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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 Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Chemistry, Computer Science and the Nobel Prize
There is no Nobel Prize in Computer Science. We do have the Turing Award which is as close as we get. It’s not as well known as the Nobel Prize though so when scientists...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Why are we still geeks? Correcting media images of Computer Science / GHC13
Maria Klawe (Harvey Mudd College, far left), Brenda Laurel (Purple Moon, far right), and Kim Surkan (MIT) gave an insightful panel about the images of geeks in ...
From Computational Complexity
Shut Down
The NSF core proposal in theoretical computer science, or Algorithmic Foundations as the NSF calls it hs three deadlines this academic year: Medium proposals (...
From Schneier on Security
A New Postal Privacy Product
The idea is basically to use indirection to hide physical addresses. You would get a random number to give to your correspondents, and the post office would use...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Does Watching TV Mean Today?
In the WSJ: " ... In Digital Era, What Does 'Watching TV' Even Mean? ... Study Suggests More Time Spent on Smartphones, Computers, Tablets Than Television. ....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Center for Business Analytics Short Courses
The Center for Business Analytics in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati is introducing a set of short courses on specialized...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Awarded for Computer Modeling of Chemical Processes
Today (October 9, 2013), The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Martin Karplus of Harvard University and the Universite...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Cautions
Comments and cautions from the corporate counsel blog Lexology on criticisms of Neuromarketing technologies.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Small Data Mashups
In TechCrunch: Have played with this kind of visual, non programming data mashup before. It seems convenient, but only for the simplest requirements. With caution...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA's New Risk Analysis
As I recently reported in the Guardian, the NSA has secret servers on the Internet that hack into other computers, codename FOXACID. These servers provide an excellent...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Programming Is Women’s Work
When two related posts come though my screen at about the same time it always screams for me to write a blog post. That’s the case today as I saw Why schoolgirls...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart CMO on Measuring Innovation
In Adage: A video. " How Walmart Knows When Innovation Works ... Chief marketing officers should also be chief innovation officers, Walmart Chief Marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Urban World App Examined
Came upon the visually impressive Urban World App by McKinsey. Free and readily downloadable for IOS or Android. The front end interface is a globe you can move...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mathematical Shape of Things to Come
New challenges on how to deal with bigger, more complex, dynamic and disorganized data. Some great nontechnical examples here that can give you an appreciation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Serious Games for Learning
In Serious Games Market: " ... Mecanika is a physics-based puzzle Serious Game designed by François Boucher-Genesse to help players intuitively learn classical...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
2013: The Summer of CS
As we launch into a new academic year, I can't help but be excited by the amazing momentum I am currently feeling in computer science education. This past summer...
From Schneier on Security
Me on Surveillance
This is a video of me talking about surveillance and privacy, both relating to the NSA and more generally.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Changing Business Culture and Strategy
An interesting view. Or has a new business culture created the need for cheap, fast and accurate sharing in new ways that have created the Cloud?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Science Driving Big Data
In Quanta: How big science has created and continues to drive Big Data. This is my background so I follow it carefully. We are finally seeing a time where the...
From Schneier on Security