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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 Schneier on Security
Jared Diamond on Common Risks
Jared Diamond has an op-ed in the New York Times where he talks about how we overestimate rare risks and underestimate common ones. Nothing new here -- I and others...
From Wild WebMink
Microsoft Now Ships GPL Code
Visual Studio now includes GPLv2 code, derived from the libgit2 project. They are also collaborating with GitHub over the project. Did hell just freeze over? I...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Do We Need Radical Change in Computer Science Education?
Everyone seems to be getting into the game of “fixing” computer science education. From Khan Academy to Code.org online programs seem to be popping up weekly. Some...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bunchball and IBM
Have had some conversations with gamification vendor IBM. Good to see they have partnered with IBM Connections. Exploring how to add game dynamics and fun to "...
From Schneier on Security
The Eavesdropping System in Your Computer
Dan Farmer has an interesting paper (long version here; short version here) discussing the Baseboard Management Controller on your computer's motherboard: The ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Forecasting Rogue Clouds
What is a rogue cloud? " ... IT managers say "rogue cloud implementations" in which business managers sign up for services without getting IT approval is among...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Seeking New Council Members
THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS The CCC’s Nominating Committee invites nominations (including self-nominations) for members...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Irrelevant Ideas and Breakthroughs
Always an interest of mine in innovation. I pushed the idea for years in the enterprise. Usually with partial success. Here some thoughts from Wharton. What...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Losing Shine
In E-Commerce Times. Although you can't tell it to the true fans, I am having more conversations about this recently. Not enough true innovation. Perception...
From Schneier on Security
Power and the Internet
All disruptive technologies upset traditional power balances, and the Internet is no exception. The standard story is that it empowers the powerless, but that's...
From Computational Complexity
Who do you write papers for?
Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana and new president of Purdue, wrote an inaugural letter where he discusses many of the challenges of higher education...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson the Shopping Assistant
A GigaOM piece just brought to my attention. The idea of using a cognitive system to solve problems was part of a direction we looked at in the late 80s during...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CIO Strategies with CIO Eureka
A former colleague of mine at Procter & Gamble: José Ignacio Sordo Galarza, has started a company called CIO Eureka, which looks at enterprise CIO strategies. "...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Student Teacher Time!
Spring is the season of student teachers. Do you remember when you went out and worked with an older, experienced teacher to see what the job was really like? You...
From Schneier on Security
"People, Process, and Technology"
Back in 1999 when I formed Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., I popularized the notion that security was a combination of people, process, and technology. Back...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Canadian Computing Education Day + Scratch Day Canada
This came though on one of the mailing lists I am on. I know that some from Canada read this blog (or so the analytic report claims) so I thought I would also share...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Martha Pollack selected to be University of Michigan Provost
Martha Pollack, University of Michigan Professor of EECS and past Dean of their School of Information, has been selected as Michigan’s next Provost – another sign...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Big Data and Healthcare Infographic
Big Data could revolutionize healthcare by replacing up to 80% of what doctors do while still maintaining over 91% accuracy. Please take a look at the infographic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facebook and CPG
In Adage: How can Facebook work with the retailer and manufacturer in CPG? Useful numbers and thoughts. " ... CPG accounted for 12.5% of measured ad spending...
From Schneier on Security