From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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Looks like Python Hosting is no more. I’ve seen nothing official, but I note from veber.co.uk that the new name for their cloud hosting is Veber Cloud. My story...Simon Phipps From Wild WebMink | February 22, 2013 at 11:14 AM
When anthropologist Natalie Hanson was asked last year to contribute to a new book called The Handbook of Business Anthropology, edited by Rita Denny and Patty...Experientia From Putting People First | February 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Will design researchers (and our models and explanations) be replaced by data tables and “experience actuaries” that tell us what to build, for whom, and what it...Experientia From Putting People First | February 22, 2013 at 09:35 AM
We used so-called artificial neural nets (ANN) in the enterprise over a decade ago for specific kinds of focused analysis of consumer data. Inspired by the brain's...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2013 at 05:30 AM
In GigaOM: Even a cursory observation in any airport waiting room will demonstrate this. " Naysayers may continue to ignore the trend, but tablets aren’t toys...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2013 at 04:35 AM
A new White House strategy paper released on Wednesday outlines a five-pronged approach for protecting trade secrets of U.S. companies against a growing threat...Renee Dopplick From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | February 22, 2013 at 03:16 AM
Metaio announces bringing this idea to market today. A good idea for prototyping applications of AR. I also see specialized applications of augmented reality...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2013 at 12:37 AM
In GigaOm: Overview of a recent paper on crime prediction using Big Data. Nicely done, good example that whose principles can be reapplied in other domains....Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2013 at 12:36 AM
I got a new toy this week, the Pebble watch which I got early because I pre-ordered donated to their Kickstarter campaign. It's a little buggy and the promised...Lance Fortnow From Computational Complexity | February 21, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Almost all scientists ask their peers to review their work outside of the formal process offered by journals and conferences. Young scientists are routinely told...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | February 21, 2013 at 09:29 PM
On February 14, Kelly Gaither (Texas Advanced Computing Center), Kathryn McKinley (Microsoft Research), and Ed Lazowska (University of Washington and Computing...Ed Lazowska From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | February 21, 2013 at 08:04 PM
Wow, is this a crazy media frenzy. We should know better. These attacks happen all the time, and just because the media is reporting about them with greater frequency...schneier From Schneier on Security | February 21, 2013 at 06:54 PM
In an interesting retail/CPG example. Twitter owned Vine is being used by Price Chopper for marketing with six second videos.Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2013 at 04:55 PM
Last Saturday, Erwin Gianchandani, formerly the director of the Computing Community Consortium and now the deputy director of the National Science Foundation’s...Kenneth Hines From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | February 21, 2013 at 03:52 PM
Interesting research (full article is behind a paywall):
Abstract: Older adults are disproportionately vulnerable to fraud, and federal agencies have speculated...schneier From Schneier on Security | February 21, 2013 at 01:24 PM
I’ve not tried a document management system before, but these videos of LibreOffice checking documents in & out of document management systems via the new CMIS...Simon Phipps From Wild WebMink | February 21, 2013 at 11:13 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I was sitting around thinking about high school computer science curriculum last night when the idea of a programming languages survey course came to mind. I’m...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 21, 2013 at 10:28 AM
I like Thomas H Davenport's concise description of what he calls Analytics 3.0. Much as I dislike the numerical indexing of the approach. It is largely about ...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2013 at 03:35 AM
In the WSJ Blogs: Thomas H Davenport describes some his findings after meeting with Procter & Gamble. Exploring P&G's long time use of the analytics technology...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2013 at 03:32 AM
Anita's Quilt is a collection of inspiring stories from real women in technology. I wrote about its launch back in September, and wanted to draw your attention...Gail Carmichael From The Female Perspective of Computer Science | February 21, 2013 at 02:39 AM