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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
HP's Big Data Analytics
Attending this on Wednesday at 9 AM in Cincinnati. More information. Lets meet there. " ... Are you interested in gaining insight into your business fasterThis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Big Data
Gib Bassett provides a note by Mark Zielinski on the value of big data social data. " ... Since late 2011, the market research industry and market research technology...
From Schneier on Security
The Origins of War
Philosophy professor David Livingstone Smith on the origins of war.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 14 January 2013
half way through January. How’s it going so far? Been interesting for me so far. Hope to have some news about my future plans soon as well. For now, always looking...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Crown Game Affair
What constitutes evidence of cheating? src Faye Dunaway is an Academy Award-winning actress who co-starred with the late Steve McQueen in the 1968 movie “The Thomas...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
On Allowing Boys Into a Girls' Camp
Today I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel about engaging girls in STEM at Actua's annual conference. I offered my perspective on computer science outreach...
From Apophenia
processing the loss of Aaron Swartz
The last 24 hours have been an emotional roller coaster. I woke up yesterday to find that a friend of mine – Aaron Swartz – had taken his life. My Twitter feed...
From My Biased Coin
Aaron Swartz : Links
If you haven't done so already, today is a good day to reflect upon the life of Aaron Swartz. If you haven't heard of him or need background, you can always start...
From Putting People First
How a simple smartphone can turn your car, home, or medical device into a deadly weapon
The day is not far off when the manipulation of medical devices will be done routinely by punching keys on a smartphone, writes Charles C. Mann in Vanity Fair,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Networked Refrigerators
At CES, Samsung once again pushes the smart refrigerator, " ... Technology has helped solve many problems for us. We make phone calls and read emails from wherever...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartphones as Lifephones
In the NYT: Smartphones as life's remote controls. Sufficient and increasingly necessary to make efficient decisions. And are becoming able to control our world...
From My Biased Coin
Government 1310 -- What's New?
So, as many of you may remember, Harvard had a rather embarrassing cheating scandal flare up at the start of the academic year, involving over 100 students. To...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pinning Criminals
An example of using Pinterest to place pictures of wanted criminals and provide other policing information. Apparently this has been useful. Have looked at related...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Embedded Household Displays
A roundup by Engadget from CES about how technology would be embedded in the future. Samsung says screens in household appliances. I saw predictions of this as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Defending Native Ads
Interesting question from CES. Reach and scale versus engagement on banner ads versus native ads. Panelists respond to the question.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
HS Computer Club Works with the Community
In our most recent CSTA Central NJ Chapter meeting one of our members shared activities that her HS computer club enjoyed. Our chapter members were very excited...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video
Last week, I blogged about an upcoming Discovery Channel program with actual video footage of a live giant squid. ABC News has a tantalizingly short sneak peak...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Google and the Federal Trade Commission Reach Agreements
On January 3rd, the Federal Trade Commission completed its antitrust review of Google. After 19 months of investigation, the Commission announced that Google will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is Innovation no Longer Driving Growth?
In the Economist: A pessimistic view that is challenged. With some useful statistics along the way. " ... Has the world run out of ideas? ... Some economists...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog