Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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
As The Top Universities Go So Goes Who Actually?
Philip Guo had an interesting post on the Blog @ CACM titled Python is now the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. universities which summarizes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Company Initiative Overload
Have seen it. There can even be be overload in figuring out which initiatives to work on. Ao how should we address this? Some good embedded ideas, in Forbes: ...
From Schneier on Security
Here's How Brazilian Crooks Steal Billions
Man-in-the-middle attack against a Brazilian payment system: Brazil has an extremely active and talented cybercrime underground, and increasingly Brazilian organized...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship Information Sessions
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will have two live chat sessions on July 10 and July 24 about the AAAS Science & Technology (S&T)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tableau Research Builds New UX for Data
Always looking for better user interfaces to make the curation and utilization of data more obvious to both the analyst and the decision maker, who need to understand...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmented Reality for Smart Watches
From press release today: Implies the integration of a camera in a Smart watch and fast advanced image recognition. " .... , Metaio, today announced the firstSmart...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Live, Free Microsoft Research Summit
I plan to tune in for a part of this:Microsoft Research Faculty Summit to Be Streamed Live July 14Join us for a broadcast of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Roles in the Newly Empowered Retail Democracy
In Retailwire: Short piece that takes the idea beyond the typical view of just buying product. The new consumer wants to be a: - Supply chain manager: deciding...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Assistant in the Power of Your Hand
Today we completely expect intelligence to be in the palm of our hands. We can get it, but the means at hand now is repeated search. There have been a numberScoble...
From Schneier on Security
These Pickpocket Secrets Will Make You Cry
Pickpocket tricks explained by neuroscience. So while sleight of hand helps, it's as much about capturing all of somebody's attention with other movements. Street...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SmartPhones are Listening
In the WSJ Digits: It is often forgotten that phones can listen in ways other than during the usual call. A good piece that addresses this sensory mode " ......
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Supreme Court Recognizes Technology Matters
Guest blog post written by Mark Rasch, U.S. Public Policy Council member The Supreme Court has always had to consider the impact of new technologies on both individuals’...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
True success is more than winning a zero-sum game
Fiction writers used to have to submit their manuscripts to 6 or 7 big corporations. Only these corporations could seriously publish a book. Room on library stacks...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
U.S. Supreme Court Tells Police to “Get a Warrant” for Cellphone Searches
The U.S. Supreme Court recently unanimously ruled that law enforcement need to obtain a warrant to search a cellphone seized incident to an arrest. The decision...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Program Webinar
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) invites you to attend a webinar to learn more about its...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DARPA Explained and Now Socialized
An Engadget view of the US Pentagon's DARPA. With which I have had some connections. As expected it's mostly about the mad science notions. Which gets lots...
From Schneier on Security
The Simple Trick that Will Keep You Secure from Government Spies
Last week, the German government arrested someone and charged him with spying for the US. Buried in one of the stories was a little bit of tradecraft. The US game...
From CERIAS Blog
Why We Don’t Have Secure Systems Yet, Introduction
Over the past couple of months I’ve been giving an evolving talk on why we don’t yet have secure systems, despite over 50 years of work in the field. I first gave...
From CERIAS Blog
Why We Don’t Have Secure Systems Yet, Introduction
Over the past couple of months I’ve been giving an evolving talk on why we don’t yet have secure systems, despite over 50 years of work in the field. I first gave...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM