From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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Aza Raskin describes a new phishing attack: taking over a background tab on a browser to trick people into entering in their login credentials. Clever....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | September 11, 2014 at 07:59 AM
An interesting article in today's Crimson about the background to the announcement that Harvard's School of Public Health will be re-named the Harvard T. H. Chan...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | September 10, 2014 at 09:00 PM
WikiLeaks has organized the trove of documents about corporations aiding government surveillance around the world. It's worth wandering around through all this...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | September 10, 2014 at 03:59 PM
The mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit...Ann Drobnis From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | September 10, 2014 at 03:53 PM
Nice article in K@W: The scenario of how robots could be used in close collaboration and real autonomy have been researched. Closing the loop on measures that...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 01:40 PM
More practical that models that use stiff bodies? Unclear, but an interesting play ... " ... The bots undulate and walk using compressed air that is forced in...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 01:07 PM
Continuing to follow efficient and secure digital wallet ideas. Here a new development with major players. " ... Whole Foods Market Inc. will be among the first...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 11:50 AM
In a few weeks, the Scots will get to vote to determine whether Scotland becomes its own country. As a middle aged Quebecker, I spent much of my youth hearing about...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | September 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM
I see that Georgia Tech is offering a new course on AI and Cognitive systems. And one of the books of readings is available free online. This is the same book...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 09:23 AM
In Knowledge@Wharton: How does disruptive innovation effect market leaders? Not unexpected results, will be interesting to see some numbers." ... a study soon...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 09:07 AM
Article from McKinsey: " ... Advanced analytics can transform how insurers do business, but realizing its potential requires complex, large-scale organizational...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 10, 2014 at 08:52 AM
Good security analysis of Safeplug, which is basically Tor in a box. Short answer: not yet....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | September 10, 2014 at 07:35 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
In industry demos I have worked on over the years the people who enter code as part of a demo, usually with someone else explaining what they are doing, are referred...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 10, 2014 at 06:41 AM
A device called Cyborg Unplugged can be configured to prevent any Wi-Fi connection: Oliver notes on the product's website that its so-called "All Out Mode" -- which...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | September 9, 2014 at 04:00 PM
Interview with machine learning expert David Blei. " ... I think that one of the next breakthroughs in modern machine learning and statistics will involve observational...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 9, 2014 at 03:53 PM
In CACM: Augmentation to storytelling? A Vimeo demonstration.We present an approach for generating face animations from large image collections of the same person...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 9, 2014 at 03:49 PM
A reversal question Freeman Dyson celebrated his birthday last December. He is world famous for his work in both physics and mathematics. Dyson has proved, in work...rjlipton From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | September 9, 2014 at 11:40 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
The other day a student wanted to add something to a program using functionality we had not covered in class. His question to me was “Can I Google how to do that...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 9, 2014 at 05:40 AM
Visual Control of Big Data - MIT Very interesting new development." ... The Database Group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | September 9, 2014 at 04:15 AM
I keep a list of people that are famous-to-me that are old so that if someone dies I won't be surprised. When Lauren Bacall died recently I (1) knew who she...GASARCH From Computational Complexity | September 9, 2014 at 12:09 AM