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Evading Airport Security
From Schneier on Security

Evading Airport Security

The news is reporting about Evan Booth, who builds weaponry out of items you can buy after airport security. It's clever stuff. It's not new, though. Peopleexplained...

TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) Looking for Partner Schools
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) Looking for Partner Schools

TEALS is an interesting program started by a Microsoft employee some years ago. It taps the enthusiasm and expertise of industry professionals who work with classroom...

Decision Modeling in Game Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Decision Modeling in Game Design

Of interest: "Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 1: IntroductionThis article is the first in an ongoing series on the application of decision...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Isomorphism Is Where It’s At

Isomorphism at the SODA 2014 conference Ronald Read and Derek Corneil are Canadian mathematicians and computer scientists. Read earned a PhD in Mathematics from...

Article on the “Legal Aspects of Interface Accessibility in the U.S.”
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Article on the “Legal Aspects of Interface Accessibility in the U.S.”

The December issue of the Communications of the ACM includes an article co-authored by USACM Accessibility Committee Chair Harry Hochheiser and committee member...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2013
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2013

Today, December 3, is the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year’s theme is “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development...

Simulation and Training
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simulation and Training

The Office of Naval Research:  We live in an era when we can virtualize most anything.  Making it mimic real spaces, or realize something very abstract.  Then we...

Announcing DyslexicGamemakers.com
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Announcing DyslexicGamemakers.com

Know any dyslexic students who are interested in creating video games and build some skills? They may find this announcement interesting. We are proud to announce...

Human Resource Analytics Defined
From The Eponymous Pickle

Human Resource Analytics Defined

I have recently been looking back to my experience and then forward in what is being done today in Human Resources Analytics.    I found the below useful quoteEssentials...

Protracted Slowdown in Emerging Markets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Protracted Slowdown in Emerging Markets

In Bloomberg:  Unilever CEO Polman says emerging market slowdown to last for years. " ... the economic slowdown in emerging markets is here to stay as many countries...

The Sharp Rise of Human Resource Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Sharp Rise of Human Resource Analytics

We used to do very few analytical decisions in Human resources.  There were a few tests, a few hurdles to overcome, very loose impressions gained by short interactions...

Keeping Track of All the Snowden Documents
From Schneier on Security

Keeping Track of All the Snowden Documents

As more and more media outlets from all over the world continue to report on the Snowden documents, it's harder and harder to keep track of what has been released...

What Is Computer Science According To Search Engines
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What Is Computer Science According To Search Engines

Inspired by an image I saw from a talk by Dr. Tom Crick (@DrTomCrick) I decided to see what the more popular search engines returned as search aids when a user...

Psych Statistics Wiki vs Wikipedia
From The Eponymous Pickle

Psych Statistics Wiki vs Wikipedia

I was recently asked to look at a number of online sites for introductory but practical resources on statistical methods.  This made me look back at some of the...

Personalized Google Maps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Personalized Google Maps

In Google Operating System:  You can now personalize your own Google Maps.   First I thought, this is not new, but yes it is:  " ... The most interesting thingee...

CSTA as a Creator of Change Agents
From Computer Science Teachers Association

CSTA as a Creator of Change Agents

CSTA has always been about creating change agents for CS education, that is, making every member a powerful force in getting things done. Summing up what various...

Mapping Simplicity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mapping Simplicity

Good overview of John Maeda's bookMind Mapping and Design Thinking ...In his excellent book "Laws of Simplicity" John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School...

FTC Workshop on Digital “Native Advertising” on December 4, 2013
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

FTC Workshop on Digital “Native Advertising” on December 4, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop titled, “Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content?,” on December 4, 2013, to explore the increasing trend of “native...

DARPA announces two programs as part of White House BRAIN Initiative
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

DARPA announces two programs as part of White House BRAIN Initiative

On April 2, 2013, President Obama launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative as a bold new research effort to...

The TQP Patent
From Schneier on Security

The TQP Patent

One of the things I do is expert witness work in patent litigations. Often, it's defending companies against patent trolls. One of the patents I have worked on...
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