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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
Ratio of Spend to Sales
A relatively old story, brought to my attention by a recent startup involvement:" ... Booz & Company recently conducted the bi-annual refresh of its Customer Planning...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
PCAST Releases Cybersecurity Report
Following its November meeting, the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter report on cybersecurity. The report follows...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
If you are serious about climate change… stop attending conferences?
We know that spending energy tends to release carbon in the atmosphere. In turn this warms up the Earth in the long run. This change might be detrimental. Being...
From Schneier on Security
Evading Airport Security
The news is reporting about Evan Booth, who builds weaponry out of items you can buy after airport security. It's clever stuff. It's not new, though. Peopleexplained...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) Looking for Partner Schools
TEALS is an interesting program started by a Microsoft employee some years ago. It taps the enthusiasm and expertise of industry professionals who work with classroom...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Decision Modeling in Game Design
Of interest: "Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 1: IntroductionThis article is the first in an ongoing series on the application of decision...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Isomorphism Is Where It’s At
Isomorphism at the SODA 2014 conference Ronald Read and Derek Corneil are Canadian mathematicians and computer scientists. Read earned a PhD in Mathematics from...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Article on the “Legal Aspects of Interface Accessibility in the U.S.”
The December issue of the Communications of the ACM includes an article co-authored by USACM Accessibility Committee Chair Harry Hochheiser and committee member...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2013
Today, December 3, is the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year’s theme is “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulation and Training
The Office of Naval Research: We live in an era when we can virtualize most anything. Making it mimic real spaces, or realize something very abstract. Then we...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Announcing DyslexicGamemakers.com
Know any dyslexic students who are interested in creating video games and build some skills? They may find this announcement interesting. We are proud to announce...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Human Resource Analytics Defined
I have recently been looking back to my experience and then forward in what is being done today in Human Resources Analytics. I found the below useful quoteEssentials...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Protracted Slowdown in Emerging Markets
In Bloomberg: Unilever CEO Polman says emerging market slowdown to last for years. " ... the economic slowdown in emerging markets is here to stay as many countries...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Sharp Rise of Human Resource Analytics
We used to do very few analytical decisions in Human resources. There were a few tests, a few hurdles to overcome, very loose impressions gained by short interactions...
From Schneier on Security
Keeping Track of All the Snowden Documents
As more and more media outlets from all over the world continue to report on the Snowden documents, it's harder and harder to keep track of what has been released...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Is Computer Science According To Search Engines
Inspired by an image I saw from a talk by Dr. Tom Crick (@DrTomCrick) I decided to see what the more popular search engines returned as search aids when a user...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Psych Statistics Wiki vs Wikipedia
I was recently asked to look at a number of online sites for introductory but practical resources on statistical methods. This made me look back at some of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalized Google Maps
In Google Operating System: You can now personalize your own Google Maps. First I thought, this is not new, but yes it is: " ... The most interesting thingee...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CSTA as a Creator of Change Agents
CSTA has always been about creating change agents for CS education, that is, making every member a powerful force in getting things done. Summing up what various...
From The Eponymous Pickle