Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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
Bitcoins in the Mainstream Media
Interesting article from the New Yorker. I'm often asked what I think about bitcoins. I haven't analyzed the security, but what I have seen looks good. The real...
From Putting People First
Book: Service Design by Industrial Designers
Service Design by Industrial Designers By Froukje Sleeswijk Visser Technical University Delft 2013, 104 pages Design practice is changing. The applications of design...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Plan for Big Data
In McKinsey Quarterly: A good piece about planning for Big Data projects and value. The detailed article makes a considerable parallel to strategic planning...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
It's a Rosie the Riveter Moment!
Ayna Agarwal and Ellora Israni, Stanford University computer science students who refer to themselves as "good girls gone geek," are the founders of she++. She...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
We are sentenced to permanent cognitive stretching
If you want to get better at something, should remain in your comfort zone? Or should you, rather, be exposed to ideas or techniques slightly beyond your reach?...
From Schneier on Security
Elite Panic
I hadn't heard of this term before, but it's an interesting one. The excerpt below is from an interview with Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Best Reviews & Notable Books and Articles of 2012
Computing Reviews (an ACM/ThinkLoud publication) has released the 2012 Best Reviews & Notable Books and Articles in Computer Science. The Best Review of 2012 is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Business Intelligence in Contexts
An area I am currently exploring again here a Good overview article. As the article suggests, there are benefits and barriers. In early tests, we sought to have...
From Apophenia
Addressing Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Technological Interventions
Two years ago, when I started working on issues related to human trafficking and technology, I was frustrated by how few people recognized the potential of technology...
From Wild WebMink
Joining Open Invention Network
Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: Open Invention Network is a novel company formed to operate patent defenses for open source developers. It owns a number...
From Computational Complexity
Is the rule of threes a meta-urban legend?
Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013 Margaret Thatcher died on April 8, 2013. I have heard the urban legend that celebrities die in threes. Does anyone really believe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zero TV Homes
I lived in such a home through graduate school. Even in the early days of working at a large company whose business was built directly through TV media. Of course...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Keep the Data Scientists Happy
Whatever they really are. This is not unusual for more creative employees. You have to balance focus with creativity. And seek creative ways to measure it. I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualization Apps for Office 365
Overview of their recent Visualization Apps development. A friend had mentioned to me that there have been considerable updates for Excel data visualization. Used...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bring Your Own Device to Work
This article and slide show touts it as the new normal. We experimented with the concept for years. Security issues remain. It still makes the IT groups nervous...
From Schneier on Security
Government Use of Hackers as an Object of Fear
Interesting article about the perception of hackers in popular culture, and how the government uses the general fear of them to push for more power: But theseoverzealous...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 April 2013
According to the daffodils in the front of the house it really is spring. A small pile of snow in my backyard is fighting but I think it is doomed to failure. I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Democracy for the Little Guy
In GigaOM: It points to two items mentioned here. Intuit's pushing the idea of an era of big data for the little guy. And also data visualization techniques that...
From CERIAS Blog
On Competitions and Competence
This is a follow-up to my last post here, about the "cybersecurity profession" and education. I was moderating one of the panels at the most recent CERIAS Symposium...
From The Eponymous Pickle