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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 Schneier on Security
The Value of Breaking the Law
Interesting essay on the impossibility of being entirely lawful all the time, the balance that results from the difficulty of law enforcement, and the societalwithout...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Reshaping Software Needs
In Bain & Company: How the cloud is reshaping the business of software. Very true. Some interesting statistics embedded. In my experience just this week I...
From My Biased Coin
MS Faculty Summit Day One
Day one of the faculty summit was a great deal of fun. Primarily, I found I enjoyed catching up with people -- I saw a number of past/current collaborators, as...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Recent NSF Program Solicitations
The NSF has recently issued three new program solicitations: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs, and Information...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Challenges and Vision Track at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2013 Conference
The following entry is a special contribution to this blog from Hamidreza Chitsaz, Assistant Professor at Wayne State University. This year Hamidreza and Moslem...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crafting a Sustainable Career
In the HBR Blog. (This apparently now requires a free registration) Some thoughts about how to establish a long term career. At first I had a problem with the...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Active Learning in Large Lectures
One of my (self-assigned) tasks lately has been to go through my teaching notes before I start planning my fall courses. The latest topic I dug into was teaching...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Saving Money in the Cloud
In Teradata Magazine: Agility and cost savings in the cloud. " ... Increasing the bottom line is critical for companies, and the cloud can save them money. In...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mining the Social Web for Recruiting
What recruiters know about you, whether you are looking for another job or not. And new developments in these areas. Note the combination of search with knowledge...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zeebox Can Listen in
In Engadget: And it can tell what you are listening through analyzing an audio fingerprint. More data and less privacy?
From Schneier on Security
A Problem with the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
I haven't heard much about the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. They recently held hearings regarding the Snowden documents. This particular comment...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone Random Dialer Demo
This is posted on day two of the annual CSTA Conference. This afternoon I am taking part in a mobile developer throw down. Three of us are writing the same program...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 15
July 17 Hearing: The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on health information technology 10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Building Subcommittees of the House Homeland...
From Computational Complexity
A problem and later a story and a point.
I have (1) a math problem to tell you about (though I suspect many readers already know it), (2) a story about it, and (3) a point to make. TODAY I'll just do the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customers Provide Marketing Value
I always thought this approach was obvious, but it is nice to have it restated here. Get your best marketing materials directly from your customers. Now there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Earthquakes with Smartphones
An interesting example of using a network of smartphones as sensors, and converting that data into a form that can detect earthquakes and then communicate them"...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Expeditions in Computing PI Meeting Synopsis
The following is a special contribution to this blog from our Vice Chair Gregory Hager (Johns Hopkins University). In the following entry Greg reflects on the first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stanford's Startup Garage
An Overview of Stanford's Startup Garage Course. From the perspective of innovation vs Invention. Have heard of this course, but this is the first detailed view...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boosting in-store Sales
In Journal Gazette: On boosting in-store sales:" More food retailers are getting in on the technology game, offering multiple options to boost convenience and compete...
From Schneier on Security