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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 Computational Complexity
The Ethics of Saving Languages
The linguist John McWhorter wrote an NYT opinion piece entitled Why Save a Language? where he argues why we should care about saving dying languages, basically...
From Schneier on Security
Not Enough CISOs to Go Around
This article is reporting that the demand for Chief Information Security Officers far exceeds supply: Sony and every other company that realizes the need for a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A History of Boston Computing
Part one of an article on the early history of computing technology in the Boston area. As the piece suggests, it's often forgotten after the emergence of personal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Re examining Analytics 3.0
In the HBR. by Thomas Davenport. This 2013 article suggested that analytics 3.0 would put us in an era of data enhanced analytics offerings. Worth re reading...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drone Photography
BBC examples of stunning drone photography. Shows how the point of view is being extended into the third dimension for still photography. Impressive shots.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Federal Spending Bill – What’s in the ‘Cromnibus’ for Tech Policy?
The House last night released the $1 trillion “Cromnibus” bill to fund the government through September 2015. It combines an omnibus spending bill for 11 of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internet of Things Heating Up
In Knowledge@Wharton: Good overview of the current state of the IOT. " ,,, Stories about the Internet of Things — everyday objects that have been upgraded toUpdate...
From My Biased Coin
Stress, Continued: Jobs
Continuing from last post, I aim to focus on some of the issues related to stress in academia. Today's post will be related to stress and the nature of academic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Cognitive Computing
A video view of the future of cognitive computing in Japan. With an emphasis about the cognitive interaction between people and devices. In the retail and food...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Multi Sided Platforms
Was unaware of this classification. Here a working paper on a choice model for this approach. " ... There is growing interest in the economics of multi-sided...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Skills and Practical Considerations for Data Science
On the must have skills for the data scientist. A pretty good overview, including some information about where to get more detail. I will emphasize: Either...
From Schneier on Security
Effects of Terrorism Fears
Interesting article: "How terrorism fears are transforming America's public space." I am reminded of my essay from four years ago: "Close the Washington Monument...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why BI Projects Fail
In Infoworld: Interesting review piece, bottom line its always about focusing on the business need. If you don't know that clearly, you cannot fix it.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The Smartest Kids in the World: stories from Finland, Poland and South Korea
I have always been interested in what makes us smart. So I read Amanda Ripley’s The Smartest Kids in the World in almost a single sitting. She is a good writer....
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
An Update on Our CS2 Experiment with C++ and Java
Back in September, I reported on an experimental course design I was trying out for our CS2 class. The main idea was to start with C++ and slowly transition to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blue Sky Ideas Track Held at Foundations of Software Engineering Symposium
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) sponsored another track in its Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track series at the 22nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Tech Companies and Computer Science Education
It’s Computer Science Education week and my social media streams (blogs, Facebook and Twitter) are full of the news. The president was part of an event at the White...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Request for Open Source Exemplars of Watson Analytics and Bluemix
Jim Spohrer, Director, Global Top University Programs at IBM, writes:" ... A number of faculty and student researchers have begun trying out these services:Try...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalized Food Portals
In SNews: A prediction that:" ... 2015 will be the year that true shopper-centricity finally moves from concept to reality. How?A few leading food retailers will...
From Apophenia