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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 Schneier on Security
US Offensive Cyberwar Policy
Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world. More than passively eavesdropping, we're penetrating and damaging foreign networks...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Black Swans Circling?
In the HBR Blog. Provocative piece on the number of changes occurring that could influence the near term future of P&G. And many other consumer goods companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drones Will Bring us Data
In Nature: We thought of using teams of robots to gather information from the plant and manufacturing spaces and outdoor staging yard floor. We did use satellite...
From Schneier on Security
The Japanese Response to Terrorism
Lessons from Japan's response to Aum Shinrikyo: Yet what's as remarkable as Aum's potential for mayhem is how little of it, on balance, they actually caused. Don't...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Computer Science: Profession or Craft
A recent report on the quality of teacher training has stirred up a lot of discussion about how teachers should be prepared. With the ongoing shortage of qualified...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
REACHING OUT TO CSTA's INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS
When you are a Computer Science teacher there is a universe of knowledge that you can transfer to your students, depending on the interest they show. You can teach...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics E Newsletter
The Informs Analytics e-Newsletter. Always informative. Subscribe. Latest articles:- Continuing education for analytics professionals- Big data paying off for...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Three Theorems About Growth
Is a key to polynomial versus exponential complexity lurking here? Cropped from Abel Prize source Mikhail Gromov is a French-Russian mathematician who has made...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Welcome to Complex Event Processing
Thinking about real time processing. Getting more important every day. We addressed this for complex high speed manufacturing lines. Linking advanced analytics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Corning and Electronically Tinted Windows
In IEEE Spectrum: An energy savings idea, but one that does increase the complexity of the smart home. Visited Corning some years ago and enjoyed their approaches...
From Schneier on Security
New Details on Skype Eavesdropping
This article, on the cozy relationship between the commercial personal-data industry and the intelligence industry, has new information on the security of Skype...
From Computational Complexity
Automate Me
An economist friend asked me if there were still productivity gains to be had for office workers (like us). After all, we have email, social networks, skype and...
From Schneier on Security
Love Letter to an NSA Agent
A fine piece: "A Love Letter to the NSA Agent who is Monitoring my Online Activity." A similar sentiment is expressed in this video.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Your GPA Doesn’t Mean Anything Useful
A recent interview in the New York Times with Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google had some interesting things to say about the value...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Waiting in Line
A long time interest of mine is covered in the current Knowledge @ Wharton, why and when do people balk in a queue? What are the dynamics involved and how can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Does Data Gate Mean for Marketers?
In Ad Age: Insightful, thinking now how about the interaction of privacy and big data. Are the algorithms involved also privacy sensitive? " ... In addition...
From Schneier on Security
The US Uses Vulnerability Data for Offensive Purposes
Companies allow US intelligence to exploit vulnerabilities before it patches them: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software company, provides intelligence...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Two Sides: APCS Principles
Last week there was an announcement of a multi-year $5.2 million grant from the NSF to fund creation of a new Advanced Placement Computer Science course calledCS...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Two Sides: Putting Industry Professionals in the Classroom
Mark Guzdial is one of the people I most respect in the area of computer science education so when he says something is good or bad I tend to take it very seriously...
From Putting People First