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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 Teachers Association
she++ Video Trailer Worth a Look
A couple of undergraduate students here at Stanford have launched she++, an effort to get more women involved in computing at the undergraduate level. The clever...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Reveals their Glass
Today more about features and directions of the vaunted 'Google Glass' eye wear style interface. Now including voice commands. If this becomes popular it will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CIOs Are Building App Stores
In Forbes: We saw it coming and it will progress. Apps are becoming part of the consumerization of data and process improvement via systems. Like the movesSee...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I Can Look That Up For You
One of the things that has happened over the last few years is that I have learned what I needed on a just in time basis. That is to say that rather than trying...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Hack on KC’s 1Gbps Google Fiber: Apply for travel scholarships by Feb 26
The following is a special contribution to the CCC blog from Will Barkis, Project Lead, Mozilla Ignite. Mozilla, in partnership with the National Science Foundation...
From Wild WebMink
Rome’s Answer To Milton Keynes
High Roman Wall, originally uploaded by webmink. We went walking yesterday around the remains of the Roman town Calleva Atrebatum in Silchester, Hampshire. This...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What kind of researcher are you?
The politician. He will get people to collaborate on joint projects. How to recognize: He knows everyone! Pro: He makes things happen irrespective of the available...
From Schneier on Security
Fixing Soccer Matches
How international soccer matches are fixed. Right now, Dan Tan's programmers are busy reverse-engineering the safeguards of online betting houses. About $3 billion...
From Putting People First
Experientia partner part of Interaction14 organizing team
Interaction, the annual interaction design conference organized by IxDA (the global Interaction Design Association), will head to Amsterdam in in February 2014....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Human Robot Relationships
A good overview piece. A review of some of Sherry Turkle's work. We examined this when we looked at Japanese work on robot companions and help mates. The idea...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internet Limit
In SCiam: When will the Internet reach its limit, and what are the implications? " ... The number of smartphones, tablets and other network-connected gadgets...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gartner Quadrant for Business Intelligence
I was sent a copy of Gartner's Magic Quadrant publication for business intelligence and analytics software. A simplistic view, but always a good place to start...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Equity, Policy, and and Why "Trickle Down" Doesn't
As a non common-core subject, computer science relies on vigorous policy efforts to help our educational leaders understand the importance of including computing...
From Schneier on Security
19th-Century Traffic Analysis
There's a nice example of traffic analysis in the book No Name, by Wilkie Collins (1862). The attacker, Captain Wragge, needs to know whether a letter has been...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Attack of the Customers
Colleague, correspondent and former co-fellow of mine at SNCR Paul Gillin has written a book just brought to my attention. Attack of the Customers: Why Critics...
From Computational Complexity
Are most lower bounds really upper bounds?
Recently Daniel Apon (grad student of Jon Katz at UMCP, but he also hangs out with me) proved a LOWER BOUND by proving an UPPER BOUND. His paper is here. I have...
From Wild WebMink
Python – Why Is There Even An Issue?
As soon as I heard about the trademark dispute concerning Python, I tried to contact both sides and understand why there was even an issue. I got through straight...
From Putting People First