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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
Knowledge Management is Broken
Unfortunately in an information minimizing slide show, but the topic is important. " ... Five Reasons Knowledge Management is Broken ... Knowledge management...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Perfect Data and Perfect Predictions
An obvious conclusion: you never get perfect answers. Analytics depends upon the correctness if the data in context, AND the power of the model being used. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Internet of Cars
We will see the internet of automobiles before we see the Internet of things. An overview in ReadwriteWeb. The future of transportation will take us to the net...
From Schneier on Security
Tor User Identified by FBI
Eldo Kim sent an e-mail bomb threat to Harvard so he could skip a final exam. (It's just a coincidence that I was on the Harvard campus that day.) Even though...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartphone Penetration
The global smartphone penetration continues to increase. Up to 60% by 2019 says this report.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use Cases for iBeacon and Estimote
In Wired: I continue my look at the use of in store location and communication. Something we thought a lot about in the innovation lab, but never had the technology...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH announces funding opportunities for the BRAIN Initiative
On April 2, 2013, President Obama launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to revolutionize our understanding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Financial Uses for Quantum Computing
We were asked early on: What is the value for quantum computing? Here a look in particular at the financial industry. With mention of our contact in quantum"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Evolution of ETL
In Information Management: Extract, Transfer and Load (ETL) is a key process for the use of information to make it ready for analytics. It's changing to make...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Code Red: Where are the Women in Computing?
Editor's Note: This blog piece from our partners at Change the Equation details their recent report on the continued underrepresentation of women in computing, ...
From Putting People First
Videos online of the Service Design Global Conference
Nearly all videos of the recent Service Design Global Conference in Cardiff, Wales (19-20 November 2013) are now online: DAY 1 Making Data Useful The Service Design...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The day I subscribed to a dozen porn sites…
This morning, I noticed some odd charges on my Royal Bank VISA card. They were attributed to sites such as videosupport1.com, bngvsupport.com, paysupport1.com,...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
MOOCs For Teacher Training–Not a Fan
Mark Guzdial shared some news about Google’s CS4HS program on Facebook today. Google's program to fund high school teacher professional development in CS willhttps...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data: Risks and Implications
Review of: Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, and Kenneth Cukier. Strongly recommended, for...
From Putting People First
Dan Hill: Can public enterprises adopt the popular dynamics of private enterprises?
In his latest Dezeen column, Dan Hill examines what services like the Uber taxi app mean for cities and asks whether the designers of public services can learn...
From Schneier on Security
Security Vulnerabilities of Legacy Code
An interesting research paper documents a "honeymoon effect" when it comes to software and vulnerabilities: attackers are more likely to find vulnerabilities in...
From Putting People First
American-centric UI is leveling tech culture — and design diversity
An article with a title like this cannot but intrigue me (being a non-American leading a non-USA company) – and even more so after I found out that it was written...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Age of Outsourcing
In CIOInsight: Good piece on the topic, which I have not covered in a while. Good approach, done well. " ... The biggest business driver of outsourcing has...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Mark Hill to Deliver Distinguished Lecture at NSF
On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 10 am EST, Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member Mark Hill will be delivering a Distinguished Lecture at the National...
From The Eponymous Pickle