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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 Putting People First
Intel on wearable tech: we need to focus on how we use it
Intel and its team of futurologists and anthropologists have a vision of a world where the technology is not an adjunct (as the mobile phone or the tablet is now)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Hires Luxury Brand CEO
What could this mean? Speculation, but interesting connection: " ..... Apple has hired Paul Deneve, until Tuesday the CEO of French luxury brand Yves Saint...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Thirty years from prototype to product…the mouse
Timothy B. Lee of The Washington Post reports on the death of Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse, and why it took 30 years for the public to adopt the technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Involve Employees in Strategic Planning
Fairly obvious. Well worth thinking through. Involve your employees as early as possible. Use analytic methods to understand the implications for decisions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Search Enigma
I have noticed that there is lots of hype in search and data mining spaces. Intellectual property claimed that really adds to nothing at all. So I am always...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
US Rejoins World’s Top 5 Countries for Innovation
The United States is one of the five most innovative countries in the world, according to the Global Innovation Index 2013, a hefty 392-page report published by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Global Demand Sensing
More on P&G's activity in the demand forecasting realm. Note the significant use of the word 'sensing', as we gain more sensors in the world, this capability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Douglas Engelbart, Inventor of the Mouse, has Passed Away
We had the opportunity to meet with Doug Engelbart many times. He told us of the difficult time he had getting people to appreciate the mouse user interface. In...
From Schneier on Security
Privacy Protests
Interesting law journal article: "Privacy Protests: Surveillance Evasion and Fourth Amendment Suspicion," by Elizabeth E. Joh. Abstract: The police tend to think...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC and CSTB Welcome New Members
On July 1, new talents were added to the ranks of both the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Dance Your Math Lessons
Smart, funny, and willing to prance on stage. Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern sure know how to do a TEDx talk right! Watch the video below, and check out their Math...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Completeness
One of a number of short pieces on dimensions of data quality. Here on one that is often forgotten: data completeness. Here about what I call historical completeness...
From Schneier on Security
US Department of Defense Censors Snowden Story
The US Department of Defense is blocking sites that are reporting about the Snowden documents. I presume they're not censoring sites that are smearing him personally...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Myra Deister
Today’s computer science teacher interview is with Myra Deister from Sunny Hills High School in sunny California! As you will read Myra faces some challenges in...
From My Biased Coin
Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Links regarding David Petraeus's offer from CUNY to teach a course for $200,000. (Or, maybe, now $150,000. Who knows.)Gawker has a lot of info. A letter from...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Approximating Boolean Functions
You can fool all the functions some of the time, and some of the functions all the time, but you cannot fool all the functions all the time, or even most of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where Does the Internet End and the Library Begin?
Interesting panel conversation. A question that continues to evolve with the introduction of mobile abilities. The panel talks about formal libraries. But I...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USPTO Invites Public Comments on Reducing Online IP Infringement
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invites public input on the effectiveness of voluntary initiatives encouraged by the Obama Administration to reduce...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
FCC’s Speaker Series Will Feature Clayton Lewis on Inclusive Design Online
The FCC’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative Speaker Series will feature USACM member and accessibility expert Clayton Lewis on “The Future of Inclusive Design...
From Schneier on Security