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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 Schneier on Security
Shared Lock
A reader sent me this photo of a shared lock. It's at the gate of a large ranch outside of Victoria, Texas. Multiple padlocks secure the device, but when a single...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Seeking Unconventional Processors for ISR Data Analysis
Earlier this month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a new initiative that aims “to break the status quo of digital processing” by...
From Putting People First
Report: Managing Megacities (by UX Lab at Ericsson Research)
Megacities may be congested and complex, but are also among the planet’s most exciting places to live. They have proven effective at stimulating creativity, innovation...
From Putting People First
What data can’t tell you about customers
Across industries, companies are using the vast amounts of user-generated data to guide innovation of new products and services. But data mining does not equate...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
I ran into these Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics created by the Computer Ethics Institute while looking for something completely different. Isn’t that so often...
From Geeking with Greg
Quick links
Some of what has caught my attention lately: Pump and dump, both at the Facebook and Groupon IPOs. ([1] [2]) "The thrilling demise of Groupon's crummy business...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Next Generation Science Standards Should Include CS
On May 11, the Washington, DC-based group Achieve released its first public draft of the "Next Generation Science Standards" or NGSS. These standards, coupledComputing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Full Scale Virtual Research
I had the pleasure of visiting John Milby's Full Scale Virtual Research Lab today. Got a great tour and technical discussion of work underway there. I worked"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Further Rise of the Visual
In Fast Company: All is becoming more visual, shorter and simpler. Pinterest and Video. Info graphics. With an emphasis on entertaining rather than informing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hollowing of the Middle Class?
M J Perry reports on the recent PEW report on the 'Hollowing of the Middle Class'. " ... But 150 Americans Moved Up for Every 100 Who Moved Down Between 1971 and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Luis von Ahn Featured in NBC Learn Video on Crowdsourcing
NBC Learn — the educational arm of NBC News — is out with a new video about crowdsourcing, featuring Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Luis von Ahn...
From Computational Complexity
Neil Armstrong, Ray Bradbury: The future is not what we thought it would be
Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012. He was the first man to walk on the moon. (Since they always say this I wonder if Women walked on the moon earlierRay ...
From Schneier on Security
The Importance of Security Engineering
In May, neuroscientist and popular author Sam Harris and I debated the issue of profiling Muslims at airport security. We each wrote essays, then went back and...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Startup Weekend... In Book Form!
I've wondered before if I'd like being an entrepreneur. I've come up with a few ideas that could get me started. I have even entered a social-good version ofStartup...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Workshop on Quantum Information Science
On Sept. 28 and 29, the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) – a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland —...
From Wild WebMink
Apple v Samsung
Patents are now an anti-trust weapon rather than a reward for innovation. That’s my conclusion after a weekend trying to decided whether I has happy or sad Apple...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development
Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free. Free is good. These links are for students, faculty and professional...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What to do First
In FastCompany. What to do with the first hour of each day to be most productive. Not your Email.
From The Eponymous Pickle