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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
On Domain Names
In Knowledge@Wharton: Interesting how this will change the results. Interesting overview is provided here. Has been a long time since I have looked at domain...
From Schneier on Security
Disclosing vs Hoarding Vulnerabilities
There's a debate going on about whether the U.S. government -- specifically, the NSA and United States Cyber Comman -- should stockpile Internet vulnerabilities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Acquires Cognea, Is AI New as Assistance?
This evening listened in on a #Cognitivecomputing presentation given in NYC. See it recorded here. A good broad overview of work done by ETH Zurich and IBM toSee...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Looking at Agile
In CACM: A critical look at Agile. I have taken a look at Scrum for development, but not used it in a real application. And a warning about hype. Bertrand Meyer...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA is Not Made of Magic
I am regularly asked what is the most surprising thing about the Snowden NSA documents. It's this: the NSA is not made of magic. Its tools are no different from...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA Highlights Innovative Approaches to Information Technology Superiority at their 2014 Demo Day
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O) hosted Demo Day 2014 to highlight DARPA’s ongoing contributions to preserving...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Building a QuBit for a Quantum Computer
In Quanta magazine. A relatively non technical article about building a quantum bit, the Qubit, the foundation for the quantum computer. Nicely described. "...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Supply Chain Transformation
Some fairly natural changes. Decrease your transportation lanes. From CGT: " ... P&G Reinforces Supply Chain Transformation ... This innovative approach is...
From Putting People First
Taschen publishes infographics by Experientia collaborator
The infographics “What Are InfoVis And DataVis About?”, designed by Experientia collaborator Eloisa Paola Fontana, was selected and published in the book “Information...
From Putting People First
Video of Experientia talk at Moleskine’s “Notes for the Future” event
There are endless choices when it comes to recording and sharing our ideas. Reliable analog tools are converging with innovations in technology to produce new ways...
From Putting People First
World Economic Forum reports on personal data focus on trust, privacy and framework
The World Economic Forum has released three new reports on strengthening trust, transparency and privacy in personal data usage. Rethinking Personal Data: A New...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Only One Silicon Valley?
In the NYT: Andreessen on the uniqueness of 'silicon valley', and the future of technologies. I spent much time there, and there was a uniqueness about it I"...
From Schneier on Security
Government Policy on Cell Phone Interception Technology
New paper: "Your Secret Stingray's No Secret Anymore: The Vanishing Government Monopoly Over Cell Phone Surveillance and its Impact on National Security and Consumer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zigbee Alliance
It has been a while, but early in our efforts in promoting an internet of things we looked at the Zigbee Alliance. In particular for future home systems. Have...
From My Biased Coin
What's Important in Algorithms
I saw this interesting article up on 20 questions with Don Knuth, worth reading just for the fun of it. But the following question on work in algorithm designThus...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Is the Tech Community Working Fine Without Women?
Mark Guzdial linked to a post about Technology’s Man Problem yesterday and highlighted one piece of it. It really got me thinking. a commenter calling himself...
From Putting People First
Food safety and older people: the Kitchen Life ethnographic study
Foodborne illness is a major public health problem in the UK. Recent increases in cases of listeriosis in older people have focused attention on consumer food-related...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Driven Decisions for Managers
In the HBR: Data Driven Decisions for managers that don't like math. Not uncommon. Useful overview in reading list form. " .... Not everyone needs to become...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mining Dark Data
http://h30458.www3.hp.com/us/us/discover-performance/info-management-leaders/2014/jun/tapping-the-profit-potential-of-dark-data.html?jumpid=em_inflexion_US_apr14_sw_2222060_ezine_us_1392303_0&DIMID...
From Schneier on Security