Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
May 2011
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predictive Analytics for Research Organizations
Good overview, here primarily dealing with material sciences, but useful for any organization .... such as that delaing with retail environments.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid <i>Sous Vide</i>
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We learned to cook squid sous vide at 59
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, MIT sponsored a series of symposia this spring exploring key interdisciplinary research questions and directions. One of these, titled “Computation and the Transformation of Practically…
From The Eponymous PickleMapping the Cities of the Mind
Thoughts about how network connections create cities of the mind. Via Stan Dyck. Looking at an enterprise project that could feed from this concept as well. Physical cities like physical organizations with responsibilities…
From The Eponymous PickleProfitability by Category
Intriguing writeup about profitability by product category. Oil and gas makes about 6 percent, far down the list, 114th out of 215.
From Computational ComplexityPresident Regan (not Reagan)
Whose name (in firstname lastname form) appeared most often in the pages of Newsweek in the 1970's? Is it---?
The answer could well be... Ken Regan. Ken Regan is a photographer…
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ken Regan.
From The Eponymous PickleSnap! by Lectora
Announced today, a $99 package Snap! by Lectora, a rapid development elearning environment that is an add-in to Powerpoint. I was particularly impressed by the ability to easily record and sync spoken narratives, images and…
From The Eponymous PickleElliott Masie Speaks
At the Trivantis Lectora 2011 Users conference today learning expert and futurist Elliott Masie spoke about the rapidly changing world of learning. First time I had heard him speak. Very well done, both future looking and practical…
From The Eponymous PickleAds Moving to Online Video
In Clickz: Consumer package goods dollars are continuing to move to online video from TV. " ... Brand advertisers are continuing to divert ad spend away from broadcast TV and toward online video, advertising agencies say. Despite…
From The Eponymous PickleVisa Digital Wallet
Visa Advances a one click digital wallet.
From Geeking with GregTaking small steps toward personalized search
Some very useful lessons in this work in a recent WSDM 2011 conference, "Personalizing Web Search using Long Term Browsing History" (PDF).First, they focused on a simple and low risk approach to personalization, reordering results…
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACMHas the Cybersecurity Logjam Broke?
Congress has been making noise about passing comprehensive cybersecurity legislation for most of the last two years, prompted in part by the Obama Administration's cyberspace policy review in 2009. Nearly two years later, the…
From The Female Perspective of Computer ScienceTeaching How to Think Computationally
One of my three main objectives for this year's "Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences" course is to teach the class how to think computationally. It was a goal last year as well, but I did not attempt to articulate…
From The Eponymous PickleBlogger Hiccups
Blogger has been down for over 24 hours. Google is working on it and I can post again, but it seems posts from yesterday have still not been restored. Please stand by. Makes you wonder about the reliability of the cloud in…
From The Eponymous PickleARF Releases Neuromarketing Review
Have been looking forward to this: ARF Reveals Results from Neuromarketing Review
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From Schneier on SecurityInterview with Me About the Sony Hack
These are what I get for giving interviews when I'm in a bad mood. For the record, I think Sony did a terrible job with its customers' security. I also think that most companies do a terrible job with customers' security, simply…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonUniversity Computer Science Faculty Blogs
I read a lot of blogs. Perhaps too many. But there are a few blogs I could not do without. I thought I might do a series of recommendations on different types of blogs and suggest some of the best to my readers. I thought I would…
From Computer Science Teachers AssociationNeeding to Be Vigilant About Gender Issues
Having women in the department is just step one. But then there is the issue of how teaching assignments are distributed. There I was, idly looking over my department's teaching responsibilities for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013,…
From Wild WebMink? Wormtongue
As Glyn Moody discussed yesterday, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) annual report on “piracy” is out. I hate that usage – the word “piracy” refers to about the worst crime humanity is able to conceive, involving theft by…
From BLOG@CACMWho Needs a Chromebook?
Is Google's new Chromebook a fundamental change in personal computing? Or is it just another netbook?
From Wild WebMink? A Chain Of Cause And Effect
Overinstaller Awareness Day Excellent and insightful comments from SSRC on the BSA’s as-poor-as-you’d-expect 2010 report. I just hope that there are legislators taking note of this research. BSA 2010 Piracy Report: Big Numbers…
From The Computing Community Consortium BlogAir Force Seeking
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has announced a new funding opportunity in “transformational computing for aerospace science and engineering” — and particularly high-risk/high-payoff multidisciplinary approaches…
From Schneier on SecurityDrugging People and Then Robbing Them
This is a pretty scary criminal tactic from Turkey. Burglars dress up as doctors, and ring doorbells handing out pills under some pretense or another. They're actually powerful sedatives, and when people take them they pass…
From The Computing Community Consortium BlogCS PostDoc Numbers Surge Again, Recent Data Show
The Computing Research Association recently published the results of its annual Taulbee Survey, and the numbers of PostDocs rose to record levels, continuing a trend that we have witnessed for more than a decade — and bringing…
From Computational ComplexityPresident Regan (not Reagan)
Whose name (in firstname lastname form) appeared most often in the pages of Newsweek in the 1970's? Is it---?
The answer could well be... Ken Regan. Ken Regan is a photographer…
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ken Regan.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred ThompsonWhat Can You Do With What You Know?
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From Wild WebMink? ChromeBook, SunRay Reborn?
Some people seem to think Google’s ChromeBook is just a cheap laptop with Linux on it. But I think that’s short-sighted. This is yet another attempt at a network computer. Read about it on ComputerWorldUK.
From Wild WebMink? Bureaucracy Rebooted?
Rebooting Public Notices Public notices and inquiries should be moved from the newspapers and the bowels of the web online to where we are: networks like Facebook and Twitter. An important topic, but the solution proposed here…
From The Eponymous PickleAds Moving to Online Video
In Clickz: Consumer package goods dollars are continuing to move to online video from TV. " ... Brand advertisers are continuing to divert ad spend away from broadcast TV and toward online video, advertising agencies say. Despite…
From Schneier on SecurityFBI Surveillance Tools
Interesting blog post from EFF.