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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
Computer Science from MIT
Have worked with a number of groups at MIT. Here a slide show that covers computing developments that have come from there.
From Putting People First
Converting your home to LED lights – still a challenging user experience
Switching to LED bulbs in your home is still a bit expensive, but makes a lot of economic sense – as you quickly earn your money back through a MUCH lowered electricity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stephen Few on Big Data Reality
A lengthy and thoughtful piece by visualization expert Stephen Few. He concludes and makes some excellent points . People still make most data based decisions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ensemble Methods
Ensemble methods are means of using multiple approaches to solving an analytical problem. Different tools can be better for different machine learning problems...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Meaningful Mobile Maps
Looking at the math to make mobile maps more meaningful. Could also be applied beyond geographical maps to maps of knowledge or interactions. Even virtual reality...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding Expertise and Data Related to Work Descriptions
Have recently started to look at how expertise matches tasks that need to be done. I have worked in this area in the enterprise to attempt to optimize resource...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NIST Continues To Take Feedback On The Cybersecurity Framework
While cybersecurity legislation remains in a Congressional holding pattern, provisions of the 2013 Executive Order on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Inspire kids to create our future: Apply for a 2015 RISE Award
Technology has the power to change the world for the better, but today far too few have access to the education or encouragement they need to become creators, not...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Inspire kids to create our future: Apply for a 2015 RISE Award
Technology has the power to change the world for the better, but today far too few have access to the education or encouragement they need to become creators, not...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Inspire kids to create our future: Apply for a 2015 RISE Award
Technology has the power to change the world for the better, but today far too few have access to the education or encouragement they need to become creators, not...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
U.S. Department of Justice Invites Public Comments on Movie Captioning and Audio Descriptions
The U.S. Department of Justice is accepting comments on proposed changes to its regulations for captioning and audio descriptions in movie theaters under Title...
From Schneier on Security
Squid Skin Inspires Eye-Like Photodetector
Squid are color-blind, but may detect color directly through their skin. A researcher is working on a system to detect colored light the way squid do....
From Schneier on Security
Cell Phone Kill Switches Mandatory in California
California passed a kill-switch law, meaning that all cell phones sold in California must have the capability to be remotely turned off. It was sold as an antitheft...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CPG Needs a Digital Game Plan
From the Boston Consulting Group. Obvious perhaps, but also a number of interesting statements and statistics. Every company that plans to be around in the coming...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Innovation Factory
Brought to my attention. Strong emphasis on storytelling. " ... THE BIF MANIFESTO: We believe that business model innovation is on the critical path to transforming...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nature of Anonymous Reviews
In RetailWire: Short piece on the topic with statistics. Have been asked to look at this from a Big data, near real time perspective.
From The Eponymous Pickle
BidSquare Auctions
I have worked with an auction company in establishing their offering taxonomies. Also have worked with the technical process of auctions. I see thatCowan's auctions ...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
White House Invites Public Comments on Strategy for American Innovation
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council invite public input on the 2015 update of the Strategy for American Innovation...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
This Year's Design for 'Computers for Arts and Social Science Students'
I've been working on our non-majors computing course for a while now. Last year was the first time I got to try it with a large group (440 students!), and also...
From Schneier on Security