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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 Putting People First
Live at Interaction
Niklas Wolkert & Brad Nunnally round up their reporting on Johnnyy Holland on the Interaction10 conference in Savannah, Georgia – this time focused on the third...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why do People Share Information?
A topic we studied in the enterprise. This NYTimes article presents some non-obvious answers. Because we wrote our own e-mail system in the 70s, we had lots of...
From My Biased Coin
Recent Award for Network Coding
I opened the January issue of IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and saw (what is probably old news to everyone) that Tracey Ho, Muriel Medard, Ralf Kotter...
From My Biased Coin
Guest Post: Giorgos Zervas from WSDM, Part 3
I am back from WSDM and I have to say all in all it was a great experience. I think my talk went fairly well although I can see some ways in which it could have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Buzz
Google gets a social networking component within Gmail. ' ... Specifically, Buzz has been designed to help users deal with the often massive amount of information...
From Computational Complexity
What is an Elementary Proof?
What is an Elementary Proof? Different things in different contexts. An Elementary Proof is one that does not use Complex Analysis. Basic Calculus is fine. This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
BI Software Making Money
Nice overview piece on business intelligence by Doug Lautzenheiser:BI Software Makes Money Business Intelligence isn't just about seeing how many cans of beans...
From Schneier on Security
All Subversive Organizations Now Must Register in South Carolina
This appears not to be a joke: The state's "Subversive Activities Registration Act," passed last year and now officially on the books, states that "every member...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Beginning to Rethink CS Education at NSF
The President released his $3.8 trillion budget on Monday setting off a flurry of activity in the Nation's Capital. The budget sets the Administration's priorities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Public vs Private Sector Costs
Michigan economist Mark J. Perry continues to be an excellent source for gathering economic data and providing commentary on its implications. Recent post: the....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Martin Lindstrom on Personal Branding
Intriguing learnings and video: Look at Me Now! Personal Branding on TODAY Show (Pt 1)New York City. In a world growing increasingly more obsessed by celebrities...
From Putting People First
New Philips phone for the elderly
Philips reports that its new Lifeline Cordless Phone System has been designed “to enable the frail and elderly to maintain independence, despite their changing...
From Wild WebMink
? Leaving a bad taste
Study links soda, pancreatic cancer Looks like another damning finding against high sugar diets. Too late for me, but maybe you...
From Schneier on Security
Outguessing the Terrorists
Isn't it a bit embarrassing for an "expert on counter-terrorism" to be quoted as saying this? Bill Tupman, an expert on counter-terrorism from Exeter University...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
New Windows 7 Track on Microsoft
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From Putting People First
Designing financial services for the poor
The Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at the University of California, Irvine, headed by Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology, aims...
From Schneier on Security
The Limits of Visual Inspection
Interesting research: Target prevalence powerfully influences visual search behavior. In most visual search experiments, targets appear on at least 50% of trials...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chefs, Not Bakers
A collaborator from some time ago, Mark Capper, pointed me to his blog: Chefs Not Bakers. I much like the premise and am adding it to my feed, add it to yours: ...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Networking is Key
Time and time again I find that networking truly is the key to a successful career. It's amazing what kind of opportunities arise because of who you know.During...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog