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The House Will Engage With Cybersecurity Legislation This Week
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

The House Will Engage With Cybersecurity Legislation This Week

While Congress has tried to pass major cybersecurity legislation for the last few years, this week marks what could be a major step forward in finally getting a...

Cray Urika
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cray Urika

Taking a look at Cray Computer.  Years ago, in 1996, when they had just combined with  Silicon Graphics,   also an early platform we used,  I gave a talk to their...

Random Memes
From Wild WebMink

Random Memes

Plenty on my mind this week, so to focus I’ve written a quick post on ComputerWorldUK listing some of the things I’m thinking about. A bit random; I’d be interested...

If You Like Will You Buy?
From The Eponymous Pickle

If You Like Will You Buy?

From the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative:Intriguing data and behavior analysis opportunity:IF YOU "LIKE"  WILL YOU BUY? NEW DATA ON SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSUREA...

NSF, SRC Partner on Failure-Resistant Systems
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF, SRC Partner on Failure-Resistant Systems

The

Amazing Round of "Split or Steal"
From Schneier on Security

Amazing Round of "Split or Steal"

In Liars and Outliers, I use the metaphor of the Prisoner's Dilemma to exemplify the conflict between group interest and self-interest. There are a gazillion academic...

Health Care Supply Chain Solutions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Health Care Supply Chain Solutions

Just had an enlightening discussion with Dave Swart,  of Health Chain Solutions Ltd.  They address the question of how you utilize increasingly available health...

Fujitsu enters Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fujitsu enters Big Data

In a recent interesting development, Japanese hardware and software giant has proposed a software suite that addresses big data. " ... The company announced server...

One-on-One With Watson Creator David Ferrucci
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

One-on-One With Watson Creator David Ferrucci

David Ferrucci, the IBM

US Imagine Cup Winners 2012
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

US Imagine Cup Winners 2012

The 2012 Imagine Cup is now history for most teams. A few are still involved as they are on their way to Sydney Australia for the world wide finals this July. So...

Technology and Its Use Continue to Speed up
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technology and Its Use Continue to Speed up

A graph displays the penetration of many common technologies into US households.   Source at the link and larger graph at the link.  See the comments in the link...

Transforming  the Front End of Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Transforming the Front End of Innovation

Intriguing webinar case study of work by Kimberly-Clark.   I plan to attend.  The idea of using concept development is something we are using effectively to this...

Why I
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Why I

This month, in UCLA

Why I
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Why I

This month, in UCLA

Thanks, Yale Daily News!
From My Biased Coin

Thanks, Yale Daily News!

Harvard's CS50 class is nicely lauded -- by a column in the Yale Daily News.  First, the Harvard-centric stuff:The good news is that there

Introverts and Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Introverts and Innovation

In the HBR Blogs:  Although Myers Briggs tests are not technically meant to label introvert-extrovert, we did experiment with it broadly to help people understand...

Social Media Advertising Exploding
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Media Advertising Exploding

In AdAge:  A good opinion piece predicting the continuing increase of using social media to engage.   Suggestion is that a  battle will ensue between digital media...

Dissolvable Packaging
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dissolvable Packaging

An experimental topic for some time.  It always requires a second protective layer for making sure that encounters with water or high moisture don't cause problems...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 23
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 23

The House is expected to consider four cybersecurity bills on Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. April 24 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation...

NASA Holds International Space Apps Challenge;Preliminary Results Posted
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NASA Holds International Space Apps Challenge;Preliminary Results Posted

Last October, we noted that
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