Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Why Do Some Arguments Seem Wrong?
Or: how stupid am I? Siegbert Tarrasch was a very strong player and teacher of chess in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century. He coined the term...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sacrifices Arms to Avoid Predators
The squid Octopoteuthis deletron will drop portions of an arm to escape from a predator. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
From Schneier on Security
Internet Safety Talking Points for Schools
A surprisingly sensible list. E. Why are you penalizing the 95% for the 5%? You don't do this in other areas of discipline at school. Even though you know some...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online vs Bricks
Some interesting notes about the difference between online and in-store retail. These are mostly obvious conclusions, but would be useful to pass along to the...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
To improve your intellectual productivity
We would all like to be smarter, to produce better software, better research papers or better art. It is not difficult to see that, by just about any metric, productivity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Leader as Artist
In the HBR Blog: I am a believer in the quantification of of business, but this description of leader as artist is quite insightful. Think further of how the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Boot Camp Online
Colleague Krista Neher's Digital boot camp is now available online. " ... The popular and top-rated Social Media Boot Camp is now available online! Learn social...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
What Computer Science Can Teach Us About Robotics
In a recent New York Times’ article, the newspaper’s technology writer John Markoff describes how advances in robotics have created new opportunities for automation...
From Schneier on Security
Fear and How it Scales
Nice post: The screaming fear in your stomach before you give a speech to 12 kids in the fifth grade is precisely the same fear a presidential candidate feels...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 2012
One of the ways that one can help young women with an interest in computing and related fields is to provide recognition for the world they have already beenNCWIT...
From The Noisy Channel
Data Werewolves
Thank you Scott Adams for the free advertising. Of course, LinkedIn is the place to find data werewolves. Want to find more data werewolves. Check out my team...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deals via Facial Recogition
In CWorld: A piece on Facedeals. " ... The system, dubbed Facedeals, uses cameras placed at the doors of participating stores and facial recognition software....
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Do We Need Mysticism In Theory?
Are we too “normal” in our approach to open problems? Boris Spassky is the oldest living world chess champion. He held the title 1969 to 1972, until famously losing...
From Wild WebMink
Why The Communications Data Bill Should Concern You
I wrote today on ComputerWorldUK about the draft Communications Data Bill. As I explained at OggCamp last weekend in Liverpool, it is yet another attempt by the...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
CS is Featured in the Kahn Academy
Normally when preparing to write a post for the Advocate Blog, I collect my thoughts for several days prior to starting to write. I had collected some great ideas...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Quantity Is Not Enough
There is often a focus on quantity in our society. Let’s get more apps! Lets get more students taking the AP course! Lets get more [you name it]? UnfortunatelyHow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IEEE Computing Now Expands
I am informed:New, expanded, IEEE Computer Society Computing Now website will be live on Friday, August 24, 2012The newly designed, Computing Now website (computingnow...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
At the Intersection of Big Data and Healthcare: What 7.2 Million Medical Records Can Tell Us
We’ve featured lots of stories about Big Data over the last several months, but here’s a fascinating new one that illustrates the value of Big Data analytics in...
From Schneier on Security
Exaggerating Cybercrime
Finally, someone takes a look at the $1 trillion number government officials are quoting as the cost of cybercrime. While it's a good figure to scare people, it...
From The Eponymous Pickle