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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 Schneier on Security
Hacking Marconi's Wireless in 1903
A great story: Yet before the demonstration could begin, the apparatus in the lecture theatre began to tap out a message. At first, it spelled out just one word...
From The Eponymous Pickle
WiFi Vending Machines
In Japan, the home of universal vending, machines that will provide free registration-less WiFi and product. Assuming they will sell advertising for companies that...
From My Biased Coin
Cross-Cultural Learning Curve: Sending a Paper to Science
We decided to submit our paper on MIC and MINE to Science it's a venue that my co-authors were familiar with and very interested in applying to. I was happy to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2011:
…became “the center of your world.” So says technology writer/editor
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sands Research Nails VW Ad
An interesting result that starts to connect new ad analysis methods with classic methods:------Wall St. Journal and AdWeek Agree with
From The Eponymous Pickle
Telling a Business Story with Slideshare
Telling a business story. Simple advice overall. " ... Because presentations are generally about very specific topics, companies use SlideShare for inbound marketing...
From Schneier on Security
Butt Identification
Here's a new biometric: how you sit: ...researchers there developed a system that can recognize a person by the backside when the person takes a seat. The system...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
My favorite posts from 2011
January: Innovating without permission Not even eventually consistent February: Taking scientific publishing to the next level Ten things Computer Science tells...
From Geeking with Greg
Quick links
Some of what has caught my attention recently:Security guru Bruce Schneier predicts "smart phones are going to become the primary platform of attack for cybercriminals"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing the Flavor Network
A flavor network. From FlowingData. The different relationships of flavor and location. An interesting example of visual relationships.
From My Biased Coin
Some of The Fun of Collaborating...The Other People
One of the things I enjoy most about working in algorithms is the breadth of work I get to do. And while I've worked on a variety of things, almost all have been...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Entrepreneurs
During the last few weeks I have been fondly reminded of the joys I experienced when teaching and working with a student organization and encountering that rare...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Statistical Mistakes
Very common examples. I have seen variants of all of these. Still, should be well known to all saavy managers. If you see anything that is similar to these...
From Schneier on Security
The Collar Bomb Robbery
Really interesting story of the collar-bomb robbery -- and subsequent investigation -- from 2003.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Top Most Read Posts of 2011
It may be a little early to post this but not much. At this point it would be a big surprise if some other post made it into this list. These fifteen posts were...
From My Biased Coin
Wasted Hour(s)
Last night I was running some code for a queuing simulation related to some research I'm doing. This is the Nth time I've used this code; I wrote up the basic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Considering Gamification
When should you consider the use of game methods for business? This should be carefully considered for applications alternatively in and outside the company,...
From The Eponymous Pickle