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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
Make an Offer on Amazon
Press release. Amazon competing with auction houses. But not an auction. Are there regulatory implicatons?; Continued following of auction structures in this...
From Computational Complexity
Godel and Knuth Prize Nominations due soon. Which would you rather win? Or ...
(Alg Decision Theory conference in Kentucky: here.) Knuth Prize Nominations are due Jan 20, 2015. For info on the prize see here, if you want to nominate someone...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google on MOOC Research
Overview report on a recent Google sponsored conference in China on improving MOOC, with an aim to innovation. Particularly interesting, mention of measurement...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visible Light Communications
In Phys.org: We looked at this as a potential solution for laboratory spaces. It had its limitations, but has evolved to be a more intelligent process.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating a Category is Educating an Audience
Obvious, but worth emphasizing:" ... You have to focus on educating your target audience if you are trying to create an industry, says Mark Organ, who founded marketing...
From My Biased Coin
Stress
I've seen lots of news and posts recently on the general theme of stress in academia. Daniel Lemire blogs about Stefan Grimm, a professor who recently committed...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks
The Intercept has published an article -- based on the Snowden documents -- about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ROI Value for Personalized Retail Data
In Retailwire: Lately have been looking at methods for determining the value of data. So this is a nice example that relates to the value of data for retail....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nielsen and Measuring Media Change
In Adage: Nice piece that covers what Nielsen can and cannot measure. " .... Nielsen at a Tipping Point? Accelerating Change Confronts Methodical Researchers Points...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Audi RFID Development
A very simple example of RFID use in manufacturing. Simple examples make the best case for improvement. They can be extended later. " .... Audi Launches RFID...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supply Chains and the Internet of Things
Thoughts by Microsoft and others. This was an area we examined assuming that RFID tagging would become ubiquitous. Tagging in some of the supply chain exists...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computer Science Education Week is Here
Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual program designed to engage students of all ages in computer science. It is observed each year, in recognition...
From My Biased Coin
CS 50 Fair (Live)
The madness that is the CS50 Fair at Harvard is going on now. Hundreds of students demo-ing their final projects. If you can't be there, you can watchthe live...
From Schneier on Security
Rapiscan Full-Body Scanner for Sale
Government surplus. Only $8,000 on eBay. Note that this device has been analyzed before....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beacons Proliferating Fast
An update on the use of solutions like the iBeacon. Expanding quickly." ... It matters that Apple's other retail-focused solutions -- Apple Pay, TouchID and iOS...
From Schneier on Security
Corporate Abuse of our Data
Last week, we learned about a striking piece of malware called Regin that has been infecting computer networks worldwide since 2008. It's more sophisticated than...
From Putting People First
Understanding human behaviour to improve mobile research design
Shirley Eadie, founding member and CEO of Pondering Panda, explored some of the idiosyncrasies of the human condition at last month’s MRMW Africa conference [Market...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 8 December 2014
It’s Computer Science Education week aka CSEdWeek. A lot of links to Hour of Code resources came though my social media stream last week and I thought about listing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Light instead of Wires in Computers
Fascinating computing news out of the Stanford mag. " ... Stanford engineers take big step toward using light instead of wires inside computersUsing a new algorithm...
From The Eponymous Pickle