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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 Eponymous Pickle
Compost Analytics for the City
This is a classic example of vehicle routing using analytics. I have worked on problems as disparate as ambulance routing in semi rural counties and routing log...
From Wild WebMink
Tina Dico at Union Chapel
Tina Dico at Union Chapel, originally uploaded by webmink. We had an evening out last night in London at Union Chapel, an excellent venue for acoustic gigs. We...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Analytics Book
A review of recent book Business Analytics: A Practitioner's Guide (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) by Rahul Saxena and Anand...
From Putting People First
Big Data and personal data for behavioral analysis and behavioral change
In a broader article on Big Data and privacy, the New York Times writes about the work of Alex Pentland, a computational social scientist, director of the Human...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Videolocators Case Study
Some time ago I mentioned the Videolocators startup. Which uses some intriguing SEO methods. Ed Burns, their CEO sends along a case study of the service which...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lockheed and Quantum Computing
Have followed quantum computing here for specialized problem solving for some time. Here a GigaOM article with more detail about how Lockheed-Martin is using the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
“Making the Most of Big Data”
As we enter the second year of the Federal “Big Data Initiative,” the Administration is encouraging multiple stakeholders to develop and participate in Big Data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Petroleum Geology
Reading for data analysis background: Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production, 3rd Ed. by Norman J. Hyne (Mar 31, 2012)Very...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Genetics
Despite looking very different from each other and being distributed across the world's oceans, all giant squid are the same species. There's also not a lot of...
From Schneier on Security
Changes to the Blog
I have made a few changes to my blog that I'd like to talk about. The first is the various buttons associated with each post: a Facebook Like button, a Retweet...
From Wild WebMink
Reader Reminder
My Infoworld Open Sources article for this week is now live. It takes the demise of Google Reader as a reminder that without open source software processing open...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Why am I Running for the CSTA Board?
Who am I and why am I running for the CSTA Board? I am someone who is deeply committed to computer science education. As an educator, as a software professional...
From Putting People First
She’s not talking about it, but Siri is plotting world domination
Apple has a vision of a future in which the disembodied voice of Siri is your constant companion. It goes something like this: You arrive home at the end of a long...
From Putting People First
The next wave in branding: merging experiences across markets
It’s time to start thinking strategically about designing user experiences for interconnected ecosystems like health care, argues frog’s Fabio Sergio. “Within [massive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Expands Smartphone Checkout
It is reported that Wal-Mart will expand its test of using smartphones for in-aisle checkout. The system they are using is Scan & Go, delivered as an App for popular...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Keep vs Evernote
A comparison of newly available of Google Keep, and well known note taking system Evernote. Have used Evernote for years. In recent weeks I have been helping a...
From Schneier on Security
FBI Secretly Spying on Cloud Computer Users
Both Google and recently ruled National Security Letters unconstitutional. Not that this changes anything yet.
From My Biased Coin
Harvard in the NCAA Tournament
Thank goodness it's Harvard's vacation week.Otherwise, the rioting would have been unbearable.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovative Supply Chain Solutions
In SCDigest: An exploration of the 'pain to gain ration', of various supply chain innovations. Well done. I did such an analysis a few years ago. I love the...
From The Eponymous Pickle