Communications of the ACM
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May 2012
From Wild WebMink
Palm Nuts
Reblogged from The Global Mink: Staying with a dear friend near S
From The Eponymous Pickle
Costco Pushes Mobile Apps
And additionally pushing social networking. I have worked on Costco projects, and am still a frequent customer, so I look forward to more of the details here:Costco makes plans for boosting its online sales Costco.com already…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Waterman Awardees Present to NSB, Visit Local High Schools
Scott Aaronson
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopper Decisions Made In-Store
76% Purchase Decisions Made In-StoreNew Study Released By POPAI Explores The Changing Behavior & Purchasing Decisions Of Today
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Seeking Game-Based Interactive Medical System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
From Schneier on Security
Security Fail
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Game Design with XNA, Kinect and Windows Phone
Please take a look at the new Game Design with XNA and Microsoft Technologies: Advanced XNA, Kinect, and Windows Phone curriculum units that have just been completed and are ready for classroom (or other) use.
The teacher-created…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tapping the Power of the Feature Phone
I was recently pointed to the idea of using voice interaction to provide intelligence in the still 63% of cell phones today that are not 'smart' but are dubbed 'feature phones'. An interesting idea. More on this video. Via…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tribute to Moms on Mother's Day
An update to P&G's tribute to Mom's on Mothers day. Just received through the P&G alumni services wire.
From My Biased Coin
Grading is No Fun
I'm told my exams are not nearly as much fun as I like to think they are. (It's a very rare occurrence when someone turns in their exam early at my 3-hour final.) I can say that this year they weren't much fun to grade. The…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Employee Loyalty
Employee loyalty has declined for a very long time. It used to common for people to stay with firms for many years. But now companies do not in general provide any assured pensions or retirement rewards. Often people sign on…
From The Eponymous Pickle
MobileRQ
I was recently introduced to MobileRQ by a correspondent and its developer Tyler McKinley. Some nicely thought ideas of how to use multiple streams of data to drive travel experiences:" MobileRQ Traveler is a
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification of Processes
Brainyard overviews Gartner statistics on the gamification of processes. Pointing to a continuing trend. I like the idea well applied, but have often seen it poorly done. I am not convinced that 'badges' work well in many…
From The Eponymous Pickle
History of Data Science
A short but informative history of data science. I lived through lots of this history and recall its effect on the enterprise. Good resource.
From Wild WebMink
Suite Activity
While the news about the ongoing Oracle-Google trial in the US has been
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
One-on-One With 2011 Turing Award Winner Judea Pearl
As part of a continuing series of interviews with thought leaders in computing, our friends at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
From Schneier on Security
RuggedCom Inserts Backdoor into Its Products
All RuggedCom equipment comes with a built-in backdoor:
The backdoor, which cannot be disabled, is found in all versions of the Rugged Operating System made by RuggedCom, according to independent researcher Justin W. Clarke,…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A reminder
Have you signed up for the best value in computer science education professional development?
In today's economy, finding value for your professional development dollar is key. Not many international conferences can makeComputer…From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Comments on Electronic Health Records
USACM submitted its public comment on the proposed new and revised certification standards and implementation specifications that define the technological capabilities, functionality, and security of health information technology…
From Wild WebMink
Border Chaos
It’s not just Heathrow – Eurostar is a mess too. I had a meeting in Paris on Monday and was transiting London so took Eurostar instead of flying from Southampton. The outbound journey was no trouble at all, with barely a glimpse…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF, NIH Hold Joint Webinar on BIGDATA Solicitation
Earlier this afternoon, the
From Schneier on Security
A Foiled Terrorist Plot
We don't know much, but here are my predictions:
From My Biased Coin
Attribute-Efficient Learning (Guest Post by Justin Thaler)
[Editor's comment: Justin has been having quite a year; after a paper in ICS, he's recently had papers accepted to ISIT, ICALP, HotCloud, and COLT. In this guest post, he tells us about the COLT result.]Rocco Servedio, Li-Yang…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Economics of Information
In the WSJ: An examination of the value of information, using the Facebook IPO as an example. Their take, you are worth about $81 to Facebook.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teacher Appreciation Week 2012
Apparently it is teacher appreciation week in the US this week. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. In my house every day is teacher appreciation day. Or at least I try to have it that way. Understand that my wife is…
From Wild WebMink
Speaking in San Jose, May 15
There’s a new speaker series being organised and hosted by PayPal at their campus in San Jose. I am honoured to be their inaugural speaker, on May 15th at 7pm. Do come along – I’m keen for there to be a lively Q & A at the end…
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey on the Future of Work
The suggestion that the decrease in employment and hiring in the recent recession was unique. Because of the explosion of technologies before the recession, many jobs, now replaced by technology solutions, will never return. …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytical Ecosystems Explored
Just brought to my attention: Alan Greenspan, marketing manager at Teradata, is quoted: " ... When business justification calls for more than one system, organizations need a way to manage, monitor and control all aspects of…
From Schneier on Security
Overreacting to Potential Bombs
This is a ridiculous overreaction:
The police bomb squad was called to 2 World Financial Center in lower Manhattan at midday when a security guard reported a package that seemed suspicious. Brookfield Properties, which runs …From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Data Science E-Book
I was reminded of the free, in-progress data science e-book again. Only 86 pages so far. An interesting example of crowd sourcing technology information. Downloadable here. A very nice idea, with lots of useful and relatively…