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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Intel on Digital Signage
Very good report on experimental field trials with digital signage in retail by Intel. Via their acquisition Cognovision. I like the fact that this is real observational...
From CERIAS Blog
Panel #1: Traitor Tracing and Data Provenance (Panel Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Panel Members: David W. Baker, MITRE Chris Clifton, Purdue Stephen Dill, Lockheed Martin Julia Taylor, Purdue Panel Summary by Nikhita...
From Computational Complexity
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Lots of CS Goodness going on at FCRC June 4-11. New for 2011 the STOC Poster Session: Share your exciting research on theory's greatest stage! Submission deadline...
From CERIAS Blog
Opening Keynote: Neal Ziring (Symposium Summary)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Keynote Summary by Mark Lohrum Neal Ziring, the current technical director for the Information Assurance Directorate at the NSA, was given...
From Wild WebMink
? Freedom and Long Life
Freedom through a clear governance model But the observation that I found most telling was that the governance model has actually freed up blockages in the decision...
From Schneier on Security
How did the CIA and FBI Know that Australian Government Computers were Hacked?
Newspapers are reporting that, for about a month, hackers had access to computers "of at least 10 federal ministers including the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Banking Analytics Blog
New, A Banking Analytics Blog. Though it is not my field, it is worth seeing analytics from a different decision perspective."How are banking leaders using analytics...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
A Fortnight in Boston, Massachusetts
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to participate in the CRA-W Grad Cohort for a third and final time. I love this program because not only do we get toFreedom...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robots and Disasters: The Last 10 Years, The Next 2 Years
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Champions for The US Imagine Cup 2011
We just announced the winners in the US Imagine Cup for game development and software design. The winning software design team will be representing the United States...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE
The NSF‘s CISE Directorate has called for proposals for Expeditions in Computing: The far-reaching impact and rate of innovation in the computing and information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mapping the Brain's Connections
Via the ACM: University College London maps the complexity of the brains connections. A new field called Connectomics. Which among other techniques uses MRI...
From Schneier on Security
New French Law Reduces Website Security
I didn't know about this: The law obliges a range of e-commerce sites, video and music services and webmail providers to keep a host of data on customers. This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future of Cameras in SmartPhones
Pelican's smart arrays and computational imaging. A good Technology review article on the future of small embedded cameras, like those in Smartphones: " ... The...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 11
April 12 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security of the Senate Homeland...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Martin Lindstrom on Building Smashable Brands
In FastCompany: How to Build an Unforgettable, "Smashable" Brand Identity (Hint: It's Not the Logo). Very good overview by Martin Lindstrom on the concept of a...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Research at the NIH: Funding Opportunities, Tips for Applying
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Peter Lyster, Program Director for biological modeling and bioinformatics in the Center for Bioinformatics...
From Schneier on Security