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Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists
From Putting People First

Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists

Today we received a hard copy of Peeps, a new and impressive magazine that presents itself as “anthropology for non-anthropologists”, aimed at putting “culturePeeps...

From Computational Complexity

Moonshots

In 1961 Kennedy said "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to...

Computer-Aided Personalized Education Visioning Workshop
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Computer-Aided Personalized Education Visioning Workshop

The following post was co-authored by Andrew Lan, a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rice University. Andrew recently attended...

Worldwide Cryptographic Products Survey: Edits and Additions Wanted
From Schneier on Security

Worldwide Cryptographic Products Survey: Edits and Additions Wanted

Back in September, I announced my intention to survey the world market of cryptographic products. The goal is to compile a list of both free and commercial encryption...

Future of Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Work

Good piece with some innovative points.  By Guy Bieber, 2015_11_24O’Reilly saw a major problem brewing in the workplace and affecting the economy, so they decided...

Why content reigns supreme in UX design
From Putting People First

Why content reigns supreme in UX design

In this piece, Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba and Matt Ellis of UXPin dive into four reasons why we recommend a content-first design approach: 1. Design may impress, but...

Why content reigns supreme in UX design
From Putting People First

Why content reigns supreme in UX design

In this piece, Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba and Matt Ellis of UXPin dive into four reasons why we recommend a content-first design approach: 1. Design may impress, but...

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?
From Putting People First

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?

An increasing number of cities are using co-creation platforms to tackle challenging issues like mobility, air quality and urban regeneration too. The Nexthamburg...

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?
From Putting People First

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?

An increasing number of cities are using co-creation platforms to tackle challenging issues like mobility, air quality and urban regeneration too. The Nexthamburg...

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?
From Putting People First

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?

Instead of asking ourselves which jobs will be replaced, writes Brooks Rainwater, we need to shift the conversation to answer the question: what jobs do we want...

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?
From Putting People First

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?

Instead of asking ourselves which jobs will be replaced, writes Brooks Rainwater, we need to shift the conversation to answer the question: what jobs do we want...

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers
From Putting People First

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers

The non-profit Simply Secure is launching a new series of usability programs for organizations, companies and individuals who are making cryptographic/privacy/security...

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers
From Putting People First

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers

The non-profit Simply Secure is launching a new series of usability programs for organizations, companies and individuals who are making cryptographic/privacy/security...

Students are Creative and that is a Good Thing
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Students are Creative and that is a Good Thing

I love the creativity of students. We worked on a whack a mole game in class today. The purpose was to create a user control but of course students want to do more...

A Visual History of the Nobel Prize
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Visual History of the Nobel Prize

Nicely done example of what I would call artistic visualization.  Not necessarily useful for interacting with the data.  But does provide some narrative about the...

Great Innovative Idea- Python Tutor
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Great Innovative Idea- Python Tutor

The following Great Innovative Idea is from Philip J. Guo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Rochester. Philip recently...

How Can HPC Best Help Pharma R&D?
From insideHPC

How Can HPC Best Help Pharma R&D?

"The challenges facing informatics systems in the pharmaceutical industry’s R&D laboratories are changing. The number of large-scale computational problems in the...

Video: Dell Panel Discussion on the NSCI initiative from SC15
From insideHPC

Video: Dell Panel Discussion on the NSCI initiative from SC15

In this video from SC15, Rich Brueckner from insideHPC moderates a panel discussion on the NSCI initiative. "As a coordinated research, development, and deployment...

OpenPOWER Summit Returns to GTC in San Jose in April, 2016
From insideHPC

OpenPOWER Summit Returns to GTC in San Jose in April, 2016

Registration is now open for the 2016 OpenPOWER Summit, which will take place April 5-7 in San Jose, California in conjunction with the GPU Technology Conference...

Student Cluster Teams Learn the Tools of Performance Tuning at SC15
From insideHPC

Student Cluster Teams Learn the Tools of Performance Tuning at SC15

In this video from SC15, Rich Brueckner from insideHPC talks to contestants in the Student Cluster Competition. Using hardware loaners from various vendors andStudent...
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