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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
Low Cost Understanding of Visual Attention
Ron Wright, colleague,Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, brings this to my attention: ... Neurons Inc Releases NeuroVision - A Cloud Based Tool for Creatives, Retailers...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CIFellows Evaluation Report is Now Available
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Jessica Cundiff, Research Analyst with CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP). As part...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Opens Store for Wearable Tech
In Retailwire: " ... Amazon's new store features the "Learning Center," which includes buying guides and product videos, as well as the "Editor's Corner" for wearable...
From Schneier on Security
Tracking People from Smartphone Accelerometers
It's been long known that individual analog devices have their own fingerprints. Decades ago, individual radio transmitters were identifiable and trackable. Now...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations in Washington, D.C. on May 19-23, 2014
The 5th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations will take place in the Washington, D.C. area from May 19-23, 2014. Stakeholders are...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Seth Roberts and research
Seth Roberts was one of my favourite bloggers. He recently passed away. Seth was an original fellow. He completed his PhD and went on to secure a job at a leading...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UC Analytics Summit 2014: Real World Impact
ANALYTICS SUMMIT 2014: Real-World Impact from Business AnalyticsThe Center for Business Analytics in the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Internet Policy Task Force Multistakeholder Forum on DMCA Notice and Takedown on May 8, 2014
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will hold the second meeting of the Multistakeholder Forum on DMCA Notice and Takedown on May 8, 2014...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences Winner – David Blei
The ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences recognizes personal contributions by young scientists and system developers to a contemporary innovation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thoughts on Gamification
In Smart Data Collective: Useful ideas about considering game dynamics driven technologies. In our own experiments these could have been useful to direct our...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Science and Mind Reading
In Wired: Good, non technical view of brain science and its application to the most asked of all question: Can we read minds?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Progression in Autonomous Vehicles
In IEEE Org: Work by Google in trying to make autonomous vehicles better than ever. Gets back to the problem of 'autonomy' and how it can be delivered with increasingly...
From Schneier on Security
The Quantified Toilet Hoax
Good essay on the Quantified Toilet hoax, and the difference between public surveillance and private self-surveillance....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Humanoid Fire Fighters for the Navy
Navy testing humanoid firefighters. Particularly interested in how these devices can be truly collaborative with humans, both other workers and decision makers...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Bad Side of Good Publicity
As a teacher, I have spent the last eighteen years of my life dedicated to teaching technology skills and computer science. One of the most rewarding aspects of...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Reflections on My First Year of Teaching
I did it. I survived my first year of teaching. Exams are marked, and grades are submitted. And while I still have students concerned about their results toimage...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
HSCTF: A Cybersecurity Competition For High School Students
HSCTF, an online competition which will educate high school students across the country about computer security, runs from May 18-25, 2014. Competitors in HighHSCTF...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How are the bees doing?
Last year, I wrote a controversial opinion piece to reassure my readers: bees are not going extinct. At the time, the European Union had banned neonicotinoid insecticides...
From Apophenia
Rule #1: Do no harm.
Rule #2: Fear-mongering causes harm. I believe in the enterprise of journalism, even when it lets me down in practice. The fourth estate is critically important...
From The Eponymous Pickle