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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 Computer Science Teachers Association
Overcoming the Isolation of the Computer Science Teacher
This morning I had a conversation with the other computer science teacher at my school. I told him I wasn't sure what to use for an exercise for my students inLocal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making a Face Memorable
In MIT News: Never forget a face .... New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance. .... Two...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interactive Story Telling and Decision Models
On interactive story telling:A paper I was pointed to that presents an expertise plus simulation based method for smart energy demand management ... With similarities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
So What is Hadoop?
Forrester has a short video that explains, at a very general level, the technology behind the idea. Good as a broad description of the idea, but not something I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Classifying Data Scientists
How do you classify data scientists? A taxonomy of sorts. Which is usually a good thing to agree on if you can.
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...
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