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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Wireless Research for Intelligent Transport
On the heels of a speech by President Obama last week touting a public-private partnership seeking to “help large fleets reduce diesel and gasoline use by incorporating...
From Computational Complexity
A New Proof of the Nondeterministic Time Hierarchy
A nondeterministic time hierarchy was first proved by Cook and in the strongest form by Seiferas, Fischer and Meyer. Z
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is there a Digital Right to be Forgotten?
Recently mentioned the issue of the long term ownership of data. Was directed to this Fast Company article about varying laws that touched on this, notably the...
From Schneier on Security
Reducing Bribery by Legalizing the Giving of Bribes
Here's some very clever thinking from India's chief economic adviser. In order to reduce bribery, he proposes legalizing the giving of bribes: Under the current...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Payments Changing
In Forrester: Mobile payments enter a disruptive phase. A Rapidly changing area with acquisitions and big players working the space. " ... A recent article in...
From Wild WebMink
? Spin-Policy-Defense
Increasing Mozilla Focus on Messaging and Communications on the Web: Re-integration of Mozilla Messaging While it’s not instantly obvious from Mitchell’s blog posting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interactive Voice Response
Newly introduced to: Newfound Technologies, known for their work in Interactive Voice Response. (IVR) application development. Providing knowledge remotely is...
From Putting People First
Storytelling and destination development
The study “Storytelling and Destination Development” by the Nordic Innovation Centre set out to scrutinize the possibilities and drawbacks of using storytelling...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
After The APCS Exam
The Advanced Placement Computer Science exam is just about a month away. While for most schools this is far from the end of the school year for many AP students...
From My Biased Coin
Did the NSF Just Do Something Really Stupid Misguided?
To begin, as I always do when I write about the NSF, let me start by saying that I love the NSF, and I greatly appreciate all the research funding they give me. ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How information technology is really built
One of my favorite stories is how Greg Linden invented the famous Amazon recommender system, after after being forbidden to do so. The story is fantastic because...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Billion Prices Project
Just brought to my attention the Billion Prices Project at MIT, designed to track and analyze inflation rates worldwide.
From Wild WebMink
? Tune In
@webminkSimon Phipps Just confirmed I'll co-host this Wed on FLOSS Weekly: David Wheeler – Open Source Software at the US Dept of Defence, http://twit.tv/floss...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Role for Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Design
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Doug Fisher (Vanderbilt University) and Mary Lou Maher (University of Maryland, College Park), who recently...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Do You Have a "Split Personality" in Your CS Classroom
Sometimes it feels like you are up against a brick wall. Your own principal threatens to cancel your AP CS course due to low enrollment and budgetary restrictions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Retailer: Supply Chain's Last Mile
Upcoming, I plan to attend:The Department of Operations & Business Analytics at the University of Cincinnati
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facial EMG
A short descriptive piece by Roger Dooley on FMG (Facial Myography) for neuromarketing applications.
From Putting People First
The fall and rise of user experience
UX designer Cennydd Bowles has posted the transcript of his closing plenary at the IA Summit 2011 in Denver, Colorado. “Although there’s still a substantial gap...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Becoming Customer Centric
Good piece in SASCom on Becoming a customer centric company - the new imperative. Excellent blog in general, give it a follow.
From Schneier on Security