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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
WATCH Talk – Going Spear Phishing: Exploring Embedded Training and Awareness
On February 20 at 12:00pm EST, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will host it’s next Washington Area Trustworthy Computing Hour (WATCH) talk. Deanna Caputo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Location of the Brain's Emotions
In Neurorelay: Intriguing visual. Having looked into this area I would be careful about direct implications. I have worked with neuroscientists in this area...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consolidation of App Experience in Enterprise Mobile Strategy
In the Cisco Blog. Too many Apps with too little experience? " ... Apps, apps and more apps, is your company experiencing a proliferation of apps? Cisco certainly...
From Schneier on Security
What Information Are Stun Guns Recording?
In a story about a stolen Stradivarius violin, there's this: Information from a stun gun company, an anonymous tip and hours of surveillance paved the way for...
From Wild WebMink
Making the most with Open Source
Originally posted on Meshed Insights & Knowledge:What opportunities does Open Source provide if you’re really looking to go big? Aiming to become “the next Red...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sorting Isn’t Always Simple
Like a lot of people I have been following the Olympics lately. For all the talk about sport and individual and team achievement there is always a lot of attention...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Three From CCC
Comments on three papers from the Conference on Computational Complexity Michael Saks is Chair of the Program Committee of this year’s Conference on Computational...
From Schneier on Security
PICASSO: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: PICASSO (S//SI//REL) Modified GSM (target) handset that collects user data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
STEM, Thinking Logically, Starting at Kahn
Brought to my attention. From the Kahn Academy. A short tutorial on thinking logically. A reminder of early training and implementation we did using first order...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking Under Biases. Fast and Slow
A friend sends a link from the WSJ: Why the Grass Seem's Greener. " ... We are of Two Minds - One deliberative and rational, the other quick and intuitive. ...
From Schneier on Security
US Infosec Researchers Against NSA Surveillance
I signed an open letter from US researchers in cryptography and information security on NSA surveillance. It has received a lot of media coverage.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Philips Intelligent Store Lighting
In GigaOM: Remember seeing this at a Philips visit. A retail approach we looked at. The integrating into existing retail infrastructure is key. " .... The Dutch...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Brain Recording Methods
In the Algamest: " .... Method of recording brain activity could lead to mind-reading devices, Stanford scientists say ... " What do we do with it and what protections...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computer Science for Non-Majors
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Ran Libeskind-Hadas, R. Michael Shanahan Professor and Department Chair of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd...
From Computational Complexity
Maryland looking for a Lecturer/Who teachers your intro courses?
My chairman, Samir Khuller, asked me to post our job posting for a lecturer to my blog, so I and doing it right now. I think he overestimates the power of this...
From Schneier on Security
Who Should Store NSA Surveillance Data
One of the recommendations by the president's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on reforming the National Security Agency—No. 5, if you're...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 February 2014
We’re having quite the winter here in New England this year. People in warm climates keep telling me about how warm it is there as if that would get me going. But...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use of Alternative Business Intelligence Solutions
Correspondent Doug Lautzenheiser looks at alternative solutions for business intelligence and data visualization. The article includes a visualization of how a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Strategies for Businesses Using Data Visualization
Specifically the article covers Small and Medium Sized Businesses. (SMBs) But the recommendations are good for any new and emerging technology. And a large business...
From The Eponymous Pickle