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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
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) invites nominations for members to serve on its 20-person Council. We are looking for individuals who have ideas, energy...
From Putting People First
How to involve children in the design process?
What are the advantages and challenges inherent in working with children in the design process for creating games or apps? How do you stop them getting bored, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google and Deep Learning
In Technology Review. Google seeking Deep learning. More on the DeepMind acquisition. With some concerns by those doing academic research. And motivation: ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bosch and the Integration of Things
In the Forrester Blog: About Bosch making acquisitions to set themselves up for this integration. Worth thinking. Not sure there is enough difference betweensmart...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Modeling Vehicle Choice and Simulating Market Share with Bayesian Networks
Via Stefan Conrady of Bayesia: Modeling Vehicle Choice and Simulating Market Share with Bayesian Networks Useful example of the technical application of Bayesian...
From Schneier on Security
DRM and the Law
Cory Doctorow gives a good history of the intersection of Digital Rights Management (DRM) software and the law, describes how DRM software is antithetical to end...
From Schneier on Security
"The Mask" Espionage Malware
We’ve got a new nation-state espionage malware. "The Mask" was discovered by Kaspersky Labs: The primary targets are government institutions, diplomatic offices...
From Putting People First
Tricia Wang’s PhD dissertation — Talking to Strangers: Chinese Youth and Social Media
Talking to Strangers: Chinese Youth and Social Media by Tricia Wang Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 2013 Professor Richard...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Consumer Study: Value for Data
Consumers want value for personal information. The survey specifics are interesting. " ... A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of more than 30,000 global consumers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sonification Assist for the Blind
Assisting the blind with sonification, changing sensory information to sound. " ... Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed an assistive...
From Schneier on Security
WISTFULTOLL: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: WISTFULTOLL (TS//SI//REL) WISTFULTOLL is a UNITEDRAKE and STRAITBIZZARE plug...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internal Social Networks at BASF
BASF's internal network. An area we also worked in the enterprise, and were influenced by both BASF and IBM. Worth a closer look now regarding where they have...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New DARPA Memex program seeks to develop next generation of search technologies
DARPA’s new Memex program seeks user-defined, domain-specific search of public information, and plans to use its groundbreaking research to fight human trafficking...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Launches Search for Division Director of Information and Intelligent Systems
Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate has sent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Science
Open science and its implications. See Open Science Foundation, and its twitter feed. " ... The Open Science Federation is a nonprofit alliance working to improve...
From Schneier on Security
NSA/GCHQ Accused of Hacking Belgian Cryptographer
There has been a lot of news about Bengian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater having his computer hacked, and whether the NSA or GCHQ is to blame. It's a lot...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 February 2014
A lot of people seem the be ready for spring. I’m enjoying the snow in my yard and around the area. Inspired in part by the Winter Olympics going on my family and...
From Computational Complexity
Superbowl underdogs and overdogs
(Stephen Colbert tells me that NFL guards their copyright of the name of the game they played on Sunday, which is why stores say they have a `big game sale on beer'...
From The Eponymous Pickle