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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
Additional Indignity
I often talk with my students about the impact of technology on our lives: the good and the bad, the capabilities and the limitations. A great example of this...
From Computational Complexity
Close to Genius
The MacArthur Foundation announced their 2012 Fellows, also know as the genius awards. Among the list two names of interest to my readers, Maria Chudnovsky and ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lifecycle Management and Innovation
Good piece in Consumer Goods Technology about the new and growing relationship between PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and innovation. How it can help retailers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
L'Oreal on the XBox
We also looked at how to link beauty to digital technology, this is an interesting play. " ... L'Oréal Seeks Women in Unlikely Place: On Xbox ... Beauty and Style...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Invests Nearly $15 million in Big Data and New Interagency Challenge Announced
Today at a briefing on Capitol Hill titled, “Big Data, Bigger Opportunities“, hosted by Tech America, The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online Price Shopping Survey
An overview of a recent survey on how shoppers use online price comparison before buying in-store.
From Schneier on Security
Authentication Stories
Anecdotes from Asia on seals versus signatures on official documents.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Spying Cameras
Covered broadly in the news. Proof of concepts developed to use smartphone cameras for remote spying via malicious Trojans. Not an unexpected capability. . And...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Corporate Mobile Strategies
In Fast Company: Good overview of the need for mobile strategy. Also some excellent examples to consider. I have found that a coherent strategy for small companies...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Certified or Qualified
Certification is a hot topic for K-12 computer science educators. It’s a big issue in public schools but not so much in private schools. The concern in privateAm...
From Putting People First
How to create a cutting edge Smart City visitor experience
A four step guide from the Milan Expo 2015: Step 1 Ask your main sponsors (in this case Cisco, Enel and Telecom Italia) to indicate the relevant “Smart City” technologies...
From Schneier on Security
Keccak is SHA-3
NIST has just announced that Keccak has been selected as SHA-3. It's a fine choice. I'm glad that SHA-3 is nothing like the SHA-2 family; something completely...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Therapy Apps
Supplemental therapy Apps. Which reminds me of the time in the 1990s when AI based psych therapy programs were much discussed, but were soon seen to be less than...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Science Central
Quite a rich resource of data mining ideas and useful articles. Points to a number of directions that are worth following.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Behavior
In Mind Hacks: A telling piece that critiques a study relating the speed of drinking to the shape of a glass being used. An excellent caution. Classic example...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Controlling Systems with Data
A Conversation.One question that fascinated me in the last two years is, to what extent can we use data to control systems? What elements of a system can be effectively...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Juggling Priorities
In the HBR Network: Great video on the juggling of priorities. Often a dilemma. In my experience priorities are always determined by context, which is always...
From Putting People First
Anthropological study by Google on our magic relationship with mobile devices
What is the emotional relationship people truly have with the mobile space and how they make meaning there? To answer this, Google conducted an anthropological...
From Schneier on Security
2013 U.S. Homeland Security Budget
Among other findings in this CBO report: Funding for homeland security has dropped somewhat from its 2009 peak of $76 billion, in inflation-adjusted terms; funding...
From Computational Complexity