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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Project or Recipe
Chris Lehmann is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a partnership school in Philadelphia, and a frequent speaker on educational issues. He’s a great...
From Putting People First
A qualitative study of internet non-use in Great Britain and Sweden
Living Offline – A Qualitative Study of Internet Non-Use in Great Britain and Sweden by Bianca Christin Reisdorf (U. of Oxford, UK), Ann-Sofie Axelsson (Chalmers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Midsize Organizations: Simpler BI
Jeff Zabin via Gib Bassett on using simpler business intelligence applications. Especially for the midsize company. Yes, I agree. In fact I would take it even...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Keeping Plastic Cards
In GigaOm: I had always expected that plastic cards would go away once the mobile smartphone-enabled wallet took over. Here the case is made that cards will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Another Look at Design and Analytics
I met Joseph Kyoung-yun of Wayne State at a talk I gave last week and he was nice enough to send along some background on the work he was doing. He writes " ....
From Schneier on Security
Fairy Wren Passwords
Mother fairy wrens teach their children passwords while they're still in their eggs to tell them from cuckoo impostors: She kept 15 nests under constant audiotheir...
From Putting People First
Book: Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments
Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities Edited by Brigitte Jordan Left Coast Press November 2012, 224 pages [Amazon...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Indie Game: The Movie
I am very grateful that I will (hopefully) be lucky enough to see my vision for my Gram's House game developed professionally with research grants. After watching...
From The Noisy Channel
CIKM 2012: Notes from a Conference in Paradise
The moment I learned that CIKM 2012 would be held in Maui, I knew I had to be there. Having co-organized the CIKM 2011 industry event, I had enough karma to be...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Miriah Meyer Named a 2013 TED Fellow
Every year since 2007, The TED Fellows program has recognized young innovators from around the globe for their “insightful, bold ideas that have the potential to...
From Schneier on Security
Encryption in Cloud Computing
This article makes the important argument that encryption -- where the user and not the cloud provider holds the keys -- is critical to protect cloud data. The...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 12 November 2012
I spent a little time tweaking this blog layout last week. Just trying to make it look a little less cookie cutter. I also wanted to add the share buttons at the...
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Simple Advice for Being Effective in School
As a result of hijacking a few recitations in MIT's 6.005: Software Construction course to evangelize Scala, I have come into contact with numerous undergraduates...
From The Noisy Channel
Data By The People, For The People
I was fortunate this year not only to be able to attend the 21st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2012) in Maui, but also...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drawing Together
David Sibbet, on the use of visualization capabilities with groups, as demonstrated by a mentor and friend at TED. "... It's a simple, inviting, clear demonstration...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Examination of Computers in 1984
I remember thinking about the advances in computing that year, and how the forecast of dire changes did not occur. This article surveys computing, hardware and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Tablet is not a Book, Yet
In UX Magazine: A complaint that reading a book on a tablet is not the same as reading a physical book. I have thought that for some time, and in general only...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rewarding Responsible Innovation
Had never heard it expressed quite this this way. So what is responsible innovation? " ... We are talking about ethics, in that ethics is responsibility-taking...
From My Biased Coin
More from Simons Institute
Alistair Sinclair asked me to post the following. For #2; note that those with existing postdoc positions are eligible (the Simons people hope they'll be able to...
From Computational Complexity