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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 The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Python vs. Processing as a First Language
When I asked my social networks what they thought was the best language to learn to program with, most said Python. I've always heard great things about this as...
From My Biased Coin
That Time of Year : Annual NSF Reports
I received my notice a few weeks back that it's time to fill out my annual grant reports for NSF.I'd like to complain about it; it's a pretty boring process, and...
From Wild WebMink
What Next After GPL and Apache?
My article on InfoWorld today looks at the arc of software licensing trends and predicts commercial open source will eventually swing back to the centre and favour...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Funding Research Infrastructure for the CISE Community
At last week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee (AC) for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering...
From Schneier on Security
Kip Hawley Reviews Liars and Outliers
In his blog: I think the most important security issues going forward center around identity and trust. Before knowing I would soon encounter Bruce again in the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Be What
Grace Hopper used to tell her audiences that if they ever used
From Wild WebMink
UK Open Consultation Update
The final round-table for the government’s Open Standards Consultation is now open for booking – consider attending as much is at stake for UK ICT procurement....
From The Noisy Channel
Data Science at LinkedIn: My Team
Lots of people ask me what it’s like to be a data scientist at LinkedIn. The short answer: it’s awesome. Folks like Pete Skomoroch
From My Biased Coin
A Little Truly Offensive Bragging (On Behalf of Harvard CS)
So which US school was the only one in the top ten for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest this year?No, not MIT, Princeton, or Carnegie Mellon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ThreeJoy
Via David E Goldberg Who we worked with in the enterprise on genetic algorithm methods.ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. is a leadership coaching firm and change consultancy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What is in-Memory Analytics?
Bill Franks provides a good overview. Read the whole piece, well put. " There
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Localizing Stores
Wal-Mart is Localizing its stores with Facebook. I recall this general idea proposed during the early days of web sites being commonly available. Long before...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tasting Jams and Dating Sites
Match making online. Head versus heart. A dated WSJ article which led me back to some of our matching work for many other purposes. But does it work for matching...
From Schneier on Security
Cybersecurity at the Doctor's Office
I like this essay because it nicely illustrates the security mindset.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DoD Announces Robotics Grants
Last fall, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for its Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), which “augments...
From Computational Complexity
Meetings/Conferences/Workshops/Seminars- whats in a name?
In June 11-14 will be a new workshop: Algorithmic Frontiers. How many venues do we have for meetings? What the call themselves: Meetings (e.g., MATHFEST), Conferences...
From Putting People First
Researchers glean deep UI lessons from a haptic steering wheel
According to a new driving study, conducted by Professor SeungJun Kim at Carnegie Mellon
From The Eponymous Pickle
Texting Increases Truth
A study seems to show texting increase truthfulness. Less shading of the truth. I wonder if this is caused by the limitation of the size of the message? Less...
From Schneier on Security
Rules for Radicals
It was written in 1971, but this still seems like a cool book: For an elementary illustration of tactics, take parts of your face as the point of reference; your...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog