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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 My Biased Coin
"Area Dean" : What's That Mean
In a few weeks, I "officially" take on my new job as "Area Dean" (read, "Chair") of CS. What will in entail?Formally, there appear to be a number of responsibilities...
From Schneier on Security
Reading Me
The number of different ways to read my essays, commentaries, and links has grown recently. Here's the rundown: You can read my writings daily on my blog. These...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Have You Ever Considered a Do-It-Yourself Summer Program?
One of the ways to get kids interested in a topic is through extra-curricular opportunities. And Summer is a prime time for such activities. And a great time to...
From Computational Complexity
Another post on Martin Gardner
(I will post about CCC 2010 later in the week.) Several people have posted on the death of Martin Gardner: Complexity Blog (Lance) Shtetl Optimized (Scott)...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Mini-Course 2010 Survey Results
Last year, I did a pretty detailed post mortem of my mini-course Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls. I had my students this year fill in a similar survey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Augmented Reality
A number of leaders from augmented reality vendors are interviewed: " ... Last week in Santa Clara, California, luminaries from the augmented reality (AR) industry...
From My Biased Coin
Cherry Murray appointed to oil spill panel
Dean of Harvard's SEAS, Cherry Murray, is to be appointed to President Obama's oil spill panel.
From Wild WebMink
? The Business Of Open Source Is
Migrating from Sun to Novell? While this is slick (if predictable) marketing there's a smarter solution than switching away from the software in which you've already...
From Schneier on Security
Fifth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
On April 1, I announced the Fifth Annual Movie Plot Threat Contest: Your task, ye Weavers of Tales, is to create a fable of fairytale suitable for instilling the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Real Projects Workshop
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Foursquare the Future
The location based location activity-game Foursquare has developed a base of both lovers of the concept and haters. I have tested it for some time now. This CW...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE
Please see the new NSF/CISE FY11 cross-cutting program, Smart Health and Wellbeing, which we announced on Friday, June 11: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10575...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of LED Lightbulbs
Good article from the VentureLab newsletter:Will LEDs Replace Your Standard House Lightbulb? Definitely MaybeNew solutions in the LED space are clearing the way...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Taking on Healthcare: The Time is Now
The Computing Community Consortium recently prepared a white paper titled, “Information Technology Research Challenges for Healthcare: From Discovery to Delivery...
From My Biased Coin
Crimson Article on SEAS
This article from the Crimson on the state of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from a couple of weeks ago serves as a good primer for me on...
From The Eponymous Pickle