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We Are the Faces of Computing Poster Contest!
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

We Are the Faces of Computing Poster Contest!

In honor of CSEdWeek, CSTA’s Equity Committee will be hosting its annual poster competition "We Are the Faces of Computing".  This contest invites students of...

P&G at Teradata Partners Session
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G at Teradata Partners Session

Good piece that covers many of the issues of the large CPG enterprise today:Via Gib Bassett  Teradata Industry PartnersLessons the CPG industry can take away from...

Kroger Knows Your Shopping Habits
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Knows Your Shopping Habits

In Forbes:  Good overview of what is fairly common practice in the use of analytics in retail/CPG today. " ... Working with dunnhumby, the customer data specialist...

People who make you feel stupid…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

People who make you feel stupid…

In his latest book, David and Goliath, Gladwell points out not everything is as it appears with respect to prestige and strength. For example, when you look at...

What the NSA Can and Cannot Do
From Schneier on Security

What the NSA Can and Cannot Do

Good summary from the London Review of Books.

Solving a Big Data Conjecture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Solving a Big Data Conjecture

Interesting, but technical:  " ... A mathematical problem related to big data was solved by Jean-Francois Puget, engineer in the Solutions Analytics and Optimization...

Reacting to Google Algorithm Changes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reacting to Google Algorithm Changes

Another Algorithm Change.  Is there no other feasible reaction to the ongoing changes by Google?" ... Every online publisher and her brother has since rushed to...

Visiting UC Davis
From My Biased Coin

Visiting UC Davis

Before returning home last week I spent a day at UC Davis giving a talk.  I got the spend the day talking to various people I've collaborated with there (likeRaissa...

Arguing for NSA-Level Internet Surveillance
From Schneier on Security

Arguing for NSA-Level Internet Surveillance

Jack Goldsmith argues that we need the NSA to surveil the Internet not for terrorism reasons, but for cyberespionage and cybercrime reasons. Daniel Gallington ...

Programmable Robots for Young Students
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Programmable Robots for Young Students

Play-I is a new start up using crowd funding to develop a pair of programmable robots for young students. I have a thing for robots. And these robots are pretty...

Math and Music
From The Eponymous Pickle

Math and Music

An upcoming concert and lecture on patterns in math and music.  If you are nearby Santa Fe, drop in.  If you need to impress on someone the relationship between...

Improving Application Development
From The Eponymous Pickle

Improving Application Development

Creating reliable systems is still quite inefficient.  McKinsey reports on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. " ... Software has become critical for most large...

How Fast is Broadband Fast
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Fast is Broadband Fast

Its fairly rare that I need broadband inside a project.  Yes it is certainly useful for general browsing, or up and downloading files.  This Readwrite Web article...

From Computational Complexity

University of Maryland Job Posting Mentions Quantum Computing explicitly!

The University of Maryland at College Park has its job posting up (its been up for a while). You can look at it here. I It lists THREE areas but says that they...

No Such Thing as Electronic Privacy
From The Eponymous Pickle

No Such Thing as Electronic Privacy

In Compterworld:  With more stories coming out about NSA, this short post explains how there is no such thing as privacy in electronics. Privacy as a delusion....

New York Times Article Highlights Computer Science Research in Medical Devices
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

New York Times Article Highlights Computer Science Research in Medical Devices

Computer science has been an active component of medical devices for a long time, but has recently been brought to the spotlight by former Vice President Dick Cheney...

Kellogg Mobile Augmented Reality Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kellogg Mobile Augmented Reality Marketing

A nice example of using augmented reality in marketing by Kellogg.   With music. " .... Kellogg is joining General Mills and Mondelez International in bringing...

Last Chance: Analytics for Executives.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Last Chance: Analytics for Executives.

LAST CHANCE.  Regional interest in the use of Analytics.  Talk from successful professional practitioners.  In particular suitable for executives seeking to understand...

Idio Platform
From The Eponymous Pickle

Idio Platform

I noted that longtime  correspondent Damon Ragusa of Thinkvine is now connected with Idio.   Which "... understands your customer’s interests and intent through...

Managing Discontinuous Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Managing Discontinuous Innovation

Manager at Unisys Posts:  How do we manage disruptive trends?  Some good thoughts here.  Match our own experiences in the enterprise.  Remembering that roughly"...
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