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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
Vampire Numbers and other Interesting Things
In a Facebook post recently, Gerald Thurman, a computing/math instructor at Scottsdale Community College located in Scottsdale, Arizona introduced me to Vampire...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke Does Social and Photo Sharing
Coke has launched a photo sharing application about 'happy places'. Nice idea, how well it will be picked up will depend on. I worked on such an app, and depends...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Design plus Analytics
Have been re-reading The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, by Roger Martin. For background on a talk on innovation I...
From Schneier on Security
Three-Rotor Enigma Machine Up for Auction
Expensive, but it's in complete working order. They're also auctioning off a complete set of rotors; those are even rarer than the machines -- which are often missing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why You Can't Vote Online
In a voting line this morning, which was the first time in memory I had waited more than a few minutes, I noticed the large number of people using smart phones...
From Schneier on Security
Wanted: RSA Exhibitor for Book Signing
Is anyone out there interested in buying a pile of copies of my Liars and Outliers for a giveaway and book signing at the RSA Conference? I can guarantee enormous...
From Putting People First
How teens do research in the digital world
According to Pew Internet research, the teachers who instruct the most advanced American secondary school students render mixed verdicts about students’ research...
From Schneier on Security
New Vulnerability Against Industrial Control Systems
It doesn't look good. These are often called SCADA vulnerabilities, although it isn't SCADA that's involved here. They're against programmable logic controllers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
On Industry Certifications For Students
This post all started as a comment on a guest post by Barbara Ericson on Mark Guzdial’s blog - The Need for an Industry-based Java Exam. In that post Barbara makes...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Election Outcome
We predict that one of three outcomes will happen Nate Silver is arguably the world’s foremost psephologist. This sounds like someone who foretells a person’s future...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Achieving Smarter Commerce: IBM and DemandTec
I have been following DemandTec (Now part of IBM) since they presented at our innovation centers soon after they were formed. I was impressed by the deep analytics...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
I'm Going To Be a TEDx Speaker
I'm happy that I'm starting to get noticed when it comes to my public speaking abilities. My latest speaking request was for a local edition of TED on DecemberTEDxSandyHillWomen...
From Schneier on Security
New Jersey Allows Voting by E-Mail
I'm not filled with confidence, but this seems like the best of a bunch of bad alternatives.
From Schneier on Security
New WWII Cryptanalysis
I'd sure like to know more about this: Government code-breakers are working on deciphering a message that has remained a secret for 70 years. It was found onSome...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Power Retailers
In Progressive Retailer. A near time view of who the power retailers of the future. Those that operate in mutliple channels. " ... Manufacturers expect Wal-Mart...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest
I don’t work for Microsoft anymore so I don’t get paid to promote things like this. On the other hand I like the idea of a) applications for social good and b)http...
From Putting People First
Building software to conduct ethnographic research of online communities
While digital ethnography is an established field within ethnography, we don’t often hear of ethnographers building digital tools to conduct their fieldwork. Wendy...
From Computational Complexity
Produce or Perish
Every year or so the National Science Foundation releases a new version of the holy bible of grant submission procedures, the Grant Proposal Guide. Last month's...
From Schneier on Security
On the Ineffectiveness of Airport Security Pat-Downs
I've written about it before, but not half as well as this story: "That search was absolutely useless." I said. "And just shows how much of all of this is security...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson