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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking At Curriculum From Different Angles
My job at Microsoft was to promote the use of Microsoft tools for computer science education. It was a great job and I was promoting tools that I had and that I...
From Putting People First
Designing empathy into an open Internet of Things
The mobile technology of tomorrow may be real-time, always on and algorithm driven in its characteristics, writes designer Jessi Baker, but there is a real opportunity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why BI Fails
I agree with some of the commenters. Tools may be necessary these days, but they are not sufficient. Your BI project will mostly likely fail not because features...
From Putting People First
Cultivating empathic design in an analytical world
There is an empathy gap in technology development, argues April Demosky on the FT’s Tech Blog. “In the analytic, data-driven world of Silicon Valley, emotions often...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
OSTP mandates free public access to publications
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has directed that the published results of federally funded research (final peer-reviewed manuscripts or...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congressional Briefing on Software Patent Reforms
Leading high-tech executives spoke this week on the best ways to promote innovation and improve the quality of software patents at an industry-sponsored Congressional...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Land Squids
Funny. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations sought for CCC Council
The Computing Community Consortium is governed by an 18-member Council, with members on 3-year staggered terms. The CCC’s Nominating Committee invites nominations...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safeway Avoids Print
In Adage: Safeway looks at a world without print ads, moves digital. " ... Safeway is doing its best to eliminate print advertising in favor of more personalized...
From Schneier on Security
I Was on Inventing the Future
I was a guest on Inventing the Future, for an episode on surveillance technology. The video is here.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Form Available for CRA Outstanding Undergrad Researchers Award
The Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American colleges and universities...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Research Questions About MOOCs
In a Communications of the ACM Blog, Mark Guzdial raises some probing “Research Questions About MOOCs.” He points to recent articles that explore the impact of...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
PD Points and Teacher Licensing: Chickens and Eggs
I am nearing the end of my five year cycle for recertification, so I am reviewing what professional development activities I have participated in to see what qualifies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iPad Addiction
In Baseline Mag: Some thoughts and statistics about how people are getting addicted to the tablet format. Retailers and marketers should notice this.
From Schneier on Security
Hacking the Papal Election
As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, security people like me wonder about the process. How does it work, and just how hard would it be to hack...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Create a Mind
A piece on Ray Kurzweil's (now at Google) latest book: How to Create a Mind: the Secret of Human Thought Revealed. Always fascinating, sometimes over the top...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Cost of Suspicion
An interesting HBR case study of the cost of suspicion in the enterprise. Refreshingly different piece. Also hints at how this can go beyond just the usual personnel...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Obama Endorses Programming Classes in High School
On one hand this is great. The President of the United States promotes computer science education. On the other hand he talks about it primarily as a vocational...
From Schneier on Security
All Those Companies that Can't Afford Dedicated Security
This is interesting: In the security practice, we have our own version of no-man's land, and that's midsize companies. Wendy Nather refers to these folks as being...
From Putting People First