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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
Multi Modal Drones
In Wired: As you might expect, the primary uses here are military. " ... This Drone Can Fly, Swim, Drive, and Hop Its Way Through a Mission .. " But it points...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise Architecture
Thinking Future architecture. " ... Doing Enterprise Architecture is different from managing other type of IT or business project, as it includes from abstract...
From Schneier on Security
Bizarre Online Gambling Movie-Plot Threat
This article argues that online gambling is a strategic national threat because terrorists could use it to launder money. The Harper demonstration showed the technology...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
New Resources to Support a New Perspective
There has been a lot of excitement lately in the news about the importance of teaching students to code, but in the midst of all the excitement, many students,,...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The Hour of Code – CSEdWeek on steroids!
Code.org is putting CSEdWeek on steroids this year! My department, like many of yours, has traditionally run a programming contest and an open house in conjunction...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House OSTP “Big Data” event – webcast Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT
Check out the webcast of the White House OSTP “Big Data” event, November 12, 2013 beginning at 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT. Webcast here: http://live.science360.gov/1...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Apps Drive Smart Homes
In GigaOM: Expectes 21.5 million in US and Europe by 2017. The definition is still somewhat uncertain. We continue to experiment with the idea, after starting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Science Books
Vincent Granville posts a good list of more than 100 data science, analytics, big data and visualization books. With links to further commentary and access. Nicely...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Pollution on the Rise
In ClickZ: Cleansing data. As we start to mine all the easy big data we are uncovering more difficult layers we will need to better understand. What are the...
From Computational Complexity
A problem on Receiprocals
(I thought I had posted this a while back but I can't find it in past blogs so I think I did not. I DID post a diff problem on reciprocals.) Here is the question...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 11
November 12 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on multiple nominees, including the Associate Director...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Humans in the Loop
Have you noticed? Real humans are entering the App loop. ' ... Google Helpouts and Amazon's Mayday are changing everything ... " . Its long been my contention...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Comments on this Blog
Repeating my policy. Readership is up and Spam is increasing. All comments are moderated. I cannot read or approve anonymous comments without prior approval....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Johnson & Johnson Brand Tracking
Looking for a different measure. Portfolio oriented. " ... Johnson & Johnson is moving to a unified methodology for tracking some of its “mega brands”, global...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey on Enhancing Application Development
Always of interest. But does this mean we can have less technical people involved? This has long been a goal, but is not really happening. Its still a very technical...
From Schneier on Security
Dan Geer Explains the Government Surveillance Mentality
This talk by Dan Geer explains the NSA mindset of "collect everything": I previously worked for a data protection company. Our product was, and I believe still...![[Book] Mapping Design Research](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Mapping Design Research
Mapping Design Research Edited by Simon Grand and Wolfgang Jonas Birkhauser 2012, 256 pages [Amazon link] [Sample chapter] An authoritative and scientifically based...
From Putting People First
Two new reports by ARUP
Designing with Data The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and ARUP have released Designing with Data: Shaping Our Future Cities, a new report that explores...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 11 November 2013
It’s Veteran’s Day in the US and most schools are closed. We’re remembering and honoring our nations veterans. I’m remembering my late father who was a combat veteran...
From The Eponymous Pickle