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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 Schneier on Security
Whisper Tracks Users
The Guardian has reported that the app Whisper tracks users, and then published a second article explaining what it knows after Whisper denied the story. Here's...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Picking Good Variable Names
Actually picking any sort of name is important in programming but we can focus on variable names for a bit. The CS Teaching Tips team tweets and posts a lot ofvariable...
From Computational Complexity
Martin Gardner Centennial
Martin Gardner was born on October 21, 1914, so today is his Centennial (he died on May 22, 2010, at the age of 95). We've mentioned him in the blog before: ...
From Schneier on Security
More Crypto Wars II
FBI Director James Comey again called for an end to secure encryption by putting in a backdoor. Here's his speech: There is a misconception that building a lawful...
From Computational Complexity
Algorithms that never get coded up
(There was a passing ref to this topic in the comments to one of Scott's blogs, so I thought I would pick up the theme.) When I teach Formal Lang Theory I endCould...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting to Know the Chief Data Officer
Working with the complexity of data and its application to analytics is increasingly complex." ... The transformative power of data and analytics is being harnessed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Becomes Cognitive. Is it Now Ready for Sustained Value?
Is AI finally ready to roll? Again? Spent years in the 90s working on it, with successes but also ultimately descent into a winter of discontent. Back then there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Style Analytics in the Retail Store
Good Forrester report, requires registration." ... Retail stores have been living in the analytical "dark ages" in comparison to digital channels, using metrics...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requested that the National Research Council (NRC) carry out a study examining anticipated priorities for advanced computing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Channels Become Apps as Advertising Changes Forever
In Adage: Remarkable piece about the conversion to digital TV happening now, and how it will change advertising. And create a new flood of advertising data."...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Decision Trees–Possible Interesting Coding Project
I found this interesting flowchart for determining where one should eat Thanksgiving. It’s pretty complete which also means it’s complicated. I guess if you know...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chef Watson as an Advisor
Just received early access to IBM's Chef Watson Beta this past week. I have been testing, not for recipe development, but with an eye to how it's structure could...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online Replacing In Store Browsing
The results of an Ipsos and Google survey and report. " ... Whether through a laptop at work or a smartphone before bed or in-store, online searches continue to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST Global City Teams Challenge Report
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched their Global City Teams Challenge with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm last month. The...
From Schneier on Security
How Did the Feds Identity Dread Pirate Roberts?
Last month, I wrote that the FBI identified Ross W. Ulbricht as the Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts through a leaky CAPTCHA. Seems that story doesn't hold water...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 19 October 2014
You know those school weeks with lots of interruptions, strange schedules and little normal routine? Yep, had one last week. I also managed to record a good number...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Invention of Google Scholar
Now ten years old. Contains 160 million documents. " ... Making the world’s problem solvers 10% more efficient ... Ten years after a Google engineer empowered...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Redesigning Bill Gates Favorite Data Visualization
From Perceptual Edge: A 3D Treemap is at the link ..." .... Colorful space filling graphs are visually attractive, they do gather your attention. But are they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Piston Engines
Toyota's remarkable new approach to the gas piston engine, the first in 134 years. I was truck by the visuals used.
From The Eponymous Pickle