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Does STOC/FOCS take simple-nice-ideas papers? A one-element case study

WRITTEN AUG 1,2011: It has been said that simple innovative ideas to not get into STOC/FOCS and only hard technical improvements do. This is one of the motivations...

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

A few months ago, we announced

Using Science Fiction to Teach Computer Security
From Schneier on Security

Using Science Fiction to Teach Computer Security

Interesting paper: "Science Fiction Prototyping and Security Education: Cultivating Contextual and Societal Thinking in Computer Security Education and Beyond,"...

Interesting Links 1 August 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 1 August 2011

Last week was incredible at the US Innovative Education Forum. I

Upcoming Information Retrieval Conferences
From The Noisy Channel

Upcoming Information Retrieval Conferences

I hope everyone who attended the recent SIGIR 2011 in Beijing had an excellent experience. I didn’t manage to make it to that side of the globe myself, but I’m...

Neural Prosthetics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neural Prosthetics

Good piece on neural prosthetics, prompted by military injuries, considerable progress is being made.

The Hubble and Enterprise Planning
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Hubble and Enterprise Planning

I have been reading Eric J Chaisson's Book: The Hubble Wars, a detailed view of the launch and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. My background is in astrophysics...

Google Maps Changing the Look of Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Maps Changing the Look of Data

in GigaOm. Good example of using Google maps based mashups to visualize data. I have seen a number of good examples of this. Simple representations.

Whats the Value of a Facebook Fan?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Whats the Value of a Facebook Fan?

How many friends they have. Obvious answer but the piece makes a reasonable justification.

An Online AI Course
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

An Online AI Course

This fall, our colleagues Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig are offering a free, online version of their popular Stanford University course, “Introduction to Artificial...

Friday Squid Blogging: 25-foot Giant Squid Caught in Fishing Net
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: 25-foot Giant Squid Caught in Fishing Net

A 25-foot (or maybe 23-foot) giant squid was caught off the coast of Florida. Also, I'm going to try something new. Let's use this weekly squid post to talk...

Gartner's Value Chain Transformation Imperatives
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gartner's Value Chain Transformation Imperatives

A very good piece in the Informs Analytics Magazine.  I agree.  Have been recently involved in looking analytically at the transformation of major supply chain...

Innovative Education Forum–Judging Day
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Innovative Education Forum–Judging Day

Wow! Just WOW! I spent yesterday judging teacher projects as part of the US Innovative Educator Forum in Redmond. It was absolutely inspiring. In fact I would go...

Innovative Education Forum
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Innovative Education Forum

Wow! Just WOW! I spent yesterday judging teacher projects as part of the US Innovative Educator Forum in Redmond. It was absolutely inspiring. In fact I would go...

Luggage Hack
From Schneier on Security

Luggage Hack

Bypassing the lock on luggage.

Google Maps and the London Underground
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Maps and the London Underground

I have navigated London by the Underground with the usual paper in hand and surveying the overhead route maps.  This new development gives you mobile direction...

Hacking Apple Laptop Batteries
From Schneier on Security

Hacking Apple Laptop Batteries

Interesting: Security researcher Charlie Miller, widely known for his work on Mac OS X and Apple's iOS, has discovered an interesting method that enables him to...

Sands Neuromarketing Alliance in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sands Neuromarketing Alliance in China

Just received, an impressive partnership and direction: Sands Research and Brain Intelligence Establish Neuromarketing Alliance in China and GloballyPartnership...

Vision for Digital Public Library
From The Eponymous Pickle

Vision for Digital Public Library

The DPLA:   Taking some of the Google scanning work further and non profit:  " ... Last year, Robert Darnton, a cultural historian and director of Harvard University...

The Unintended Consequences of Obsessing Over Consequences (or why to support youth risk-taking)
From Apophenia

The Unintended Consequences of Obsessing Over Consequences (or why to support youth risk-taking)

Developmental psychologists love to remind us that the frontal lobe isn’t fully developed until humans are in their mid-20s. The prefrontal cortex is responsible...
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