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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A New Way To Solve Linear Equations
Impossible but true: a new approach to linear systems Prasad Raghavendra is an expert in many aspects of complexity theory, especially the foundations of approximation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Alumni Bookstore
Received:If you haven't already found it, take a look at the P&G Alumni Bookstore. Books published by your fellow alumni. Just go to the Book Directory tab on the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The Science Behind Curiosity
There’s been a lot written about NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory this week, in light of its successful landing on the surface of Mars early Monday morning — including...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Entity Analytics
On entity analytics. An explanatory video. "... If you haven’t heard IBM Fellow Jeff Jonas talk about how the right algorithm can help you figure out who’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Praises Facebook
Marc Pritchard touts the use of Facebook in the Olympics 'Thank You Mom' campaign as a perfect storm ... Good example of the use of integrated social media. ...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Benefits of Being a GHC Community Volunteer
This year's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is drawing nearer and nearer, and our call for Community Volunteers has gone out! I was a volunteer each...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Spoofed GPS Signals
This is the latest in the arms race between spoofing GPS signals and detecting spoofed GPS signals. Unfortunately, the countermeasures all seem to be patent pending...
From Computational Complexity
Another Algorithmic Market Failure
In 2009, Matt Cushman, Managing Director at Knight Equity Markets, gave a seminar at Northwestern on "High Frequency Trading". Here is the abstract: High frequency...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
2012 Microsoft US Forum Wrap Up
I missed out on most of the US Forum this year but as I said on Monday () I was able to attend the gala that finished out the event with the award ceremony. I wanted...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flash Drives vs Disk
More reliable and much faster. Expect flash drives to take over from disk drives. But with the advent of the pervasive Cloud will we be storing much less there...
From My Biased Coin
Article about DEC Folk
Interesting Wired article talking about a bunch of people I worked with back when I was at Digital Systems Research Center, and their big effect on Google. It's...
From Schneier on Security
Chinese Gang Sells Fake Professional Certifications
They were able to hack into government websites: The gang’s USP, and the reason it could charge up to 10,000 yuan (£1,000) per certificate, was that it could hack...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing Experiments
Wharton WCAI has an upcoming free webinar on Marketing Experiments: From the Basics to the Cutting Edge. On September 12. I plan to attend. More information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloud Privacy Illusions
A recent conversation with a client brought up the issue of privacy in the cloud. How does it differ from information stored in other locations? In E-Commerce...
From Schneier on Security
Yet Another Risk of Storing Everything in the Cloud
A hacker can social-engineer his way into your cloud storageand delete everything you have. It turns out, a billing address and the last four digits of a credit...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
You're invited to a Windows 8 DevCamp in city near you
Location DevCamp...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesco Virtual Stores in the UK
Richard James writes: In the Guardian: "Tesco has launched the UK's first virtual supermarket at Gatwick airport in the hope bored holidaymakers waiting for their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Enters Social Gaming
Amazon enters the gaming fray. " ... Amazon says that it has started making social games because it believes it can make social games well. "We know that many...
From Schneier on Security
Peter Swire Testifies on the Inadequacy of Privacy Self-Regulation
Ohio State University Law Professor Peter Swire testifies before Congress on the inadequacy of industry self-regulation to protect privacy.
From Geeking with Greg