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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Coding lessons for 8-10 yr olds

Are you a tweeting teacher who teaches K-8 computer science? If so I am hoping you can join the CSTA K-8 task group for the next #CSK8 Twitter chat on Wed Feb 11... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 11, 2015 at 05:55 AM

From Putting People First

The Internet of Insecure Things

In a recent study, every connected home security system tested by HP contained significant vulnerabilities, including but not limited to password security, encryption... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 11, 2015 at 01:54 AM

From insideHPC

Video: The Evolution of HPC Usage at PayPal

"PayPal is a world-class leader in online and offline payment innovations. This tradition continues by combining enterprise and HPC architectures to deliver integrated... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 10, 2015 at 05:08 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Managing Remotely

In the HBR. A classic problem. Increasingly common. " ... How do you overcome the challenges of supervising employees in different locations and time zones?... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 05:07 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Visualization Playbook

Nicely thought out approach. Agree that data visualization is essential, and after obtaining the data should be the first thing that is done, to start understanding... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 03:59 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Submits Comments For Security Research DMCA Exemption

On February 6 USACM submitted a short comment to The Copyright Office in support of an exemption to the prohibitions against circumvention outlined in the Digital... David Bruggeman
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | February 10, 2015 at 02:47 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

This Blog as Knowledge Repository

I have often used this blog, and others I have run, as a knowledge repository. For both things I want to point out to people, and for my personal (but stillInternet... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM

From insideHPC

Supercomputing New Materials with HPC Wales

HPC Wales has partnered with the engineering team at Deregallera Ltd to develop new materials that will make better use of the planet’s resources. staff
From insideHPC | February 10, 2015 at 10:59 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Smartstones Communicate by Gesture

I see that the startup SmartStones, which I have been communicating with for some time, has launched. More here and participation information. " ... Smartstones... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 10:55 AM

From insideHPC

UK Met Office to Debug New Cray Systems with Allinea DDT

The UK Met Office is rolling out the Allinea DDT debugger on its newest supercomputers. The debugging tool will be used to help the scientists and developers to... staff
From insideHPC | February 10, 2015 at 10:42 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Automated Story Generation

Will journalism ultimately be mostly automated? Some moves in that direction. People still set the parameters. Would like to see how the outlines of a story... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 10:24 AM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Washington News – Alerts and Updates

General News • USACM submitted a statement to the U.S. Copyright Office in support of a proposed security research exemption to the prohibitions against circumvention... Renee Dopplick
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | February 10, 2015 at 08:01 AM

From insideHPC

Addressing the Problem with Collaborative Secure Data Sharing

As you’ve increasingly seen in news headlines, secure access to shared data is not only an issue for Federal and local government agencies and the Intelligence... Kevin Normandeau
From insideHPC | February 10, 2015 at 08:00 AM

From insideHPC

LANL Supercomputer Finds New Life at UNM

In this KRQE video, the University of New Mexico readies the Ulam supercomputer for deployment. Named after famed mathematician and Manhattan Project scientist... Rich Brueckner
From insideHPC | February 10, 2015 at 07:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Governance and Big Data

In SiliconAngle: Good introductory piece on the topic. How do you control the data and analyses you do with your big data?" ... The past week witnessed a number... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 10, 2015 at 12:30 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard

This week I am in Redmond WA at a two day workshop around Code Hunt being run by Microsoft Research and the developers behind Code Hunt. After day one I can say... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 10, 2015 at 12:16 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Gershenfeld on a New Digital Reality

Interesting Edge conversation with Neil Gershenfeld of MIT. We connected with him there a number of times in the early days of remote manufacture. That world... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 9, 2015 at 05:58 PM

From Schneier on Security

National Academies Report on Bulk Intelligence Collection

In January, the National Academies of Science (NAS) released a report on the bulk collection of signals intelligence. Basically, a year previously President Obama... Bruce Schneier
From Schneier on Security | February 9, 2015 at 05:20 PM

From Wild WebMink

Who Else Listens To Your TV?

Samsung’s Smart TV listens to everything you say all the time you have voice control enabled. No surprise there. But Samsung’s Terms warn that it’s likely to be... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | February 9, 2015 at 03:36 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NIST Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam

The Global City Teams Challenge, an initiative by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and US Ignite, is designed to advance the deployment of... Helen Vasaly
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | February 9, 2015 at 03:11 PM