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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 Putting People First
Michele Visciola on online healthcare information
Michele Visciola, Experientia partner, gave a talk last Sunday on online healthcare information at the 16th IFHRO (International Federation of Health Records Organizations)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Forbes on R Software
In the Forbes blog. Excellent article on the open source R statistical package. The visualization capabilities are emphasized. I agree that it is the package...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Coupon Use Soars
In Progressive Grocer, an overview article on the increasing use of digital coupons, with quite a few useful statistics. With the increasing use of smartphones...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adjusting Your Google Privacy
In Ars Technica, an article about the many privacy settings available for Google users. I use many Google services and am concerned about the privacy I give up...
From Wild WebMink
? RAND: Not So Reasonable
Fair, Reasonable, Non-Discriminatory – surely that all has to be good stuff?
From Schneier on Security
New Biometric
Eye movements instead of eye structures. The new system tracks the way a person's eye moves as he watches an icon roam around a computer screen. The way the icon...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Wisdom in Lists
Like a lot of people I have an affection for lists that condense a lot of wisdom into a brief set of statements or items. Some time ago I wrote a series of posts...
From The Noisy Channel
An Information Cascade
I’ve been reading Networks, Crowds, and Markets, a great textbook by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg. I’m very grateful to Cambridge University Press for surprising...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Standard for Supercomputing
In the CACM: Sandia Labs will be delivering a new proposed set of standards for Supercomputing today which is more closely related to the kinds of tasks that are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brandery Opens New Start-ups
Thr Brandery launches six new startups in Cincinnati. In Dave Knox's blog.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Japan Inc's Regrowth
Bain Inc writes about the reenergization of Japan Inc. I followed Japan in the 90's in the area of artificial intelligence ... A view of their direction and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Curation vs Aggregation
A good piece on the very idea of the human network. Remember us? I think there is much to be said for linking together human and Internets in new ways. There...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pledge to Participate in and be a Supporter of Computer Science Education Week!
Computer Science Education week is December 5-11, 2010 this year. ACM and the chair of CSed Week steering committer are asking people to sign up and pledge to support...
From Wild WebMink
? H.264
My essay unpacking the meaning of ‘free’ H.264 licensing is now available in the Essays section. It provides a case study in why apparently fair “Reasonable and...
From Putting People First
How data use and data visualisations can improve our lives
Data use and smart human-centric data visualisations are becoming the “next big thing” in UX design. A number of posts this week delve into the matter: Data for...
From Putting People First
The newest web users are changing the culture of the internet
The newest billion people to venture online are doing so in developing countries rather than North America or Europe, writes Erik German in Globalpost, and they...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Cybersecurity Policy Discussion Will Include USACM Chair
On November 22, former national cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke will discuss cybeersecurity and cybersecurity policy at the AAAS in Washington, D.C. As part...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Imagine Cup: Becoming a Computer Scientist
We all know there aren't enough women in computer science. There have been several different approaches to encouraging them to consider it as a career, from fun...
From The Eponymous Pickle