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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 Wild WebMink
Leveson Collateral Damage
I just sent this to my MP. Feel free to borrow from it. Dear $MP, I’m one of your constituents ($postcode), as well as being a pro bono director of Open Rights...
From Schneier on Security
When Technology Overtakes Security
A core, not side, effect of technology is its ability to magnify power and multiply force -- for both attackers and defenders. One side creates ceramic handguns...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Math, Physics, Art and the Spirograph
When I was a kid there were a number of spirograph toys available. Some, like the ones available today, had gears and circles with sprockets. One very old toy that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Future of MOOC U
In the Pennsylvania Gazette, an excellent and detailed article on Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). My undergraduate alma mater, The University of Pennsylvania...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consumer Cloud for Mobile Health Data
A not unexpected development. Standards will lead to the application of analytics:WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health dataWebMD is also building...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Urban Mobility Innovation
A topic of particular interest, special report:Next Stop, Innovation: What’s Ahead for Urban Mobility? Transportation in the 21st century is entering a robust phase...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Upcoming Event – ACM Turing Award Recipient Dr. Vint Cerf on “Reinventing the Internet”
ACM Turing Award Recipient Dr. Vint Cerf on “Reinventing the Internet” Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:30 pm Google DC 1101 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robotics Roadmap 2.0 on the Hill
The Congressional Robotics Caucus held a briefing this morning on the Robotics Roadmap 2.0(PDF), a follow up report to the CCC-led Robotics Roadmap(PDF) published...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Revenue Management with Negotiation
University of Cincinnati's research seminars organized by the Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS) department at the Carl H. Lindner...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for White Papers on Mid-Scale Infrastructure Investments for Computing Research
The Computing Community Consortium is seeking community input to better understand the potential needs and payoff for additional investments in mid-scale infrastructure...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using the Code.org Video for Grassroots Advocacy
The code.org video has started a lot of conversations, but it takes you to bring that conversation home to your school district. Here is a 5-minute advocacy idea...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Thousand Percent Solution
Boeing Dreamliner’s battery of problems Ray LaHood was until recently the top FAA administrator, the head of the U.S. agency that oversees air safety for the United...
From Putting People First
Book: A History of Future Cities
A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook W. W. Norton & Company 2013 – 480 pages [Amazon link] The new book A History of Future Cities looks at the attempts of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Collaborative Next Gen Analytics
A Webex recorded seminar by Robin Bloor in the Briefing Room. Good overview of the topic. Requires some registration. " ... Experienced analysts know there is...
From Schneier on Security
Lessons From the FBI's Insider Threat Program
This article is worth reading. One bit: For a time the FBI put its back into coming up with predictive analytics to help predict insider behavior prior to malicious...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Imagine Cup Kodu Challenge 2013
I wasn’t sure if this sort of event would happen again but it has. I saw the announcement yesterday. If you have students looking for a challenge and they are...
From Wild WebMink
Demand A Proper Consultation
The UK’s Home Office continues to push for maximum surveillance powers with minimum accountability in the latest adjustments to the Communications Data Bill. I...
From Putting People First
Ethnography: Ellen Isaacs at TEDxBroadway
Ellen Isaacs (personal site), a user experience designer and ethnographer at PARC, spoke on January 28 at TEDx Broadway about the power of ethnography and how it...
From Putting People First
Smart homes: our next digital privacy nightmare
The hyper-connected smart home of the future promises to change the way we live. More efficient energy usage, Internet-connected appliances that communicate with...
From The Eponymous Pickle