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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 Computational Complexity
So THATS why the 17x17 challenge was so hard. Or maybe not.
On November 30, 2009 I posted the famous 17x17 challenge: (Paraphrase) Find a 4-coloring of the 17x17 grid that has no monochromatic rectangles. For $289.00.here...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Costco Pushes Mobile Apps
And additionally pushing social networking. I have worked on Costco projects, and am still a frequent customer, so I look forward to more of the details here:...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Waterman Awardees Present to NSB, Visit Local High Schools
Scott Aaronson
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopper Decisions Made In-Store
76% Purchase Decisions Made In-StoreNew Study Released By POPAI Explores The Changing Behavior & Purchasing Decisions Of Today
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Seeking Game-Based Interactive Medical System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Game Design with XNA, Kinect and Windows Phone
Please take a look at the new Game Design with XNA and Microsoft Technologies: Advanced XNA, Kinect, and Windows Phone curriculum units that have just been completed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tapping the Power of the Feature Phone
I was recently pointed to the idea of using voice interaction to provide intelligence in the still 63% of cell phones today that are not 'smart' but are dubbedMore...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tribute to Moms on Mother's Day
An update to P&G's tribute to Mom's on Mothers day. Just received through the P&G alumni services wire.
From My Biased Coin
Grading is No Fun
I'm told my exams are not nearly as much fun as I like to think they are. (It's a very rare occurrence when someone turns in their exam early at my 3-hour final...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Employee Loyalty
Employee loyalty has declined for a very long time. It used to common for people to stay with firms for many years. But now companies do not in general provide...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MobileRQ
I was recently introduced to MobileRQ by a correspondent and its developer Tyler McKinley. Some nicely thought ideas of how to use multiple streams of data to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification of Processes
Brainyard overviews Gartner statistics on the gamification of processes. Pointing to a continuing trend. I like the idea well applied, but have often seen it '...
From The Eponymous Pickle
History of Data Science
A short but informative history of data science. I lived through lots of this history and recall its effect on the enterprise. Good resource.
From Wild WebMink
Suite Activity
While the news about the ongoing Oracle-Google trial in the US has been
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
One-on-One With 2011 Turing Award Winner Judea Pearl
As part of a continuing series of interviews with thought leaders in computing, our friends at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
From Schneier on Security
RuggedCom Inserts Backdoor into Its Products
All RuggedCom equipment comes with a built-in backdoor: The backdoor, which cannot be disabled, is found in all versions of the Rugged Operating System made by...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
A reminder
Have you signed up for the best value in computer science education professional development? In today's economy, finding value for your professional development...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM