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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
Enterprise Thinking Blog
See Computing Now's Enterprise Thinking Blog. Part of the IEEE Computing Now effort. Nicely done, by Joshua Greenbaum, Principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting...
From Computational Complexity
Typecasting in Dagstuhl
After this pre-recorded typecast, we learned of the tragic death of Alexey Chervonenkis, the C of VC dimension, a huge loss to the learning community. We’ll have...
From Schneier on Security
Julian Sanchez on the NSA and Surveillance Reform
Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute has a lengthy audio interview on NSA surveillance and reform. Worth listening to....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
IBM Master the Mainframe Contest
For something different, IBM is running its tenth Master the Mainframe Contest for students age 13 and up. From the web site: What you need to know: In Fall 2014...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kraft and Data Integration for Analytics
I note in particular here the use of third party data to integrate with their own. Good case study for CPG. It is becoming common to understand and utilize free...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Looks to Digital for Shopper Experience
Another example of increasing use of data to understand and anticipate shopper experience.Kroger looks to digital to improve shopping experience Kroger's recent...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Request for Information (RFI)-National Privacy Research Strategy
Agencies of the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program are planning to develop a joint National Privacy Research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mining Medical Data
On mining medical data. " .... Your Doctor Knows You're Killing Yourself. The Data Brokers Told Her - in Bloomberg ... "" .... You may soon get a call from your...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Robot-Handwriting
Interesting article on the arms race between creating robot "handwriting" that looks human, and detecting text that has been written by a robot. Robots will continue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Rewards for Motivation
An overview of motivational rewards as used in gamification. In particular a comparison of instrinsic and extrinsic methods. What works in which conditions.Points...
From Schneier on Security
Lesson in Successful Disaster Planning
I found the story of the Federal Reserve on 9/11 to be fascinating. It seems they just flipped a switch on all their Y2K preparations, and it worked....
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computer Scientists in Popular Science’s “Top Ten of 2014″
Popular Science has released their Top Ten of 2014 which honors the brightest young minds reshaping science, engineering, and the world. Computer scientists Prabal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Buildings and Innovation
How much do buildings influence creativity? Apparently they have at MIT. An interesting study of a particular building that provided a locus for innovation for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Balloons will Ring the Globe
In Tech Review: Though I heard of it, its progress was new to me. " .... The boss of the Google X research lab, Astro Teller, says his company’s experimental...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Data Science
In the NYT: A look at the future of Data Science. " ... “Current knowledge bases are full of facts,” Mr. Etzioni observed, “but they are surprisingly knowledge...
From Schneier on Security
Kill Switches for Weapons
Jonathan Zittrain argues that our military weapons should be built with a kill switch, so they become useless when they fall into enemy hands....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
American Computer Science League Programming Competition
If you didn’t see this in the recent CSTA email blast read below about the ACSL Programming Competition: ACSL has offered a unique programming competition forCSTA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Anticipating Value of Analytic Oracles and Advisors
In ClickZ: Thoughts on analytics advisory and automating functions:" ... Could the "Analytics Oracle" Be the Next Evolution of Convergence Analytics? ... A new...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Presentations on the Future of AI
On the Future of AI, In GigaOM. " .... Gigaom recently hosted a meetup featuring thought leaders and entrepreneurs in the world of artificial intelligence andInteresting...
From Computer Science Teachers Association