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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
Slow Science
You likely have not heard about the Slow Science manifesto. They don't blog. They don't tweet. They give a broken link to their Facebook Page which has no posts...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sometimes It’s the Little Things
I’ve been doing some things with Windows Phone development lately and having some fun with it. Being a long time conventional application developer I am finding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GM and Ford Asking for Apps
In Technology Review The concept of an App takes another step forward: " ... GM and Ford Open Up Their Vehicles to App DevelopersSome car apps will mirror mobile...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Governments are full of bugs
The famous scifi author (and self-described libertarian) David Brin tells a fascinating tale about how he contributed to getting the lead out of gazoline. He explains...
From Wild WebMink
WYWO
I’m going to experiment with a new (to me) format in ComputerWorld; a “while you were out” round-up of the most interesting links I’ve tweeted in the last seven...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rebirth of the PC
We are seeing the rebirth of the PC, says Intel CTO Justin Rattner at the CES meeting. I agree, these are heady times, it more than just about functional computing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
How to Do a Computer Science Open House
Like many of you I wanted to hold a Computer Science Open House during CSEd Week in December to showcase the work of my students and to educate parents, administrators...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
The Sequester Is Delayed, But Not Forgotten
The major political debates last week focused on the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ The cliff included a series of tax increases and spending cuts (the cuts are sometimes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UC in Top 20 of Big Data Analytics Schools
Via Jeff Camm Dean at the OBAIS program of the University of Cincinnati who reports that " ... our MS Business Analytics program is listed in Information Week...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drop a Cam into the Network
Brought to my attention via CES: Dropcam. A way to quickly and inexpensively drop a camera into a Wifi network. And export the video to the cloud for recording...
From Putting People First
Focus groups are dangerous and kill innovation
Gianfranco Zaccai is co-founder and president of the global design and innovation consultancy Continuum. And he doesn’t like focus groups very much (and neither...
From Putting People First
Ethnographic research on vehicular design in China
Zach Hyman is based in Chongqing, China on a year long ethnographic dive into creative practices of vehicular design among resource-constrained users. After four...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Back To The Past
The role of social interaction in mathematics Charlotte Simmons started her career as a pure mathematician, later moving into the history of mathematics. She is...
From Schneier on Security
Denial-of-Service Attack Against Facebook
Just claim the person is dead. All you need to do is fake an online obituary.
From My Biased Coin
Any Good Voronoi Code Out There?
Help! I've got a wacky idea I'd like to explore (pseudo-preliminary-pre-research stage) which will require some code, namely for Voronoi diagrams. What I'd like...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enterprise and Consumer IT
Report on the crossover treatment between consumer and enterprise information technology, as presented in the CES conference. IT will have to worry about the increasingly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Forrester on SAP Big Data Predictive Analytics
An SAP press release that presents their current offerings and work in the space. " ... today announced that it has been ranked by Forrester Research Inc. as a...
From Schneier on Security
Cat Smuggler
Not a cat burglar, a cat smuggler. Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Year of the Internet of Things
From Technology Review: Some thoughts about the internet of things. Everything tagged and tracked. Is that day finally here?
From The Eponymous Pickle