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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
The 2009 International Olympiad in Informatics
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 21st International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from August 8th to 15th. The IOI brings...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Generational Privacy Views
In The Japan Times, privacy honcho Bruce Schneier talks about the generational gaps in the perception of privacy.
From Apophenia
Some Thoughts on Technophilia
The New Media Consortium is hosting a Symposium for the Future October 27-29. I was asked to write a few thoughts that might provoke conversation in preparation...
From CERIAS Blog
A Quick Note about Cloud Computing
I was talking to several people at the Cyber Leap Year Summit about how we have decades of research in computing that too many current researchers fail to lookWikipedia...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Network Influences
In MyVenturePad, Good article on the subject: Influence research: what are the real influence networks within Twitter and social media? Via Stan Dyck. Pointers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GIS Becomes Mainstream
Good interview with the president of ESRI on the mainstreaming of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I agree, much has changed and there is a bright future:...
From Return 42;
Sneak Preview: Many Famous Coders at Work
We all know: There are two types of books about programming. The first delivering direct knowledge about a specific topic or a specific programming language orC...
From Return 42;
Web vs. Desktop Applications: The Neverending Debate
We can read about it every single day. One person describes the advantages of web applications over their native counterparts. Another one dismisses every single...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
A recipe for interesting Computer Science research papers
In Are your research papers telling original stories?, I claimed that the main benefits of the typical research paper were that: the contribution to the state-of...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-08-19
Celtic Sampler Summer 2009: MP3 Downloads Truly delicious selection of Celtic tracks, full of variety and innovation while embracing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Scientists and their emotions
Science is not a matter of pure logic. Some of the best scientists lived through intense emotions
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopper Path to Purchase
ARF Chief Research Officer Joel Rubinson posts about shopper path to purchase: ' ... Understanding
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Coke Smarter Soda Machine
More details about Coke's smart Freestyle cola machine, now in test. ' ... The smart-machine collects extremely detailed information about drink choices (the dispenser...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Do hash tables work in constant time?
Theory in Computer Science—as in any other field—is based on models. These models make many hidden assumptions. This is one of the fundamental reason why pure theory...
From The Eponymous Pickle