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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 Teachers Association
Seeking Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Interested in Computing!
Do you have a deaf or hard of hearing student in your class who is interested in math, science and/or computing? Encourage your student to check out the Summer...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Power Of Guessing
Some results and ideas on guessing and nondeterminism David Doty and Michael Wehar are theorists who work in different areas of computational complexity, and are...
From Schneier on Security
Gary McGraw on National Cybersecurity
Good essay, making the point that cyberattack and counterattack aren't very useful -- actual cyberdefense is what's wanted. Creating a cyber-rock is cheap. Buying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Devices and Software
O'Reilly talks about Square Wallet and a number of other software developments. I have also been introduced recently to some Apps that interact with health data...
From Computational Complexity
Andrew Goldberg guest blog on new max flow result
Guest Blog by Andrew Goldberg on the recent Max Flow in O(nm) time algorithm. Maximum Flow in O(nm) Time Recently, Jim Orlin published an O(nm) maximum flow algorithm...
From Schneier on Security
Micromorts
Here's a great concept: a micromort: Shopping for coffee you would not ask for 0.00025 tons (unless you were naturally irritating), you would ask for 250 grams...
From Wild WebMink
Driving Open Source
Here’s my interview with this month’s Oracle Java Magazine about the forces driving open source and the need for open source skills.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Should Computer Science Teachers Be Paid More Than Gym Teachers
I first ran into the question of paying faculty based on the subject they taught some years ago during an industry advisory meeting for a university computer science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
At the VA Center for Applied Engineering
Gave a talk at the VA Center for Applied Engineering today in Indianapolis on the integration of design and analytically driven innovation. Also got to see poster...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Degree of Analytic Learning
A new degree of analytic learning? An interesting interview: " ... Barbara Wixom is an associate professor at University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Failure of Social Strategies
Charlene Li on the failure of social strategies. Why most fail. Agree with many of the points made here. It can be hard to make them work disconnected from specific...
From Schneier on Security
New SSL Vulnerability
It's hard for me to get too worked up about this vulnerability: Many popular applications, HTTP(S) and WebSocket transport libraries, and SOAP and REST Web-services...
From My Biased Coin
NYCE (New York Computer Science and Economics Day) Announcement
I was asked to post the following:We are pleased to announce that NYCE 2012, the fifth annual New YorkComputer Science and Economics Day, will be held in New York...
From Putting People First
Developing a user-centered methodology for emerging markets and the BoP
In a long post, emerging markets strategist Niti Bhan [with whom Experientia collaborates] discusses her approach to strategic design planning and concept development...
From Schneier on Security
Regulation as a Prisoner's Dilemma
This is the sort of thing I wrote about in my latest book. The Prisoners Dilemma as outlined above can be seen in action in two variants within regulatory activities...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Vampire Numbers and other Interesting Things
In a Facebook post recently, Gerald Thurman, a computing/math instructor at Scottsdale Community College located in Scottsdale, Arizona introduced me to Vampire...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke Does Social and Photo Sharing
Coke has launched a photo sharing application about 'happy places'. Nice idea, how well it will be picked up will depend on. I worked on such an app, and depends...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Design plus Analytics
Have been re-reading The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, by Roger Martin. For background on a talk on innovation I...
From Schneier on Security
Three-Rotor Enigma Machine Up for Auction
Expensive, but it's in complete working order. They're also auctioning off a complete set of rotors; those are even rarer than the machines -- which are often missing...
From The Eponymous Pickle