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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 Computer Science Teachers Association
NJ Students Protest Budget Cuts
On April 20, 2010, the school budget in my township was PASSED. In an average year, approximately 70% of school budgets in NJ are approved. On April 20, 2010, close...
From Computational Complexity
STOC/CCC/EC/THEORYDAY/GRANTS
Announcements: STOC Early Registration closes on April 30. STOC itself is June 6,7,8. CCC Early Registration closes May 3. CCC itself is June 9,10,11. EC Early...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Checking in to Objects
I have mentioned the concept before, 'checking in' to objects rather than locations. Adage mentions it in a recent post. The Stickybits App is one of the first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smell Sensors
The idea is not new, creating a smell profile and using sensors to find it. Some new directions.
From Wild WebMink
? Boosters and Detractors 2.0
Web 2.0 gives with one hand and takes away with the other.
From Schneier on Security
Frank Furedi on Worst-Case Thinking
Nice essay by sociologist Frank Furedi on worse-case thinking, exemplified by our reaction to the Icelandic volcano: I am not a natural scientist, and I claim...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Finding a Research Topic
What makes a topic appropriate for a PhD dissertation? What is and isn't computer science research? What should you do when you're stuck? All these questions and...
From Putting People First
The data-driven life
Gary Wolf reflects in the upcoming New York Times Magazine on what happens when technology can analyze “every quotidian thing that happened to you today.” “Numbers...
From Putting People First
Two new articles on RFID interaction
Timo Arnall, the acclaimed interaction designer, alerts us to the fact that Touch project PhD researcher Kjetil Nordby has just published two journal articles on...
From Putting People First
Cellphone payments offer alternative to cash
The New York Times reports on how a number of big and small companies
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Strategy Paper from Clario
I have mentioned Clario in this space several times and have done some simple tests, they have published a new White paper on Analytics integration, short but useful...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 28 April 2010
As promised here are a bunch more links that I hope you will find interesting and useful. The CSTA blog had a couple of recent posts of interest: Preparing...
From Schneier on Security
Can Safes
Hiding your valuables in common household containers is an old trick. Diversion safes look like containers designed to hide your valuables in plain sight. Common...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Power of Play
An upcoming conference on using game play for serious ends. In September 2010, Created by Thought Bank LLC. They are looking for sponsors.The Power of Play.......
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Presentation Skills
What makes a good oral presentation? According to Prof. Sandhya Dwarkadas (University of Rochester) and Ana Pop (Princeton University), there are three main areas...
From Computational Complexity
A possible NP-Intermediary Problem
(REMINDERS: STOC Early Registration closes on April 30. CCC Early Registration closes May 3. EC Early Registration closes on May 6. ) Here is a problem whose...
From My Biased Coin