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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming and Math and Computer Science
During my first few years I worked at Microsoft the focus of my job was higher education computer science. In that role I visited many computer science departments...
From Schneier on Security
Data and Goliath Is Finished
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World is finished. I submitted it to my publisher, Norton, this morning. In a few weeks...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gartner's View of 2025 Automation and CIOs
In CWorld: One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025. Provocative, hard to say, but close I would say. Also includes an interesting view...
From The Eponymous Pickle
L'Oreal Uses Games for Recruitment
In Gamification: Have not seen games for recruitment lately. Are there any other examples out there? I remember this being done before, but more as a contest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data Education for CMOs
This could be of value to many parts of the executive suite. Have asked for an outline of the areas of coverage and approaches. How much will this provide beyond...
From Computational Complexity
The Complexity of NIM. Open?
Recall 1-pile NIM: Let A be a finite set of Naturals. NIM(A) is the following game: There are n stones on the board. Players I and II alternate removing a\in A...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Invests Beyond Grocery
In Barrons: Summarizes a number of data oriented plays. " ... No. 2 food retailer Kroger is trying to break out of mass retail by investing in everything from...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Mary Shaw Honored as a Nation’s Top Scientist and Innovator
President Barack Obama has selected Mary Shaw, University Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, as one of the recipients of the National...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Having your cat declawed means having its fingers amputated
There are many simple facts that totally escape me for years. For example, though I took biology in college and I knew that plants were made of carbon through photosynthesis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing Practical Performance Measurement
Stephen Few points to an upcoming book: ... Practical Performance Measurement by Stacey Barr. Plan to read this. I like the idea that he is working with her. This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Walgreens Social and Mobile Analytics
Another example of a retail company using business intelligence with 'Big Data', seeking to get social and mobile understanding of customers. " ... "We are moving...
From Schneier on Security
iPhone Encryption and the Return of the Crypto Wars
Last week Apple announced that it is closing a serious security vulnerability in the iPhone. It used to be that the phone's encryption only protected a small amount...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 6 October 2014
Well it’s October already. Things are really starting to roll in my classes. Projects are getting more interesting in my honors programming class which is a good...
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Technical Privilege Reading List
People have been asking about the books I mentioned during last Friday's Challenging Technical Privilege Symposium at MIT. (The symposium was fantastic. So many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
11th UC Business Intelligence Symposium this Week
Business Intelligence Symposium registration closing soonThe 11th Business Intelligence Symposium is coming next week on Thursday October 9 to the Lindner College...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fake Tongues and Taste in Virtual Reality
An article in the New Yorker looks at an extension of the 'Bubber Hand Illusion", which realisticaly fools the brain into thinking that a fake hand is their own...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
How To Add Numbers
It’s harder than you think William Kahan is a numerical analyst and an expert on all things about floating point numbers. He won the 1989 Turing award for his pioneering...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotic Fabrics for Active Clothing
Out of Purdue University, new developments. Robotics need not be standalone, they can combine with us in surprising ways.Robotic fabric could bring 'active clothing...
From Putting People First
The drive towards user-centred engineering in automotive design
Bryant, Scott & Wrigley, Cara (2014) The drive towards user-centred engineering in automotive design. In Bohemia, Erik, Rieple, Alison, Liedtka, Jeanne, & Cooper...
From The Eponymous Pickle