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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 Computational Complexity
The End of a Useless Test
First a word from our sponsor: Mihalis Yannakakis is celebrating his 60th birthday this year and you are invited to the party. From the Educational Testing Service...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying People from their DNA
Interesting: The genetic data posted online seemed perfectly anonymous - strings of billions of DNA letters from more than 1,000 people. But all it took was some...
From Wild WebMink
FOSDEM Picks 2013
On ComputerWorldUK, I’ve posted my picks for FOSDEM. I didn’t mention that I’ll also be speaking (about OSI) at the end of Saturday afternoon in the Free Java DevRoom...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zipcar as an Acquired Innovation Idea
Innovation Excellence writes about the acquisition of Zipcar by Avis. Zipcar is the urban car sharing service, which we looked at as an example of the innovation...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Training Critical Thinkers and Problem Solvers
As a teacher I am always trying to find ways to encourage and interest my students in my class. I try to come up with innovative lesson plans that go accordingExploring...
From Schneier on Security
The Security of the Mega File-Sharing Service
Ever since the launch of Kim Dotcom's file-sharing service, I have been asked about the unorthodox encryption and security system. I have not reviewed it, andthis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke is Gamifying the Game
In Adage: Coke creates a social media game based on a Superbowl ad. How well will it work for ongoing engagement beyond the event? Would it have been better...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Complexity Course from SFI
A free eleven week MOOC course on a introduction to the concepts of complexity by the Santa Fe Institute. To start February 4. An example of Massive open online...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Early Lessons for Carleton Quest
We've been asking new students to try out our new Carleton Quest app in the last few weeks. Although I don't have a huge amount of feedback yet, there are a few...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Massive Open Online Courses
I have been connected to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for some time now. The link gives an overview of what they do and cover today. The topic reminds me...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kinect Sensors in Everyday Life
Still looking at the opportunities to connect sensors to gather to improve analytical decision making. Here some more learnings out of CES on the topic of using...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emailed Dashboards
David Hecht via Teradata's Gib Bassett. On a school of management based on emailed dashboards. Lately there has been This article suggests a simple method of...
From Schneier on Security
Commenting on Aaron Swartz's Death
There has been an enormous amount written about the suicide of Aaron Swartz. This is primarily a collection of links, starting with those that use his death to...
From Computational Complexity
A New application of Ramsey Theory to a Geometry problem
All of the material summazized here is in a new paper by Gasarch and Zbarsky. You can find that paper here) Consider the following problem: Let {p1,...,pn}...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teacher as Opportunity Activator
Yesterday I tried out a little web site called Name Tag Analyzer that looks at your LinkedIn information (this assumes you have a Linked In Account of course)Rob...
From Schneier on Security
Google's Authentication Research
Google is working on non-password authentication techniques. But for Google's password-liberation plan to really take off, they’re going to need other websites...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmented Reality Potty Training
Metaio reports on Kimberly Clark's Pull-ups potty training via an Augmented reality App. To Celebrate the First Flush. Clever idea here. Descriptive Video."...
From My Biased Coin
Auernheimer Speaks
Auernheimer -- who as I've discussed on this blog was convicted of a felony by accessing AT&T servers -- put out a statement yesterday.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Quality Dimensions
From Malcolm Chisholm: Rethinking the Dimensions of Data Quality. An important issue. Consider that data supports analytics, and analytics drives decision making...
From The Eponymous Pickle