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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 Wild WebMink
Distributed Teams And Open Source
Remote staff? Learn from open source. My article for InfoWorld this week observes that having a distributed team works best when you borrow the practices of the...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Marathon Races
Truly bizarre story of someone who seems to have figured out how to successfully cheat at marathons. The evidence of his cheating is overwhelming, but no one knows...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mass Customization and Open Innovation
Good topic. An area that also deserves more analytics attention. How should this be done better and lead to more sales and value?
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
“NSF Reshuffling Highlights Global Science”
Science’s Jeffrey Mervis is reporting tonight that the National Science Foundation (NSF) is undertaking a realignment affecting, among other units, its Office of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Homes using Augmented Reality
The integration of sensing technologies to lead to sustainable buildings. A technical paper. A good example of the integration of sensing and focused smart technology...
From Schneier on Security
CSOs/CISOs Wanted: Cloud Security Questions
I'm trying to separate cloud security hype from reality. To that end, I'd like to talk to a few big corporate CSOs or CISOs about their cloud security worries,...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Middle School CS Inspires Medical Breakthrough
This is why middle school CS is a vital step in the path of a comprehensive K-12 CS education! Brittany Wegner, 17, took the grand prize in this year's Google...
From Putting People First
Ubicomp’s colonial impulse
Paul Dourish and Scott Mainwaring, the founders of the Intel funded Social Computing Research Center at UC Irvine, presented yesterday a paper at Ubicomp 2012 with...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Anita's Quilt Launches Today
I'm excited to announce that a project I've been working on all year with some awesome women from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is launching...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New IOM Study Emphasizes Role of Computing in Improving Health Care
Moments ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies released what promises to become a landmark study — Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to...
From Putting People First
The new face of digital populism: The Netherlands
Ahead of next week’s Dutch election, the UK think tank Demos launched Populism in Europe: Netherlands, which analyses the rise of Geert Wilders’ Partij voor de...
From Putting People First
Marko Ahtisaari, “Nokia’s visionary,” wants to “out-design Apple”
Marko Athisaari, Nokia’s head of design, is pushing a general overall vision where advanced function is blended into unforgettable form¿post-industrial form. The...
From Computational Complexity
The Time of Research
Among the many conference/journal discussions, one systems person said the reason they don't publish in journals is that their work is very dependent on current...
From Putting People First
Intel annual ‘Mobile Etiquette’ study examines online sharing behaviors around the world
According to a recent multi-country study commissioned by Intel Corporation and conducted by Ipsos Observer on “Mobile Etiquette,” the majority of adults and teens...
From Putting People First
Consumers say no to mobile apps that grab too much data
A study by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, found that among Americans adults who use smartphone apps, half had decided not to install applications...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
How Sports is Embracing Big Data
We’ve blogged extensively in this space over the last few months about the promise of Big Data science and engineering, including stories describing how very large...
From Schneier on Security
Database of 12 Million Apple UDIDs Haked
In this story, we learn that hackers got their hands on a database of 12 million Apple Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) by hacking an FBI laptop. When I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marginal Revolution University
MJ Perry reports on online instruction at Marginal University. Another example of college courses online." ... We think education should be better, cheaper, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Developing Digital Strategy
Well thought out piece .in Mashable. " ... When defining and developing strategy, marketers and agencies must ensure that their clients understand that strategy...
From The Eponymous Pickle