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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 Schneier on Security
Eben Moglen and I Talk about the NSA
Last week, Eben Moglen and I had a conversation about NSA surveillance. Audio and video are online.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Misteaks During Classroom Demos
Most teachers make mistakes in class. I know that I do. Sometimes it is a typo. Or a slip of the tongue. Sometimes it is because we forget something and sometimes...
From Putting People First
People powered data
Geoff Mulgan, CEO of Nesta (the UK innovation charity), writes that in 2014 the growing movement to take back control of personal data will reach a tipping point...
From Putting People First
Screen Life: The View from the Sofa
A new study carried out for Thinkbox by COG Research and designed to help the advertising community understand the context of multi-screening (watching TV and simultaneously...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI as Our Final Invention
In the WP: A perhaps scary look at what AI can ultimately lead to. This has been discussed for a long time. I am inclined to be optimistic here. Sure there...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Innovations Abundant in the CNN 10: Ideas List
“Bold ideas are the currency of our knowledge economy and the lifeblood of our advancement as a culture.” – CNN 10: Ideas List Recently CNN put together a list...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Leveraging the Supply Chain
In Logistics Viewpoints:Ways to best leverage supply chain as strategy, cost center When collaborating with shippers, companies should first consider how they view...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Four Words of Persuasion
More from Roger Dooley: " ... Want to double your success in persuading people to do as you ask? Four simple words, and even other phrases with the same meaning...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Final Topics for My Intro to CS Course
With the final exam over with, it's finally time to reflect on this semester's offering of my version of our 'Introduction to Computer Science I' course for non...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google and Robotics: iRobots view
In Mashable: Notably Google did not buy probably the best known MIT robotics spin off: iRobot. What is iRobot's take on that? " ... Why iRobot's CEO WelcomesAngle...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM on Big Data
Following is interesting, just starting to ingest:Blueprints for Value:This is Part 1 in a 14 part series that is my attempt to present, in small easily consumable...
From Computational Complexity
Security Changes
A couple of policy changes recently, one that supposedly enhances privacy and another that could reduce it. Google has been implementing perfect forward secrecy...
From Schneier on Security
Acoustic Cryptanalysis
This is neat: Here, we describe a new acoustic cryptanalysis key extraction attack, applicable to GnuPG's current implementation of RSA. The attack can extract...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
An Hour of Code–Now What?
By just about any of the usual measures (people involved, media attention, VIP endorsements) this year’s CS Education Week was a huge success. We’ve had a couple...
From updated sporadically at best
I'm Using Python Now
I have a confession. All these years I've been evangelizing strongly statically typed languages, I've been going home at night and using Python. Not all the time...
From My Biased Coin
Tracking down the Harvard Non-Bomber
This year, (allegedly) a Harvard student performed the modern equivalent of pulling a fire alarm in order to avoid a final exam, in this case by sending an e-mail...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wiley Big Data and Analytics Title Sampler
Brought to my attention, you can get this for the usual registration information, usually the first several chapters of each book, which can be helpful:Data Mining...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Young Scientists Invited to Apply for Second Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Preparations for the second Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) are in full swing, and applications from young researchers to attend the second Forum are being accepted...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neural Nets Maturing
In ComputerWorld: Very broadly biologically inspired, yes. Often replacing analogous statistcal methods. We used them in a number of useful applications in the...
From The Eponymous Pickle