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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 Daniel Lemire's Blog
Computer scientists need to learn about significant digits
I probably spend too much time reviewing research papers. It makes me cranky. Nevertheless, one thing that has become absolutely clear to me is that computer scientists...
From Wild WebMink
Microsoft Does Open Source
I updated and expanded my speculation about why Microsoft started “Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.” – sadly without any help from them as all their many evangelists...
From Wild WebMink
? All About RAND
What does “RAND” really mean for open source? It’s the key issue in the current UK government standards consultation (which I really ask you to complete). I’ve...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE Researchers Discuss
The following is a special contribution to this blog from
From Schneier on Security
TSA Behavioral Detection Statistics
Interesting data from the U.S. Government Accounting Office: But congressional auditors have questions about other efficiencies as well, like having 3,000 "behavior...
From Schneier on Security
Dance Moves As an Identifier
A burglar was identified by his dance moves, captured on security cameras: "The 16-year-old juvenile suspect is known for his 'swag,' or signature dance move,"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification for Fitness and Wellness
An example of how gamification and social networking can be used for fitness and wellness programs. " ... A major West Coast health plan has jumped on the social...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Using Computing as a Tool for Good
A March 29th press release by Northrop Grumman Corporation (1) on STEM education captured my attention. The headline was "Azusa campus recently hosted the Lego...
From Computational Complexity
How important is the PROOF of Cooks theorem for my ugrad class?
I am teaching Automata theory this semester. The topics are basically (1) Regular Languages, (2) Context Free Languages, (3) Decidable, undecidable, and c.e. sets...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Names 2012-13 Athena Lecturer
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) yesterday named MIT’s
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Winner of SCS TA Excellence Award
I found out this week that I was one of two winners for our department's TA award. I was nominated for my term in the fall when I TA'ed the third year graphics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantification of Social Behavior
Averages are wrong. " ... The key here is the word "average." This is quite likely the wrong way to think about social behavior. This is actually quite common...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Robotics Challenge: Q&A With the Program Manager
Last week, we reported on the
From Schneier on Security
Smart Meter Hacks
Brian Krebs writes about smart meter hacks: But it appears that some of these meters are smarter than others in their ability to deter hackers and block unauthorized...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Round 1 Finalists for 2012 Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum
The big news for me yesterday was at Finalists Announced for Round 1 of the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum. I attended this event as a judge lastKinect...
From Wild WebMink
Welcome to Webmink.Net readers
I finally applied an HTML redirect to Webmink.Net so it brings readers here to Webmink.Com – please update your bookmarks, and welcome!
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uncanny Valley of Targeted Advertising
An article from a while back on the phenomenon of 'uncanny valley' in targeted advertising. The emotional experience of knowing you are being watched. Noticed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Integrated Insights
Clorox and Roundy's develop a collaborative shopping program. More here. Identifying gaps between beliefs and behaviors.
From The Eponymous Pickle