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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
Interesting Links 22 July 2013
The big thing for me last week was the annual CSTA conference. A great professional development experience as always. Almost 300 computer science educators were...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stat Methods
See Robert Kabacoff's web site: Statmethods. And his associated blog. These cover statistical methods delivered in R. Devoted to learning R quickly and providing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Preparation Mistakes
From Catlin Garrett via Vincent Granville. Good thoughts worth reviewing. Boils down to really understanding the source of your data elements, and how they were...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Facial Recognition
Another example of using facial recognition for retail experience. Here apparently to detect VIPs. Had talked to people developing casino applications to detect...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unique Silicon Valley
I used to give informal tours of Silicon Valley starting at Stanford, and often got the question: Why here? I had a different perspective because I was usually...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Location Analytics from Placed
Location Analytics example from Placed. Dated but interesting with broad statistics: " ..... In the largest showrooming study to date, Placed identified Best Buy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reliability of Big Data Predictions
In Knowledge Core: Intriguing piece. Philosophically oriented. A question we have asked of all analytics for many decades. With the usual cautions and prescriptions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
User Interface for R
In the midst of looking at some User Interfaces for the R statistical and visualization system. The RStudio system was brought to my attention by several people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Randy Pausch Design Lessons
Collaborative design lesson from Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon Particularly interested in the nature of collaborative design: " ... This week will mark the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Windows Monopoly
Economist MJ Perry on the diminishing monopoly of Microsoft Windows and its interaction with the market. I remember when IBM was criticized for its monopoly of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beginners Guide to R
Have not looked at this yet, but seems to be a good starter piece. More people are asking me about R these days. Short, simple, non technical. " ... R is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time to Retire the Password
Hard to not get agreement on this, soon please:" ... A group of Silicon Valley tech companies is lobbying the industry to do away with one of the most ubiquitous...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Finally Part of Critical Federal Bill
The House has officially passed HR 5, the Student Success Act, by a vote of 221-207. The bill would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Essentials of Business Analytics
Brought to my attention, a forthcoming book by a number of long time colleagues. This group, and a number of their colleagues at the University of Cincinanti,...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Presidential Commission on Election Administration Continues Listening Tour
The Presidential Commission on Election Administration, established by Executive Order earlier this year, has held two official meetings and been present at other...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Paul Burke Giant Squid Sculpture
The wood sculpture is part of an art exhibit at the VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver.
From My Biased Coin
Recent Random Musings
1) Last week a key came off my daughter's Apple Macbook keyboard. One of my keys on my machine had also come loose -- the "E" would pop out several times a day...
From Schneier on Security
TSA Considering Implementing Randomized Security
For a change, here's a good idea by the TSA: TSA has just issued a Request for Information (RFI) to prospective vendors who could develop and supply such randomizers...
From Putting People First
The implications of Agile for UX
Anthropologist Natalie Hanson has written a series of blog posts regarding Agile methods and the implications for user experience work. Recognizing Agile List of...
From Schneier on Security