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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
Data Mining for Education
Learning how people make mistakes and using that mined information to determine the best way to teach them.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Spotfire Now on the iPad
I was an early user of Spotfire in the enterprise. Now it is good to see that they have modified it to the point that it can be used on an iPad. I have been hearing...
From Apophenia
Social Science PhD Internships at Microsoft Research New England (Spring & Summer 2011)
Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for PhD interns to join the social media collective for Spring and Summer 2011. For these positions, we are looking...
From Schneier on Security
Bulletproof Service Providers
From Brian Krebs: Hacked and malicious sites designed to steal data from unsuspecting users via malware and phishing are a dime a dozen, often located in the United...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ECairn Wins Social Technology Award
From ECairn, which I have followed for some time:" ... Our joint case study with Adobe illustrates the highly differentiated benefits of a very targeted approach...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Pill Technology
The idea of putting an microchip in a pill has been around for some time. This is the first time I have seen the implementation getting close. There is concern...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Is a Software Architect Worthy of the Name?
I have a friend who is an architect (the kind that designs buildings instead of software). I was reminded recently of a conversation my husband and I had withThe...
From Computational Complexity
A Problem with Wikipedia and the Next Best Thing to Winning a Godel Prize
(There are TWO theory day events in NY this semsester: Nov 11, 2010 and Nov 12, 2010. The first one has likely already started as you read this.) I searched...
From Putting People First
Continuum Advanced Systems at the intersection of technology, systems and human-centered design
Continuum launched of a new division within its organization, known as Continuum Advanced Systems. Focused on the intersection of technology, systems and human-centered...
From Putting People First
How the cell phone is changing the world
In a very general overview article published in Newsweek, Ravi Somaiya reports on how the impact of the ubiquitous device extends from politics to business, medicine...
From Putting People First
Privacy and the user experience
In a long blog post, designer and developer Alexander Dawson discusses some important privacy-related concerns
From Putting People First
Ethnography in industry: methods overview
James Glasnapp, who manages PARC‘s Workscapes and Organization team, has written his second article in a series on ethnography (you can read the first one here)...
From Schneier on Security
Changing Passwords
How often should you change your password? I get asked that question a lot, usually by people annoyed at their employer's or bank's password expiration policy:choose...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
XNA and Game Development and Expression Web and Web Design Talks
Last summer I helped present two talks at the CSTA CS & IT Symposium. In both cases I had small rolls with Pat Philips doing almost all of the talking on the talk...
From Wild WebMink
The End Of The Road For Web
The news is out that WS-I will now be absorbed by OASIS according to their PDF release. They told us back in July that it was going to happen. As far as I can tell...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Libraries Lending E Books
I got a note the other day that announced my local library was starting to lend e-books, and even loaning out e-readers. That made me think, what do the publishers...
From Schneier on Security
Removing Belts at Airport Security
The TSA is making us remove our belts even when we don't have to. European airports have made us remove our belts for years. My normal tactic is to pull my shirt...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Rise of Self Checkout
I have looked at aspects of retail checkout for some time. Examining methods like RFID tagging, in store hand held scanning, carts that scan their contents and...
From Computational Complexity
Dr. Scott Goes to Washington
Fellow blogger Scott Aaronson was chosen as one of 19 NSF PECASE awardees and wins a trip to the White House. Congrats to Scott! He received the award "for pushing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association