizontally polarized light, while the other…
schneier | May 17, 2011 at 12:46 PM
From My Biased Coin
Getting slowly back into blogging, some happenings from the day.I've gotten a couple of nice notes from students saying they learned a lot from my class this semester. To any students reading the blog, I encourage you to send…
Michael Mitzenmacher | May 17, 2011 at 02:38 AM
