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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
Supply and Demand of Data Scientists
Bruce Langos, COO of Teradata gave a spirited talk today in the atrium of Wright State University today on the nature of the data scientist. The talk was also...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Your Big Data for Understanding
In Technology Review: Fascinating idea. As 3D printing becomes cheaper, you can quickly create a 3D physical data representation. (You can add more 'Ds' with indicators...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Help Me Win Surface Pro 3s for My School
OK so the good news is that I am one of 15 finalists to win 15 Surface Pro's for my favorite school. The winners are chosen by community voting, so please votehttps...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Heading Into Midterms, USACM Re-emphasizes Role Of Technology In Elections
With mid-term Congressional elections fast approaching, USACM released a statement to emphasize the importance of voting technology in elections. It echoes past...
From Putting People First
What human-centered design means for financial inclusion
What Human-Centered Design Means for Financial Inclusion Yanina Seltzer, Claudia McKay 16 October 2014, 126 pages Interactive publication Download pdf CGAP has...
From Putting People First
Push, pull or nudge
“Push, pull or nudge” was the title of a 2.5 hour workshop (video here) at the 5th European Conference on Public Communication held today in Brussels. The workshop...
From Computational Complexity
The Curious Case of NP and NEXP
NP (nondeterministic polynomial time) and NEXP (nondeterministic exponential time) are provably different classes by the nondeterministic time hierarchy. No surprise...
From Putting People First
Position Open – Experientia Communications Officer: writer, proofreader & editor
Experientia, the Turin-based User Experience Consultancy, is looking for a native English speaking Communications Officer to work in their Turin, Italy office....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobility Foundation of Digital Enterprise
In Baseline: Becoming more true. It is now an expectation that we have access anytime and anywhere. With the right data to support our decisions. " ...It's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mashing up Docs and Spreadsheets
In CWorld: I thought this was being done generally, but this is a better way it seems." ... Instead of building a suite of separate productivity apps, a la Microsoft...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Classification ECI = Exceptionally Controlled Information
ECI is a classification above Top Secret. It's for things that are so sensitive they're basically not written down, like the names of companies whose cryptography...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Focuses On Roadmap In Cybersecurity Framework Comments
As part of its work on the Cybersecurity Framework (Framework), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sought comments from stakeholders on their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking about SuperIntelligence
Brought to my attention, a new book: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick BostromWill be reading. They write:" ... Superintelligence asks the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Demonstration of AI Using Quantum Computing
When we first visited quantum computing we suggested that some AI applications, like image analysis, would be good candidates for the technique. Now this has come...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Towards Big Data Computing at Extreme-Scales
Periodically the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will highlight former CI Fellows to showcase their current research. The following was submitted by Dr. Ioan...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automatic Storytelling
Storytelling is a recent topic. Normally a thing that people do. To what degree can it be automated with a cognitive system? The idea has been around for aSome...
From Putting People First
With Electronic Medical Records, doctors read when they should talk
And this can have tragic consequences. Like Ebola death tragic. Abigail Zuger, M.D., shares her own experience: “We do not really know whether dysfunctional software...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Idea vs Implementation–Using What We Learn
You’re at a great conference and you are hearing all sorts of great ideas. It’s exciting! You hear about tools and techniques that are working wonders in the presenter...
From Schneier on Security
DEA Sets Up Fake Facebook Page in Woman's Name
This is a creepy story. A woman has her phone seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency and gives them permission to look at her phone. Without her knowledge or consent...
From Schneier on Security