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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
Thieves Use Video Camera to Stake Out Properties
If the police can use cameras, so can the burglars.
From Computational Complexity
Technology and Jobs
Entertainment Weekly reported last month on the bankruptcy of the special effects company Rhythm and Hues and the troubled industry. I remarked five years ago that...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science as a Teaching Strategy
Recently one of my Facebook friends, Rebecca Dovi, computer science teacher in Virginia, posted an article from Education News, Julia Steiny: Promote Algebra by...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Freeman Hrabowski at TED: 4 pillars of college success in science
Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County delivered an inspirational TED talk on the importance of STEM education. Click here...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Office on Tablets
An Infoworld article about the suggested schedule for MS office on iOS and Android. I have talked to several clients recently who have been awaiting this. Will...
From Schneier on Security
Security Externalities and DDOS Attacks
Ed Felten has a really good blog post about the externalities that the recent Spamhaus DDOS attack exploited: The attackers' goal was to flood Spamhaus or itswriting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
SIGCT Recommendations for ISTE 2013
The annual ISTE conference is not known as a hot bed of opportunities for computer science teachers. Things look some what better this year though with 13 activities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time Series Back Again
An article suggests that Time Series are Back. Not they have ever been gone. Used them every day in the enterprise. Yet as we gather more time stamped data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boredom Drives Creativity
In Fastcompany. Is boredom a key part of creativity? And do our new devices keep us from getting bored and thus stifle our creativity? I suggest that boredom...
From Schneier on Security
Last Battle of Midway Cryptanalyst
The last cryptanalyst at the Battle of Midway, Rear Admiral Donald "Mac" Showers, USN-Ret, passed away 19 October 2012. His interment at Arlington National Cemetery...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
House Intelligence Committee Tries Again With CISPA
On April 10 the House Intelligence Committee will review H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The Committee approved an almost identical...
From My Biased Coin
Guest Post by Mikkel Thorup : Results vs. Techniques
[Mikkel Thorup graciously has offered a guest blog post, discussing what he looks for in conference papers, and possible implications for refereeing.] Results versus...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Design Advantages of Augmented Reality
Last fall, we published a paper about augmented reality, cognitive theories, and learning. One of the tasks of the work was to specifically define what the design...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotics Week: Free Robotics App
IEEE Spectrum tells us that this week is Robotics week. In honor of that they are offering a free App that covers many aspects of Robotics research and application...
From Schneier on Security
Nice Security Mindset Example
A real-world one-way function: Alice and Bob procure the same edition of the white pages book for a particular town, say Cambridge. For each letter Alice wants...
From Wild WebMink
How to increase donations to an open source project
Reblogged from Ian Skerrett: Lots of open source projects raise money from their user communities by soliciting donations. Most open source projects will have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Driven Programming
In Adage: An emerging era for data driven programming. Programming media, not programming computers. Not really new, we explored this for decades, optimizing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The 2013 Data 2.0 Summit
The Data 2.0 Summit will be held in San Francisco at the end of the month (April 30th 2013). Some of the speakers might interest the readers of this blog. For example...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Symposium on Visions on the Theory of Computing
In conjunction with the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, we are pleased to announce that registration is now open for a Symposium on Visions on the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson