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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
Shaping the Future of Manufacturing
In McKinsey: Some interesting views on manufacturing. " ... A Video: Shaping the future of manufacturing ... Advances in technology are allowing companies to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Duke Coursera Course on Data Analysis
Pointed out to me, this course on data analytics, from Duke, which includes a free PDF text. Examining. " ... Data Analysis and Statistical Inference. Part of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hidden Markov and More
A non technical description of a very technical set of methods for forecasting. Baum-Welch and Hidden Markov. Don't know much about this direction but looks to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
$30 Billion Market for Wearable Computing Devices Projected by 2018
Computing is at the heart of one up-and-coming cultural trend – wearable technology. This emerging market is enabled by advances in computing, and it’s positioned...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Practically P=NP?
Solving is believing Cropped from source. Boris Konev and Alexei Lisitsa are both researchers at the University of Liverpool, who work in Logic and Computation....
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Probabilities in computing: they may not mean what you think they mean
I like to throw off my academic colleagues outside of computer science by pointing out that much of our software relies on probabilities… down to the ubiquitous...
From Wild WebMink
OSI, FSF and the end of software patents
Just as we did in the case of CPTN’s threatened acquisition of Novell’s patent portfolio in 2011, the OSI and FSF have once again collaborated to file a briefing...
From Schneier on Security
Decoding the Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript has been partially decoded. This seems not to be a hoax. And the manuscript seems not to be a hoax, either. Here's the paper.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G, Target and the Future of Retailing
In Retailwire: Another indication of how the world of retail is changing. And in particular the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Do also read...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikipedia Editing Bots
Editing Bots: Did not realize that so much WP editing was done with bots. Implications and dangers are still unclear. How does it influence confidence in the knowledge...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cross Targeting Multiple Devices
In CLickZ: What it is and why the hype? Most of us today use multiple devices. " ... Cross-device targeting, the ability to serve targeted advertising to consumers...
From Schneier on Security
GENESIS: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: GENESIS (S//SI//REL) Commercial GSM handset that has been modified to include...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Look at R Histograms
A look at the humble histogram. In Flowingdata. There would not seem to be much to say about this, but the details are interesting. Comparing them to the similar...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Swallowing Microchips for ID
Another sensor development. In this case for identification. But also for reading the brain? Overstatement I think. " ... “This pill has a small chip inside...
From Computational Complexity
Why Become a Professor
Someone took me to task because in November I posted that the CRA News had 50 pages of job ads but didn't note that very few of those ads specifically were searching...
From Wild WebMink
Input To UK Government
My input to the UK Government consultation on document formats: I believe it is imperative to have a single document format standard used as the benchmark for corresponding...
From Schneier on Security
Was the iOS SSL Flaw Deliberate?
Last October, I speculated on the best ways to go about designing and implementing a software backdoor. I suggested three characteristics of a good backdoor: low...
From Wild WebMink
Surveillance Impact Not Just Personal
Originally posted on Meshed Insights & Knowledge:In her post on ComputerWorld, Alexandra makes the excellent observation that the impact of surveillance is not...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
It’s OK To Make Mistakes
Me to a student the other day“Several other people made the same mistake. That is why I was able to spot it so quickly.” Invariably that statement gets a look of...
From Wild WebMink