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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Shifts to Mobile
A very good sign for mobile devices:CEO Paul Otellini said today that Intel is embarking on a big shift in focus, moving its center of gravity to the most power...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Programming Concepts in Scratch
On Monday I started my lessons on Scratch for my Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences class. My goal is for students to understand boolean values...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Khan Academy
I was reminded recently of the The Kahn Academy, which is an excellent example what can be done with good enough technology and the perseverance to teach knowledge...
From Schneier on Security
Bin Laden Maintained Computer Security with an Air Gap
From the Associated Ptress: Bin Laden's system was built on discipline and trust. But it also left behind an extensive archive of email exchanges for the U.S....
From Putting People First
The grand delusion: Why nothing is as it seems
This might come as a shock, but everything you think is wrong. Much of what you take for granted about day-to-day existence is largely a figment of your imagination...
From Putting People First
Mobiles for Women. Part 2: The Darker Side.
Targeting women with mobile phones and mobile-based projects can bring great benefits and opportunities, as MobileActive outlined in Part 1 of its series on women...
From Putting People First
Seven technologies to disrupt the next decade
What technologies will have the biggest impact on the next decade? New Scientist peers into the crystal ball and picks the ideas, concepts and gadgets that are...
From Putting People First
Socially responsible design
Jan-Christoph Zoels, Experientia’s design director, took part in an interesting discussion on socially responsible design for the
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming Competition as Learning
As I write this I am at St Joseph
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Story of Alan Turing
An interesting multi part history history post on Alan Turing. His work in cryptology and artificial intelligence were inspirational to me when I worked on AI...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simple Games for E-Learning
I have been looking at the process of adding simple games to E-learning to promote engagement. At the recent Lectora conference I saw a presentation by Benjamin...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
You cannot refuse to publish our paper because
I feel strongly that the convention peer review process needs to evolve to a publish-then-filter model. That is, I do not believe that a few select individuals...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Reminder: Deadline for 2011-12 CIFellows Now 2 Weeks Away
A reminder that the deadline for applications to the 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Project is 5pm EDT on Tuesday, May 31. Graduates awarded the...
From Putting People First
Why a hyper-personalized Web is bad for you
Eli Pariser, executive director of the progressive political action committee MoveOn.org, explains in a CNET interview why he thinks we should beware of the substantial...
From Michael Nielsen
Notes on expander graphs now on GitHub
Several years ago I wrote a set of introductory notes (pdf) about expander graphs, an exceptionally useful concept from computer science. I’m a long way from being...
From Putting People First
Tapping into smart health
Growing numbers of mobile applications are aimed at keeping patients engaged in their treatment. The Boston Globe reports. “Patient engagement, doctors say, is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cray and Sandia Institute for Knowledge Systems
Cray and Sandia have established a Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems . Press Release. From Mark Montgomery of KYield. " ... Located...
From Wild WebMink