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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 Computational Complexity
Snow Days
An unexpected snowstorm hits the city in the middle of a workday. The roads get hopelessly clogged and I'm lucky to get home--many others just abandoned theirguarantees...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Market Research in a Big Data World
In Knowledge@Wharton. An extensive and interesting pieceFinding a Place for Market Research in a Big Data, Tech-enabled WorldThanks to social media and other technology...
From Schneier on Security
GINSU: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: GINSU (TS//SI//REL) GINSU provides software application persistence for the...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Presidential Commission Issues Recommendations on Improving Voting Experience
On January 22, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration issued the report requested of it by President Obama. Formed after reports of long lines...
From Schneier on Security
Trying to Value Online Privacy
Interesting paper: "The value of Online Privacy," by Scott Savage and Donald M. Waldman. Abstract: We estimate the value of online privacy with a differentiated...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Progress On The Jacobian Conjecture
More on the crypto approach to the Jacobian Conjecture Arno van Essen is one of the world experts on the Jacobian conjecture (JC)—we have discussed his work before...
From CERIAS Blog
Another Loss in the Community
I received news today that Yves Deswarte passed away on January 27th.Dr. Deswarte was a notable member of the computing community, with a career of 30+ years as...
From CERIAS Blog
Another Loss in the Community
I received news today that Yves Deswarte passed away on January 27th.Dr. Deswarte was a notable member of the computing community, with a career of 30+ years as...
From CERIAS Blog
Another Loss in the Community
I received news today that Yves Deswarte passed away on January 27th.Dr. Deswarte was a notable member of the computing community, with a career of 30+ years as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Grid Needs an App Store
In IEEE Spectrum: The electric grid is already an internet of things. " ... Yet writing applications for these programmable machines is too hard, which blocks...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) announced that it will hold a one-day CAREER proposal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Printing Human Parts
This came up in a recent discussion. It remains an area which is over regulated. " ... Bio-printing human parts will spark ethical, regulatory debate ... 3D printing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Staying Secure in the Cloud
As the owner and operator of a consulting business I am acutely aware of the need to readily exchange information between people and multiple devices to improve...
From Schneier on Security
The Politics of Fear
This is very good: ...one might suppose that modern democratic states, with the lessons of history at hand, would seek to minimize fear or at least minimizeThey...
From Wild WebMink
Setting Up Our Voice-Over-IP Phone System
Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: As I mentioned recently on Google+, I've recently installed a telephone system for Meshed Insights using a Raspberry...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Announces a new K-12 Administrator Impact Award
Great new program from CSTA and code.org. We sometimes forget that administrators can have a huge role in promoting and developing computer science programs in....
From Schneier on Security
TAWDRYYARD: NSA Exploit of the Day
Back in December, Der Spiegel published a lot of information about the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group, including a 2008 catalog of hardware and software...
From Apophenia
blatant groveling: please buy my book
In less than a month, my new book – “It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens” - will be published. This is the product of ten years worth of research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jungle Jim's Food Blog
I continue to follow the process of blogging. Was very late to discover our Cincinnati area local ethnic food super store: Jungle Jim's Food Blog. As a long time...
From The Eponymous Pickle