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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 Wild WebMink
Border Chaos
It’s not just Heathrow – Eurostar is a mess too. I had a meeting in Paris on Monday and was transiting London so took Eurostar instead of flying from Southampton...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF, NIH Hold Joint Webinar on BIGDATA Solicitation
Earlier this afternoon, the
From Schneier on Security
A Foiled Terrorist Plot
We don't know much, but here are my predictions: There's a lot more hyperbole to this story than reality. The explosive would have either 1) been caught by pre...
From My Biased Coin
Attribute-Efficient Learning (Guest Post by Justin Thaler)
[Editor's comment: Justin has been having quite a year; after a paper in ICS, he's recently had papers accepted to ISIT, ICALP, HotCloud, and COLT. In this guest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Economics of Information
In the WSJ: An examination of the value of information, using the Facebook IPO as an example. Their take, you are worth about $81 to Facebook.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teacher Appreciation Week 2012
Apparently it is teacher appreciation week in the US this week. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. In my house every day is teacher appreciation day.The...
From Wild WebMink
Speaking in San Jose, May 15
There’s a new speaker series being organised and hosted by PayPal at their campus in San Jose. I am honoured to be their inaugural speaker, on May 15th at 7pm....
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey on the Future of Work
The suggestion that the decrease in employment and hiring in the recent recession was unique. Because of the explosion of technologies before the recession, many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytical Ecosystems Explored
Just brought to my attention: Alan Greenspan, marketing manager at Teradata, is quoted: " ... When business justification calls for more than one system, organizations...
From Schneier on Security
Overreacting to Potential Bombs
This is a ridiculous overreaction: The police bomb squad was called to 2 World Financial Center in lower Manhattan at midday when a security guard reported a package...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Data Science E-Book
I was reminded of the free, in-progress data science e-book again. Only 86 pages so far. An interesting example of crowd sourcing technology information. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driverless Cars Licensed for Test in Nevada
Google continues its test of driverless automobiles. A view of the future, when this will become common? Or will the idea be thwarted by accidents? For this...
From Wild WebMink
Bad News For The Meshed Society?
The Oracle/Google initial verdict is out in the US, and it’s bad news for the 21st century software industry. My take is on InfoWorld, but there’s still a fragment...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data can Show Large ROI
Intriguing piece with some case studies about how big data can lead to ROI. By examining the real relationships in the data. This points to may potential opportunities...
From Computational Complexity
Paying to Publish
You proved a nice theorem, wrote up the paper and submitted it to a major computer science conference. Your paper was accepted! Congratulations. Now pay up. An...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Peapod Store in Chicago Tunnel
The approach uses simple smartphone scanning. " ... A Chicago "L" station is about the last place you would think of to pick up a carton of milk. But online grocer...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Open Book Exams and SMOP
It is perhaps fitting to write a blog about teaching programming while I sit here and monitor my students as they write the final exam. I did my other exam yesterday...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Vision Allows Group Drone Flying
From the Fraunhofer Institute: In continued development of advanced imaging and control, this development is added to the broader development of drone sensors...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 7
May 9 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the consumer privacy reports issued by the Federal Trade Commission...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog