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From My Biased Coin

Round Two Reviewing : An Exercise in Conditional Probabilities

We're in "round 2" of reviews for NSDI, and it's brought up a problem for me I've noticed before. I worry that, subconsciously, I'm inclined to give papers I read... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | November 21, 2011 at 03:38 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 21 November 2011

This week will be a short one with the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US later this week. I Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 21, 2011 at 03:04 PM

From Computational Complexity

The Jobs Bio

I just finished the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs. Seems like everyone in the blogosphere has analyzed every sentence in the book, so I won't do that.... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | November 21, 2011 at 02:10 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Third Annual CSEdWeek Just Around the Corner

The third annual Computer Science Education Week — CSEdWeek Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | November 21, 2011 at 01:30 PM

From Schneier on Security

Hack Against SCADA System

A hack against a SCADA system controlling a water pump in Illinois destroyed the pump. We know absolutely nothing here about the attack or the attacker's motivations... schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 21, 2011 at 12:57 PM

From Wild WebMink

Open Source Nurtures Innovation

Following on from a blog posting about open source and innovation by Stephen O’Grady, I’ve written about the way open source potentially makes innovation easier... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | November 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM

From Putting People First

How much should people worry about the loss of online privacy?

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal posted excerpts from a debate between Danah Boyd, Stewart Baker, Jeff Jarvis, and Chris Soghoian on privacy: “Privacy... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 21, 2011 at 07:40 AM

From Putting People First

Announcement: Dataviz workshop in Torino, Italy

On 12 to 17 December, the people of Better Nouveau plan Dataviz, an in-depth workshop on the visual representation of large datasets. Better Nouveau is an independent... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 21, 2011 at 07:29 AM

From The Noisy Channel

CIKM 2011 Industry Event: Chavdar Botev on Databus: A System for Timeline-Consistent Low-Latency Change Capture

This post is part of a series summarizing the presentations at Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | November 21, 2011 at 03:23 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Conagra Mills Does Analytics

An interesting business analytics example. Note that Conagra is using it for supply chain decisions with their clients: "... ConAgra Mills, a Commercial Foods... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 21, 2011 at 01:33 AM

From Apophenia

Debating Privacy in a Networked World for the WSJ

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal posted excerpts from a debate between me, Stewart Baker, Jeff Jarvis, and Chris Soghoian on privacy. In preparation for... zephoria
From Apophenia | November 21, 2011 at 01:05 AM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Binary Hand Dance

If you are looking for some inspiration and/or entertainment for you or your students, check out the Vi Hart's Blog. Vi is a "recreational mathemusician" (her...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | November 20, 2011 at 09:47 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictive Modeling News

Brought to my attention. The Monthly Newsletter for Healthcare Professionals Involved with Predictive Modeling. " .... Featuring articles, news, key data, technology... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence Predictions

Boris Evelson provides some interesting business intelligence predictions for 2012. Including: " ... More BI will move into the hands of end users. IT will learn... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:22 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G's John Smale Passing

I worked with Mr. Smale as part of the IT Innovation Research team: ... John G. Smale, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Procter & Gamble, passed... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 07:20 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Windows Phones

I was briefly involved with a proposal for a Windows phone App that addressed retail analysis. So it is interesting to see it has now, in its first anniversary... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 20, 2011 at 03:34 PM

From Putting People First

Tablets, sensors, foot boards and other gadgets for (French) seniors

As the first baby boomers turn 65 this year, high-tech is gradually making its way into the lives Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 01:29 PM

From Putting People First

The invisibility of ethnography

Tricia Wang reflects on the fact that ethnographic work is often invisible. One way to overcome this, she argues, is for ethnographers to find ways to visualize... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:29 AM

From Putting People First

Social computing

The Interaction-Design.org Foundation is a labour of love founded by Mads Soegaard in 2002, and in 2010, his wife, Rikke Dam, joined the project (and their exotic... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM

From Putting People First

Out with the old, in with the new: a conversation with Don Norman & Jon Kolko

Richard Anderson has interviewed many people on stage, but, he says, the best of these, for multiple reasons (some very personal), might have been the most recent... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 20, 2011 at 11:04 AM