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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
Ninth Workshop on Economics and Information Security
Earlier this week, the Ninth Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS 2010) was held at Harvard. As always, it was a great workshop with some veryliveblogged...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Stock Picking
In Technology Review: Text analytics method that picks stocks better than the pros. Which pro? Any pros? I have seen such methodologies of various stripes. My questions...
From Computational Complexity
Sims Complexity
I called home last night and my daughter Molly had an exciting story to tell. She was at her friend Danielle's house (the same Molly and Danielle from the video...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Academic publishing is archaic
Technological progress tends to increase the available information. Thus, our capacity to manage this information becomes overloaded (hence the term information...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-06-10
Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of the Glee Club Well worth reading this article. The TV programme 'Glee' features a singing club as the backdrop for a situational...
From Schneier on Security
Hiring Hackers
Any essay on hiring hackers quickly gets bogged down in definitions. What is a hacker, and how is he different from a cracker? I have my own definitions, but I'd...
From My Biased Coin
Branding Your Research (and Yourself)
In honor of being at EC, a post on branding. In theory, your research will be judged and appreciated based on its intrinsic quality, and your scientific reputation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Second Life Downsizes
Second Life, the well known virtual world that attracted large investments in time and money from companies like IBM, Kraft and Circuit City, announced a 30% downsizing...
From My Biased Coin
EC Day 1
EC is an interesting mix of theory/AI/economics and many other things as well (data mining, social computing, user interfaces....) Definitely a bit of a hodgepodge...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kraft, Procter and J&J Talk Marketing
Great article fronm CGT overviewing the Marketing Summit this week: " ... Kraft, P&G, J&J Unite to Share Sales & Marketing Insights June 9, 2010 - More than 200...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Technology is Not a Replacement for Face-to-Face Instruction
A couple of days ago, the Chronicle of Higher Education had an interesting article about Salman Khan, a fellow who quit his job as a financial analyst to startRethinking...
From Schneier on Security
DARPA Research into Clean-Slate Network Security Redesign
This looks like a good research direction: Is it possible that given a clean slate and likely millions of dollars, engineers could come up with the ultimate in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Projects That Mean Something
Very often is seems as though teacher tend to assign projects that mean little if anything to any one. It is as if we feel that learning is medicine that only works...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Media Actionable? A Good Idea.
Some useful ideas in really undertanding new media. Although I thought we always did this, I do have examples where it did not work out that way. ' ... While...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Models of the Imagination
Some implications for advertising? Mindhacks on the power of fictional plots and stories.Psychologist Paul Bloom considers why imaginary characters and fictional...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Clarity and Charity in Reviewing
On May 4 I posted a short message titled “Fratricide and the Ecology of Proposal Reviews.”
From Wild WebMink
? BCS Rebels Finally Get A Voice
Rajan Anketell, one of the signatories calling the BCS EGM, said in a broadcast e-mail: “You will already be aware of the EGM call, of which I am a signatory. You...
From Schneier on Security