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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 The Eponymous Pickle
GMDC
Brought to my attention: GMDC.org " ... GMDC is the premier non-profit global trade association dedicated to serving Health Beauty Wellness and General Merchandise...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CPGs Replace Likes with Call to Action
In Adage: " ... RB, Lever Add Interactive Games, Digital Deals to Online Branding Efforts ... " ... After studying effects of brand advertising on e-commerce sites...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beyond Supermoms
In Adage: CPG starts to advertise without the supermom stereotypes. With some examples from recent Superbowl ads. " ... Advertising's legacy of depicting women...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Stress Levels in an Unmanageable World
An insightful piece in the HBR. Which came up in a lunch conversation today. Many of us are managing multiple devices now. Will the number of devices creep...
From Schneier on Security
Alan F. Westin Died
Obituary here. His 1967 book, Privacy and Freedom, almost single-handedly created modern privacy law.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon vs WalMart Sales
In Wired: Intriguing comparison between Walmart and Amazon. An indicator for the future? Pointing to new Walmart activities: " ... Walmart recently reported...
From My Biased Coin
Discussing STOC 2013 PC with Joan Feigenbaum
Joan Feigenbaum is the Program Committee Chair for STOC 2013, where papers decisions were recently announced; I served as part of the Executive Committee. Joan...
From Schneier on Security
How Complex Systems Fail
Good summary list. It's not directly about security, but it's all fundamentally about security. Any real-world security system is inherently complex. I wrote...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2013 CSTA Annual Conference Registration Open
Just announced via the CSTA member email system – registration is now open for this summer’s Annual CSTA conference. Some great sessions in the line up. Something...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheesecake Factory Restaurant Analytics
The Cheesecake Factory delivers an exceptional brand experience with IBM Big Data analytics http://goo.gl/Mfn5c #IBMPWLCI had yet to see a restaurant application...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Does academic research cause economic growth?
In most developed countries, government massively funds through academic grants, government laboratories, tax credits and research contracts. In Canada, the government...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Partner World
IBM colleagues inform me that Partner World has started.The agenda can be found here. You can also watch sessions online. #IBMPWLC Lots of interesting work that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Upcoming Free Seminars
I intend to attend these: ... University of Cincinnati's research seminars organized by the Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS) department...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unilever Spending, Partnerships Up
In AdAge: This looks to be a considerable development: " ... Unilever has struck global partnerships with Samsung, Sony's Arcade Creative Group and EA Sports...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Coding is cool! Code.org urges students to learn to code with resources + terrific new video
Please bring the Code.org website and GREAT new inspirational video to the attention of all students, teachers, and parents you’re able to reach through your organization’s...
From Schneier on Security
Security Lessons from the Battle of Hoth
Someone has analyzed the security mistakes in the Battle of Hoth, from the movie The Empire Strikes Back.
From Putting People First
How ‘Minority Report’ trapped us in a world of bad interfaces
“There are better ways to handle spatial ideas,” writes commercial artist Christian Brown, “ways which are more in line with the way our bodies are built. Human...
From Computational Complexity
Enos, Oona, sqrt(3), and Aaronson
My darling does crossword puzzles and sometimes asks my help: Darling: Bill, Slaughter in Cooperstown- whats the answer? Bill: Enos. There was a serial murderer...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My So Called Secret Identity
Have you heard about the comic My So-Called Secret Identity? It's been making quite the buzz among many of my academic and women-in-tech friends. I finally had...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson