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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
Computing Beyond Mathematics
An interesting viewpoint article in ACM. In one way this is quite obvious, computer science has gone far beyond mathematics ... far beyond just 'computing'Computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS Pushes Business Intelligence to Mobile
A very good direction we are seeing as key Business Intelligence vendors are supporting mobile. You should be able to take your intelligence to wherever your data...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Breaking news: HTML+CSS is Turing complete
A programming language is Turing complete if it equivalent to a Turing machine. In practice, it means that any algorithm can be implemented. Most programming languages...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Location Based Marketing
In Adage: a good overview of what marketers should think about when considering the use of location based services.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remote Food
3D Printers creating food. It appears there is still much to do here before this becomes practical or very appetizing. Yet the direction is clear, digitally...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF DD Describes His Experience
Keith Marzullo, a Division Director within the NSF’s CISE Directorate, recently sat down to describe his experiences working at the National Science Foundation....
From Schneier on Security
Criminals Stealing Cars by Calling Tow Trucks
It's a clever hack, but an old problem: the authentication in these sorts of normal operations isn't good enough to prevent abuse.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Free Pluralsight On-demand Training via Dreamspark
Microsoft is constantly adding software and other benefits to the DreamSparak program. The latest of these benefits is the opportunity for students to get access...
From Wild WebMink
? FSF Leadership Change
I got a call on Friday evening from Peter Brown, the Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It’s been my great pleasure to know and work with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Rise of the Service Robot
The past and future of the US Robotics Industry in a good BusinessWeek article. " .... U.S. robotic companies have regained their strength, but face tough Asian...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Webinar on Top Neuro-Ranked Superbowl Ads
This webinar looks to be very interesting, especially for someone interested in the practical application of neuromarketing. It will be held tomorrow March 18Here...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Supports Defense Against FY
USACM signed a letter sent to the Senate leadership last week urging them to resist the deep cuts to science agency budgets approved recently by the House of Representatives...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Introducing Gram's House, Our Imagine Cup 2011 Game for Girls and Computer Science
Computer science is still a gender-imbalanced field. Outreach efforts by various non-profits and companies like Microsoft seem to make an impact on this issue....
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Inspiration
I was inspired recently by the keynote speaker at a Computer Using Educators (CUE) conference that I attended near the end of first semester. The speaker discussed...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 7
March 8 Meeting: The President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology will meet 10 a.m., Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, D.C....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Carr on Memory and Self
Nick Carr excerpts a chapter of his book: The Shallows, on the concept of aiding memory. Is memory being killed by all our digital memory aids and resources? ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iPad Providing Comfort in Hospitals
A good example of how an easy to use pad can provide comfort and address boredom in hospitals and nursing homes. Laptops and Smartphones can work there too, but...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CS Community Weighing in on PostDocs
“A funding ecosphere
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Jobless recovery, the luddite fallacy and the 4-hour workweek
The luddite fallacy says that as innovation destroys jobs, just as many new jobs are created. The logic is that increased productivity causes prices to fall, which...
From The Eponymous Pickle