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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Top Papers in Data Science Survey
In KDNuggets, a summary of trends and interesting papers in data science in 2014, done by a survey of its readers. Overviews, readily scannable even if you don't...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finalists in Innovation by Design
In Fastcodesign: Some interesting examples of using data visualization design. Certainly eye catching, but more artistic than providing interactive and objective...
From Schneier on Security
Keystroke Logger Disguised as a USB Charger
It's called KeySweeper. More articles. Source code....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Code Hunt for Review and Problem Solving
Code Hunt is something I have been experimenting with a bit this year. For those who are not familiar with it, Code Hunt “is an educational, browser-based coding...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Washington News – Alerts and Updates
General News • The 114th Congress convened last week with Republicans controlling both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The House has 246 Republicans...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fusion Charts Blog
Brought to my attention with some interesting data visualization posts. Fusion Charts Blog.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beyond Customer Recognition for Retailers
Not a new thing, casinos have been doing it for years. The capability has been improving for some time. Now with cheaper hardware? What is more interestingWhere...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Highlights from the New Class of TED Fellows
The new class of Fellows for TED2015 has recently been released, and among the 21 “game-changing thinkers” are Laura Boykin, a biologist and Jonathan Home, a physicist...
From Schneier on Security
David Cameron's Plan to Ban Encryption in the UK
In the wake of the Paris terrorist shootings, David Cameron has said that he wants to ban encryption in the UK. Here's the quote: "If I am prime minister I will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Your Cognitive Future
A cross industry report from IBM. Detailed look at what to expect and what to prepare for." ... Cognitive-based systems extend the capabilities of humans. They...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beaconing at Marsh Supermarkets
Continued indication that the interconnection of shoppers and physical spaces is progressing, this was reported on previously here in more detail, see tags below...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
ACM Names Its 2014 Fellows
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is out with its 2014 Fellows, 47 of its members from universities, corporations, and research labs being recognized...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
How Gameplay Affects Stories in Games
I am very interested in the role of storytelling in videogames. Although I do like games without stories as well, the story is often the part of a game that engages...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots for Retail
Discussion in Retailwire: Saw several demonstrations of this idea. Now there are examples in the hospitality industry that are worth watching. Consumers still...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Defining Your Business
In Innovation Excellence: by Ty Montague. " ... Whitespace vs. Rightspace: How Quest-led Innovation Finds Right Space for Breakthrough Innovation ... " . ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automated Hypothesis Generation
Took a brief look at this at the request of a client, it is still in evolution. The Watson Chef is an interesting example, but it is overwhelmed today by dozens...
From Schneier on Security
The Risk of Unfounded Ebola Fears
Good essay. Worry about Ebola (or anything) manifests physically as what's known as a fight, flight, or freeze response. Biological systems ramp up or down to focus...
From Computational Complexity
Barrier's for Matrx Mult Lower bound
Matrix Mult: The usual algorithm is O(n^3). Strassen surprised people by showing an O(n^{2.81}) algorithm. (Now its so well known that its not surprising. IFast...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
But I Have The Same as Him
One thing I hear a lot is “I have the exact same code and someone else and theirs work and mine doesn’t.” The obvious wise guy reply is “if yours doesn’t work then...
From Wild WebMink