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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
Cloud As Innovation Enabler in Consumer Goods
A set of observations about what is going on in Consumer Products from Smarter Planet. Some good examples of innovations to follow from the use of the Cloud. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Choosing a Pie Critique
Most of us who do data visualization know that the Pie Chart form is rarely a good choice for displaying comparative data to promote understanding. Though I have...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My Secret to Surviving Grad School With a Baby
When I reflected on all that's happened in the last year or so, I didn't mention how I managed to do it. My secret? An excellent support system!I'm really lucky...
From Computational Complexity
The (il)logic of fandom
(UMCP is having an REU (Research Experience for Undergradutes) this summer on Combinatorial Algorithms Applied Research. If you are an ugrad, go to that site and...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Council Endorses New Publishing Policy
ACM released this statement today on changes to its publishing policy. Considering discussions around copyright policy and open access, we thought our readers would...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Influencing Jobs
In IEEE Spectrum: How will robots effect the of market of 2045? An interview. " ... Automation has displaced a lot of workers in the last 50 years, and it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke War Room in Action
In Ad Age: A look at the Coke war room during the Super Bowl. Quite an interesting case of the real time, manual manipulation of a digital event. What kind of...
From Schneier on Security
Proactive Defense Papers
I just printed this out: "Proactive Defense for Evolving Cyber Threats," a Sandia Report by Richard Colbaugh and Kristin Glass. It's a collection of academic...
From Putting People First
Designing for the human brain
Sarah Rotman Epps of Forrester thinks the challenge ahead for wearables is in designing for the human brain. “No, I’m not talking about sensors implanted in your...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
XNA is Dead (or will be soon)
I’ve really loved using XNA Game Studio for game development. I think its been a great tool for hobbyists, students and even serious casual game developers. It...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Wally Addresses Computer Literacy
As a teacher, I love it when real-world events seem to come together and influence my teaching. Just the last week, I ran across a great Dilbert comic in which...
From Schneier on Security
Security Seals
I don't see a lot written about security seals, despite how common they are. This article is a very basic overview of the technologies.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stream Browsers Introduce Time Dimension
Yale prof David Gelernter on the 'Stream Browser'. " ... Gelernter recently predicted the end of current Web and search technology as the focus shifts from a space...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Article on Postdocs by Anita Jones
In “The Explosive Growth of Postdocs in Computer Science,” a VIEWPOINT article in Communications of the ACM, CCC Council member Anita Jones analyzes trends that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data and Operational Intelligence
In Inside Analysis: The end game of all analytics, Big Data or otherwise, should be the way that it plugs into decision making. If you don't know how you make...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Superbowl Ads
Ad Age links to all the 2013 super bowl ads in one spot. Convenient for review purposes.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Router Details you Don't Need
Mashable on how a Router Works. Its fun to see the internal details of things we use every day and take for granted. And in this case there is history too, about...
From Schneier on Security
Using Imagery to Avoid Censorship
Interesting: "It's really hard for the government to censor things when they don't understand the made-up words or meaning behind the imagery," said Kevin Lee,...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson